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Cynthia Nixon in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

Maybe we don’t need TV to make sense

Coleman Spilde
Unity Mitford; Diana Mitford (Mrs Bryan Guinness, later Lady Diana Mosley) and writer Nancy Mitford, 1932 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Glamorizing fascists is really gross

Andi Zeisler
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in "Dexter: Resurrection" (Zach Dilgard/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME)

Dexter should've stayed dead

Kelly McClure
Lena Dunham and Megan Stalter (Photo illustration by Salon/Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)

Lena Dunham's sharply crafted chaos

Melanie McFarland
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Alexander Skarsgård in "Murderbot" (Apple TV+)

We'd be lucky if AI were like Murderbot

Melanie McFarland
"Squid Game" (Netflix)

What "Squid Game" baby says about us

Melanie McFarland
Tom Sturridge as Dream in "The Sandman" (Netflix)

“The Sandman” ends on a sorry note

Melanie McFarland
A collection of some of our staff picks. (Photo illustration by Salon / Courtesy of Netflix, Apple TV+, Darren Vargas, Penguin Random House)

The best of 2025 . . . so far

Kelly McClure, Natalie Moore, Coleman Spilde, Melanie McFarland, Hanh Nguyen, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Amanda Marcotte, Bennett LT, Alex Galbraith, Ashlie D. Stevens
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Lee Jung-jae in "Squid Game" (No Ju-han/Netflix)

Squid Game may be right about democracy

Melanie McFarland
Ayo Edebiri as Sydney "Syd" Adamu and Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina Marrero in "The Bear" (FX)

"The Bear" gets it — we're burned out

Melanie McFarland
Noah Wyle and Patrick Ball in "The Pitt" (Warrick Page/Max)

"The Pitt" knows what's ailing America

Melanie McFarland
Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon and Harry Richardson in "The Gilded Age" (Karolina Wojtasik/HBO)

Who wants to love a billionaire?

Melanie McFarland
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Sarita Choudhury in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

"And Just Like That," a crime of fashion

Melanie McFarland
Kevin Bacon as Peter Kell in "Sirens" (Macall Polay/Netflix)

How we learned to love the evil rich

Melanie McFarland
Various characters from HBO shows (Photo Illustration by Salon / Courtesy HBO)

Lesbians get more crumbs for Pride Month

Kelly McClure
Brian Johnson, also known as the Liver King, is the subject of Netflix's "UNTOLD: The Liver King" (Netflix)

The alpha male era is on its way out

Melanie McFarland
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Light Wire perform on "America's Got Talent" (Trae Patton/NBC)

Reality TV's lies about our meritocracy

Melanie McFarland
Mario Cantone and Sarah Jessica Parker in "And Just Like That..." (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

Midlife's a breeze for gay men on TV

Melanie McFarland
Families used to gather around the single tv set in the house to catch up on "Must See TV." Now, it's mostly just individuals streaming alone. Is that okay? (Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images)

The death of the summer rerun

CK Smith
Bella Ramsey in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" tests our empathy

Melanie McFarland
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Various old televisions play modern shows and movies (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images/xavierarnau / Netflix / Elizabeth Morris/Netflix / AppleTV+ / Focus Features / Kenny Laubbaucher/Max)

So much to watch but impossible to find

Coleman Spilde
Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark in "Forever" (Elizabeth Morris/Netflix)

The secret to Judy Blume’s staying power

Melanie McFarland
Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Jill Zarin, Bethenny Frankel, Ramona Singer and Alex McCord attend "The Real Housewives of New York City" season 2 premiere party (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

There will never be another Scary Island

Coleman Spilde
"Overcompensating" (Jackie Brown/Prime)

Millennial memory, made meaningful

Coleman Spilde
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