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Maniac - Season 1

Maniac: Season 1

Using the tried and true method of showing us a future that is also retro, the show’s creator, Cary Fukunaga, amazingly makes the near future (or a slightly skewed...
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Lodge 49: Season 1

Lodge 49: Season 1

Oh my god is this a weird show. The whole thing seems to operate in a weed haze, a cloud of smoke. Its overly-languid pace and its plot that seemingly goes absolutely...
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Forever: Season 1

Forever: Season 1

I have to say right out of the gate that I’m not a Fred Armisen fan. There’s something about him that annoys the living shit out of me. It’s his delivery, mostl...
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Sharp Objects

Sharp Objects

Everyone in Sharp Objects is terrible at his/her job. Camille (Amy Adams) is a terrible reporter. She sleeps with subjects of her reporting and spends more time...
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Succession Season One

Succession: Season 1

This show is straight bonkers. I've never seen Empire, but I imagine it's like a weird mash-up of that and Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night. But with all white peopl...
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New Girl Season 7

New Girl: Season 7

They should have put a bullet in this show's head at least three seasons ago. But, instead, someone somewhere needed closure on a show that really needed no clo...
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Westworld

Westworld: Season 2

Robots and shit. That's essentially the idea behind Westworld. Well, robots and puzzles and shit, I guess. Because, ultimately, this show is just a giant subred...
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Killing Eve Season 1

Killing Eve: Season 1

Killing Eve is a spy thriller, but is also so much more. First, though, we can look at what it isn't. It's high-end television that isn't about a damaged, but g...
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Barry Season 1

Barry: Season 1

I thought, for some reason, that Barry was going to be a tough hang. My exposure to Bill Hader was limited mostly to his characters on SNL, most of which put me...
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Collateral

Collateral: Season 1

Like so many Netflix shows, Collateral came out of nowhere. Well, it came out of the BBC Two, technically, but I didn't really know about it until it got ploppe...
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Top Chef: Season 15

Top Chef: Season 15

I've been watching Top Chef for fifteen seasons now. It's hard to believe in all that time I've only ever eaten in around five restaurants of those contestants,...
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Dark - Season 1

Dark: Season 1

The Germans don't mince words. They are efficient and don't waste breath on flowery language. So it's not surprising that they went with the very succinct, supe...
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