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Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Former Critic at Large

    Latest articles by Emily St. James

    Culture
    Watchmen plunges straight through the funhouse mirror into another 2019Watchmen plunges straight through the funhouse mirror into another 2019
    Culture

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

    By Emily St. James and Allegra Frank
    Culture
    I think HBO’s Watchmen is tremendous television. Lots of people will strongly disagree.I think HBO’s Watchmen is tremendous television. Lots of people will strongly disagree.
    Culture

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

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    HBO’s Watchmen tells stories about America’s racist past in America’s racist presentHBO’s Watchmen tells stories about America’s racist past in America’s racist present
    Culture

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

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    ABC’s Emergence blends Lost with This Is Us and adds a dash of E.T.ABC’s Emergence blends Lost with This Is Us and adds a dash of E.T.
    Culture

    It’s better than that sounds.

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    The Succession twist that probably doesn’t exist, explainedThe Succession twist that probably doesn’t exist, explained
    Culture

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

    By Emily St. James
    The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”
    The rise of Succession, TV’s new must-watch showThe rise of Succession, TV’s new must-watch show
    The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

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

    By Emily St. James
    The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”
    8 winners and 6 losers from a Succession finale that blows up the whole show8 winners and 6 losers from a Succession finale that blows up the whole show
    The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

    “But...”

    By Emily St. James and Meredith Haggerty
    The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”
    Succession comes up with an episode where absolutely everybody losesSuccession comes up with an episode where absolutely everybody loses
    The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

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

    By Meredith Haggerty and Emily St. James
    Culture
    Fox’s Almost Family aims to build a quirky family dramedy around medical rapeFox’s Almost Family aims to build a quirky family dramedy around medical rape
    Culture

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

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    The Good Place’s final season looks a lot like its first seasonThe Good Place’s final season looks a lot like its first season
    Culture

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

    By Emily St. James, Dylan Matthews and 1 more