The series is a polished genre exercise with characters that feel like predigested tropes.
The episode indulges whole-heartedly in fiasco, and much to the detriment of Larry and everyone in his inner circle.
The sharing or withholding of information is about control, a theme that’s at the core of the episode.
MacLaren elaborates on her decision to rhyme a character’s slow walk down a corridor with a scene from the show’s first episode.
The series toggles between the melodrama of a teen soap opera and the irreverent lightness of The Avengers.
The episode makes a great argument for Larry’s heretofore observed lifestyle: tip generously and stay unbothered.
The sensibility of Spike Lee’s Netflix series offers hope for a country riven by ignorance and hatred.
In Godless, female empowerment resembles the adoption of a rigid construction of masculinity.
Season two wastes no time reminding us that the show’s self-centered Brooklynites have blood on their hands.
The sight of a murderous, misogynistic troll brought down by the women he abused offers unabashed pleasure.
Larry’s crude, typically unthinking behavior is often unwarranted and spares no one.
The episode manages to get back to the inspired lunacy of the season’s first few installments.
We spoke to Seimetz about achieving a “live wire” atmosphere on set.
If Larry is constantly fluctuating between abhorrent and rational, the episode tilts to his favor.
The series lends nuance to characters reeling from the deaths of friends and the fear of their own mortality.
The second season of The Girlfriend Experience is knottier and more surprising than the first.
The episode is at its most effective when charting the gut-wrenching effect of Kai’s madness.
The series suggests that image is the sole source of agency for Victorian women.
Larry doesn’t mind offending people, so long as their expressions don’t indicate disgust.
Unwitting transformation is on display throughout the season finale of The Deuce.
The latest Cult understands how Kai Anderson’s power is made possible by concentric circles of enablement.