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Squid Game’s uneven season 3 leaves the door wide open

Netflix’s biggest series reaches a conclusion, but it doesn’t really feel like the end.

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Ironheart believes the children are the future

Marvel’s latest Disney Plus series is another example of what it’s going to take to keep this franchise feeling fresh.

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Andor’s second season traces the long arc of Star Wars’ revolutionary history

Andor’s final chapter feels like a series of mini-movies about how wars for freedom are won in fits and starts.

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Black Mirror season 7 tugs at your heartstrings while skewering tech

The Netflix anthology is back, but it’s a little warmer this time around.

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The Last of Us season 2 is a brutal, bloody expansion of the game

HBO’s post-apocalyptic world is more than just Joel and Ellie, though the second season doesn’t tell the whole story.

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Apple’s The Studio spins Hollywood chaos into comedic gold

Seth Rogen’s new comedy series is a scathing and celebratory takedown of the entertainment industry’s madness.

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Severance brought everything together in its season 2 finaleSeverance brought everything together in its season 2 finale
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Daredevil: Born Again is a rough reboot with a promising future

Disney Plus’ new Daredevil series is an uneven reboot that’s fighting to leave its past behind.

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Mythic Quest season 4 switches things up with a new work-life balance

Mythic Quest’s fourth season still dunks on the games industry, but it’s way more invested in everyone’s emotional growth.

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Castlevania: Nocturne’s second season is another soft-spoken knockout

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 gets philosophical about what it means to be a monster who loves.

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Squid Game season 2 is a brutal remix of Netflix’s biggest show

After years of brand tie-ins and ill-conceived spinoffs, the series is back — and it’s just as tense as ever.

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Netflix’s Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld is a fresh remix of Buffy-style monster slaying

Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld’s first season feels like a classic monster slaying story remixed for a new generation.

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Skeleton Crew is a kid-friendly reminder of who Star Wars is for

Disney Plus’ latest Star Wars series is trying to speak directly to a new generation of young fans.

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Dune: Prophecy is a slow and cerebral meditation on the power of patience

HBO’s new Dune prequel series sharpens the Bene Gesserit’s history into a pointed drama that calls for some patience.

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Silo’s mysteries only deepen in season 2Silo’s mysteries only deepen in season 2
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Arcane’s second season is a revolutionary powderkeg

Arcane’s final season puts an even finer point on its story about revolutionary war.

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Amazon’s Like a Dragon works better as a mob drama than a Yakuza adaptation

Like a Dragon proves that a quality adaptation doesn’t always have to be a faithful one.

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Apple’s Disclaimer uses sex and scandal to shape your perception of reality

Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer is a gripping erotic thriller about the power stories have over us.

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Agatha All Along is a whimsical road trip through Marvel’s world of witchcraft

Disney Plus’ new WandaVision spinoff series steers clear of the franchise’s multiversal messiness to do its own thing.

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The Listeners.

This one is a TV series from the BBC, but in just two episodes I was hooked. Rebecca Hall stars as a woman who suddenly starts hearing a low, persistent hum. The problem is that it seems she’s the only one who can. There are all kinds of physical side effects — bad sleep, nosebleeds, anxiety — but the real issue is the mystery of it all. Not only what the sound is, but why her?

Part supernatural story (maybe!), part tense family drama, I’m really itching to see where The Listeners goes after its great start.

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The Rings of Power season 2 is an even stronger expansion of Tolkien’s mythos

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show continues to be phenomenal in ways that only a truly wild budget could make possible.

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Apple’s Sunny is a grief-stricken crime dramedy with a smile on its face

This dark comedy imagines a future where humanity’s bugs are robots’ special features.

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Amazon’s Fallout show gets the postapocalyptic vibes exactly rightAmazon’s Fallout show gets the postapocalyptic vibes exactly right
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X-Men ’97 is Marvel’s omega-level nostalgia play

Disney Plus’ new X-Men animated series is a throwback to the days when comics adaptations could focus on their own stories instead of cinematic franchises.

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Netflix’s 3 Body Problem adaptation channels the book’s spirit but not its brilliance

Though David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo’s 3 Body Problem is impressive, it really feels like just an introduction to Cixin Liu’s deeper ideas.

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Pokémon Horizons: The Series is an evolutionary fresh start for the anime

Pokémon Horizons brings a refreshing new energy to the anime franchise by amping up the action and making the larger Pokémon world feel like a more cohesive place.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender is everything that’s disappointing about Netflix’s live-action cartoon shows

Netflix’s live-action Avatar has its heart in the right place, but its pacing and uneven performances leave a lot to be desired.

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Halo season 2 feels less like a video game — in a good way

Unlike the previous season’s pilot, Halo’s season 2 premiere shows you don’t need a bunch of video game details to tell a video game story.

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