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With so many new series popping up on streaming services and DVD every day, it gets harder and harder to keep up…

Nathan Lane as Pepper represents so much of a certain kind of problem I have with Modern Family that I almost felt…

I was very optimistic going into this episode. As someone weaned on Seinfeld, I'm a total sucker for "everybody…

At the conclusion of "Farm Strong," Jay and Gloria wrap up their corner of the plot — a throughline that involved…

And we had started off so well! I’m trying very hard, but I don’t think I can find one thing I liked in this week’s…

Ah, the hour-long sitcom episode that is really two separate episodes smushed together without regard for…

(“The One Where Rachel Finds Out,” season one, episode 24, originally aired 5/18/95)

Well. Isn’t that interesting? Now, I’m not the bragging type—that’s just not in my nature. I would never, just for…

(“The One With The Ick Factor,” season one, episode 22, originally aired 5/4/95 / “The One With The Birth,” season…

I think I cracked the code on this show. No, not the Alison mystery. Or the Cece mystery. Or the mystery of two…

“The One With The Evil Orthodontist” (season one, episode 20; originally aired 4/6/1995)/“The One With The Fake…

As fun as it is to (gently!) poke fun at Pretty Little Liars for having a billion separate conspiracy threads and no…

(“The One With All The Poker,” season one, episode 18, originally aired 3/2/95 / “The One Where The Monkey Gets…

Often on Pretty Little Liars—and especially when the major plot among the four protagonists is spinning it’s wheels,…

(“The One With Two Parts,” season 1, episodes 16 and 17, originally aired 2/23/95)

New theory: Toby is Mona. Mona is Toby. No? Well YOU explain how Toby leaves for New York City this week, and…

(“The One With The Candy Hearts,” season 1, episode 14; originally aired 2/9/95 / “The One With The Stoned Guy,”…

So nice to be back in Rosewood! Where the preferred methods of framing people involve creating intricate masks of…

(“The One With The Dozen Lasagnas,” season one, episode twelve; originally aired 1/12/95 / “The One With The…

“The One With The Monkey” (season one, episode 10; originally aired 12/15/94)/“The One With Mrs. Bing” (season one,…