Nick Wanserski's posts

During an era of television specializing in prickly characters, Mad Men excelled at presenting a protagonist who was…

Part workplace farce, part creeping phantasmagoria, “House of Special Purpose” is the most interesting episode of The…

Part of what made Mad Men such a pleasure to watch was everything that occurred between the words. The lingering…

The Takeout proposed a straight-forward question to our staff and our colleagues at The A.V. Club: What’s the best…

This week’s question comes from A.V. Club alum Becca James:

This week we begin our AVQ&As that serve as an overview of the year, starting with this annual question:

What Ghost did for pottery, Jon Favreau’s Chef did for grilled cheese sandwiches—both films used close-up framing…

This week’s question comes from A.V. Club assistant editor Alex McLevy:

Every December, instead of searching for a group consensus, Gameological looks back at the year in games through…

In anticipation of tonight’s season finale, I wondered last week who was going to get punched in what would surely…

Every time the Orville had a really good show this season, I found myself wondering, “Is this it? Has the show…

This week’s question comes in honor of Thanksgiving:

This week’s question comes from reader Austin:

After last week’s gross episode, The Orville rebounds with a solidly enjoyable adventure. Tonight’s episode,…

This week’s question comes from reader James Cobb:

Maybe it’s just that today has been has been so dense with even more news about men who destroy lives just to…

In November 2016, we seemed mere hours away from the first female president, but that particular brand of leader…

This week’s question takes the old “best live act you’ve seen” question and restricts it to artists performing on…

Tonight we learned nothing comes in the way of a mother’s love; not even a war-torn moon festering with alien plague…

Today’s question is in honors of Halloween: