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‘The Bear’ Season 4 Finale Leaves Us With Plenty to Chew On

Alan Sepinwall — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

This post contains spoilers for the entire fourth season of The Bear, now streaming on…

‘The Bear’ Season 4 Goes Big and Goes Small in Two Very Special Episodes. Both Work

Alan Sepinwall — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

This post contains spoilers for Season Four of The Bear, which is now streaming on…

‘Squid Game’ Season 3: We Don’t Hate the Players, But We’re Over the Game

Alan Sepinwall — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

This post contains spoilers for the third and final season of Squid Game, which is now streami…

‘The Bear’ Season 4 Gives the People What They Want

Alan Sepinwall — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:15:00 +0000

There will be only one real spoiler in this review of The Bear Season Four, but it's…

‘Ironheart’ Is Marvel’s Gamble on a Minor MCU Hero. It Doesn’t Pay Off

Alan Sepinwall — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 01:00:00 +0000

Riri Williams, who suits up as the titular heroine of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe series…

‘It’s Always Sunny’ Is Only Getting Better With Time

Alan Sepinwall — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

In addition to all of the creative superlatives we can lay on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphi…

‘Common Side Effects’ Is a Real Trip

Alan Sepinwall — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:30:00 +0000

When one starts watching Adult Swim's Common Side Effects, it's easy to feel confused about…

‘Smoke’ Starts Off a Hacky Cop Show — Until It Drops a Three-Alarm Twist

Alan Sepinwall — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The first episode of Smoke, a new Apple TV+ miniseries about an arson investigator (Taron…

‘Phineas and Ferb’ Sticks to What Works in a Welcome Return

Alan Sepinwall — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Most TV revivals are bad. They exist solely for the cynical purpose of exploiting a familiar t…

‘Stick’: Apple’s Golf Comedy Scores on the Charms of Owen Wilson

Alan Sepinwall — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The trailer for Apple's new comedy series Stick isn't subtle in making its pitch to potential…

‘Dept. Q’ Welcomes You to the Isle of Misfit Cops

Alan Sepinwall — Thu, 29 May 2025 07:01:00 +0000

Nobody likes Carl Morck — mostly because he makes it clear early and often how little he likes…

‘The Mountainhead’ Writer-Director Jesse Armstrong Has ‘Some Sympathy’ for Tech Bros

Alan Sepinwall — Wed, 28 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Sometimes, art imitates life. And sometimes, life threatens to upstage…

‘Adults’ Is a Hangout Cringe Comedy for the Next Generation

Alan Sepinwall — Tue, 27 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Into every generation, a hangout sitcom is born — light on plot, and heavy on the chemistry of…

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Ends With Confusion and a Phony Cliffhanger

Alan Sepinwall — Mon, 26 May 2025 02:00:00 +0000

This post contains spoilers for this week's episode of The Last of Us, now streaming on…

‘The Better Sister’ Proves the Milch Apples Didn’t Fall Far From the Tree

Alan Sepinwall — Mon, 26 May 2025 12:30:00 +0000

The Better Sister tells two stories about two different sets of siblings, one fictional, one…

‘Sirens’ Is Batshit Crazy — But at Least It’s Trying

Alan Sepinwall — Thu, 22 May 2025 07:01:00 +0000

This post contains spoilers for the limited series Sirens, now streaming on…

David Chase: The Rolling Stone Interview

Alan Sepinwall — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:00:05 +0000

“It is not a TV show. It’s a movie. It’s going to be on a TV channel, but it’s not a TV show.”

This is Sopranos creator David Chase, summing up why he was so excited to make The Many Sain…

‘The Last of Us’ Episode 2: A City Under Siege, a Shocking End

Alan Sepinwall — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:00:00 +0000

This post contains spoilers for this week's episode of The Last of Us, which is now streaming…

Remembering George Wendt: Why Everybody Knew Norm’s Name

Alan Sepinwall — Tue, 20 May 2025 21:03:12 +0000

The final scene of Cheers — whose series finale aired 32 years ago tonight — is a master…

‘The Last of Us’: Joel’s Return and Other Secrets Behind the Making of Episode 6

Alan Sepinwall — Mon, 19 May 2025 02:00:00 +0000

This post contains spoilers for this week's episode of The Last of Us, now streaming on…