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Series · HBO · 2014

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True Detective

41Leave it.

The partnership is old and real. The swamp philosophy is a costume. Adults, not a mood.

Take controlThis scores 41. True Detective cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

Two men who do not particularly like each other stay on a terrible case. That endurance is the decent bone of the first season. A crime against a child is not a puzzle for dinner, and the show, at its best, knows the weight.

At its worst it is a mood: a man in a car saying the universe is a wound, while the camera makes the wound beautiful. Adults who watch should notice when they are being asked to enjoy a philosophy of despair instead of to care what happened to her. One season, if any. Not as a personality.

Journal

Keep True Detective in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 41. Yours can differ.

The glance

Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Better Call Saul

51 instead of 41

Better Call Saul is still a crime show, and it scores 51 instead of 41. What you gain is industry: Law is a craft here: filings, a defense, a mailroom.

The eight

6
Industry
They interview, they file, they drive. The case is work across years.
3
Household
Marriages fail off to the side. The car is the only house they keep.
3
Piety
He talks about God in order to refuse him. The talk is the character.
6
Courage
They stay on a case everyone else has filed away.
4
Republic
A parish, a school, a power that would like the file closed.
2
Temperance
The dark is savored. The victim can disappear into the style.
6
Truth
It takes a crime against children as grave. The gravity competes with the monologue.
3
Stewardship
What the partners owe is the case. The show owes the viewer a feeling.

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Series · A&E · 2012

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Duck Dynasty

41Leave it.

A table can be real. A beard can be a costume. Do not confuse the show with the house.

Take controlThis scores 41. Duck Dynasty cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

For a year or two this was one of the most-watched cable hours in the country, and the reason was not complicated. People wanted a family that worked with its hands, teased each other, and still sat down. Some of that was filmed because it was already there.

A camera that pays the table will eventually direct the table. Enjoy a supper if you put an early episode on. Do not take the beard, the speech, or the arranged squabble as evidence that you have met them. If your own table is empty, set it. That is the part worth copying.

Journal

Keep Duck Dynasty in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 41. Yours can differ.

The glance

Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Can conscience actually stop someone, or is reverence only in the shot so it can be mocked?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

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The Incredible Dr. Pol

63 instead of 41

The Incredible Dr. Pol is still a reality show, and it scores 63 instead of 41. What you gain is truth: The diagnosis is the truth that matters.