The Blue Mask Diaries: Episode Two - Some Good TV

Television is so much a part of this experience of being locked down… so I'll skip to those adventures before getting back to movies.

Let's start by paying tribute to FX. Devs. Better Things. And Mrs. America. This is some of the finest television of the decade.

For me, it's Devs over Mr Robot. For many, it's the other way around. But I ain't gonna argue. Alex Garland is the closest thing we have to Kubrick. The pace can be glacial. He is not going to give you the easiest characters or easy answers. His answer may be something that requires you to marinate on for weeks, if not forever. He is fascinated by the mundane elements of life, but always is trying to figure out how they touch the face of God.

How do you review a show that, like shimmering interior of DEVS, changes a bit every episode. Looking back from the end, it seems that it was all inevitable. But watching from the start, there seem to be at least 4 different shows percolating. This both infuriating and exciting. Garland has …