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Roxana Hadadi is a TV critic who also writes about film and pop culture, with the closed captions on and motion smoothing off.

  1. tv recaps
    Freaks and Geeks’ Relationship Status? It’s Complicated.How long can Lindsay keep daring herself to keep up appearances just to prove other people wrong?
  2. tv recaps
    Freaks and Geeks Explores the Limitations of Self-TransformationThe freaks can’t force growing up. The geeks can’t force a new friendship. And Harold and Jean can’t force their kids to hang out with them.
  3. tv recaps
    Freaks and Geeks Presents the Agony and the Ecstasy of Nick Andopolis“I’m With the Band” challenges Lindsay’s “dreams can come true” worldview in the most excruciating manner possible.
  4. overnights
    Freaks and Geeks Finally Stretches Daniel’s Charm to Its Breaking PointIn “Tests and Breasts,” we once again see the extent to which the freaks and Lindsay don’t really understand each other.
  5. tv recaps
    Freaks and Geeks Unleashes Kim Kelly’s Ferocity and Fragility“Kim Kelly Is My Friend” turns a character who could have been just an abrasive foil for Lindsay and Sam into something much more complex.
  6. overnights
    Freaks and Geeks’ Most Devastating Moment Arrives on HalloweenUp until now, Lindsay and Sam haven’t understood each other, but they also haven’t hurt each other. That changes in “Tricks and Treats.”
  7. tv recaps
    A Sobering Freaks and Geeks PartyIn “Beers and Weirs,” a house party illuminates the struggle between who Lindsay is and who she wants to be.
  8. tv recaps
    Freaks and Geeks Begins By Asking: What If You Could Be Someone Else?Our look back at the classic high school series begins with a pilot episode establishing the clique labels that will dissolve as the show progresses.
  9. friday night movie club
    Is Save the Last Dance Worth Rewatching?For the cursed audition scene? No. For the underappreciated performances from Kerry Washington and Bianca Lawson? Yes.
  10. hollywood kris
    Sorry to This Man Who Is Not Chris Pine in Wonder Woman 1984We need to talk about Handsome Guy.
  11. remember that time
    A Brief Appreciation of the Incest Gnocchi in The Godfather: Part IIIFood is a serious component of the Corleone saga — which is what makes the sexification of these little pasta pillows all the more unexpected.
  12. adaptations
    The Undoing Took All the Wrong Cues From Big Little LiesTaken together, the two David E. Kelley series demonstrate the limitations — and diminishing returns — of copying one’s own success.
  13. overnights
    The Undoing Finale Recap: Lose YourselfIn the end, none of this was really ever about Elena Alves — it was about a much more everyday kind of evil.
  14. overnights
    The Undoing Recap: Not Feeling ItThe Undoing heads to court, and Haley shows why she’s worth however many hundreds of dollars she charges per hour.
  15. overnights
    The Undoing Recap: Ugly TruthsIt’s becoming more and more understandable how Jonathan conned so many people for so long.
  16. overnights
    The Undoing Recap: A Truth ProblemIs Jonathan the only monster here?
  17. overnights
    The Undoing Recap: Seriously Pissed OffGrace gets caught in a tangle of increasingly sordid revelations in an episode that churns through plot at a ridiculous pace.
  18. overnights
    The Undoing Premiere Recap: Profound and Existential DreadIt’s a bad sign when the potential of your husband cheating on you might be the best-case scenario, isn’t it?