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Tim Stevens is a freelance writer and therapist from the Nutmeg State, hailing from the home of the World’s Smallest Natural Waterfall. In addition to The Spool, you can read his stuff in CC Magazine, Marvel.com, ComicsVerse, and The New Paris Press. His work has been quoted in Psychology Today, The Atlantic, and MSN Ireland. And yes, he is listing all this to try and impress you.

Keeping it Platonic and chaotic

By: Tim Stevens

Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen reteam for a fun, but uneven AppleTV+ series about friends who may bring out the worst in each other. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch As a group, humanity has spent entirely too much time asking, “Can men and women ever be friends without sex getting in the way.” Thankfully, Platonic, by ... Keeping it Platonic and chaotic

High Desert gives Patricia Arquette the stage and wisely steps aside

By: Tim Stevens

AppleTV+’s comedy-noir-recovery drama achieves uneven success thanks to its star.

City on Fire burns intensely, if nonsensically

By: Tim Stevens

AppleTV+’s adaptation of the novel updates the era but fails to wrangle its sprawling narrative.

Unraveling pop-culture one thread at a time

The Spool is an irreverent, informative source for film and television coverage, focused on diverse, thoughtful opinions that seek out a greater understanding of the media we love.

Strong performances serve Class of ‘09, but can’t fully protect audiences

By: Tim Stevens

Brian Tyree Henry and others give FX’s sci-fi FBI drama a clue but not enough to close the case.

AppleTV+’s new sci-fi series worth Silo-ing with

By: Tim Stevens

The Rebecca Ferguson-starring vehicle casts a compelling spell.

The Diplomat negotiates that classic good TV feeling

By: Tim Stevens

Netflix’s new international politics drama excels thanks to excellent performances from the likes of Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell.

Mrs. Davis is appealingly weird but emotionally inert

By: Tim Stevens

Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof step out of their comfort zones with a Peacock series long on strangeness and short of human connections.

Netflix provides evidence Obsession can only lead to bad ends

By: Tim Stevens

The streamer’s new attempt at an erotic thriller series occasionally titillates but can’t find a real emotional anchor. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Certain events dig so deep into our culture that they define many subsequent examples of the form. Watergate has led to decades of any possibly notable scandal receiving a -gate suffix. Any ... Netflix provides evidence Obsession can only lead to bad ends

Slip never stumbles

By: Tim Stevens

Roku’s new series delivers a surprisingly poetic take on multidimensional longing and acceptance.

The Last Thing He Told Me is a good tale

By: Tim Stevens

AppleTV+’s adaptation of the best-seller doesn’t reinvent the wheel but offers consistently strong storytelling.

Beef gives the audience plenty to chew on

By: Tim Stevens

Netflix’s new series is its most significant television success in some time.

Schmigadoon! Season 2 sends the series into its “changing times” era

By: Tim Stevens

AppleTV+’s musical comedy leaps into more complex musical pastiches with mixed results.

Good tunes, great actors lift Up Here

By: Tim Stevens

Hulu’s rom-com musical period piece makes sweet music out of a tiresome subgenre.

Extrapolations overextends itself

By: Tim Stevens

AppleTV+’s climate change drama/warning series can’t separate the complex from the convoluted.

Ted Lasso Season 3 starts ready for a run at the Cup

By: Tim Stevens

The crown jewel of AppleTV+ hits the pitch, seemingly ready to address some of the mounting criticisms.

Let School Spirits haunt your weekly schedule of shows

By: Tim Stevens

Paramount+’s teen supernatural drama feels like a good YA novel come to (after)life.

Daisy Jones & The Six is sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll like you remember

By: Tim Stevens

Prime Video’s traditional take on “the biggest rock band in the world’s” rise and fall succeeds on the back of strong performances.

Shyamalan struggles on the path to The Village

M. Night Shyamalan’s first big stumble has disappointing twists, but that was never its true problem.

The Consultant could use a consultant

By: Tim Stevens

Prime Video’s workplace satire is never as scary, funny, or dark as it needs to be.

Don’t bother calling Animal Control…yet

By: Tim Stevens

For now, FOX’s new ensemble sitcom is all promise, no delivery.

Hello Tomorrow! can’t stop working the con even when it gets ridiculous

By: Tim Stevens

Don’t fall for AppleTV+’s retro-futurist tale, no matter how good it looks.

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