Hot damn, The Lowdown finale was a great conclusion to a great debut season. My review: whatsalanwatching.com/recap-the-lowd…

Netflix's Death By Lightning turns a historical footnote — Charles Guiteau's assassination of President James Garfield — into a grand entertainment, w/wonderful performances by Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, and, especially, Nick Offerman. My review: whatsalanwatching.com/review-netflix…

Vince Gilligan’s new Apple sci fi show Pluribus, reuniting him with Rhea Seehorn, left me giddy. My review: whatsalanwatching.com/review-vince-g…

In the free Friday What's Alan Watching? newsletter: a milestone for my Rod Serling biography, Pluribus, Diane Ladd, Hank Azaria sings Springsteen, and a lot more. Read! Subscribe! Share! Sing about a groovy lady! whatsalanwatching.com/submitted-for-…

Happy Pluribus Day! If you haven't already checked out Vince Gilligan's new sci-fi series and are curious if you should start, here's my review, with the bare minimum of detail regarding its very high concept: whatsalanwatching.com/review-vince-g…

And if you've already watched the first two #Pluribus episodes, I dug deep on what happens, what it means, and why the show works: whatsalanwatching.com/pluribus-recap…

Happy Pluribus Premiere Weekend, everyone!

This week’s The Chair Company was somehow even weirder than usual, delightfully. My review: whatsalanwatching.com/the-chair-comp…

PaleyFest NY opened with the world premiere of #Pluribus! Vince Gilligan, Rhea Seehorn, and @wydrakarolina joined Alan Sepinwall for an inside look at Gilligan’s new series. 👉 Swipe through for red carpet highlights and first-look moments 📸

New for What Else Is Alan Watching? bonus tier subscribers: what if actors with similar careers swapped signature roles? Could Keri Russell play Carrie Mathison? Could Tina Fey play Leslie Knope? How about a younger Bryan Cranston as Don Draper? whatsalanwatching.com/if-they-swappe…

Contrary to what this picture suggests, Matthew Rhys gets to play a guy who smiles in Netflix's cat-and-mouse thriller The Beast In Me, co-starring Claire Danes as an author trying to prove Rhys murdered his first wife. My review: whatsalanwatching.com/review-claire-…