Welcome to the midpoint of the year!
Smirking demons keep tormenting new priest David (Mike Colter) and stern Sister Andrea (Andrea Martin).
Man-of-Science contractor Ben (Aasif Mandvi) suffers a reality crisis after finding an eyeball in a toilet.
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And Sheryl (Christine Lahti) is peddling cryptocurrency: The horror!
Here’s a spiritual investigation for our doomscroll age, at once bleak and hysterical.
And creditBarryfor extending its comedy of moral degradation in unexpected directions.
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All that plusLaura San Giacomo?Barrydoesn’t miss.
Old character dynamics were reset beyond recognition or ignored entirely.
Darius (LaKeith Stanfield) is… well, the same, but in Amsterdam now.
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And something’s seriously up with wandering Van (Zazie Beetz).
A ker-razy Amsterdam drug trip?)
that leaned heavy on cameos and seemed to lose sight entirely of the main characters.
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I admireAtlanta’s frantic boldness, though, which eventizes every episode into a what-the-hell-next odyssey of fascination.
And now we know: Never trust a man named Socks.
(Emmy noms for Brunson,Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Janelle James, yo!)
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I’ve never been so ready to go back to school.
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“If one person remembers you, you stay alive forever.”
The final season found Adlon’s Sam Fox thinking more about what it all means.
Tyler James Williams, Quinta Brunson, and Sheryl Lee Ralph in ‘Abbott Elementary’.Gilles Mingasson/ABC
With each of its varied narrative threads,Pachinkotransforms a colossal subject into a story that is epically human.
I mean, theaudacityof this show.Better Call Saulhad one job: Set up theBreaking Baduniverse.
And yes, it’s executing that task brilliantly.
Mikey Madison, Pamela Adlon, Hannah Riley, and Olivia Edwards in ‘Better Things’.Suzanne Tenner/FX
How dare she break our hearts in tiny, painful increments all season long?
And shame on Odenkirk, too.
Barryis at its best when it lets Barry be broken.
Youn Yuh-Jung in ‘Pachinko’.Media Res/Blue Marble Pictures/Apple TV+
Where can Barry (andBarry) go from here?
Nowhere good and I’m willing to bet it will be great.
Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler and Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman on ‘Better Call Saul’.Greg Lewis/AMC
Sarah Goldberg and Bill Hader in ‘Barry’.Merrick Morton/ HBO
