Libby Hill's posts

As the weeks go by and American Crime continues to progress, one of the most notable things about it is how…

“It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.” – Jeremy Bentham, A…

Parents pass a lot of things on to their children. They can be basic things like eye color or nose shape, height or…

So much of horror, particularly psychological horror, deals in the realm of the unseen. This is because the human…

Of all the things that American Crime gets right about the prevailing culture of the country (and there are several)…

In Irish folklore, there exists a creature called a pooka. They are shapeshifters, often taking any number of animal…

The downfall of many an aging sitcom is that the form, out of sheer necessity, is built around the idea of stasis.…

The problem with Fortitude is the same as any other show built around a mystery: until you find out where you’re…

The further Fortitude proceeds into its first season, the more clear it becomes that one of the most interesting…

Any narrative, whether fiction or non, is ultimately a fantasy. It’s a story told for an audience, a place created…

In the opening moments of the season 12 finale of Top Chef, Mei Lin hugs her fellow finalist Gregory Gourdet before…

There are many thing plaguing the town of Fortitude. There’s the active polar bear population and the weird cursed…

The reason that reality television makes for such satisfying low-stakes viewing is that, to a certain extent, things…

If people have heard anything about Pivot’s first foray into drama, Fortitude (which seems unlikely given how few…

For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The…

Watching reality TV is a little like wrestling with the question of whether or not you believe in predestination.…

When you’re a child, the most important thing any given adult wants to impress upon you is the importance of…

Two steps forward, one step back. And things had been going so well, too!

Not all of our writers’ picks could make the final list of the best sitcom episodes of the last 25 years. Some…

The television sitcom underwent a renaissance in the mid-to-late 1980s, shocked back to life by the likes of Cheers, …