2021 · 1 Season · HBO · Crime Drama
Mare of Easttown is a masterclass in how to do a limited series right: a murder at the center, a community threaded around it, and a lead performance that makes everything feel urgent and real. Kate Winslet is extraordinary, the Delaware County setting feels lived-in and specific, and the finale carries genuine emotional weight. A few subplot missteps don't change the fact that this is exactly what prestige TV is capable of at its best.
2022 · 3 Seasons · HBO · Comedy-Drama
Somebody Somewhere is one of the most emotionally honest shows HBO has ever produced, a three-season portrait of grief, friendship, and finding your people in the last place you expected. Bridget Everett anchors the whole thing with a performance that never reaches for sentiment it hasn't earned, and her chemistry with Jeff Hiller as Joel gives the show its beating heart. The deliberate pace and low-stakes storytelling won't work for everyone, and a few plotlines across the run feel undercooked. But for anyone who has ever felt stuck, out of place, or uncertain about where they belong, this show lands with quiet, lasting force.
2017 · Martin McDonagh · 115 min · Dark Comedy Crime Drama
Three Billboards is a film powered entirely by its performances and a script that refuses to offer easy comfort about grief, justice, or who deserves redemption. McDormand delivers one of the great performances of the decade, and Rockwell matches her in a role that demands more than it appears to. The ending won't satisfy everyone, and the film's handling of race remains a legitimate point of criticism. But as an exercise in dark, funny, morally complicated filmmaking, it delivers far more than most.
2016 · 12 Seasons · Crave / Hulu · Comedy
Twelve seasons of rapid-fire wordplay, small-town Canadian life, and characters so deeply committed to their bit that the bit becomes something close to art. Letterkenny's best episodes are unlike anything else in comedy television, powered by a writing style that treats dialogue as a competitive sport and a cast that delivers it with flawless timing. The show lost some momentum in its middle seasons when the formula started showing its seams, but it found its way back for a strong finish. For anyone willing to tune their ear to the rhythm and accept that plot is secondary to conversation, this is one of the sharpest comedies of the past decade.
2022 · 4 Seasons · MGM+ · Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
From is one of the most effective mystery-horror series of the streaming era, and it remains badly underappreciated. The creatures are terrifying in a way few TV horrors manage, the mythology deepens season after season, and Harold Perrineau anchors the whole thing with a performance that keeps you emotionally invested no matter how strange things get. If you can tolerate a slow, accumulative burn and trust that the show is building toward something, it rewards that patience more consistently than most shows in this space ever do.
2018 · Delia Owens · 370 pages · Literary Fiction
Delia Owens' debut novel combines a coming-of-age story with a murder mystery set in the marshlands of coastal North Carolina, and the nature writing is the best thing about it. Owens brings a naturalist's eye to the landscape, making the marsh feel as much a character as anyone in the book. The mystery keeps pages turning, and the ending delivers a twist that kicked up strong reactions in both directions. The romances are thin, some plot elements require significant suspension of disbelief, and the pacing drags in the middle, but the atmospheric setting and Kya's resilience carry the book through its weaker stretches.