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True Detective: Night Country – A Flawed But Intriguing Return to Form
Ten years after its groundbreaking first season set a new bar for prestige crime anthologies, True Detective is back with Night Country, the fourth installment helmed by acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Issa López. While not reaching the masterful heights of that…
Succession: A Captivating Journey of Power, Ambition, and Complex Characters
In a television landscape often saturated by predictable plots and formulaic storytelling, Succession stands out as a shining example of unique and captivating storytelling. It bid farewell in spectacular fashion by delivering an impeccable conclusion that leaves a lasting impact…
The White Lotus Returns with a Second Season That’s Filled with Drama and Satire
When the first season of The White Lotus ended last year, the question on everyone’s mind was ‘can this be topped’? Now, after the Limited Series was extended into an anthology series and its second season came out, looks like…
Best TV Shows of 2022, from ‘Severance’ to ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’
2022 has been a ridiculously good year for the small screen. You might hear that every year, but this year production houses gave us some thrilling and heartwarming shows.  As the big-budgeted prequel House of the Dragon continued to make…
House of The Dragon is a Slower-Paced, Timeline Jumping Return to Westerosi Greatness
The Game of Thrones prequel showcases the notable events preceding the Targaryen Civil War. The show started when Six of the Seven Kingdoms were under the reign of King Viserys Targaryen. As he names his daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen as his…
Westworld Almost Returns to its Lofty Heights in a Fourth Season that Ends with Chaos (and a Glimmer of Hope)
The last time we watched Westworld, the show had just wrapped up a cinematic but simplified third season that had mostly done away with the show’s complex, layered narratives. Arriving two years later, the fourth season is almost successful in…
Barry Gets Downright Serious in its Third Season, Placing its Characters in their Darkest Moments Yet
In a pop culture content-sphere that’s crammed with so-so seasons and seasons that come close to being great but squander their potential, it’s refreshing to see a show like Barry nail a perfect season- or as close to perfect as…
Euphoria Continues to Tell an Engrossing Story about Messy Teens Despite Some Missteps in Second Season
Euphoria returned to the small screen almost three years after the end of its first season. By any measure, its second season is an unqualified success: it has garnered 2.4 million viewers on HBO Max, and it generated tons of…
How Fantasy Shows are Vying for Supremacy in a post-Game of Thrones Era
When did fantasy shows start to climb the charts? Was it when Game of Thrones (GoT) shattered the records of TV history? Or was it when Henry Cavill signed to play the lead for The Witcher? Or better when Amazon…
Succession Returns with a Blistering (and Biting) Third Season that Upends the Playing Board Altogether
Succession is still the most sharply written show on television, but something has been lost in the long wait between the second season and the third. It may have something to do with the pandemic, but season three puts the…