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Here’s Your Chance to Talk With the ‘Tuca & Bertie’ Team About Mental Health

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 Sammy NickallsComments Off on Here’s Your Chance to Talk With the ‘Tuca & Bertie’ Team About Mental Health

The delightful, surreal, quirky animated show is hosting a Twitter chat with one of The Dot and Line’s own.

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‘Big Mouth’ Season 2 Is As Bold and Raunchy As Ever

October 5, 2018May 6, 2019 Sammy NickallsComments Off on ‘Big Mouth’ Season 2 Is As Bold and Raunchy As Ever

The season’s Planned Parenthood episode is a much-watch.

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The Tricky Problem With Hollyhock in ‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 4

September 12, 2017May 9, 2019 Sammy NickallsComments Off on The Tricky Problem With Hollyhock in ‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 4

Hollyhock is a great addition to ‘BoJack’ Season 4. She should be more than a plot device.

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We Need to Talk About BoJack Horseman Season 4’s Most Shocking Scene

September 10, 2017May 9, 2019 Sammy NickallsComments Off on We Need to Talk About BoJack Horseman Season 4’s Most Shocking Scene

Here’s why this scene echoes in the background through Season 4.

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‘BoJack Horseman’ Gives Us TV’s First Out-and-Proud Asexual Icon

September 8, 2017May 9, 2019 Sammy NickallsComments Off on ‘BoJack Horseman’ Gives Us TV’s First Out-and-Proud Asexual Icon

And he is magnificent.

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Why Hasn’t My Friend Seen ‘Weeds’ Yet?

July 26, 2017April 15, 2020 Sammy NickallsComments Off on Why Hasn’t My Friend Seen ‘Weeds’ Yet?

More like “‘Weeds’ Is Drugs and Family and Drugs and Grief and Drugs and Comedy and Drugs, and How Have You Skipped It, JOHN?” Part 3 of a 3-part series.

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Why Hasn’t My Friend Seen ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Yet?

July 25, 2017April 15, 2020 Sammy NickallsComments Off on Why Hasn’t My Friend Seen ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Yet?

More like “‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ of How You’ve Somehow Avoided This Show, JOHN.” Part 2 of a 3-part series.

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Why Hasn’t My Friend Seen ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ Yet?

July 24, 2017April 15, 2020 Sammy NickallsComments Off on Why Hasn’t My Friend Seen ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ Yet?

More like “How to Get Away With Not Watching One of the Biggest Shows on TV, JOHN.” Part 1 of a 3-part series.

EDITORS PICKS

5 Things That Need to Happen in This Season of ‘My Hero Academia’

By Sarra Sedghi

The show officially comes back with Japanese and English dubs on April 7.

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Natalie Palamides on Buttercup and ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Season 2: Exclusive Interview

By Eric Vilas-Boas

The voice of Buttercup revealed a new season is in the works right now.

“Your Lifelong Dream” and the Enduring Timelessness of ‘The Simpsons’

By David S. Atkinson

On “Marge vs. the Monorail” and the enduring timelessness of ‘The Simpsons’

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Here’s Your Chance to Talk With the ‘Tuca & Bertie’ Team About Mental Health

By Sammy Nickalls

The delightful, surreal, quirky animated show is hosting a Twitter chat with one of The Dot and Line’s own.

To All the Toons I Loved Before

By Marley Crusch

A Dot and Liner pens her last love letters to the cartoons of her heart.

If the Lorax Puffs Trees in the Forest: An Investigation

By John Maher

A philosophical investigation. Dr. Seuss would be proud.

A Spoiler-Free Review of ‘Philbert’ Season 1

By John Maher

Even the ‘Horsin’ Around’ star’s commendable performance can’t save Flip McVicker’s new prestige detective drama from itself.

When ‘Adventure Time’ Paid Homage to Harry Nilsson

By John Maher

Inspirations and acid trips and rap samples, oh my! How Harry Nilsson’s ‘The Point’ influenced the Ice King.

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GREATEST HITS

Tropes in the Scope: 7 Bullets for Archer and 007, on the Occasion of Season 7

By Kevin Conway

As FX’s most dynamic show shifts gears again for its latest season, The Dot and Line dives into the homage it’s paid to its espionage roots.

This Anime Tackles Westernization and Technology in Under 25 Minutes

By John Maher

Teiichi Takiguchi’s amateur animated effort ‘Ojisan no Lamp’ is as lovely as the oil lamps that give it its name.

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