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

Jessica Pimentel and Taylor Schilling in "Orange Is The New Black" (Netflix)

Dark times ahead in Litchfield: “Orange Is the New Black” returns with its most challenging season yet

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"Underground" (WGN)

Slavery’s children, today: “Underground” makes the horrors of the slave economy resonate here and now

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"RuPaul's Drag Race" (Logo TV)

RuPaul gave me life: How “Drag Race” pulled me back from the depths of depression

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Aldis Hodge in "Underground" (WGN)

The genius of “Underground”: A gripping slavery drama that dares to be entertaining

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Cuba Gooding Jr. and Joseph Buttler in "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX)

“It’s not a guilty pleasure”: “American Crime Story” faces the complexities of the O.J. trial head-on

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(AP/Evan Agostini)

Dr. Ruth loves happy endings: “Most people want to be in a relationship, and not just have a one-night encounter”

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(FX)

Ronald Reagan’s hollow sales pitch: In “Fargo’s” fading American dream, 1979 feels more relevant than ever

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Journalist Dorothy Parvaz, in happier times.

My best friend disappeared in Syria

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