Vulture
Recaps
I Love LA (“As much as I Love LA will inevitably get compared to Lena Dunham’s Girls, I’m gonna throw it out there that its truest HBO ancestor is Entourage…”)
Top Chef: Destination Canada (“Throughout the hundreds upon hundreds of hours of TV episodes logged into my rotting brain, there’s still no show that brings me immediate comfort like Top Chef.”)
Agatha All Along (“You know how some people walked out of the Barbie movie going, “How the hell did they get away with that?” I didn’t, but that’s how I felt about Agatha All Along.”)
Bad Sisters, Season 2 (“I’d probably trust Sharon Horgan with my life and/or a dead body, so what was I going to do? Not watch? Not bloody likely.”)
Reality Show Breakdowns
When Stassi’s House Came Crashing Down
“The more Stassi Schroeder tries to shape the narrative — especially about the state of her marriage — the more it slips out of her grasp, leading her to suffer a Category 5 meltdown in the finale that humbles her more than ever. House of Stassi was supposed to be Stassi’s triumphant return to form entirely on her own terms. Instead, its most fascinating moments are the ones she never saw coming.”
In Memoriam: The Traitors Season 3(’s Hats)
“For as much as I watch this show to see murder and banishment and people pulling the strings of haunted dolls for cash, I’m mostly fascinated by how these reality veterans choose to present themselves on a show where anyone can live or die on reputation alone.”
Vanderpump Rules Should’ve Broken the Fourth Wall Years Ago
“Whether the producers liked it or not, Vanderpump Rules had become a perversely fascinating case study in what fame, however niche, can do to people and their relationships and how chasing the kind of notoriety that being on a reality show invites will never be satisfying enough to end the pursuit.”
