The sequel article to The ReWatchables — In Mad Men’s season one finale, Don Draper talks of the feeling of nostalgia. He says it comes from the Greek of ‘the pain from an old wound’, then goes on to say it’s ‘a twinge in your heart, far more potent than memory alone’. …

I have been consistent with posting these essays for several months now, and I feel I am settling into it, become part of my weekly workflow. While not exactly on a specific cadence, I’m posting often enough to almost hit the once a week mark. …

When you change (West)worlds, should you change your the title of your show? — I just finished season three of Westworld and it was…interesting? It takes some big swings, and wether or not it connects on all of them, it has a message it clearly wants to hit on. But I’m not here to give a review or discuss the details of the season…

Netflix plus Formula 1 is a winning recipe I am not a racing fan. I’m not a car guy. I never understood the idea of driving around and around in circles, seemingly forever. It felt like a meaningless pursuit, mostly focused on gear heads. Until now. I’ve recently been watching…

It’s been about two weeks since I finished season two of Mindhunter and my heart won’t let it go. It’s an astonishingly great series that I can comfortably say is in the top five of my all-time favorite TV shows (with only two seasons produced so far). …

When I grew up I loved big event movies. Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Men in Black, Armageddon, to name a few. These movies were schedule out for specific, high profile dates throughout the year, mainly during the summer. This meant that between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Weekend was…

Don’t take the exit! — Let’s get this out of the way. I don’t like flashbacks. Like at all. I think they are obnoxious, lazy, and inherently counterproductive to the purpose of the story being told. It’s like you cruising down a freeway, the traffic is flowing, you enjoying the ride to your destination of…

Modern Family has ended after eleven seasons. I’ve watched it from the first season and caught every episode since then. I wouldn’t definitively say that I’m sad that it’s over, but I do have that feeling of a piece of me is missing without it. …

The importance of tone and pacing in story — I’ve been watching a lot of TV and movies lately. Something that has been crossing my mind more recently, are two of the most crucial elements in stories — tone and pacing. They work off each other, and typically, if one is unbalanced, so is the other. …