TRUE DETECTIVE, season 3, ep. 5: “If You Have Ghosts”
“Maybe now’s not the best time to do this.” The overall shape of this season…
TRUE DETECTIVE, season 3, ep. 4: “The Hour and the Day”
Unsurprisingly, David Milch (who co-wrote this episode) and Nic Pizzolatto work well together. They have…
TRUE DETECTIVE, season 3, ep. 3: “The Big Never”
. . .out of history into history and the awful responsibility of Time. (Robert Penn…
Year of the Month 2000: GILMORE GIRLS
There are a lot of ways to talk about Gilmore Girls: there’s its witty, lightning…
Michael Schur and the Liberal Imagination
This article originally appeared on a blog of my hometown newspaper. I repost it here…
TRUE DETECTIVE, season 3, eps. 1-2: “The Great War and Modern Memory”/”Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”
Three seasons in to True Detective, Nic Pizzolatto has not gotten one bit less ambitious, or,…
1997: The Year in the Simpsons Roundtable
BurgundySuit: The Simpsons is obviously a show that means a lot to all of us,…
There’s Something in the Air. And It Ain’t Love – Ben “Bhammer100” Hammel on Oz
“Let me tell you something, coach. Even with all your good intentions, all your reforms,…
The discipline not to write setting: THE SHIELD and THE ORDER OF THE STICK
Try not to write when you’re living here! -Rosemary Howard (Carrie Fisher), 30 Rock As our…
Jokes for Retirement Parties: Jacob Klemmer on Norm MacDonald’s Bob Saget Roast (Year of the Month)
The only thing worse than a joke you can predict is a cruel insult you…