TV Archives

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.

For all its psychologizing of its subject, what the final season of Sherlock fails to understand is Sherlock himself.

Project Runway Junior demonstrates a sense of play and wonder.

Galentine’s Day is coming up. Don’t forget to treat your women friends accordingly.

The rituals and comforts of Small Town, America, are not necessarily unique to Stars Hollow.

Nordic noir’s bone-chilling revelation is that no matter how far we progress as a society, we are limited and weighed down by our corrupt natures.

Can Jesus be with Queen Victoria as she struggles to find the right man in a court filled with uncles and male cousins who just want to control her?

The knowledge celebrated on Jeopardy! demonstrates one aspect of witness: a positive delight in that “adorable triviality” of a universe that was made for more than our own paltry purposes.

As I contemplate the end of the The Great British Bake Off as I know it and its intersection with the end of Christmas, I can’t help but think about the challenge of the Nativity.

Does our suffering make us human? The show Westworld tries to answer the question.