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Ranking the Justified Seasons

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Ranking the Justified Seasons
Ranking the Justified Big Bads
Ranking the Appearances of Deadwood Actors On Justified
Top 11 Justified One-Off Appearances
The 10 Best Justified Supporting Characters

Justified was one of the most fun shows of this century. It is a rare television show in the modern that understands the basics of television programming (TV is supposed to be fun) but that you can still execute it so well that it feels like something more than just a way to get audiences to watch commercials.
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Ranking the Justified Big Bads

Justified loved their “Monsters of the Season” structure for their show and employed it each season with minimal variation. This article will rank them. Continue reading Ranking the Justified Big Bads

Top 12 Justified One-Off Appearances

Justified evolved into a show that featured primarily serialized stories where very few characters of any significance popped up only once. Some of the rare ones who did though were genuinely great. Here are the eleven best examples of one-off characters on the show.
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Ranking the NewsRadio Seasons

NewsRadio, at one point was one of the most promising sitcoms around. It had a strong cast and a fresh coat of paint on the workplace comedy concept. The story of the show is sadly one of how fast the ship can go in the wrong direction. Continue reading Ranking the NewsRadio Seasons

Marvel Mondays – Secret Invasion: Season Review

You may have noticed a distinct lack of episode-by-episode coverage of Secret Invasion on Marvel Mondays. Part of that is I’m pretty exhausted (more on that later in the year), and the other part is it quite frankly didn’t deserve it. This is unequivocally the worst show in the MCU to date.

Jerome & Kevin Present – Cancelled Too Soon: American Vandal (Season 1)

Jerome and Kevin are back this month as they will be spending the rest of the year looking at a number of Netflix shows that were cancelled too soon.

This month is the first month of American Vandal. They will discuss who really drew the dicks and how much that mattered in the first place.

Jerome & Kevin Present: Barry (Season 4)

Jerome and Kevin are back to discuss the final season of HBO’s second most important 2023 show that’s ending, Barry. They discuss Bill Hader’s direction, two stand-out performances among the supporting cast, and whether the story was finished well.

Ranking the Ted Lasso Seasons

As I have probably mentioned a few times (if you are a semi-frequent reader or listener of the website), I am an English teacher in the Bronx. My students have to pass a series of state exams in order to graduate from high school. One of them is an English Language Arts exam which contains an essay prompt that asks them to analyze the “central idea” of a text. To the state of New York, “central idea” is the life lesson of a text. It is a childlike way of approaching art.

I say all of this to say that this is what I think of when I think of Ted Lasso. Not only could one easily analyze the “central idea” this show’s episodes, I would say that it almost feels like this show’s purpose IS to give life lessons. It feels like an after-school special that is seeking to spoon-feed ADULTS lessons about the right way to live their lives. Listen, we all need to turn our brains off sometimes and watch some crap. What does it say though that this particular piece of crap because such a hit and awards powerhouse? (Nothing good.) And are there glimpses of something better throughout? (Not really.)

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