Contributor: Paul Asay

Paul Asay has been part of the Plugged In staff since 2007, watching and reviewing roughly 15 quintillion movies and television shows. He’s written for a number of other publications, too, including Time, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. The author of several books, Paul loves to find spirituality in unexpected places, including popular entertainment, and he loves all things superhero. His vices include James Bond films, Mountain Dew and terrible B-grade movies. He’s married, has two children and a neurotic dog, runs marathons on occasion and hopes to someday own his own tuxedo. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @AsayPaul.

Project Blue Book

The truth is out there. But you won’t find it here.

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The Man in the High Castle

The novel earned Phillip K. Dick a Hugo Award, But it transports readers into a grim land. The same can now be said for Amazon’s TV adaptation.

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Luke Cage

While Luke Cage is in some respects the most admirable of Netflix’s superheroes, his show is still problematic.

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How to Get Away With Murder

Will TV viewers really learn How to Get Away With Murder? Probably not. But there’s no question Viola Davis’ series on ABC gets away with nearly everything else.

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The Marriage Ref

What happens when Jerry Seinfeld rounds up celebrities to help married couples struggling through matrimonial crises? OK, let’s ask that question another way: Do you really want marriage advice from Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey or Madonna?

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Secret Millionaire

We talk a lot about how there’s nothing good on television anymore. But not today. Not when it comes to Secret Millionaire.

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Superior Donuts

Like Cheers, only with more calories and fewer laughs.

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Glory Daze

If a fraternity brother is so drunk that he falls down in an empty quad, does he make a sound?

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Monk

USA’s Monk has stuck around a whole lot longer than most folks thought it would. Can part of its success be credited to its relative restraint amidst unrestrained cable cohorts?

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Sense8

It can be hard to figure out your own brain without a lot of other folks trying to shove their way into it. It’s a recurring problem in Netflix’s Sense8.

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Master of None

Critics have raved about Master of None, but the world we enter here is not only morally unfamiliar, but also salacious and vacuous.

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The Mysteries of Laura

This new Debra Messing series is part crime procedural, part zany family sitcom. (And it’s a mystery as to why it’s still on the air.)

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Gossip Girl

The campy, controversial series about rich New York teens behaving badly continues to push the envelope with edgy subject matter. (That’s not gossip. That’s a flat fact.)

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The Radkes

This “unscripted” USA Network sitcom about the Radke family explores the tension between being real and being a role model.

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Agent Carter

Captain America’s girlfriend gets her own show on ABC … where she proves she’s got moxie and (world-saving) moves all her own.

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