Latest articles by Lili Loofbourow
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Something is going on with The Americans
The Explainer But what? No one knows ...
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Why Twin Peaks is a bad mystery but a great soap opera
The Explainer Let's talk about Laura Palmer, the hardest-working dead girl in TV history
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The profound despair of The Americans
feature This is not a happy show
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How Better Call Saul fixed Breaking Bad's Skyler Problem
The Explainer Everyone loves Kim on Better Call Saul. Everyone hated Skyler on Breaking Bad. Here's the difference.
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How I Love Dick lustily celebrates the art of female desire
feature This series renders desire so well that by the end, you might love Dick too
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The Americans forever hold their peace
The Explainer A recap of season five, episode 10
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Master of None refuses to wallow
The Explainer The new season of Aziz Ansari's Netflix show takes on longing without making you want to die
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American Gods is good at gore and even better at grief
feature The TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel specializes in bloodletting with a purpose
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The ghosts that haunt The Americans
The Explainer Stan wishes the dead would just be dead. But that's not how it works. They linger on.
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Sisyphus in Silicon Valley
The Explainer If it wasn't crystal clear before, it's obvious now that the HBO series — amusingly laden as it is with grandiose fantasies of genius and merit and Making It — is dedicated not to empire-building but to the comical drudgery of rote repetition
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How Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale succumbed to the feminist curse
The Explainer Why are we so afraid to call this a feminist story?
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Claudia's plot on The Americans: A theory
The Explainer I'm concerned
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The Character of Bill O'Reilly vs. The Real Bill O'Reilly
opinion For all that his onscreen character was abrasive and arrogant, it seems the real man turned out to be quite a bit worse
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Fargo's third season is a gory pleasure
feature It manages to feel both unique and delightfully familiar at the same time
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The Americans' dilemma: Spy or die
The Explainer Is there life after spying? It sure doesn't seem like it ...
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How Kellyanne Conway became the greatest spin doctor in modern American history
feature How does she do it? Let's examine cool girling, ice queening, and more of Conway's go-to strategies.
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How a blast from Breaking Bad's past predicts Better Call Saul's future
The Explainer Welcome back, Gus!
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How Donald Trump ruined Veep
opinion In the current political climate, Veep's foul-mouthed narcissism is no longer as intrinsically amusing
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The camera is getting sneakier on The Americans
The Explainer We've seen too much
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Louis CK's new special is called 2017. So why does it feel so old?
The Explainer Why the schlubby comedy innovator's first stand-up act in the age of Trump falls flat
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The Americans is failing its sons
The Explainer A recap of "Lotus," the fifth episode of The Americans' fifth season
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How S-Town is upending the art of podcasting
feature The show is more than a podcast. It's a brilliant piece of creative nonfiction.
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What other shows can learn from Big Little Lies' spectacular finale
feature What a mind-shattering ending
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Big Little Lies turns satire on the viewer — and the results are terrific
feature These characters are more than just "Real Housewives"
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