
Emily St. James
Former Critic at Large
Latest articles by Emily St. James


Here’s what’s different and what’s the same about the HBO show’s new world. Also: Oklahoma!


Damon Lindelof — of Lost and The Leftovers fame — shifts perspectives on the acclaimed comic.


Regina King, Damon Lindelof, and others tell us how they updated the legendary comic for this 2019 adaptation.


It’s better than that sounds.


Attempts to “solve” Succession’s season 2 finale misunderstand what makes the show so good.


The HBO series about awful rich people seems like it’s about wealth. It’s really about abuse.


“But...”


Zero winners and 11 losers from one of the most gut-wrenching, cringe-inducing episodes of the show yet.


It’s so close to being good that its badness feels somehow worse.


Eleanor furthers her unlikely plan to save the world in an episode full of romantic complications and golf.