Latest articles by Lili Loofbourow
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Why Bill Cosby walked free
opinion The crux of this case was credibility. And we're awash in templates that hold women to absurd standards of behavior — and dismiss them as dishonest when they fail.
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We should care more about the Bill Cosby trial. Why don't we?
The Explainer How the bombshell story of the fall of America's Dad became an afterthought
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46 TV shows to watch in 2017
The Explainer Looking for something to watch? Let The Week be your guide.
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Why is TV awash in afterlives, hells, and purgatories?
The Explainer The supernatural is taking over television
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How Orange is the New Black pulls off its riskiest season yet
The Explainer What is a prison when the inmates are in charge?
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Why Wonder Woman is the new Indiana Jones
feature More than a superhero movie, this is an adventure film, and a really, really good one
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Why The Leftovers' gently suicidal mood is perfect for this age of American decline
opinion What The Leftovers knows about our secret desire to abdicate power
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The extraordinary ordinariness of The Americans finale
The Explainer Tick tick ... tick tick ... tick tick ... tick tick ... tick tick ... Tune in next season for the boom! (Maybe.)
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The Baywatch movie isn't sexy
The Explainer These bodies are almost too perfect to be real
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How Johnny Depp became a pirate
The Explainer The man who once played the gentle, repressed Gilbert Grape has become totally consumed by Captain Jack Sparrow — on and off the screen
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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
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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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