Killer Serials: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, Season 3, Eps. 7-9
The next installment of Killer Serials, in which Tony Jones and I discuss episodes 7-9 of the third season of Orange is the…
SENSE8 and the Politics of Watching TV
The new Netflix series, Sense8 (by the Wachowski siblings) isn’t a great series, but, set in the context of the ever-expanding television market, it is…
Killer Serials: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, Season 3, Eps. 4-6
Tony and I are back with the second installment of Killer Serials and a look at episodes four, five, and six of the…
True Detective, “The Western Book of the Dead” Post Mortem
Given the ever-improving nature of television dramas, it’s difficult to write confidently about a series after the pilot episode or to write off…
KILLER SERIALS: Orange is the New Black, Season 3, Eps. 1-3
Good friend, theologian, and author Tony Jones and I are kicking off a new blog series today, which will eventually evolve into a…
Grief, Revenge, and Other Ghosts of the Past in Netflix’s BLOODLINE
With so much good original Netflix content, you’d be forgiven for bailing on Bloodline after the first episode or two, especially when Daredevil released only…
Raging Devil: DAREDEVIL and the Failure of Imagination
Posts have been sparse on Pop Theology over the last few months. Richard and I are working to correct that. Of course, with…
Summer Silliness: Sharknado 2 & Black Jesus
I never thought I’d say this, but thank God for cable television. As a Basic Cable family, we hold on to the Box…
Dear 20″ Plastic Baby Jesus…
For the second week in a row, The Leftovers focuses squarely on religion in its fourth episode, “B.J. and the A.C.,” while also revealing…