Merser and Wilder could not wait to unpack Season Three of  The Diplomat , which Merser calls “the best of the three, by a diplomatic mile.” After a quick walk through Seasons One and Two, they dive into the complex and ingenious storytelling that defines this season. You cannot talk about  The Diplomat  without invoking  The West Wing  and Homeland , and Debora Cahn , who wrote for both, shows how to fuse the best of those worlds while making something singular in  The Diplomat . The plot is...

Diane Keaton was part of the wallpaper of the women in my generation's lives.

Is anyone watching season four of The Morning Show ? I hope it doesn’t get buried in the fourth season, “I don’t need to bother with this series anymore, it’s going on too long.” Spoiler alerts if you haven’t seen the third episode. It’s easy not to notice Mia. She’s got a profound role, and has through all the seasons, but she’s never standing at the front of the line. Why, you ask? Because she’s trying so hard to get to the ceiling, and because she has nothing else in her life other than...