Some friends kept recommending this, calling it the “Cowboy Sopranos,” but I think it is more like “Cowboy Succession.” The first problem was finding a way to watch it without paying $1.99 an episode, because there is no TV series on earth that is worth that kind of money. We fo...
The characters of The Sopranos are endlessly enjoyable, but they also aren't always very smart. Part of the show's charm is in its ability to deftly show a balance of characters that both commit horrible acts yet somehow still remain likable, making them both richly complex and endlessly fas...
There are a few American entries from the 1970s and 1980s — a brief era during which the major networks somehow managed more than schlock. The later American entries, also few (e.g.,The SopranosandMad Men), were aired by streaming services. The list is dominated by foreign entries. I ...
Would you really want self contained episodes of the Sopranos, or worse, The Wire? As for Homicide, I was with it as soon as it debuted. Once it was over, the best description I could give it is it is "novelistic": if you invest the time, you should be satisfied with it as...
Lodi, NJ—The Discord’s Bald Tony met with Frankie Vincent, of Sopranos and Goodfellas fame, to discuss their “situation” with a radicalized, extremist pop-band known as Devo. This group is threatening violence in response to intentions to destroy several Duran Duran albums during the Discor...
In the end, it seemed likeThe X-Fileslived well past its prime. The second, third, fourth and fifth seasons were each nominated for the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy. However, the sixth season saw the show losing its slot toThe Sopranos. The show would occasionally try to compete. The ei...
(which Hal Holbrook touches on in anthe sixth season ofThe Sopranos) is that you are already complete. You are an entity that experiences consciousness and knowing, and that is enough to make you feel at peace. And your searching only comes in to serve the separate self that exists in a...
Hailed as one of the best programs in the history of television by outlets as esteemed as The New York Times, “The Wire” never got the awards or the buzz of a program like “The Sopranos” or “Sex and the City,” but already feels like as important a part of the HBO s...
Person to person. Connection to connection. The episode was full of people making small and large connections to one another. Peggy and Pete have no idea why Harry suddenly wants to be buddy-buddy, but she gives him a gift—by saying his own favorite phrase back to him, “A thing like...
The Morning Show, according to numerous media reports,has had nearly as much turmoilas its fictional counterpart. Creator Jay Carson was pushed out relatively early on, although he's still credited as creator and co-writer of the first episode. ...