New York Magazine Author: Emily Nussbaum Article Mentions
Author, Emily NussbaumMentioned, Julia Stiles Mentioned, Michael C. Hall Mentioned, John Lithgow Mentioned, Julie Benz Mentioned, Jennifer Carpenter Mentioned, Jon Hamm Mentioned, Slayer
If you, like me, are a bit of a television evangelist, you know how satisfying it is to win a convert. There are so many shows that let you do so with ease: a gorgeous cable drama like Mad Men, for instance, which is smart and thoughtful, but also rewards any viewer interested in retro design, vicarious adultery, or Jon Hamm in a suit. Then theres the other type of show the tough sell. The Wire was perhaps the No. 1 series of this type: Brilliant and engrossing, but it turned to spinach the minute you tried to describe it. (Its about inner-city Baltimore! But also a searing metaphor for the alienation of capitalism.) Buffy the Vampire Slayer was another tough nut, back in the pre-Twilight days when it aired (Its about a vampire-slaying che...(read more)
... If you, like me, are a bit of a television evangelist, you know how satisfying it is to win a convert. There are so many shows that let you do so with ease: a gorgeous cable drama like Mad Men, for instance, which is smart and thoughtful, but also re ...
... who stumbles out of Fowlers attic, having witnessed Dexters crime. Will he kill her to protect himself? Will he see himself in her? Will he love her? This could be the sickest and most logical rebound romance of all, the serial killer and the iconic ...
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