TV Reviews

Ducktales

The hunt for a "money shark" brings some much-needed focus to DuckTales for its strongest outing yet

Some bold, baffling reveals place DuckTales in unpredictable and questionable territory

Scrooge and Dewey golf for their lives in a broad, fun enough DuckTales

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul’s Drag Race picks up speed with a patriotic final challenge

RuPaul's Drag Race's terrific twin challenge lays out the season's endgame

Drag Race recruits social media influencers for a middling makeover challenge

Archer

Archer burns down Danger Island, making way for its biggest, strangest fantasy yet

Archer's fantastic 100th episode is one of its most violently joyful installments in years

David Cross returns to Archer to remind us of other, better island adventures

The Expanse

On The Expanse, it's all about making connections

The Expanse slows down and looks to the past

A well-constructed Expanse packs a hell of a punch

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Cameron Esposito’s Rape Jokes offers humor and empathy at a time when they’re most needed

Steve Martin and Martin Short bring broad comedy and minimal banjo to Netflix

Tig Notaro does a victory lap in the exultant Happy To Be Here

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale practices diplomacy in a tense, table-setting hour

The Handmaid's Tale keeps racing through the good stuff

A frustrating Handmaid's Tale gets a bunch of things almost right—and one thing exactly right

The Bold Type

Hurrah, The Bold Type is back—with back-to-back episodes

We need The Bold Type, and this finale proves it

Everybody takes risks on an oddly safe The Bold Type

Legion

With its shocking season finale, Legion makes a painful and disastrous move

Everyone heads to the desert as Legion builds to its climactic showdown

Legion reveals what Melanie has been up to all this time, other than getting high

Queer Eye

Queer Eye tries on a new and inclusive look for season 2—and it’s quite flattering

Supergirl

Sci-fi and fantasy make awkward bedfellows in Supergirl’s penultimate episode

Supergirl’s 3rd season has officially gone off the rails

Supergirl discovers a game-changing surprise halfway across the universe

The 72nd Annual Tony Awards

Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban lend an infectious energy to the wonderfully earnest 72nd Annual Tony Awards

Ghosted

Ghosted's new creative team shamelessly steals from The Office, and that's A-okay by us

Batman and some flying monkeys briefly elevate a so-so Ghosted

Ghosted finally starts to give a shit, but is it too little, too late?

Pose

Pose is groundbreaking and endearing in its exploration of "Access"

Pose presents a stylish, radical celebration of queer joy

On the vivacious Pose, triumph trumps tragedy

Billions

Billions delivers two season finales in one before bringing it all back together

A ho-hum hour of Billions is short on endgame momentum

Billions overloads on special guest villains

Westworld

A symbol tells his story on a heartbreaking Westworld

A violent Westworld continues through its loops

A sword fight, a reunion, and a familiar face on Westworld

Sense8

The Sense8 finale is equally beautiful and incoherent—just like the show itself

How on Earth did Sense8 forget to provide emotional resolution in its finale?

Sense8 fights impostor syndrome with the power of love

Cloak & Dagger

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger finds its power in getting weird

The 100

The 100 is building a new world that's eerily similar to our own

The 100 always delivers when it puts its characters between a rock and a hard place

When it comes to The 100, hope is always accompanied by a moral reckoning

Dietland

Dietland inserts needless conspiracy into a compelling weight-loss story

Arrested Development

Chaos reigns on Arrested Development’s parade

Arrested Development heats up, and the “shit”s hit the fan

Arrested Development is at its best when it’s keeping it in the family