Chris Revelle

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'Hacks' Has Become a Greatest Hits Cover Band of Itself

2 weeks ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | April 26, 2025 Header Image Source: HBO/Max You’ll never guess what happened on the latest episode of HBO’s Hacks: Ava and Deborah had their zillionth clash of personalities, Deborah lashed out to cover up her anxiety, the supporting cast made sad noises about how unfortunate it is to see them fight, and finally they made up once they realized how much better they are together.
'Dying For Sex' Is the Most Audacious Series of 2025 So Far

4 weeks ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | April 17, 2025 Header Image Source: FX/Hulu If I had to pick one emblematic moment to represent Dying For Sex, it’d be this scene: as Molly (Michelle Williams) is engaged in a bit of watersport with a man she calls “my pet,” her mother Gail (Sissy Spacek) barges in.
Same Old Ava and Deborah, But Still Worth Watching

1 month ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | April 11, 2025 | Header Image Source: HBO/Max Hacks returned to Max on Thursday with a double-episode fourth season premiere that picks up literally moments after the third season finale. Ava (Hannah Einbinder) blackmailed her boss/friend/mentor/tormentor, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), into giving her the head writer position on Deborah’s new late-night talk show.
'Mid-Century Modern' Knows What a Bottom Is, But Not How to Crawl Out of a Comedy Hole

1 month ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | April 1, 2025 | Header Image Source: Hulu Mid-Century Modern is a sitcom from 1987 that discovered a time machine in its attic, accidentally stumbled through its glowing portal, and has come to the cursed year of 2025 to claim the lowest-hanging and most obvious fruit available on the joke tree. It’s the “fun aunt” of TV shows that wears tiny red glasses, can never have enough chardonnay, and will always order extra dessert.
Double Merde: ‘Mythic Quest’ Drops a Divisive Bomb in Season 4 Finale

1 month ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | March 27, 2025 | Header Image Source: AppleTV+ Another season of AppleTV+’s Mythic Quest ends, bringing the dysfunctional hijinks of our video game developers to a close. Finales of the past left a few threads open to pick up in the following season, but for its fourth season finale, Mythic Quest chose violence. The final moments of the finale (directed by cast member Ashly Burch) are divisive.
Uzo Aduba (Not Hugh Jackman) Lead Netflix's 'The Residence,' a Lark of a Whodunit

1 month ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | March 23, 2025 | Header Image Source: Netflix Whodunnits these days often riff on the vibes of canonical hits and iconic sleuths of the past. There are Sherlocks, Jessica Fletchers, Miss Marples, Hercule Poirots, and more—each with their own mystery-solving style. It makes sense, then, that Shondaland’s zippy new madcap murder mystery The Residence would toss a whole bunch of inspirations into a blender to spin its wild tale.
‘Prime Target’ Ending Explained: Math, Destroyer of Worlds

2 months ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | March 7, 2025 | Header Image Source: AppleTV+ Prime Target is a conspiracy thriller set in a version of our reality where math is one of the most dangerous concepts known to man and prime numbers are weapons of mass destruction.
'White Lotus' Is Stuck in Prestige Autopilot

2 months ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | March 1, 2025 | Header Image Source: HBO/Max I enjoy the HBO series White Lotus for two main reasons: 1. There are heightened caricatures of rich people being absolute messes, and 2. Talented actors are cast to make meals of these caricatures’ many tics, foibles, and vanities. It’s fun to watch ridiculously rich fools sow casual ruin at every achingly beautiful resort they visit like a never-ending Real Housewives cast trip.
A Surprising Romance in 'Prime Target,' And Why It Matters

2 months ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | TV | February 26, 2025 | Header Image Source: AppleTV+ There’s a moment in the first episode of AppleTV+’s Prime Target that I didn’t see coming and of all surprises to be found on the series where math is magic and mathematicians are treated like mad scientists with the potential to destroy the world, the thing that surprised me the most was this moment of character development.
One Teacher's Thoughts On Losing the Department of Education

2 months ago | pajiba.com | Chris Revelle

By Chris Revelle | News | February 18, 2025 | Header Image Source: Getty Images On Easter Day 2018, I was crossing the street at around 9:45 AM when I was struck by a car. Though I broke my leg and embarked on a long recovery that was complicated by two other unrelated surgical events (2018 was a fun year for me), I genuinely consider myself lucky. If I had injured my back, head, or even hand, it could have been so much worse and I’m thankful for that.