James Poniewozik

And, you know, sex and death doesn't get much more deep and powerful than those.

She was terrific on Trophy Wife, by the way, an unfairly maligned show.

It's at least foggy.

Yeah.

I will say I loved the first season of White Lotus, and I just, I don't like its trend lines.

You know, I think the second was not as good, and then the third...

was less than that.

But it does have this sort of love boat aspect to it where there are multiple stories playing out and different guests.

And there are likely to be elements within that that you can connect to even in a more subpar season.

It's been such a long year.

Jim, tell us about Long Story Short.

Okay, so when I put together my best lists at the end of the year, you know, there's a top 10 list.

It's always a little bit of a lie because, like, really, any given year, I have, like, three or four shows that are my real favorites, and then I'm choosing from a grab bag of, you know, 20 or 30 other shows that could be on there.

And generally, you know, of those shows, there is one that is my absolute favorite.

This year, that was Long Story Short, an animated family dramedy

It's about a family told over time, jumping back and forth in their history.

You might say that kind of sounds like This Is Us, and this was a bit of a This Is Us approach, but with the difference of having, you know,

less reliance on big twists and melodrama.

And also, long story short, is just extremely Jewish.

It's about a Jewish family.