Melanie McFarland

Melanie McFarland is Salon's award-winning senior culture critic. Follow her on Twitter: @McTelevision

Macklemore
With "Hind's Hall" Macklemore finally delivers an allyship effort that isn't embarrassing Melanie McFarland
Hacks Jean Smart Tom Cruise Coconut Bundt Cake
"Hacks": Deborah Vance is Tom Cruise-approved, joining the list of celebrities with the moist cake Melanie McFarland
The Sympathizer
"The Sympathizer" pokes holes in "the authenticity that the Auteur is very obsessed about" Melanie McFarland
Zillow Gone Wild
Bringing "Zillow Gone Wild" to HGTV proves the website has become addictive hit entertainment Melanie McFarland
Hacks
"Hacks" returns with its funny ladies on the mountaintop, but questions the cost of the climb Melanie McFarland
Drew Barrymore's interview with Kamala Harris was a cringefest. As for why that is, answers may vary Melanie McFarland
“Shōgun” bosses discuss that ending and the glorification of the so-called Great Man Melanie McFarland
The Sympathizer
"Sometimes I would push away our audience": "The Sympathizer" director Park Chan-wook feels for us Melanie McFarland
The Jinx – Part Two
With friends like Robert Durst's "The Jinx - Part Two" was probably inevitable Melanie McFarland
Alice & Jack; The Golden Bachelor
The Golden Divorce, "Alice & Jack" and why disconnected romances are our new modern love stories Melanie McFarland
Shogun
"She knows her own destiny": Anna Sawai is her own savior in "Shōgun" Melanie McFarland
Manhunt
"Manhunt" explores the "what if" aspect of Lincoln's assassination that impacts the present Melanie McFarland
The Sympathizer
HBO's "The Sympathizer" is an enthralling sift through identity, memory and Vietnam after the war Melanie McFarland
O.J. Simpson
The rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, as seen on TV Melanie McFarland
Star Trek: Discovery
"Star Trek: Discovery" makes a case for Michael Burnham as the last great Starfleet captain Melanie McFarland