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As many attentive Steven fans will know, anything that appears on a TV at the beginning of an episode will come back…

At first, it seems like “Fifth Episode” is going to be a relatively standard episode of The Young Pope. (Such as…

Evaluating the symbolism of The Young Pope is an intentionally tricky and mysterious task. Are Lenny’s furtive…

“Is this pope claiming divine status?” The question—asked by a journalist—hangs over most of the third episode of The…

After a premiere centered on spectacle real and otherwise, the second episode of The Young Pope goes out of its way…

Over the course of its eight seasons and 261 episodes, Regular Show always balanced the scales between small-scale…

The Young Pope is a show that begins with the titular young pope, played by movie star Jude Law, emerging from under…

Just a week after the fall special, we get another seasonal Steven Universe, this time a flashback to the winter…

The penultimate episode of Transparent’s second season forced most of its characters together at a women’s music…

One of the worst things you can say about a television show is that it’s “about family,” as if that were a unique…

After a premiere focused primarily on Maura, the third season of Transparent widens its gaze to show us what the…

Onion is one of the most confusing characters on Steven Universe, and it’s not because he doesn’t talk. More than…

Honestly, I’ve been kinda burnt out on covering Steven Universe over the past month or so. Not because the show is,…

After the intensity of “Mindful Education,” Raven Molisee and Paul Villeco turn in “Future Boy Zoltron”—an episode…

One of Steven Universe’s biggest strengths is its resistance to centralization. Everything revolves around Steven,…

In the past few weeks, Steven Universe has gone out of its way to have more fun with the Gem outfits and settings,…

What is it like to be a new fusion? From our two primary examples (Stevonnie and Garnet), it’s a wondrous, but also…

There’s a lot of cleaning up to do after this week’s episodes, both for the Gems and for Steven Universe. The show…

After “Jail Break,” it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect all Steven Universe finales to be eventful,…

Assuming nothing insane happens with the airing of tomorrow’s episode, the entire third season Steven Universe will…