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    By Everett Hamner This is the third in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (preview; episode 1; …

    Orphan Black Season Five, “Clutch of Greed”: Letting Go, Holding On

    By Everett Hamner This is the second in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (see the …

    Orphan Black Season Five, “The Few Who Dare”: Penetration, Selection, Sacrifice, Monsters

    By Everett Hamner As promised in my earlier LARB article, this is the first in a series of episode-by-episode reflections …

    The Leftovers Series Finale Shows That Maybe the “Big Questions” Don’t Need Answers

    As Jonah Ryan prepares to convert to Judaism on Season 6 Episode 7 of HBO’s Veep, the gawky blusterer is …

    The Upside Down World: Shadows of Cold War Ghosts in Stranger Things

    By Ting Guo With Stranger Things, Netflix produced an original science fiction drama that went viral. But for me, it …

    Alec Baldwin, James Baldwin, and Apocalyptic Exceptionalism

    Ratings for Saturday Night Live steadily declined for four consecutive seasons, starting in 2011, as Lorne Michaels struggled uncharacteristically to …

    VICELAND’s Desus & Mero: Late-Night Television With a Laugh (And Plenty of Thought)

    By Thomas Klepacz On the Wednesday, November 30th episode of VICELAND’s new daily program Desus & Mero, the show’s two …