How do you follow an episode like “Toast Can’t Never be Bread Again,” the brilliant finale to Orange Is the New Black‘s fourth season? This is the peril of ending on such a high note;...
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Fargo: “Who Rules the Land of Denial?”
Margaux and I discuss last night’s crazy-ass episode of Fargo. Trevor: LOVED. THIS. EPISODE. Fuck my usual preamble, because I am psyched about “Who Rules the Land of Denial?” I feel like this is maybe Fargo’s...
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Better Call Saul: “Slip”
Margaux and I discuss a pretty tense, pretty great episode of Better Call Saul. Trevor: This is something we say a version of almost every week, but goddamn is this show good at cold opens (and...
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6 Minutes
Fear the Walking Dead: “The New Frontier”
What the hell is going on with Fear the Walking Dead? On the one hand, I appreciate the economic fashion in which the story is unfolding: our protagonists have been moved to the requisite new...
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Fear the Walking Dead: “Eye of the Beholder”
Fear the Walking Dead is such an unimportant show to me that I had literally forgotten it was returning. It took a random Twitter post to remind me, and my first reaction was to say...
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Fargo: “The Law of Inevitability”
Margaux and I are starting to wonder if anyone is real on this season of Fargo. Trevor: Before we get into the meat of “The Law of Inevitability,” which I liked, I just want...
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Fargo: “The Lord of No Mercy”
Margaux and I discuss last night’s impactful episode of Fargo. Trevor: We’ve been reviewing Fargo for three seasons now, and false modesty aside I think we’ve gotten pretty good at it. But sometimes I...
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Better Call Saul: “Expenses”
Margaux and I discuss last night’s bummer episode of Better Call Saul. Trevor: Better Call Saul is a show full of wonderful shots, and “Expenses” was no exception, but even by this show’s standards,...
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Fargo: “The House of Special Purpose”
Sy Feltz is not having a good day. For four episodes now, Fargo has treated Sy as Emmit Stussy’s right-hand man, as well as the show’s comic relief, and Michael Stuhlbarg has been more than...
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Better Call Saul: “Off Brand”
Margaux and I discuss last night’s quiet, yet impactful, episode of Better Call Saul. Trevor: I feel like there’s an elephant in the room regarding “Off Brand,” because it’s the episode in which Better...
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Fargo: “The Narrow Escape Problem”
Margaux and I reunite for a lengthy discussion of last night’s Fargo. Trevor: I love the orchestra metaphor – introduced by Billy Bob Thornton – in “The Narrow Escape Problem,” as it cannily sums...
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Better Call Saul: “Chicanery”
Margaux and I talk last night’s Better Call Saul, which went full-on courtroom drama. Trevor: Better Call Saul is a very unassuming show, and in episodes like “Chicanery” it’s deliberately un-flashy, which puts it...
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