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Dec 21, 2017 · It was obvious that 2017 was going to be a good year for TV after week one, when Netflix uploaded all 13 hilarious, heartfelt hours of One Day at a Time — the rare television remake...
- The Verge's Favorite TV Episodes of 2017
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- The Verge's Favorite TV Episodes of 2017
Dec 22, 2017 · 2017 was a good year for comics. Creators young and old sent green shoots up through desiccated genres — everything from memoir to textbook to all-ages fantasy burst with talent this year.
- Tasha Robinson
Dec 30, 2017 · Throughout the final week of 2017, culture writers from across Vox Media will be chatting about the best works of the year. In this installment, Vox’s Todd VanDerWerff and Caroline Framke, the...
Dec 20, 2017 · There is both ephemeral television and substantial TV. The year 2017 offered further evidence that a golden age continues and TV is the best-equipped storytelling medium to describe and...
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Line of Duty
- Peaky Blinders
- Stranger Things 2
- Twin Peaks: The Return
- Taboo
- Fargo
- Better Call Saul
- The Moorside
- Mindhunter
Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic – and it’s easy to see why. Elisabeth Moss’ turn as Offred/June was powerfully understated, and through her we saw the depths of the punishing dystopian world of Gilead. Women’s rights, LGBT rights and political influence were all explored in this masterpie...
Jed Mercurio’s latest foray into the police internal investigations unit at AC-12 was arguably the most consistently gripping saga yet. As the team looked into the possible mishandling of a serial-abductor case, Thandie Newton’s complex and ambitious detective fell spectacularly from grace. Watching her quite literally attempt to get away with murd...
The previous series of Brummie gangland drama Peaky Blinders strayed too far from its intimate, grimy roots. And this superb comeback has felt like a direct response to that. Facing a formidable new threat (in the shape of Adrien Brody’s snarling Mafia man, channelling Brando), the Shelby family retreated back to Small Heath in an attempt to weathe...
Many wondered whether a second season of The Duffer Brothers’ break-out nostalgia fest could live up to expectations. But Stranger Things 2 was largely a triumph: recapturing the charm, entertainment value and ’80s vibe, while also introducing some interesting new ideas and characters into the retro sci-fi mix. Its seventh episode proved extremely ...
We waited 25 years, we fretted when David Lynch pulled out, we breathed a sigh of relief when he changed his mind, and finally we got the premiere of Twin Peaks: The Return. In this “18-hour film”, as Lynch himself has described it, mystery abounded: so many characters, so many plot threads, so much surrealism. TV drama thrives on logic and resolut...
Tom Hardy was simply mesmerising as brooding cut-throat James Delaney in this seedy, murky plunge into the dark heart of 19th century London. Gunpowder, treason, and a compelling plot – taking in such adversaries as Jonathan Pryce’s deliciously slimy East India boss, Jason Watkins’ calculated Solomon Coop and Mark Gatiss’s bloated, disgusting Princ...
While arguably not quite reaching the heady heights of Fargo season two (but then, what the heck does?), this was nonetheless another terrific clash of smalltown befuddlement and brutal crime in snow-bound Minnesota. This time it was Ewan McGregor’s hapless brothers at the centre of the tragicomic action; caught between David Thewlis’s vile, money-...
Season 3 marked the moment where Better Call Saul evolved from promising Breaking Bad prequel into a genuinely great TV drama in its own right. Jimmy’s brotherly battle of wills and self-destructive arc was gripping, and the tremendous ensemble gave us characters all too flawed and real. Michael McKean was stunning and complex as Chuck: the ‘Chican...
The BBC’s two-part retelling of the Shannon Matthews case was true to the incredible real-life story it was based upon – one of kidnapping, pain and deception. And while the obvious victim in this case was Shannon, a great deal of damage was also done to The Moorside estate in Dewsbury, where the Matthews family lived. Sheridan Smithwas excellent a...
Has there been a more chilling and riveting screen performance all year than Cameron Britton’s startling turn as real-life serial murderer Ed Kemper? Mindhunter’s genius was to place its central focus on the fascinating interactions between its FBI protagonists and their notorious interviewees, as they sought to understand crimes that both the auth...
Dec 19, 2017 · The 18 best TV shows of 2017. It was the best year ever for good TV — but a mediocre year for truly great TV.
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Dec 19, 2017 · The 25 Best TV Shows of 2017. It was a banner year for television. By Tyler Coates, Emma Dibdin and Matt Miller Published: Dec 19, 2017. Save Article. The years come and go, but TV stays with...
