Television

Beyond Grief, Beyond Belief

What The Great British Baking Show Taught Me About Living Through Death

The Captivating Sarah Paulson

Why one of Hollywood’s most elusive actors is also one of its most…

YRGIRLS Are Back

The sisterhood of SNL’s girl group

The La Las

Understanding ‘Gilmore Girls’ and its music

When something mildly intense, somewhat infuriating, or just a little bit less than postcard-perfect is about to happen on Gilmore Girls, you cue the ‘La Las’ — a set of calm and harmonizing voices singing the…

A Love That Survives

“Shhhhh, it’s starting!”

I plopped down in the corner of the couch, eyes alight with excitement as they always were on Wednesday nights. Michelle followed me into our TV room hesitantly, a look of curiosity on her face as she sunk into the corner armchair. I was…

Aliens and Dilly Bars

A Defense of Childish Humor

Give Me the Gun, Carlton

Lessons in Masculinity and Loss from the Fresh Prince

“I got in one little fight, and my mom got scared.”

— Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, opening credits

Becoming a Gilmore Girl

On binge-watching and vicarious living

White Christmas

“Louie”’s Holiday Confusion — and Mine

Louie (New York City)

Chopsticks penetrate her eye sockets. Two hollow eyes peer back into his — an invasive, blank stare. Louie has bought a doll for his daughter’s Christmas gift, but…

In the Weeds

How Celia Hodes Converted Me into a TV Completist