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HIMYM Watch: Mother’s Day
Now that the show has answered a big question, can it turn a yellow umbrella and a pair of boots into a person?
Game of Thrones Watch: Dragons and Eagles and Bears, Oh, My!
There was a menagerie of zoological references in an episode that showed how people could be animals—sometimes, literally.
TV Weekend: Family Tree
Having spoofed dog shows, heavy metal, and community theater, Christopher Guest turns to another odd , more bittersweet obsession: genealogy.
Game of Thrones Watch: The Game Is the Game (of Thrones)
Like HBO’s The Wire, “The Climb” showed how individuals get sacrificed by organizations: not bureaucracies and drug gangs, but royal houses and religions.
TV Tonight: Maron
In its first three episodes, the abrasive, often funny Maron is a deep dive into the bottomless reservoir of neurosis as a font of comedy.
The Americans Watch: It’s a Knockout
Elizabeth and Philip play a game without frontiers in a confident ending to one of the best debut drama seasons in recent years.
TV Tonight: Rectify
Sundance’s meditative drama about a man released from death row is pokey, atmospheric, and the opposite of plot-driven. And it’s one of the best things I expect to see on TV all year.
Earning It: Office Darwinism on Mad Men and The Good Wife
Last night’s episodes of both dramas showed that their firms can be unfair places to work—and some of the same characters we sympathize with like it that way.
Game of Thrones Watch: That’s What the Money’s For!
It’s not just about swords or dragons. Last night’s Game of Thrones showed that in Westeros as in our world, money has great power—and has its limits.
TV Weekend: Da Vinci’s Demons
This Renaissance drama might have been really good, if only it hadn’t had the freedom and budget of cable.
The Americans Watch: The Commitments
The setup of The Americans has made us invested in Philip and Elizabeth’s marriage. But the dramatic, sad “Only You” questions whether we should be.
Mad Men Watch: The Straight Pathway Is Lost
Mad Men returns for a penultimate season, full of sex, death, and booze.