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Politics & SocietyTelevision
Joe Lorenz, S.J.
Psychedelics have been seen as far worse than alcohol and cigarettes, but are they really?
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
Pope Francis has not weighed in on the new show. (As he doesn’t watch television, this is not unexpected.) But on his behalf, we have a couple of notes we’d like to share from a Catholic perspective.
Fielder’s new project “The Rehearsal” is streaming on HBO Max (photo: HBO).
Arts & CultureTelevision
Doug Girardot
Rather than using jokes to make a larger point, Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” derives its humor from making fun of ordinary people.
Bob Odenkirk in "Better Call Saul" (AMC Networks)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
For six years, “Better Call Saul” has given the story equivalent of a graduate-level seminar on morality, and the series finale is both satisfying and surprising.
Tom Sturridge as Dream and Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death in “The Sandman” (Netflix)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
Until recently, “The Sandman”—Neil Gaiman’s magnum opus about the eternal being who oversees the universe of dreaming—has remained an impossible quest.
Bill Hader in Season 3 of "Barry" (Merrick Morton/HBO) 
Arts & CultureTelevision
Robert David Sullivan
Watching the same character fall short of redemption, or meaningful contrition, over and over again, dozens of times, is torture.