I May Destroy You
is experimental and groundbreaking in a number of ways as it unspools the story of a woman s sexual assault and its aftermath. But in the finale, it breaks with its own form in a way that is perfectly tailored to providing the only conclusion to the story that makes sense.
2. The afterlife NBC comedy
The Good Place
had a lot of business to do in the series finale after four seasons. But when, one last time, we saw
Ted Danson as Michael say, Take it sleazy, it was the perfect example of the show s bone-deep silliness, crossed with its unapologetic sincerity.
The Good Place, which ended after four seasons. Colleen Hayes/NBC
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Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Ted Danson and D Arcy Carden in NBC s afterlife comedy series
The Good Place, which ended after four seasons. Colleen Hayes/NBC
I ve been making annual lists of 50 Wonderful Things since 2010. And I have to admit, I was not sure I was up to it this year. It s been a hard one and a lonely one, even though I had the blessings of dear friends, a job I could do remotely and a dog who apparently never gets tired of me. As I point out every year, this is not the actual best things of the year, or it would be full of doctors and nurses and activists and delivery drivers and so forth. It would be the family and friends who held me up and checked on me and had a cocktail with me on Zoom. This list is instead some