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Melanie McFarland is Salon's award-winning senior culture critic. Follow her on Bluesky: @McTelevision

Poppy (Adina Verson) in "Only Murders In The Building" (Patrick Harbron/Hulu)

We tried that bizarre “Only Murders in the Building” sandwich and have thoughts

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Tom Sturridge as Dream and Melissanthu Mahut as Calliope in "The Sandman" (Courtesy Of Netflix)

“The Sandman” retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic “male feminists”

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Oliver (Martin Short), Charles (Steve Martin) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) in "Only Murders In The Building" (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

“Only Murders in the Building” boss on that killer party, other possible suspects and next season

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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi and Anirudh Pisharody as Nirdesh in "Never Have I Ever" (Courtesy of Netflix)

“Never Have I Ever” highlights the rarity of South Asian couples on TV. Then it breaks up with one

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Milly Alcock in "House of the Dragon" (Courtesy of Ollie Upton/HBO)

“House of the Dragon” is a slow ride back to Westeros that takes its time in lighting our fire

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Naru (Amber Midthunder) in "Prey" (Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios)

With “Prey,” Amber Midthunder gives us a woman warrior worthy of sequels

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Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer "Jen" Walters/She-Hulk in Marvel Studios' "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" (Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios/Disney+)

“She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” proves that in the MCU, true comedy is a woman’s heroic calling

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Bob Odenkirk as Gene in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

S’all done: “Better Call Saul” closes with a journey through time and regret

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Bob Odenkirk as Gene in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

How the tragic imagery of “Better Call Saul,” rendered in black & white, tells the “emotional story”

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Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine and Tom Sturridge as Dream in "The Sandman" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

How the conscientious casting of women in “The Sandman” defies the gender-swapping trope

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A League of Their Own (Anne Marie Fox/Prime Video)

“A League of Their Own” makes up for the past’s missed swings, but isn’t quite a home run

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Bob Odenkirk as Gene in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

Kim, Jimmy and the moral sandwich-making of “Better Call Saul”

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Hacks | Our Flag Means Death | Peacemaker (Photo illustration by Salon/Karen Ballard/Aaron Epstein/Katie Yu/HBO Max)

Will your favorite HBO Max shows and movies survive Warner Bros. Discovery’s new world order?

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Tom Sturridge as Dream in "The Sandman" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

Enter “Sandman,” right on time for us to relate to his plight

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Actress/honoree Nichelle Nichols attends the 2016 Heroes Of Hollywood Awards Luncheon held at Taglyan Cultural Complex on May 11, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)

Nichelle Nichols completed her “Star Trek” mission so that I’d never know a world without Lt. Uhura

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Bob Odenkirk as Gene in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

“Better Call Saul” connects with the inevitability of Gene breaking bad

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Steven Yeun as Ricky “Jupe” Park in "Nope" (Universal Pictures)

From “Gladiator” to “Nope”: How Jordan Peele maps our decline into spectacular denial

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Comedian Benny Hill performing with a tambourine on set, circa 1971. (TV Times via Getty Images)

Why “Yakety Sax” makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure

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Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Jeopardy!” sticks with basic flavors: Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik named co-hosts

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Bob Odenkirk as Gene in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

“Better Call Saul” explains what Cinnabon means to Gene Takavic, and to us

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Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler on "Better Call Saul" (Joe Pugliese/AMC)

In breaking up with Kim Wexler, “Better Call Saul” maps a noble end to a stellar portrait of a lady

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Primal (Courtesy of Adult Swim)

“Primal” may be the most unconventional love story on TV. Just not in the way you think

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Shawnee Benton Gibson and Bruce McIntyre III in "Aftershock" (Hulu/Onyx Collective)

“Aftershock” directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the Black maternal mortality crisis

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Lance Reddick as Albert and Paola Nunez as Evelyn in "Resident Evil" (Netflix)

“Resident Evil” is the latest show taking on the death of the work/life balance

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