This Is Us Isn’t Comfort TV, It’s Just Boring TV

[Spoilers for the first 10 episodes, including December 6’s midseason finale, of This Is Us.] For all the grisly iniquities that might befall a Victorian-era Londoner, so goes a theory, the Sherlock Holmes stories were ultimately a comfort to readers. Genre expectations — in this case, that of a solved mystery — furnished the illusion… Read more »

What Kind Of Swag Can You Buy In The Westworld Gift Shop? And Other Unanswered, Post-Finale Questions

The first season of Westworld is over, which means fans now have months to rewatch the series in an effort to predict every pending plot twist before the next episode even airs. (Spoiler: The fly that keeps appearing on the hosts’ faces is the last living thing on earth, and every single character we’ve seen… Read more »