TV Archives

Superstore is asking us to consider what it means to live in a divided country, to stop pretending like we can ever be all the same.

In Rurouni Kenshin, the reverse-blade sword is a sign to those who know him that Kenshin is different: a counter-cultural man of principle with a higher purpose.

The songs of Daniel Tiger have become little liturgies that shape my daughter’s days.

A sense of who Anne is and a certain integrity about her portrayal is necessary if she is to matter at all.

In the fourth season, the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are forced to face one of their greatest foes yet: their own regrets.

The show refuses to follow the “inspirationally disadvantaged” cliché found in lots of fiction that features disabled characters.

Fate/Zero provides us a tragic story of idolatry straight from the playbook of scripture.

Although it’s fiction, The Walking Dead reaches into our nonfiction hearts and draws to the surface survivolatry we excuse in ourselves.

Samurai Jack reminds us of the power of forgiveness and of relinquishing past sins.

To many, the world of The Handmaid’s Tale looks eerily similar to our contemporary moment.

What do we do with our imperfect virtue, our guilt, our pathetic attempts at love?

Submission to a worthy and trustworthy person emboldens, even in the fictional relationships of Fate/Zero.

Though flawed, The OA is beautiful, heartbreaking, and deeply hopeful.

Both Victoria and Albert hold fast to their “prudish” morality precisely because they are surrounded by the carnage of its rejection.

The unchecked expression of sexual desires tends to harm the most vulnerable among us.