Moments of humanity glimmer on the show’s fetid surface like stars in a dirty street puddle.
Whether mining the past, pods, or headlines, good stories were the core of the year’s best shows.
This is a series about what happens when human empathy is stretched to its limit.
The cast seems to know exactly what they’re doing even when the series doesn’t.
The final season sees the band getting back together.
The series is about as indistinct as its title, following a friend group striving to make it.
Returning to Stephen King’s cursed town proves to be a bumpy but engrossing ride.
The fragmented structure of the four-part miniseries leaves it with no coherent center.
Like The Americans, the series understands that the political is almost always personal.
The series finds the comedian delivering some of his most gleefully inspired nonsense to date.
The latest installment of the true-crime anthology series is shallow and abrasive.
In its sophomore year, the series continues to thrive in a comfortable groove.
Ethan Hawke brings a rascally energy to the familiar part of a run-of-the-mill divorced loser.
The series finds the right balance of mellow, character-driven comedy and broader antics.
Across the series, characters, incidents, and backstories pile up in dizzyingly rapid succession.
The series may admirably connect the dots, but the results are patchy.
The series is a likable enough soap opera that’s only worth half of your attention.