Script Magazine

4 days ago | scriptmag.com | Sadie Dean

Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. Tony Tost discussed with Script the creative process behind showrunning the second season of Poker Face.

1 week ago | scriptmag.com | Valerie Kalfrin

Coop, the protagonist of the new AppleTV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors, is having one heck of a night. Played by Emmy winner Jon Hamm (Mad Men), he awakens wincing on a marble floor in a palatial suburban home, blood pooling beneath him. He feels around his head until noticing it’s from the dead man nearby. Coop scrambles to his feet, gaining the presence of mind to clean up his shoe prints.

1 week ago | scriptmag.com | Bryan Young

There will be spoilers for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning in this piece. The latest installment of the long-running Mission: Impossible film franchise, Final Reckoning, also purports to be the last installment of the series. It’s also the second part of the pair, with 2023’s Dead Reckoning acting as the first part.

1 week ago | scriptmag.com | Valerie Kalfrin

A passenger train slices through the night in the sixth and final season premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale, barreling toward an uncertain future. It’s as much a setup for the perils facing its characters as writing the show. “Every season, I feel like we start with a totally blank slate,” said showrunner and writer Yahlin Chang (Supergirl), who joined the Primetime Emmy–winning Hulu series in season two.

3 weeks ago | scriptmag.com | Bryan Young

As Star Wars "Andor"’ssecond and final season comes to an end, it stands as a monument to some of the best writing on television today. This treatise on the terrors of authoritarianism and fascism could not be more relevant, and it’s written with such an elegant eye for dialogue, juxtaposition of images, and an honest portrayal of truth that it’s impossible to ignore.