Mar 9
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The opening titles of this episode give us the showdown we’d been expecting since the announcement that Jude Law…
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Mar 2
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It took a while, but the protagonist of The New Pope has finally become clear. It’s not Lenny Belardo, even though…
Feb 24
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From its mid-season stretch of conniving, plotting, and despair, The New Pope has risen from the dead. For most of…
Feb 17
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John Paul III is a bad pope.
Feb 10
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John Brannox is a weak man—or, at least, a soft one. Though he hides behind an air of seriousness (and John…
Feb 3
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He was only elected one episode ago, but it feels like John Brannox has been pope for ages. Much of this fourth…
Jan 27
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The papacy is, generally speaking, seen as a leadership role. The pope gives guidance to the world’s Catholics,…
Jan 20
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If we thought the church was in a state of disarray before, it’s teetering on the edge now. The death of Francis II…
Jan 13
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There’s a hole in the middle of The New Pope.
Dec 5
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Putting aside the jokes about how the title characters in Marvel’s Runaways didn’t actually run away from home until…
Oct 4
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After the last season of Steven Universe ended, it seemed like there wasn’t much more for the show to do—Steven…
Sep 29
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Where has this show been all season?
Sep 29
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Payton’s campaign has been all about keeping strategic secrets: the status of his relationship with Alice, the depth…
Sep 28
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There’s a reason there are far more pop culture depictions of campaigning than there are of governing. A campaign…
Sep 28
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The entire concept of the Saint Sebastian election is ridiculous. It’s a high school presidential election, for a…
Sep 28
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It finally feels like The Politician is getting into a rhythm. By this point in the season, all of the big plots are…
Sep 27
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If you thought that The Politician was going to be about something even remotely close to a normal high school…
Sep 27
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The first episode of The Politician was a bit shapeless, trying to set up a big cast of characters and often…
Sep 27
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It’s a cliche to say that people who seek power probably shouldn’t have it—for good reason. Even if someone running…
Jul 24 2019
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Pose loves to put on a show. The series is, in a very broad and maybe boring sense, about the act of performing in…