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12/22/21The best TV of 2021: The ballotsHere are the ballots submitted by the 15 critics who determined The A.V. Club’s best TV shows of the past year
11/9/21Impeachment: American Crime Story does what it does best in its season finaleOn season three of American Crime Story, impeachment was never the point. It was always about the women.
11/2/21Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp take the hot seat on Impeachment: American Crime StoryImpeachment’s main players, Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp, look for redemption before one of the most fickle…
10/27/21Impeachment: American Crime Story turns into a compelling domestic dramaHillary Clinton takes center stage on Impeachment, and Edie Falco gives the performance her all.
10/19/21Bill Clinton goes for the oldest trick in the book on Impeachment: American Crime StoryWe get way too much Bill Clinton on a functional but tired episode.
10/12/21In its best episode so far, Impeachment: American Crime Story shows the limits of being a good girlThe season returns to its opening scene and unleashes a battle of wills.
10/5/21It’s a legal nightmare before Christmas on a tense Impeachment: American Crime StoryA flurry of subpoenas highlights massive power imbalances in another excellent episode
9/28/21American Crime Story finally begins to make its case for ImpeachmentA talk-heavy episode inches closer to what the show means by “crime,” if anything at all.
9/21/21Impeachment: American Crime Story dredges up Drudge to make a pointThe new media vs. old media battle takes center stage on a different kind of episode
9/14/21Impeachment: American Crime Story brings twentysomething drama to political intrigueThe second episode of the season dares to ask: Is Bill Clinton the ultimate fuckboy?
9/7/21Impeachment: American Crime Story asks us to reconsider Linda TrippThe season-three premiere works as a dizzying and soapy villain origin story.
6/16/21The Handmaid’s Tale redeems itself with a heart-thumping season 4 finaleBut, as "The Wilderness" shows, not everyone can be redeemed in the world of Gilead
6/2/21June takes the stand on a powerful Handmaid’s Tale From my extremely limited understanding of Emmy eligibility rules, “Testimony” falls under the “hanging episodes”…
5/26/21The Handmaid’s Tale breaks one cycle just to enter anotherI don’t even know what to do with this episode.
5/19/21The Handmaid’s Tale briefly slows down to take a closer look at June and Moira’s friendshipIn an episode about the holy unions we create with others, it’s fitting that the whole aesthetic is a marriage…
5/17/21The Atmospherians is a delirious satire of toxic masculinity—and those who try to reform itSasha Marcus, a wellness influencer on the brink of her big break, has been canceled. Enter Dyson, her childhood…
5/12/21The Handmaid’s Tale explores the razor-thin line between Gilead and Not GileadConsidering we are still reeling from the pandemic-induced Shecession, it feels appropriate that we have a very…