“Castle In The Sky” ends The Alienist. It would be overstating the case to say it finishes The Alienist. It was going to be a trick to wrap a miniseries that’s always felt like a surplus of disparate pieces that never quite connected. The finale we end up with is not particularly satisfying, but it’s also not…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, March 26. All times are Eastern.

We are in the penultimate episode of a series advertised as an edgy historical serial-killer story so frenetic only a city like Gilded Age New York could even keep up with it, and in which three people (two prongs of which have known each other for years) find themselves racing to invent criminal profiling as they…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, March 19. All times are Eastern.

“You think we’ll see any buffalo in North Dakota?”

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, March 12. All times are Eastern.

“There are two reasons a man does what he does. The good reason, and the real reason.”

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, March 5. All times are Eastern.

When it comes to The Alienist, weirder is better. You can see when it really comes alive, and none of it is in the numerous serious discussions about murder; look no further than “That’s a fine armadillo you have” for where this show’s heart lies.

“Look at your bird again.”

Here’s what’s up in the world of television for Monday, February 19. All times are Eastern.

“Can I ask you to button my boots?”

There are a pair of short, illuminating scenes in the middle of “Silver Smile.”

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, February 5. All times are Eastern.

“And what is my role to be in all of this?”

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, January 29. All times are Eastern.

“You’ve caused me a sleepless night, Laszlo. The first of many, I suspect.”

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, January 22. All times are Eastern.

You can turn off your TV—or whatever device you’re using to watch TV these days—but TV is always on, as evidenced by the number of new and returning series that have already premiered in the early days of 2018. Here’s what The A.V. Club is looking forward to in the new year, from eagerly awaited second helpings and…