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Reservation Dogs: Season 3 (2023) 100% EDIT “With clarity, acerbic humor, and a great deal of concise yet spacious visual and verbal poetry, Reservation Dogs taught its characters -- and us -- that while those bonds could be annoying and inconvenient at times, they were not a trap.” – Vanity Fair Sep 27, 2023 Full Review The West Wing: Season 6 (2004) 64% EDIT “The show, like its characters, can tend to be glib, long-winded and awfully self-important. But still, it's one of the few prime-time network dramas to take on the Big Issue with both heart and intelligence. ” – Chicago Tribune Jul 7, 2023 Full Review Veronica Mars: Season 1 (2004) 97% EDIT “Not only is Veronica Mars not silly, it's one of the best new shows of the fall season. But despite more-than-competent writing and a fine supporting cast, it's possible that "Mars" might be mediocre without Kristin Bell. ” – Chicago Tribune Jun 29, 2023 Full Review The Great Pottery Throw Down: Season 5 (2022) EDIT “The mature part of my brain knew I should have rationed episodes so they’d last. Mature brain lost: I gobbled up all 10 installments in a weekend and loved every second of it.” – Vanity Fair Apr 13, 2022 Full Review Cowboy Bebop: Season 1 (2021) 45% EDIT “As Cowboy Bebop figures itself out, it proves to be an excellent vehicle for star John Cho's charisma and range.” – Vanity Fair Nov 16, 2021 Full Review Lucifer: Season 6 (2021) 94% EDIT “Over the years, it's gotten looser, funnier, more sure of itself and more emotionally engaging, all while showing admirable fealty to the building blocks of quality mainstream television.” – Vanity Fair Sep 9, 2021 Full Review Ted Lasso: Season 2 (2021) 98% EDIT “One of the wisest things about Ted Lasso is how it never loses sight of the fact that the title character uses his likability as both a fluffy, comforting duvet and a vibranium shield capable of unhealthy and self-serving deflection.” – Vanity Fair Jul 14, 2021 Full Review Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 (2005) 90% EDIT “IT's that sort of character-driven storytelling that elevates this "Battlestar" into the top rank of televised sci-fi.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 9, 2021 Full Review Will & Grace: Season 1 (2017) 89% EDIT “All in all, there's nothing about the early stages of the revival that is likely to put off its most ardent fans or even mildly enthusiastic viewers.” – Variety Jan 8, 2021 Full Review Ted Lasso: Season 1 (2020) 92% EDIT “Ted Lasso is not just good but Important.” – Vanity Fair Dec 3, 2020 Full Review It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 3 (2007) 90% EDIT “I like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia... [But] though "Sunny" is admirably energetic, the comedy can seem repetitive after a while.” – Chicago Tribune Oct 19, 2020 Full Review EDIT “As the strands come together, the story gains in tension and you want to know what happens next. Even if what happens next is the unthinkable.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 25, 2020 Full Review The Vow: Season 1 (2020) 72% EDIT “An impressive and even transfixing achievement. It uses the viewer's curiosity about branding and sex cults to tell a valuable and engrossing tale about gullibility, trust and the human desire to put one's faith in a leader who promises the real Answer.” – New York Times Aug 24, 2020 Full Review Moonlight: Season 1 (2007) 22% EDIT “The direction is flat-out awful. Much of the dialogue is groan-inducing, the acting by some of the guest actors is jaw-droppingly wooden, and I guessed who the villain was way before the halfway mark.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 5, 2020 Full Review Kitchen Nightmares: Season 1 (2007) 80% EDIT “Leave it to Fox to take something the Brits did pretty well and muck it up.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 9, 2020 Full Review Trailer Park Boys: Season 2 (2002) EDIT “It's not that the men who play hapless would-be crime titans Ricky and Julian don't try -- but that's the whole point. The actors shouldn't appear to be trying at all.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 1, 2020 Full Review The L Word: Season 2 (2005) 78% EDIT “Despite its outwardly rebellious theme -- the unapologetic depiction of the love lives and sex lives of gay women -- the show is mainly just a good, old-fashioned, spicy relationship drama” – Chicago Tribune Apr 1, 2020 Full Review Happy Valley: Season 2 (2016) 100% EDIT “"Happy Valley" does a fine job of conveying what it's like to be a small-town police officer whose daily rounds allow her to confront the dumb, silly and awful things people do to each other, and to wrestle with what she herself is capable of.” – Variety Mar 24, 2020 Full Review The Andromeda Strain: Season 1 30% EDIT “This version of the story is paced well; it gives Crichton's story a hint of blandness, but it also marches through the plot with no-nonsense efficiency.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 4, 2020 Full Review The Cleaner: Season 1 (2008) 24% EDIT “The most interesting part of "Intervention" is seeing the painful and dysfunctional personal relationships that can contribute to an addict's downward spiral. So far, "The Cleaner" has little of that drama and none of that pathos.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 25, 2020 Full Review The Office: Season 4 (2007) 83% EDIT “Despite its ups and downs, I look forward to watching the NBC comedy each week. When it is on its game, it's terrific.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 24, 2020 Full Review The Office: Season 1 (2005) 71% EDIT “Not an unqualified success, but it is eminently watchable. What's more, it does the near-impossible: It doesn't make the viewer forget the original, but it actually inspires affection, instead of cries of "sacrilege!" from this rabid "Office" fan.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 20, 2020 Full Review Supernatural: Season 1 (2005) 80% EDIT “The dialogue is workmanlike at best and the characterizations are paper-thin, though both lead actors are appealing enough.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 7, 2020 Full Review Blind Justice: Season 1 (2005) 39% EDIT “At least they tried for something slightly different - a blind detective. Too bad the rest of the show is a by-the-book chunk o' cliches.” – Baltimore Sun Jan 14, 2020 Full Review Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy: Season 1 (2004) 40% EDIT “The extreme stereotypes aren't limited to the mommies. In both shows, husbands are depicted as lazy, stupid, selfish, arrogant or, at the very least, allergic to Windex.” – Chicago Tribune Jan 8, 2020 Full Review
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