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It was an uneven fourth season for Noah Hawley's FX anthology: The show was still driven by an unequaled ensemble, exemplary period production values and clever dialogue, but struggled to bring its two-dozen main characters and myriad thematic swings together in its tale of organized crime in 1950s Kansas City. But for one episode, written by Hawley and Lee Edward Colston II and directed by Michael Uppendahl,  Fargo was in absolute top form. "East/West" did away with the sprawling cast other than Rodney L. Jones III's Satchel and Ben Whishaw's Rabbi to tell a quirky black-and-white road tri...

It takes a brave producer to try and fuse two genres that are never naturally in the same room together and make it work, but Lovecraft Country does just that. J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele’s new HBO series is based on a book of the same name by Matt Ruff. Brilliantly steered by showrunner / producer Misha Green, this is a collision of civil rights with horror, supernatural and occasionally sci-fi. This may start out as a defiant look at 1950s oppression but it isn’t long before it veers into all kinds of horror and supernatural, in a BLM adjustment to the equilibrium. Matt Ruff’s story...

I May Destroy You follows Arabella, a carefree and up-and-coming author who struggles to remember what happened to her after a night out with friends. After Chewing Gum, Michaela has once again created a breathtaking series that gets better and better with each episode. She manages to weave together humor and drama so perfectly that it's hard not to be mesmerized by both the character of Arabella and Michaela's writing. Every episode is masterfully crafted, and it's a testament to Michaela's ability to place herself and her experiences front and center in this amazing TV series. 2. P...

Premiered November 26 | Watch on HBO Max The Big Bang Theory and her Priceline pitchman persona in favor of something a little more daring and fun. She stars in this miniseries as Cassie, a hard-partying flight attendant who jumps into a one-night stand in Bangkok with a hunk (Michiel Huisman) and wakes up next to his freshly murdered corpse. What follows is a dark comedy that doubles as a murder mystery as Cuoco's character tries to piece together what happened, evade authorities, and find the murderer. And even though you'll bang your head over Cassie's decisions and inability to play it co...

I May Destroy You was "one of the most exciting of 2020." Natalie Seery / HBO It has been a momentous year for everything we consider TV. A pandemic, civil rights reckoning, streaming war and presidential election shook up the industry in a dozen different ways. It blurred lines between genres, platforms and story forms, while also encouraging us to develop our own, deep rabbit holes of favorite media. So when our team of four critics sat down to figure out what we liked most onscreen this year, we each had a lot of stuff on our lists no one else did.