The Beguiling Legacy of the Brilliant Boardwalk Empire
“How the fuck are you still alive?” Eli asked bootlegger and notoriously pragmatic weasel Micky Doyle in the season three premiere of Boardwalk Empire. Two years later, the greater mystery […]
“How the fuck are you still alive?” Eli asked bootlegger and notoriously pragmatic weasel Micky Doyle in the season three premiere of Boardwalk Empire. Two years later, the greater mystery […]
This week, with a month of perspective and a lack of deadlines to our benefit, we take a nostalgic look back at the wild, transcendent, moving, ultimately unforgettable year that […]
[Look, we all know that the Emmys aren’t the most credible of enterprises. Case in point, this is the awards show that gave The Wire only TWO nominations in its […]
[Look, we all know that the Emmys aren’t the most credible of enterprises. Case in point, this is the awards show that gave The Wire only TWO nominations in its […]
40. Justified I’m not a big fan of procedurals, but if Justified was a procedural, I’d still probably watch it every week. Everything’s already in place for a perfectly satisfying […]
I’m not taking this project lightly. Sad as it may sound, a majority of my adult life has revolved around watching television and ranking which shows are better than others. […]
[What Went Wrong? is a regular Monday segment in which we examine an artist — an actor, director, musician, etc. — this week, a FAD, and try to pinpoint the exact […]
Last week, we gave you our ten favorite shows of the year. Here are five more worth checking out from 2012, which include personal favorites that would have made our […]
Looking back now, Heroes‘ greatest accomplishment was neither saving cheerleader nor world, but its amazingly rapid descent from a simple premise (ordinary people acquire, cope with superpowers) to one of […]
We watched way too much television in 2012. In addition to the ten shows below, there’s at least a dozen additional programs that were heavily considered. A few of those […]