Succession… Every Large Adult Son on Succession, Ranked 16 Oct 202117 Nov 2021 Who is Succession's Number One Boy? My favorite current television show returns tomorrow: Succession. I don’t know that I realized it was my favorite show until I found myself so…
Black Mirror… Anyone else still thinking about that Black Mirror guinea pig? 18 Jan 201929 Sep 2019 A Black Mirror Fan Theory This post is part of Fan Theory Fridays, in which we share and explore a new fan theory about a film, television series, book, or…
D. F. Lovett… What References, Depictions, and Themes Should We Anticipate in Fargo’s Season 3? 15 Apr 201723 Jun 2017 While this blog's last Fargo article gave you a list of ways to get hyped for the forthcoming third season, it didn't go very deep into what we've seen in Fargo…
Fan Theories… The Rick and Morty Fan Theory That Explains Total Rickall and Rick Breaking the Fourth Wall 8 Apr 20179 Apr 2017 An avid Rick and Morty fan has many questions, some of which were answered (or at least addressed) in the Season 3 premiere that aired on April's Fools Day. These…
Fan Theories… Is Hannibal Buress the Architect of Eric Andre’s Pain? The Fan Theory No One Asked For 25 Sep 201629 Sep 2016 If you aren't familiar with it, The Eric Andre Show is a post-modern talk show starring Eric Andre and Hannibal Buress, two comedians who are either parodying a late night…
Seinfeld… Was Seinfeld a 1990s Greek Tragedy? 30 Aug 201530 Aug 2015 It's known as the greatest sitcom of the 1990s, starring the arguably most famous comedian of all time. But is Seinfeld even a comedy? Or would we be better off…
Fan Theories… True Detective vs. Friends: Did Ross Geller Lose Custody of His Son? 8 Aug 201527 Sep 2019 A recent scene in True Detective got me thinking about something I haven't thought about in a long time: Friends. In probably the saddest scene of the second season, Ray…
Ballers… Don’t Call a Show Good, or Bad, Until The End is Known: On Ballers, True Detective, and House of Cards. 9 Jul 2015 In a previous post, I mentioned Herodotus's lesson, to "call no man happy until he is dead." My specific application of his lesson in that case was to say that…
HBO… How Taylor Kitch’s Paul Woodrugh Should Have Been Introduced in True Detective 1 Jul 20151 Jul 2015 So far, so good, for Season Two of True Detective. Except for one aspect of the first episode that didn't work for me. There are four main characters in this…
HBO… Why Silicon Valley’s Approach to the Bechdel Test is Brilliant 22 Jun 201530 Jun 2015 We all know what the Bechdel Test is. Or, if you don't, it's that rule, invented by Alison Bechdel in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, about fiction which…