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    Girls Is Consistently a Better Show Than It Gets Credit ForIt’s more thoughtful and self-aware than the mountains of press clippings about Lena Dunham would ever suggest. 
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Showtime’s The Circus Chases a Sorkinized View of the 2016 ElectionIt capitalizes on the most appealing aspect of many of Sorkin’s TV series: the enormous boundaries between the public persona and the real self. 
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Murderer Is More Than a Compelling WhodunitAnd it reflects one of the deepest appeals of the crime noir.
    By Whet Moser
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    What Was Left Out of Making a Murderer Episodes 8–10In one session, Dassey supplies a possible motive for Avery.
    By Ester Bloom
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    What Was Left Out of Making a Murderer Episodes 5–7What about those other possible suspects?
    By Ester Bloom
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    Sherlock’s New Special Is a Full Season of TV in One 90-Minute EpisodeCall it peak TV through the looking glass.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    What Was Left Out of Making a Murderer Episodes 2–4Yes, it was legal for investigators to question Brendan Dassey without a lawyer present.
    By Ester Bloom
  8. What Was Left Out of Making a Murderer Episode OneA one-hour introduction can’t capture every salient point.
    By Ester Bloom
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    References to Fargo the Movie in Fargo S2Oh yah.
    By Brian Feldman
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    On Documentary Now’s Perfect, Touching EndingA tonal masterwork.
    By Jesse David Fox
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    Empire’s Soapy Take on Social Justice Is Also Very NuancedThe show’s lack of subtlety and moralizing serves the larger point better than earnestness.
    By Jada Yuan
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    6 Signs That Review Takes Place in PurgatoryThe evidence is there.
    By Jenny Jaffe and Gabriel Laks
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    Hannibal Redefined How We Tell Stories on TelevisionAnd it went out with one of the greatest endings in TV history.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The Modern Noir Has Atrophied (and It’s Not All True Detective’s Fault)All style and no substance.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
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    True Detective: What Went WrongI defended it at first, but after a while I had to stop because it was making a fool of me.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The David Lynchian Overtones of True Detective’s Second SeasonThe man is everywhere.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    What the Game of Thrones Book Changes Mean for Next SeasonThe plot must go on, but certain characters don’t have to.
    By Jennifer Vineyard
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    What True Detective’s Credits Foreshadow About Season TwoParticularly as compared to season one’s titles.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    A History of True Detective’s New Theme Song, ‘Nevermind’A laconic, husky-throated dirge that hangs over the opening credits like a heavy fog.
    By Lindsay Zoladz
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    Reevaluating MelisandreWhat is it exactly that she can do?
    By Jennifer Vineyard
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    Does No Good Deed Go Unpunished on Game of Thrones?Despite what it seems like, Game of Thrones is not a nihilistic series.
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The End of Mad Men, in Its Characters’ Own WordsCoded within the final episodes lay any number of passages that illustrate the way Weiner feels about the end of the show.
    By Libby Hill
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    Mad Men’s Hobo CallbackMad Men’s love of loops continues.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    About Joan’s ‘Hysteria’ on Sunday Night’s Mad MenWouldn’t you feel distress in a world full of Harrys?
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Mergers, Sales, and Coups: Every Big Change at Mad Men’s Sterling CooperHow did Roger, Don, and Co. end up in “advertising heaven”?
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Did Louie Get Raped?Is this role-play gone bad, or sexual exploration that’s gone too far?
    By Danielle Henderson
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    Peggy and Pete, Together Again on Mad MenOh, let’s sit on the couch and tell secrets.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Mother Russia and Uncle Sam: The Americans’ Many Overbearing ParentsEvery institution, as well as every character, is at some point defined as a parent or a child.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Blank Space Is Everywhere in Mad Men’s ‘Forecast’“The emptiness is the problem.”
    By Olivia Collette
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    The Topsy-Turvy World of Mad Men’s ‘Forecast’The kids are the grown-ups, but don’t tell Peter Pan.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Mad Men’s ‘New Business’ Is All About Old BusinessEveryone’s taking a ride on the carousel this week.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Don Draper Sees Dead PeopleAnd they have some advice for him.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    A History of Mad Men’s Planes, Trains, and AutomobilesAnd lawnmowers.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Let’s Examine These New Mad Men PhotosStart guessing what year it is!
    By Margaret Lyons
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    A Close Examination of Taylor Swift’s 1989 CoverFrom our Polaroid expert. 
    By Christopher Bonanos
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    The Last 10 Minutes of Boardwalk Empire’s Finale Were a KnockoutMatt Zoller Seitz goes deep on the show’s final episode.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    How When Harry Met Sally Used Visual Spacing To Tell a Love StoryYou’ll never be able to watch the Nora Ephron / Rob Reiner classic the same way again.
    By Jesse David Fox
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    What Has Each Death Meant on Mad Men?YOLO, Don Draper.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Burgers, Fear, JFK, and TV: Where Are the Good Families on Mad Men?When did families stop eating dinner together? According to Mad Men, on November 22, 1963.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Mad Men’s Most Shocking Moments, Season by SeasonNipples, stabbings, a few deaths — you know. Just regular Mad Men stuff.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Mad Men’s Ginsberg Was Always StrugglingGinsberg reached a crisis moment last night.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Mad Men’s Bad Timing: On the Ticking Clocks of ‘Field Trip’What time is it, Don?
    By Margaret Lyons
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    When Mad Men Celebrates Valentine’s DayThis week’s episode echoed season two’s premiere.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    One Mad Men Episode From Each Season Worth RewatchingAnd no, it’s not “The Wheel” or “The Suitcase.”
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Todd Is a Reflection of Breaking Bad’s Other CharactersWalt and Jesse, obviously. But Hank and Skyler, too.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Predicting Breaking Bad, Based on Episode Titles“Granite State.” Ahem.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Breaking Bad’s Jesse Is No Old YellerFor starters, Old Yeller and Travis love each other.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Let’s Examine Carrie’s Crazy Homeland NotebookCarrie is not a good speller.
    By Lindsey Weber and Margaret Lyons
  49. season finales
    Mad Men Season Six: Sunny Products, Rotten WorldGrab your margarine, drink your juice.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Don Draper Is Rosemary From Rosemary’s BabyHere, drink this.
    By Margaret Lyons
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