TV Reviews8.7/10
How a 1990s basketball anime turned a delinquent into a national icon
Slam Dunk ran 101 episodes on TV Asahi from 1993 to 1996. Inside Sakuragi, Rukawa, the Shohoku roster, and why the basketball anime still lands.
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Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews8.2/10
Netflix’s Maid turns poverty into a gauntlet of paperwork and minimum-wage shifts
Netflix's Maid, starring Margaret Qualley, turns Stephanie Land's memoir into a 10-episode drama about cleaning houses, red tape, and survival. Verdict: 8.2/10.
TV Reviews7.5/10
Star Trek: Enterprise Review: A Strong Premise, Unevenly Executed
Star Trek: Enterprise ran four seasons and 97 episodes on UPN from 2001 to 2005. A look at Archer, T'Pol, Trip Tucker, the cast and the show's legacy.
TV Reviews4.8/10
Z Nation: One Great Idea, No Discipline — A 4.8/10 Retrospective
Z Nation ran five seasons on Syfy as a cheap, funny, uneven zombie road trip. Murphy was a great idea. Black Summer did it better. 4.8/10.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Rent-a-Girlfriend’s rented-romance premise holds up across a long run
A review of Rent-a-Girlfriend, the 60-episode anime about Kazuya, Chizuru, and a fake relationship built on a rental app.
TV Reviews7/10
Animated Sci-Fi Comedy Final Space Was Killed by a Corporate Merger, Not Its Ratings
Final Space ran three seasons across TBS and Adult Swim before cancellation, then got its real ending in a 2026 graphic novel.
TV Reviews8/10
Deadwood: Three Seasons, 36 Episodes, and the Best Writing on HBO
Deadwood ran three seasons and 36 episodes on HBO, won eight Emmys, and was cancelled too soon. A look at Milch's Western and McShane's Swearengen.
TV Reviews6.6/10
Dickinson Review: Hailee Steinfeld and the Art of the Anachronism
Dickinson ran three seasons on Apple TV+ with Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson. A 6.6/10 review of its cast, anachronisms, guest stars and limits.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Uzaki-chan’s teasing dynamic carries a thin gag anime
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! review: 25 episodes, two seasons, one relentless sophomore and a very tired senior who never really wants her gone.
TV Reviews5.9/10
Cursed Review: Netflix’s Arthurian Reimagining Has a Strong Cast but an Unfinished Arc
Netflix's Cursed, starring Katherine Langford as Nimue, ran one season before cancellation. A review of its cast, themes, and unfinished Arthurian arc.
TV Reviews5.4/10
American Horror Stories Review: A Companion Piece That Never Escapes Its Shadow
American Horror Stories brought a new horror tale every episode to Hulu, but the Murder House and Coven tie-ins outshone the reset-every-week format.
TV Reviews10/10
Steins;Gate Still Makes the Case That Time Travel Stories Are Really About Grief
Steins;Gate review: White Fox's 2011 time-travel anime turns a microwave into a time machine and makes Okabe pay for every D-mail. A 10/10.