Latest articles by Lili Loofbourow
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Something is going on with The AmericansThe Explainer But what? No one knows ...
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Why Twin Peaks is a bad mystery but a great soap operaThe Explainer Let's talk about Laura Palmer, the hardest-working dead girl in TV history
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The profound despair of The Americansfeature This is not a happy show
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How Better Call Saul fixed Breaking Bad's Skyler ProblemThe 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 desirefeature This series renders desire so well that by the end, you might love Dick too
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The Americans forever hold their peaceThe Explainer A recap of season five, episode 10
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Master of None refuses to wallowThe 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 grieffeature The TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel specializes in bloodletting with a purpose
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The ghosts that haunt The AmericansThe 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 ValleyThe 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 curseThe Explainer Why are we so afraid to call this a feminist story?
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Claudia's plot on The Americans: A theory
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The Character of Bill O'Reilly vs. The Real Bill O'Reillyopinion 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 pleasurefeature It manages to feel both unique and delightfully familiar at the same time
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The Americans' dilemma: Spy or dieThe 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 historyfeature 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 futureThe Explainer Welcome back, Gus!
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How Donald Trump ruined Veepopinion 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 AmericansThe 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 sonsThe 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 podcastingfeature 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 finalefeature What a mind-shattering ending
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Big Little Lies turns satire on the viewer — and the results are terrificfeature These characters are more than just "Real Housewives"
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