The series is a polished genre exercise with characters that feel like predigested tropes.
Gypsy is an elaborately structured drama that’s too derivatively clever by at least half.
The latest episode of Twin Peaks is a delirious descent into the murky matrix of material existence.
Silicon Valley constantly draws on and deepens our understanding of its characters.
Whatever happens next week, for the moment the Doctor appears to have lost everything.
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Peppermint talks about her experience navigating the world of drag as a transgender woman.
Nanjiani discusses standing up to racists, whether he might be a desi Sidney Poitier, and more.
Preacher’s madcap imagination makes its occasional blemishes easy to overlook.
The episode uses David Lynch’s abiding preoccupation with mirror imagery as an often subtle structural device.
The Mist unfolds as though we’ll be surprised to learn that humans are capable of cruelty.
This is a beautifully constructed bottle rocket of an episode, shooting out a cascading shower of comic sparks.
It’s time for the series to push beyond thematic foreplay and embrace the flawed and terrifying present tense.
Jealousy and resentment are thick in the air and RuPaul gets on his soapbox about everyone-gets-a-trophy culture.
The episode establishes an ominous atmosphere right from the start of the present-day framing sequence.
While GLOW may reference the events and pop culture of 1985, the show’s format is decidedly modern.
Many of the events in the latest episode of Twin Peaks seem to depend on the toss of a coin.
Silicon Valley’s humor springs organically from the relationships between its well-rounded characters.
In the midst of its social outrage, American Gods has made room for a warped and modern romantic comedy.
The episode is a successful standalone adventure which combines elements from two earlier stories.
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