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  1. Transparent Takes a Mostly Worthwhile Trip in Season 4The Pfeffermans go to Israel. So do all of their problems.
    By Jen Chaney
  2. The Good Place Season Two Is So Forking GreatThe series solidifies its status as the most intellectually engaging comedy on television.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Jerry Before Seinfeld Is a Carefully Curated Origin StoryIt’s the Disneyland version of Seinfeld’s early years.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  4. Netflix’s American Vandal Is a True-Crime Parody That’s… Almost Brilliant?As ridiculous it is to make eight 30-minute-plus episodes based on a dick joke, there’s also something impressive about it.
    By Jen Chaney
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    The Fourth Season of BoJack Horseman Is a Marvel of MelancholyIt’s the finest single season of a comedy in ages, though the persistent melancholy and focus on shame and guilt mark it as a comedy-drama.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Younger and Insecure Prove It’s a Great Time for TV Rom-ComsThe two shows are very different, but their recent season finales highlight rom-com links.
    By Jen Chaney
  7. Outlander Returns for What Could, and Should, Be a Breakout SeasonIn its third year on TV, it feels primed to break through even wider.
    By Jen Chaney
  8. Top of the Lake: China Girl Is a Disappointing Follow-upIts relationship to the original may conjure up not-fond memories of seasons one and two of True Detective.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The Deuce Offers a Look at the ’70s That’s Entirely Void of Glowing NostalgiaDavid Simon’s new HBO series about the porn industry around Times Square revisits an era of sex and crime that we’re too quick to glamorize.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  10. In Twin Peaks: The Return, You Can’t Go Home AgainThe finale was a perfect non-ending to everything that came before it.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  11. American Horror Story: Cult Is a Fascinating Take On Our Political MomentI haven’t been this immediately intrigued by a season of American Horror Story since Asylum.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Game of Thrones Is Not What It Once WasWhat we have here is a classic case of something being gained while something else is being lost.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Halt and Catch Fire Is Confident As Hell in Season FourThis show is so good and it’s ending this season, so just watch it, okay?
    By Jen Chaney
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    Amazon’s The Tick Is Part Comedy, Part Grim PsychodramaI did not expect a new version of The Tick to provide some of the same prickly pleasures as BoJack Horseman, but here it is.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Kathy Bates Is the Highlight of Netflix’s Pot Comedy, DisjointedIt’s basically a CBS sitcom that smoked a little weed.
    By Jen Chaney
  16. Whitney: Can I Be Me Is a Remarkably Intimate Look at Whitney Houston’s Life“There is not one person out there not responsible for the demise of that beautiful woman.”
    By Jen Chaney
  17. Marvel’s The Defenders Is a Pretty Grim SlogThe most cringeworthy parts of this superhero team-up are drawn directly from Iron Fist.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  18. The Grand Feminist Legacy of Orphan BlackIt was an imperfect, astounding series.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  19. Atypical Is a Sensitive Look at Life With AutismThe new Netflix series is heartfelt and well-acted, even when it occasionally hits the wrong comedy notes.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Comrade Detective Isn’t a Satire of AnythingBe suspicious of anybody who tells you that this show is a laugh riot.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  21. You’re Probably Going to Love Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years LaterIt’s still got it.
    By Jen Chaney
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    The Sinner Is a Superbly Executed Murder MysteryIt understands that every mystery is ultimately an exercise in people-watching.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  23. What Would Diplo Do? Is a Showcase for James Van Der BeekIn the new Viceland series, Van Der Beek plays a (slightly) satirical version of the EDM DJ.
    By Jen Chaney
  24. Rick and Morty Is One of the Best Shows on TVThe Adult Swim series isn’t just a bawdy riff on science-fiction clichés.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The Last Tycoon Is Handsome But DullThe Amazon series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is hard to fully embrace.
    By Jen Chaney
  26. The Duplass Brothers’ HBO Anthology Series Is Nothing Like TogethernessIt will surprise you with every episode.
    By Jen Chaney
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    HBO’s Diana, Our Mother Tells Her Story Through William and HarryA measured but moving tribute that’s as much about William and Harry as it is about the late princess.
    By Jen Chaney
  28. Insecure Is Back With Another Razor-sharp SeasonRae and her co-stars shape every scene into a perfectly formed bit of social interaction.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  29. Netflix’s Ozark Falls Somewhere Between Bloodline and Breaking BadThe Netflix crime-drama is overly familiar, but elevated by the work of Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.
    By Jen Chaney
  30. Loaded Feels a Bit Played OutThe British series about four guys who find tech start-up success doesn’t exactly feel innovative.
    By Jen Chaney
  31. Game of Thrones Has Become More Empathetic and Complex in Its Final LegIt’s as dedicated to self-reflection as its wisest characters.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Friends From College Tries Too Hard, But Still Delivers Some LaughsIt resonated with me enough to make me keep watching.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Salvation Is TV’s Rinky-dink Answer to ArmageddonThe CBS sci-fi series is a reminder that television shouldn’t attempt everything that worked in movies.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  34. Freeform’s The Bold Type Is the Best TV Surprise of 2017 So FarNot too many shamelessly entertaining series are as smart as this one.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Will Puts a Modern Twist on the Bard, But It’s a Bit of a MessThis new TNT drama wants to prove there’s nothing stuffy or highbrow about Shakespeare.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The Defiant Ones Goes Behind the Music in Mostly Compelling WaysHBO’s docuseries about Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine is an often fascinating look at key moments in pop music.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Snowfall Is a Clever, Retro-Pulp ThrillerThis FX drama about the rise of crack in the ‘80s takes its cues from gangster movies, but it’s best when it’s yakking, not whacking.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Younger Returns With Its Deceit IntactTV Land’s escapist comedy finds even more juice in Liza’s big lie.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Netflix’s Gypsy Goes Nowhere, SlowlyTwin Peaks aside, this has not been a great month for Naomi Watts projects.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Netflix’s GLOW Is a Mostly Enjoyable Underdog StoryMuch of its appeal comes from being the sort of broad-strokes comedy of liberation that might’ve been produced in the ‘80s.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  41. The American Gods Finale Is a Pure DelightDespite my reservations, it made me unreservedly love the show.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  42. The Great British Baking Show Is Back, Just When We Need It MostUnlike a lot of reality TV, it takes place within such a supportive and mature atmosphere.
    By Jen Chaney
  43. The Handmaid’s Tale Ends As It Began — by Amping Up the AnxietySeason one of the Hulu series was effectively tense, and occasionally a little too much.
    By Jen Chaney
  44. Orange Is the New Black’s Fifth Season Feels Like a 13-Hour-long Bottle EpisodeIt suffers from Netflix bloat.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Nothing About TNT’s Claws Is SubtleWhich works in its favor and against it.
    By Jen Chaney
  46. The Leftovers Ends With No Answers — But Here’s One Possible TheoryI’ll tell you what I initially believed happened in The Leftovers finale. Then I’ll tell you the conclusion that I came to the day after.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  47. The Americans’ Penultimate Season Was Its Messiest, Most Depressing One YetMy current ranking from greatest to least is 4, 3, 2, 1, and then 5.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The Carmichael Show Is More Confident in Its Third SeasonThis is one of the most honest, least-talked-about series on TV.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  49. House of Cards’ Fifth Season Is Bonkers, in a Good WayNot since season four of Boardwalk Empire has a show made me want to go back and reconsider every withering thing I’ve written about it.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Bloodline Comes to an Ethically Slippery EndGood-bye, Rayburns.
    By Jen Chaney
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