Sean T. Collins

Like Cerberus, guard dog of the underworld, this episode of Euphoria is a three-headed monster. It follows three cohesive storylines, each centered on the show’s most charismatic and famous actresses: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, and Sydney […]

“We’re all just putting on a show,” says Jinx the ex-wrestler. “Entertaining, as Lace or Jinx or…” “HungryGhost,” says his daughter, Margo the OnlyFans model.  All her father’s earlier bluster about how “people of honor […]

“If you are into a certain Type of Guy, Nick Offerman has never been hotter.” When I saw critic Angie Han post these words, I had not yet watched this third and final episode in […]

Fans of professional wrestling and prosthetic breasts, your ship has come in. This episode of Margo’s Got Money Troubles, the second installment in the show’s three-part premiere, officially introduces Nick Offerman as James “Jinx” Millet, […]

For the first time all season long, the monsters of Monarch have stolen main-character status from the human beings. Featuring a big appearance by Godzilla himself, some impressively disgusting egg-laying visuals, and a recognizable emotional […]

“The beginning of a story, when you start to read it, is like a first date. You hope that from the opening lines, the magic will happen, and that you will sink into the narrative […]

“I miss high school.” “I don’t.” When Rue and Maddy have this conversation, it’s like they’re speaking on behalf of Euphoria itself, or at least viewers like, well, me. On the one hand, it’s become […]

Euphoria is lurid, overheated, violent, fetishistic, hyper-stylized, cynical, sentimental, melodramatic, druggy dirtbag action trash, so of course I love it. But it’s not hard to see why this has come to be the position of […]

“We have to try, don’t we?” “Yes. Yes, we are doomed to try.” —Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 1, “The Northern Star” It isn’t easy for the staff of the Pitt to give up. […]

You can’t say you didn’t see it coming. All throughout its second season, Paradise has been building to a science-fictional scenario that’s frankly preposterous even by Paradise standards. This episode confirms it. Yes, Dan Fogelman […]

It’s surprisingly emotional to get attacked by a godzilla. That’s more or less the premise of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a show that has a ton of fun with its creatures but wants to make […]

What Floyd Smernitch, Clark Forrest, and Carol Love-Smernitch had together is a hard thing to categorize, and each new revelation makes it even harder. This episode of DTF St. Louis sees our intrepid investigators Donahue […]

Floyd Smernitch was wonderful. That’s the idea, anyway. His best friend, Clark Forrest, thought so. His stepson, Richard, thought so too. Why wouldn’t they? Floyd lavished attention on them without judgment, dedicating his life to […]

“If somehow you are able to sing a song now, bringing these boys together who you haven’t even met, and make something so personal, so new, that the whole world takes notice, and that your […]

There are two points of emphasis on which any given episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters can focus — legacy and monsters. Some episodes maintain a perfect balance. (These tend to be my favorite.) Others […]