10 Best TV Episodes of 2017: ‘Better Things’
"Eulogy" imagines what your kids will say about you at your funeral – and proves that Pamela Adlon's sitcom is one for the ages.
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Subscribe Now"Eulogy" imagines what your kids will say about you at your funeral – and proves that Pamela Adlon's sitcom is one for the ages.
"Dance, Dance Resolution" finds the sitcom endlessly rebooting its premise – and deconstructing the entire notion of TV comedy.
"Thanksgiving" details a friendship, a family, a coming-out experience – and turns into a triumph of personal, monumental storytelling.
The 'Breaking Bad' spin-off's "Chicanery' drops a first-rate courtroom drama – and details the beginning of the end for the series' main relationship.
Emmy-winning show's episode 'Late' charts how America turned into an anti-female fascist state – and defines the stakes for Elisabeth Moss.
Animated show's mini-masterpiece "Time's Arrow" mounts a devastating take on dementia and memory – and shoots it right into your heart.
Scott Tobias on how David Lynch's apocalyptic, Atomic-Age eighth episode of the revival season broke the medium in half.
Rob Sheffield on how the Amazon show's "A Short History of Weird Girls" makes the most of female desire, fractured backstories and its in-house Dick.
How Lena Dunham's "American Bitch" captured the year in miniature – from MAGA to #MeToo.