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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Ghost of Matt Lauer
Why the departure of the longtime Today show host—who was abruptly fired by NBC after an allegation of sexual impropriety—represents much more than a casting change
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Netflix What Godless Says About America
Netflix’s gorgeous, subversive new series exposes the dark mythology embedded in the Western genre.
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Jennifer Clasen / Amazon The Transparent Allegations and the 'Politicized' Workplace
The actor Jeffrey Tambor may leave the show, but his accusers don’t want to undo what his character stood for.
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AP The Real Cult of Charles Manson
The mass murderer, who died on Sunday at 83, turned one following into another.
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Netflix The Punisher Is Rooted in American Trauma
The Netflix show, more than any other Marvel product, explores the idea that the country’s systems are fundamentally broken.
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FX American Horror Story: Cult's Angry Women
In its seventh season, the FX show tackled a timely subject with typical incoherence.
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Adrian Burke / Getty Images He Doth Brotest Too Much
Louis C.K., Harvey Weinstein, and many other men alleged to be abusers have something else in common: They were great at seeming to be good.
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Netflix Alias Grace Is True Crime Through the Female Gaze
The new Netflix drama—an adaptation of the novel by Margaret Atwood—is must-watch TV for the current moment.
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Showtime How Should Hollywood Respond to Mass Shootings?
Showtime’s documentary series Active Shooter stands in opposition to the entertainment industry’s avoidance of an increasingly urgent subject.
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Will Heath / NBC Why Larry David's Holocaust Joke Was So Uncomfortable
The comedian has a long history of referencing the Shoah for laughs throughout his career—with a wide range of results.
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Starz The Bleak World of The Girlfriend Experience
The Starz show returns for a second season, but its self-serving antiheroes are colder than ever.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Kevin Spacey Allegations, Through the Lens of Power
The sexual-assault accusations against the actor are part of a broader social reckoning with the dynamics of abuse.
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Michael Klippfeld / Getty Images Is This the Upside Down?
The allegations of sexual predation, across industries and decades. The offenses that have hidden in plain sight. Today’s monsters don’t breathe fire or trample buildings; they walk among us.
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SundanceTV When Rape Is a Plot Twist
Is there an appropriate way to tie stories of sexual assault to unreliable narrators?
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Netflix The Monster in Stranger Things 2
In the second series of the Netflix drama, the show goes deeper in exploring the after-effects of physical and emotional trauma.
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Netflix The Darkness of Stranger Things 2
The new season of the breakout Netflix show takes a turn toward horror.
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AMC The Walking Dead Staggers On for Another Year
In its eighth season, the show is finally moving to take down its tiresome super-villain—but it might be too little, too late.
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Colleen Hayes / NBC How The Good Place Goes Beyond ‘The Trolley Problem’
In Season 2, the terrific NBC sitcom continues to explore ethics without sacrificing complexity or humor.
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FX Better Things’s ‘Eulogy’ Is One of the Best TV Episodes of the Year
On Thursday night, the FX show aired a weird, wonderful ode to working motherhood.
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Netflix Mindhunter Probes America's Obsession With Serial Killers
David Fincher’s new Netflix drama explores the phenomenon from the vantage point of its Golden Age—the 1970s.
