{"id":134079,"date":"2024-12-06T19:36:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134079"},"modified":"2024-12-06T19:36:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:36:53","slug":"shogun-baby-reindeer-industry-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134079","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u014dgun, Baby Reindeer, Industry, and more."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"78\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4btsx4j001k12m2f4e5fexv@published\">Let\u2019s not sugarcoat it: 2024 was a bit of an underwhelming year in television. With Hollywood production <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2024-07-11\/production-activity-report-hollywood\">still down compared to Peak-TV highs<\/a>, and with streaming companies raising subscription prices while cutting back on original programming, it\u2019s felt, more than ever, like there\u2019s nothing good to watch. Highly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/08\/house-of-the-dragon-season-2-finale-response-game-of-thrones-hbo.html\">new seasons<\/a> of everyone\u2019s favorite shows <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/06\/the-bear-season-3-fx-hulu-bad.html\">fizzled<\/a>; expensive-looking <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/03\/3-body-problem-netflix-series-show-review-book.html\">adaptations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/11\/dune-prophecy-hbo-max-show-review-emily-watson.html\">IP plays<\/a> landed with a thud; even <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/08\/hbo-max-house-of-the-dragon-industry-sunday.html\">HBO struggled<\/a> to get many of its Sunday-night offerings to break through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"23\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4btufoy001d3572piev5wwp@published\">Still, there was some TV worth watching. Here are the Slate staff\u2019s 10 favorite shows of the year, along with five honorable mentions.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4btulxa001h35724smjoauq@published\">\n<p>The Top 10<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4btv4g100233572rphlk1sh@published\">\n<p><em>Sh\u014dgun<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4btutya001w3572emvu4zo6@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"In a scene from Shogun a stern man is speaking while seated on a low stool.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e5e78b09-ee02-4ef3-b08c-fb1cc61ef904.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"In a scene from Shogun a stern man is speaking while seated on a low stool.\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Disney+<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"234\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4btuqjw001q3572ufqprq22@published\">There was initially something slightly embarrassing about being enthralled with <em>Sh\u014dgun<\/em> in the year 2024. Here was a series tuned toward so many shameless Western fascinations\u2014arcane systems of honorific bloodletting, triple bluffs in the throne room, white guys moving to Japan and buying a katana\u2014that my <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/03\/shogun-tv-series-fx-hulu-book-appeal.html\">effusive praise of the show<\/a> forced me to check my priors. The source material, James Clavell\u2019s 1975 novel, reeks of an <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/02\/shogun-series-fx-hulu-book-james-clavell.html\">outmoded Orientalism<\/a>, oozing with wanton sex and exoticized violence, which did not bode well for any creative team gearing up for a latter-day adaptation. And yet, I think the best thing you can say about <em>Sh\u014dgun<\/em> is that the FX series leapfrogs above all of that with intelligent grace. Yes, it heaps gratuitous ladles of warrior masculinity on its audience with the likes of warlord-philosopher Yoshii Toranaga, who provides all the lurid visions of the feudal Japanese customs that moved millions of gawking English speakers to purchase Clavell\u2019s book in the first place. (The camera lingers on the severed bellies of the recently <em>seppuku<\/em>\u2019d with carnal relish.) But those sequences are alloyed with <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/shogun-finale-episode-10-ending-explained-toranaga-blackthorne-mariko-fx.html\">an achingly understated love story, a masterful interrogation of Western individualism, and a resonant appreciation for its setting<\/a> that never comes off as cloying, needy, or overly mystic. It turns out you can make a samurai show that neutralizes all of the tiresome anxieties about samurai shows. And frankly, it\u2019s about time. \u2014<em>Luke Winkie<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"5\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4btxjxe002e3572u1nw9prd@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/shogun-5422a5f9-e4f1-475e-9217-65e8249388d0\"><strong><em>Hulu<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/\"><strong><em>Disney+<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4btsx4j001l12m27bslhhfi@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/shogun-finale-episode-10-ending-explained-toranaga-blackthorne-mariko-fx.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/6b3a0140-aa42-460a-8cbe-c417a4a31193.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Luke Winkie<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\"><em>Sh\u014dgun<\/em>\u200b\u2019s Ambiguous Ending, Explained by Its Creators<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4btxsm4002i3572h04w5r8f@published\">\n<p><em>The Franchise<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4btxvk1002n3572chx4s8wi@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"Three people look shocked in a scene from the show.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9a1c0ec8-b262-431a-8339-d6cb0682adca.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"Three people look shocked in a scene from the show.\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">HBO<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"174\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4btxzdt002t357283ks8mut@published\">HBO\u2019s series wasn\u2019t the death blow to the superhero-industrial complex that some viewers (and critics) hoped for, but that\u2019s because its most potent subject was elsewhere. For all its intergalactic trappings, <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/the-franchise-hbo-max-marvel-superhero-movies-parody.html\"><em>The Franchise<\/em><\/a>\u2019s core dilemma was a brutally familiar one: What do people who define themselves through their work do when the very idea of meaningful work becomes a sick joke? An art-house auteur loads his second-tier sequel with environmental symbolism; a producer convinces herself that giving a female villain a longer staff than the male lead strikes a blow for feminism; the beleaguered assistant director whips everyone into line, hoping someday he\u2019ll be the miserable bastard calling the shots. (Unsurprisingly, the film-industry people I\u2019ve talked to about <em>The Franchise<\/em> say it\u2019s dead-on.) It\u2019s been a long time since I\u2019ve thought about a line of a dialogue as much as the director\u2019s you-can\u2019t-win lament about trying to stick it to the Man: \u201cEvery time I find a hill to die on, I die on it\u2014and then I\u2019m just dead on a hill.\u201d \u2014<em>Sam Adams<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4btyznq00303572puudcwt4@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/shows\/franchise\/c657b31c-6138-46ba-a5bf-beb96e5fb81d\"><strong><em>Max<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4bu0s3c003635725mjmabsu@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/the-franchise-hbo-max-marvel-superhero-movies-parody.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/60fbe345-02a7-4d7d-8e90-cfb4d649e8b5.jpeg?crop=1674%2C1116%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Sam Adams<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">HBO\u2019s Next Big Sunday Night Show Is the Superhero Satire We Deserve<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4bu0wdy003a3572shqis8dr@published\">\n<p><em>Baby Reindeer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4bu111d003f35726tkw0kno@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"A man stands in a phone booth. \" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/d578178a-c360-4b82-8ecb-2d0862b6ae4b.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"A man stands in a phone booth. \" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Netflix<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"213\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bu14we003l35727ansleru@published\">There are TV shows you watch on a screen, and then there are TV shows that seem to jump out of the screen at you. <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/baby-reindeer-true-story-richard-gadd-netflix-martha-stalker.html\"><em>Baby Reindeer<\/em><\/a>, the hit miniseries about a man and his stalker, is the latter. The show follows Donny\u2014the fictional avatar of writer, director, and comedian Richard Gadd\u2014as he succumbs to a series of bizarre and unsettling interactions with Martha, a deranged woman who develops an all-consuming and often violent obsession with him (which, it should be noted, is often conveyed through a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/baby-reindeer-story-real-true-richard-gadd.html\">garbled, gloriously misspelled, and supposedly \u201creal\u201d texts and emails<\/a>). But as the show unravels, it becomes clear it\u2019s not just Martha who\u2019s demented\u2014it\u2019s Donny, too, and his constantly devolving relationship with Martha only brings it out of him more. The beating heart of <em>Baby Reindeer<\/em> is the twisted, incomprehensible cat-and-mouse game between them, with each of them choosing increasingly pulse-pounding methods to torment each other\u2014and, paradoxically, dig their claws into each other\u2019s lives. It\u2019s an engrossing depiction of the ways one person\u2019s trauma can inflame another\u2019s, and the vicious cycles which can worsen and multiply. There are no two people more perfectly suited to ruin each other\u2019s lives\u2014which is fitting, because the drama between them <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/real-martha-baby-reindeer-piers-morgan-interview.html\">continued in real life<\/a>, after the show was released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"95\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bu7aty003u3572i1fnhv2y@published\">Is <em>Baby Reindeer <\/em>a \u201ctrue story,\u201d as Netflix originally crowed (and then <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/baby-reindeer-netflix-true-story-defamation-lawsuit-1236158660\/\">retracted<\/a>)? Maybe not, but even so, it really doesn\u2019t matter. The tense, perverted, and highly vulnerable frequency it operates on sucks you in like an undertow, and it\u2019s hard to unglue yourself from your seat as you watch Donny and Martha self-destruct and then come together again. The characters are vulnerable, heartbreaking, original, and complex; the writing is excellent; the pace is frenetic; and just about nothing in it is predictable. Even if it\u2019s not \u201ctrue,\u201d it\u2019s both intriguing and watchable. \u2014<em>Isabelle Kohn<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bu871n004j3572y2ay8io6@published\"><strong><em>\ufeffStreaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81219887\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Netflix<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4bu7fl3003x35723rp2iq60@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\" https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/baby-reindeer-real-true-story-martha-richard-gadd-identity-netflix.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/0f8551c7-6f58-41bb-9b6e-faea7eb16342.jpeg?crop=2000%2C1333%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Imogen West-Knights<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">Netflix Sold <em>Baby Reindeer<\/em>, Its Hit About a Stalker, as a \u201cTrue Story.\u201d What Happened Next Was Inevitable.<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4bu7jqr004135724bsnzmxz@published\">\n<p><em>English Teacher<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4bu7n3b00463572zoddmhwx@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"The English teacher makes a baffled face at his students. \" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ee053ab3-2355-46a2-a903-88be1c359aa8.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"The English teacher makes a baffled face at his students. \" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">FX<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"138\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bu7rq3004c3572l49pdnm5@published\"><em>English Teacher <\/em>creator and star Brian Jordan Alvarez has gone viral on TikTok a few times: once for his absolute banger, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@brianjordanalvarez\/video\/7277315001944247594?lang=en\">Sitting<\/a>,\u201d and again for <a href=\"https:\/\/betches.com\/the-english-teacher-tiktok-dance\/\">dancing around with his shirt off<\/a>. Both are exceptionally entertaining videos, but nothing comes close to how funny and charming <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/english-teacher-fx-tv-show-brian-jordan-alvarez.html\"><em>English Teacher<\/em><\/a> is. If you\u2019re worried this show is too <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/english-teacher-fx-abbott-elementary-brian-jordan-alvarez-quinta-brunson.html\">similar to <em>Abbott Elementary<\/em><\/a> to be enjoyed, rest assured that similarities between the shows begin and end with the public school system. The FX sitcom is toothier, grittier, grosser, and simultaneously more absurd and yet more rooted in reality. The teachers are weird, often unhelpful, and determined to try to be better anyway; the students are manipulative and lazy, which feels exactly right when it comes to a bunch of high schoolers. It\u2019s funny, honest, and gay\u2014what more do you need? \u2014\u200d<em>Scaachi Koul <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"5\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4buijd5004s3572vmxu6f6j@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/english-teacher-15a6a521-8c87-4140-bf68-455473e87420\"><strong><em>Hulu<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/\"><strong><em>Disney+<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4buipci004v3572p71ihu58@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/english-teacher-fx-tv-show-brian-jordan-alvarez.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/164937f0-1c48-4ab5-ab16-525d4fcd585a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Joshua Rivera<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">A New Show Dives Straight Into One of Our Ugliest Culture Wars. It\u2019s Hilarious.<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4buitgo004z35724azh37h6@published\">\n<p><em>Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4buix7800543572bqjkg00g@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"Jerrod Carmichael has his hand over his mouth and looks off-camera anxiously.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/5f9e84b0-734d-4a71-b2e6-b4fa4d272de5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"Jerrod Carmichael has his hand over his mouth and looks off-camera anxiously.\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Max<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"148\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4buizw4005a35726yddqniz@published\">Two years after the release of his <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2022\/04\/jerrod-carmichael-rothaniel-boldly-experimental-comedy.html\">award-winning comedy special<\/a> that netted Jerrod Carmichael a much wider audience, the abrasive comedian returned with <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/jerrod-carmichael-reality-show-boyfriend-tyler-the-creator-emmy-hbo.html\">a \u201creality show\u201d<\/a> that entirely subverts the genre it\u2019s named after. There are no bombastic<strong> <\/strong>edits, no confessionals, and no melodrama begging the audience to suspend disbelief that \u201creality TV\u201d is<em> actually<\/em> real. Instead, Carmichael\u2019s show depicts moments so awkward and uncomfortable that it dares the audience to question whether authenticity can even exist in front of cameras. In this genre-bending show, we may see Carmichael confront the aspects of his life that he is struggling with\u2014unrequited love, his inability to be a dependable partner or friend, his burdened relationship with his parents after coming out as a gay man\u2014but, judging by the audience\u2019s polarized reaction to this <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/jerrod-carmichael-reality-show-bo-burnham-ending-hbo.html\">unlikeable protagonist<\/a>, the show reveals more about those watching than it does the man onscreen. \u2014<em>Nadira Goffe<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bulgxa005i3572r8q97qtk@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/shows\/jerrod-carmichael-reality-show\/11b5ec86-3e42-4485-be70-d26b7a9a30fc\"><strong><em>Max<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4bulml9005l3572y0shcigl@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/jerrod-carmichael-reality-show-bo-burnham-ending-hbo.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bb408911-5e05-4334-9e57-aabb7410ac8d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Sam Adams<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">All That Backlash? Jerrod Carmichael Saw It Coming.<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4bultt8005p3572b3lt17y1@published\">\n<p><em>Love Island USA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4bulx4p005u3572o8685qnj@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"The whole crew walks on astroturf wearing formalwear.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2e7581ed-d97e-446a-96ed-9599b8412e47.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"The whole crew walks on astroturf wearing formalwear.\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Peacock<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"162\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bum0ob006035724kvnz9bi@published\">The producers of the stateside incarnation of the dating reality series <em>Love Island<\/em> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/08\/love-island-usa-season-6-reunion-peacock.html\">did their big one<\/a>\u201d this year, finally turning the American version of the show into the kind of phenomenon it\u2019s long been in its native U.K. How did they manage it? Streaming service Peacock capitalized on good momentum going into the Olympics, and host Ariana Madix provided an entry point for Bravo fans, but mostly, viewers fell in love with this season\u2019s cast, who wasted no time falling in lust with each other. From Serena ever so gradually warming up to Kordell, to Leah and Rob\u2019s constant ups and downs, the show consistently booped us on the nose with genuine moments of drama and humanity, interspersed with exactly the sort of fun hangout vibes a summer show needs (not to mention a great pop soundtrack). We\u2019re eager to see whether the producers can strike gold again, but whatever happens, we\u2019ll always remember those Season 6 fanny flutters. \u2014<em>Heather Schwedel<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bus90c006935720d7vg4cr@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/asset\/tv\/love-island\/7128307173688504112?orig_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\"><strong><em>Peacock<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4bushcf006d3572o26dt3sy@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/08\/love-island-usa-season-6-reunion-peacock.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c568c2c6-c303-4e2c-8e55-6e3c78c6e85f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Heather Schwedel<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">It Was the Perfect Frothy Summer Show. There May Be No Re-Creating Its Success.<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4buu6cc006j3572l7r8vkws@published\">\n<p><em>Hacks<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4buu92f006n3572y733k7kx@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"Jean Smart smiles in Hacks.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/c917bcb4-d138-4294-887a-ed0c14539dfb.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"Jean Smart smiles in Hacks.\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Max<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"207\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4buubx7006s3572fvc2ffsp@published\">For most of its run, I\u2019ve found that the most annoying part of the comedy-drama <em>Hacks<\/em> is how much endless debate there is about it. Are the characters good people or bad people? Is the show comedy-dominant or drama-dominant? Are the jokes within the jokes any good? Am I writing this as one of the people who helps generate said debate? Shut up! This is all to say that the best time to watch the show\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/hacks-season-3-hbo-max-jean-smart-hannah-einbinder-review.html\">third season<\/a>, which premiered in the spring, is now, unencumbered with everyone\u2019s stupid feelings about all the unlikeable yet endlessly compelling people in this show. Third seasons are either a time for a show to offer the very best of its ensemble and of its writers\u2019 room, or catastrophic, a descent into the show\u2019s worst impulses. Thankfully, <em>Hacks<\/em>\u2019 third season lands firmly in the first category. It\u2019s gutting, and with one of the highest jokes-per-minute rates of all comedies on the air right now.<br \/>There\u2019s no doubt that by Season 3, <em>Hacks<\/em> understands its characters perfectly, and knows how to make them sweat for our enjoyment. It\u2019s a perfect program to watch with the woman in your life who you first hated, then begrudgingly loved, and now perhaps feel stuck with. \u2014<em>S.K.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4buug0w006y357237syiwhp@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/hacks-season-3-hbo-max-jean-smart-hannah-einbinder-review.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/ea582ca8-1242-4188-b25c-e02665591971.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">David Mack<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">One of TV\u2019s Funniest Shows Is Back for a Third Season. It\u2019s Never Been Better.<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4buw6yv007635725v941vck@published\">\n<p><em>Girls5eva<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4buwcs2007a3572c082cpw4@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"The girls are wearing outlandish costumes in a costume department. \" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/bf6728e8-b236-40b3-b483-c650fecbebfc.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"The girls are wearing outlandish costumes in a costume department. \" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Netflix<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"207\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4buwgck007f3572nxngatts@published\">I don\u2019t want to be a scold, but America, you messed up. You had your chance to turn <em>Girls5eva<\/em>, once Peacock\u2019s best-kept secret, into one of those shows that blows up upon its entrance into the Netflix catalog, \u00e0 la <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/01\/suits-show-netflix-most-streamed-tv-procedurals.html\"><em>Suits<\/em><\/a> and so many others, but you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/girls5eva-best-comedy-on-netflix.html\">didn\u2019t do it<\/a> for some reason. I don\u2019t get it. In an age when so many comedies aren\u2019t funny, or really comedies at all, this Tina Fey\u2013executive produced show about a reunited girl group is full of actual jokes. Some of these jokes come in the form of songs, sung by amazing performers like Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry and Sara Bareilles, and it just feels insane to me that people aren\u2019t more thankful for what a gift that is. In any case, the third season, while shorter than I would have liked at just six episodes, proved that <em>Girls5eva<\/em> has far from exhausted its premise, finding humor and poignancy in the group\u2019s janky cross-country tour and rounding it out with appearances from excellent guest stars like John Early and Cat Cohen. Ideally, I\u2019d like to see <em>Girls5eva<\/em> go on 5eva, but I would settle for at least a few more people appreciating how good it always was and still is. \u2014<em>H.S.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4buyoku007t3572au5kz990@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81630704\"><strong><em>Netflix<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4buzvc0007x3572rk34gcvg@published\">\n<p><em>Industry<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4buzybe00823572wg6sigvw@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"Two people on a date in a fancy restaurant.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/9dfa40c2-14e2-4ce3-b436-9297501d092a.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"Two people on a date in a fancy restaurant.\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">HBO<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"71\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv013l008835729816v3r1@published\">When <em>Industry<\/em> arrived on HBO in November 2020, it was released with minimal fanfare for a new drama on the network, relegated to Monday nights and mainly treated as a curiosity. Kicked off by a Lena Dunham\u2013directed pilot with bad behavior and full-frontal nudity galore, it felt more like a smutty throwback to an earlier era of premium television than a prestige play. The Emmys wouldn\u2019t even touch it\u2014and still hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"185\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv1br5008h3572cpnpcs9f@published\">Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/industry-hbo-season-3-episode-7-harper-yasmin-pierpoint-bank-buyout-esg-finance.html\">three seasons in<\/a>, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay\u2019s turbulent series about young London investment bankers and their professional (and extraprofessional) liaisons may not have slowed down on the sex or bad behavior, but it has also proven to be a twisty, thrilling, and at times stark show about the real consequences of these characters\u2019 worlds. The third season finale should quiet any questions about whether this show is willing to go, uh, all the way with where all that bad behavior can lead. And in a series made up almost entirely of villains, the transformation of the resident poor little rich girl, Yasmin (Marisa Abela), into something like <em>Industry\u2019<\/em>s <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/industry-season-3-finale-hbo-yasmin-rob-henry-muck.html\">most sympathetic character<\/a> shows a creative edge more surprising than almost any other show on television. It\u2019s a thrill that HBO is bringing back <em>Industry<\/em> for a fourth season, and in return, I hereby offer to knock on Emmy voters\u2019 doors personally to lobby for a nomination for Ken Leung, pitch-perfect as Eric, a senior banker possibly more lost than the young finance kids he torments. It\u2019s time to give <em>Industry<\/em> its due. \u2014<em>Jeffrey Bloomer<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv1br5008i3572ugiuwer5@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/shows\/industry\/9e51c88c-7a28-40ee-8269-e16572e02a07\"><strong><em>Max<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4buwkpq007l3572hiber6ps@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/industry-hbo-season-3-episode-7-harper-yasmin-pierpoint-bank-buyout-esg-finance.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2c3edfe5-5963-4149-9bb7-499f00f7b01f.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Alex Kirshner<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">What HBO\u2019s Sleeper Hit<em> <\/em>Does Better Than Anything Else on TV Right Now<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h4 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4bv1rp4008m3572i66focx8@published\">\n<p><em>The Sympathizer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4bv1xjj008q35724ty8m89n@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px;\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040;\">\n        <img alt=\"Two men talk seriously in a storage room.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px)780px,&#10;(min-width: 1024px)709px,&#10;(min-width: 768px)620px,&#10;calc(100vw - 30px)\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/b52bb6ea-e5b2-4c61-bdc5-1b871c35ca5d.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0\" alt=\"Two men talk seriously in a storage room.\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">HBO<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"165\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv22s8008v35725l46llaw@published\">When <em>Last Night<\/em> director Don McKellar and <em>Oldboy<\/em> director Park Chan-wook teamed up to adapt Viet Thanh Nguyen\u2019s Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning novel <em>The Sympathizer<\/em> into <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/the-sympathizer-hbo-show-robert-downey-jr-hoa-xuande-book.html\">a limited series<\/a>, they had a lot of work cut out for them. Nguyen\u2019s book, full of nonstop narration, not only wades through the layered politics that a communist mole who is planted among South Vietnamese officials in America must process, but also explores a number of more intangible themes, like race, identity, duality, and morality. The HBO show handled it with both grace and creativity, casting Robert Downey Jr. in multiple roles to showcase the collusion between America\u2019s power players, making good use of Park\u2019s classic editing style for visual interest, and, above all, successfully imparting the lesson that <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/sympathizer-season-finale-ending-explained-hbo-don-mckellar-interview.html\">there\u2019s no such thing as a reliable narrator<\/a>. <em>The Sympathizer <\/em>aptly suggests that all of life\u2019s scenarios can be viewed from more than two sides, and that what\u2019s truly concrete is how we deal with all that is left behind. \u2014<em>N.G.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv2uqw00983572j4yd7qhc@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/shows\/sympathizer\/3d2daa6b-ea64-41a4-9449-8a4930cf4518\"><strong><em>Max<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm4bv28de00913572apzixpnw@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/sympathizer-season-finale-ending-explained-hbo-don-mckellar-interview.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/2bd9dfca-c806-4c3e-a6b3-f74f2e985a18.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Nadira Goffe<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">The Sympathizer\u2019s Co-Creator Knew the Show Had to End in a Sea of Ghosts<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"subhead subhead--none\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/subhead\/instances\/cm4bv49qf009e357235i8kxl3@published\">\n<p>Honorable Mentions<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"44\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4kal009i3572egxcr79v@published\"><strong><em>Ripley<\/em>: <\/strong>Steve Zaillian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/ripley-netflix-series-andrew-scott-dakota-fanning-book-patricia-highsmith.html\">black-and-white vision<\/a> of Patricia Highsmith\u2019s 1955 novel is a visually sumptuous study in contrasts: beauty and ugliness, allure and menace, tranquility and violence. I won\u2019t be rushing to rewatch this anytime soon, but nor will I forget it. \u2014<em>Jenny G. Zhang<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4swh009m3572chi2my3v@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81678765\"><strong><em>Netflix<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"73\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4swh009n3572gyvch8t0@published\"><strong><em>Interview With the Vampire<\/em>:<em> <\/em><\/strong>After a critically acclaimed first season, AMC came back even stronger with the second installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/06\/interview-with-the-vampire-series-season-2-anne-rice-amc.html\"><em>Interview With the Vampire<\/em><\/a>, the adaptation of Anne Rice\u2019s hit novel series of the same name. Season 2 busted onto the scene with stronger writing and even more incredible performances as it, thankfully, takes seriously what most would laugh at: a melodrama about two gay vampires whose toxic relationship evolves over time. \u2014<em>N.G.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4swh009o357287q9cayv@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amc.com\/shows\/interview-with-the-vampire--1053259\"><strong><em>AMC+<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"81\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4swh009p3572k3ckv52d@published\"><strong><em>Bad Monkey<\/em>: <\/strong>I was surprised how much I liked <em>Bad Monkey<\/em>, a mystery series starring Vince Vaughn as a disgraced detective in the sometimes-seedy Florida Keys. The show has a few great female characters, but watch out especially for Meredith Hagner as Eve, perfectly embodying a certain type of woman, perhaps native to Florida, whose sweet, pretty fa\u00e7ade masks the steely resolve of a ruthless emotional terrorist\u2014er, no spoilers, but it was one of my favorite performances of the year. \u2014<em>H.S.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"4\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4swh009q3572d3eacebx@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/show\/bad-monkey\/umc.cmc.2qoep59s6qukjonprttysfs8x\"><strong><em>Apple TV+<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/in-article-recirc\/instances\/cm4btsx4j001m12m2t30kots1@published\" class=\"in-article-recirc\" data-via=\"article-inline_recirc-section-culture\">\n<ol class=\"in-article-recirc__list\">\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/shaboozey-billboard-bar-song-tipsy-hot-100-kendrick.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            We Have a New Longest-Running No. 1 Song in History. The Most Impressive Thing Is How It Got There.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/video-games-world-warcraft-multiplayer-call-duty-halo.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            It Used to Be One of the Main Ways Men Talked to Each Other. Then Everyone Went Silent.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/jeopardy-final-pop-culture-colin-jost-prime-video.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            The New <em>Jeopardy! <\/em>Show Is Finally Here. It May Make You Question Your Faith in Humanity.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/best-jazz-albums-2024.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2024<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"62\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4swh009r3572kivh5uxd@published\"><strong><em>3 Body Problem<\/em>:<em> <\/em><\/strong>The <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> guys\u2019 ambitious adaptation of Liu Cixin\u2019s sci-fi novel may have been a little too glossy, a little too <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/03\/3-body-problem-netflix-series-show-review-book.html\">sanded down<\/a> into something meant to appeal to an English-speaking audience, but damn if those (too-few) scenes we got of China during the Cultural Revolution weren\u2019t some of the most electrifying moments on television this year. \u2014\u200d<em>J.G.Z.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"3\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4swh009s3572qpqqfsbj@published\"><strong><em>Streaming on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81024821\"><strong><em>Netflix<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><em\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"103\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm4bv4swh009t357297m1q8ux@published\"><strong><em>One Day<\/em>: <\/strong>Not since <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2020\/04\/normal-people-hulu-sally-rooney-review.html\"><em>Normal People<\/em><\/a> have we gotten a miniseries-length love story as sweeping and engrossing as <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/02\/one-day-netflix-show-leo-woodall-ambika-mod.html\"><em>One Day<\/em><\/a>, which introduces us to star-crossed university students Emma and Dex on the eve of their graduation in 1988 and checks in with them on that date once a year for the next two decades. Leads Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod are well cast, and the period details, including music, make for irresistible watching. 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