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In-depth show reviews, current and recent

A growing library of in-depth reviews of the most-discussed shows of the streaming era. Each review covers the premise, cast, what works, what the awards bodies have done with it, and where to start.

Currently covered

Apple TV+ · 2022 – present
Severance
Adam Scott’s ‘outie’ consents to a brain implant that gives him an ‘innie’ who knows nothing of life outside L…
HBO · 2021 – present
The White Lotus
Mike White’s anthology resort series. Each season swaps cast and continent — Hawaii, Sicily, Thailand — but never the form…
Netflix · 2025
Adolescence
A 13-year-old boy is arrested for the stabbing murder of a female classmate. Each of the four episodes is shot in a single uninterrupted tak…
Max · 2025 – present
The Pitt
Noah Wyle returns to the emergency room for the first time since ER — this time as the attending. Each of the 15 first-season…
Apple TV+ · 2022 – present
Slow Horses
Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the most disgusting MI5 agent in fiction, running a department of agents he is paid to bore into resignation. F…
Disney+ · 2022 – 2025
Andor
Tony Gilroy’s slow, adult, deeply unsentimental two-season prequel to Rogue One. Diego Luna plays a thief on the road to beco…
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