TV Succession is back, with a script sharper than broken glass Pay close attention to the first episode: it contains not just text and subtext, but a third layer – something low and grunting. By Rachel Cooke
Daisy Jones & the Six: an unconvincing, overly slick take on the 1970s rock scene This mock biopic of a fictional, Fleetwood Mac-style band is full of beautiful actors and clothes – but even… By Rachel Cooke
The edgy teen TV series Euphoria is nasty, tedious and pornographic The Bafta-nominated series about a group of young people is as unrelenting as a bulldozer when it comes to… By Rachel Cooke
Hugo Blick’s masterful drama The English has left me in slack-jawed awe I love how Emily Blunt holds a gun in this ultraviolent, suspenseful series set in the American West in… By Rachel Cooke
The White Lotus and the horror of the super-rich The second season of Mike White’s luxury-hotel comedy-drama is an exquisite examination of the miseries of the wealthy. By Rachel Cooke
Netflix’s Ozark is overstuffed – not to mention tonally weird Could the channel use a hit? Every time my subscription leaves my bank account, I think again that it… By Rachel Cooke
When did The Crown get so boring? The new series of the Netflix show is more Hello! magazine than history – and no more exciting for… By Rachel Cooke
House of the Dragon: sex, violence and top notes of incest This prequel is still Game of Thrones in all its bloody, deviant glory. By Rachel Cooke
The Dropout is a comic masterpiece, capturing everything wrong with our culture Amanda Seyfreid is brilliant as Elizabeth Holmes in this story of a compulsively dishonest young woman and the environment… By Rachel Cooke