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Here at 25YLSite, we handle a lot of heavy lifting. Analysis, interpretation, deep discussion, introspective interviews… you name it, we've got it. "Favorites" takes a lighter approach to the material we normally cover. Each week, we will take you through a list of favorites - whether it's moments, scenes, episodes, characters, lines of dialogue, whatever! …
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From the beginning, when FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper asks, “Who’s the lady with the log?”[1] I was fascinated by Margaret “The Log Lady” Lanterman and her story. How did she become The Log Lady? Was she always in tune to the trees, owls, and the nature of Twin Peaks around her? Could she always …
Tonight’s finale, Castle In The Sky, was very bittersweet. After ten weeks of following the clues and bringing us to the suspect, we must say goodbye to The Alienist and our Monday night suspense, love, and intriguing story. These characters have grown and become a part of our conscience, not unlike Beecham has to our …
Here we are at the penultimate episode of The Alienist. An exciting and somber episode. I found myself thinking throughout watching: " I can't believe there won't be any more Alienist after next week!" Then I started to get sad, but then it started and I did not have time to feel sad anymore because …
Consider the column this week to be a pep talk from The Babes; to all of you out there who keep asking themselves the question, “What do we do now that all the new excitement of Twin Peaks is over?” Well the first thing is do not lose all of that excitement. It was brought …
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I had the great pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Michael Nathanson recently. For those that do not know who Michael is, he played Sam Stein in Marvel’s The Punisher for Netflix. He also was seen as 'Dr. Levi Zinberg' series The Knick, on the HBO/Cinemax. He was brought on as a director for …
I am going to start needing a Xanax if the last two episodes are anything like this one. "Psychopathia Sexualis" was a mix of laughter, shock, and awe-inducing moments, climaxing with another unexpected finish. Let me just have it on the record: if karma doesn’t come and envelop our Captain Connor, I do not know what …
This episode had me feeling many things. It was not quite paced like the prior episode, but I did feel angst, disgust, and, again, some anxiousness. The Alienist has continually moved in a forward motion, not stopping to take a breather. This week we did receive one, as did many of the characters, only to …
You could feel the tension from the very beginning of tonight's episode of The Alienist. It began by the panning of a dead white horse in the middle of the street, with everyone around going about their business except for a young boy who takes a minute to acknowledge the horse's death with a quick …
If you read my recap of last week's episode, I say at the end that we may have seen the killer's face. I would like to retract that statement upon starting this week's recap. Though yes, Willem Van Bergen has a silver-toothed smile, and is as creepy as ivy running up and down the brick walls of …