Rae Nudson
Paste Magazine
Chicago, IL, United States
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The Good Wife: Finn and Alicia Deserved Better
Will they? They won't. → Read More
Tiny Pretty Things Review: No Center Stage, but Has Messy Charm
There's every trope you could imagine at a high school for dancers, and yet ... after 10 episodes, I wanted to see what happened next. → Read More
Bob's Burgers' Halloween Episodes Know the Scariest Thing Is Growing Up
Bob's Burgers knows that ghosts and ghouls don't compare to the horrors of adulthood. → Read More
The Magicians Season 5 Works Through Grief with Grace
Grief may have changed some viewers' relationship to the show, but it hasn't changed The Magicians. → Read More
Mindhunter Season Two Shows the Many Ways Children Suffer at the Hands of the Powerful
The new season of Netflix's Mindhunter plays with themes of perception, panic, and pain. → Read More
NOS4A2 Shows Promise If It Can Avoid the Trap of Predictability
A focus on the good guys, who are complex women characters, feels refreshing. → Read More
Fear Drives American Gods' Season Two Finale
Was the war of the gods just "The War of the Worlds"? → Read More
In "Treasure of the Sun," Mad Sweeney and American Gods Descend Brilliantly into Madness
"American Gods" focuses on the ultimate sacrifice in Season Two's penultimate episode. → Read More
Why Sex Scenes on The Magicians Look Different Than Those on the Rest of TV
Co-showrunner Sera Gamble has made it a priority to include sex scenes that feature women's pleasure and women's perspectives. → Read More
Ian McShane Grabs the Spotlight in American Gods' "Donar the Great"
As Wednesday, McShane is so fun to watch that he makes "Donar the Great" almost work. Almost. → Read More
“The Ways of the Dead” Makes American Gods Feel More Alive
This week's "American Gods" reminds the characters that there's more to life than the war before them. → Read More
American Gods' Storytelling Is Stalling in "The Greatest Story Ever Told"
The biggest sin the gods on "American Gods" can commit isn't murdering another god—it's being boring. → Read More
American Gods: Everyone Is Sacrificing Something in “Muninn”
The weirdness of "American Gods" shines in this episode, reminiscent in stretches of Season One. → Read More
American Gods: Sorry, We Don't Believe “The Beguiling Man” for One Second
The latest episode of "American Gods" is full of unearned shortcuts. → Read More
American Gods Transitions into a New Phase of Storytelling in Its Season Two Premiere
After a long and tumultuous offseason, "American Gods" is back, but the first episode of "Season Two" doesn't show any cracks—at least on the surface. → Read More
How Mental Health Shapes the Storytelling on Syfy's The Magicians
Within zany storylines and a fast-moving plot, The Magicians is grounded in the mental health issues experienced by each of its main characters. → Read More
Many Mansions: On TV's Big Houses and the Death of the American Dream
From "BoJack Horseman" and "Big Little Lies" to "Riverdale" and "Fargo," TV's most palatial homes hide the emptiness within. → Read More
How Younger Perfected the Cliffhanger Ending
Series creator Darren Star, star Sutton Foster and other members of the Younger team tell Paste how the series' comic cliffhangers come to together. → Read More
American Gods' Season One Finale Emphasizes Its Cycle of Death and Rebirth
It looks like it's going to be Laura vs. Wednesday on American Gods next season, and we're just fine with that. → Read More
American Gods Takes Time to Tell a Story in "Prayer for Mad Sweeney"
"Prayer for Mad Sweeney" touches on another theme of American Gods: history repeating itself. → Read More