I Like to Watch

3.5, rounding up - really enjoyed the longer pieces, especially “Confessions of a Human Shield” and the profiles of showrunners. The criticism was always well-written and interesting, but there were things I just didn't get that much out of from time to time, particularly for shows I haven't seen (or haven't seen in a while).

I'm a fan of Emily Nussbaum's writing so I had read some of these pieces before, but I enjoyed the effect of reading the collection. And she's such an insightful writer that I enjoyed even reading reviews of shows I hadn't watched (it helps that they tend to be zeitgeisty enough that I know the basics of the shows even if I haven't watched them).

I cherry-picked the essays that I was interested in.