Olive Kitteridge

The Likability of Unlikability in Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’

The Likability of Unlikability in Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’

Elizabeth Strout counters Olive Kitteridge’s unpleasantness with two of the most important, traits of a standout character: the Ghost and the Lie.

The Best Television of 2014

The Best Television of 2014

In 2014, we let Russian spies, biker gangs, Silicon Valley techies, and existentially frustrated detectives into our living rooms. As these 25 picks reveal, we had good reasons for doing so.