Watch a real hacker hack into Hollywood's hacky hacking scenes
As with bad sex, most bad hacking scenes in movies and television involve someone needing to announce, “I’m in!” Since…
No need to hide your cats, that ALF reboot is dead
Humanity can rest easy today, for news has come that reminds us of our place at the top of the evolutionary scale.…
Mr. Robot’s fourth season will be its last
It’s been a weird, wild journey on Mr. Robot, the USA series that established the network as a contender in the…
Christian Slater thinks Mr. Robot will be powering down pretty soon
Mr. Robot has been a landmark show at USA, a network once associated largely with Wings reruns and Duckman, and which…
Mr. Robot's creator is penning a prequel comic to the series
If you’ve kept up with the twisty conspiracy series Mr. Robot, then you know these past two seasons gave us some…
Atlanta, Westworld, and the episode-description revolution
There’s always too much good TV to keep up with, but in a packed spring—The Americans, Westworld, The Terror, Legion,…
Archer’s Amber Nash spent her first allowance on an MC Hammer album
You might not immediately recognize Amber Nash’s name or face, but the second you hear her raucous laughter in Archer,…
The fucks are prepared to fly on Syfy and USA
Swearing on basic cable has always been something of a gray fucking area; while the FCC watches the mainstream networks…
What’s missing from our list of the year’s best TV shows?
Today’s question: What’s missing from our list of the year’s best TV shows?
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In its third season finale, Mr. Robot rejects the revolution
“Science has promised us truth...it has never promised us either peace or happiness.”—Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd: A…
Mr. Robot renewed for a 4th season of hacking and Back To The Future references
Good news for people who deal with the tense, jittery state of late-modern capitalist oppression by psychologically…
Mr. Robot hits control-Q on a creatively resurgent third season
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, December 13. All times are Eastern.
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All trust is gone as Mr. Robot sets up a showdown
“Trusting thus opens one up to harm, for it gives rise to selective interpretation, which means that one can be fooled,…
South Park shuts down for the season
Here’s what’s up in the world of television for Wednesday, December 6. All times are Eastern.
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A dark night of the soul leads Mr. Robot to a hopeful place
“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether or not life is worth living…
Welcome to the world of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, November 29. All times are Eastern.
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The rich will always control any revolution on a disheartening Mr. Robot
“First, capitalism is a pure religious cult, perhaps the most extreme there ever was.”—Walter Benjamin, “Capitalism As…
Godless moseys into town ready to tackle the Old West
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, November 22. All times are Eastern.
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Mr. Robot inverts last episode's trick and delivers a tense, thrilling experience
“Maybe nothing ever happens once and is finished. Maybe happen is never once but like ripples maybe on water after the…
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The halfway point of Mr. Robot season 3 is a total gimmick, but it's a fun one
“For the observation that prison fails to eliminate crime, one should perhaps substitute the hypothesis that prison has…