Modern TV Series

New Girl - Why Jess Isn’t Really the Protagonist

Friends’ Mixed Messages | Good and Bad Takeaways

The Age of Fanfiction - Manifesting Our Fantasies

Bridgerton is a Fan Fiction About Today

Princess Diana, According to The Crown

The Queen’s Gambit - When the Genius is Female

New Girl’s Schmidt - The Upsides of Being Uncool

New Girl’s Cece - The Limits of the “Pretty Girl”

New Girl - Jess and Nick’s Love Lessons

Community’s Abed - Live Like You’re On TV

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Captain Holt - Analytical Love

Atlanta: What TV Can Be

The Good Place, Ending Explained - What Happens After?

We’re All Four Characters in The Good Place

This Is Us: Jack Pearson, the Dream Dad

Mindhunter: A Game Called Dialogue

What’s So Great About Twin Peaks?

Scandal: Why Olivia Pope Wears the White Hat

Shameless: Is Change Possible?

Hooked on the Pain: Why We Love The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid’s Tale is About the Present

The Handmaid’s Tale: Framing Strong Women

New Girl: Farewell to the Adorkable Era

How Planet Earth Tells a Story, Part 1

How Planet Earth Tells a Story, Part 2

Jack Ryan: Action Hero for Our Times

House of Cards Explained: Shakespeare, History & Guilty Pleasure

Sherlock: The Loner Genius Myth

Veep Ending Explained: Don’t Give Up Your Gary

Veep Ending Explained: Satire in the Age of Trump