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I'm not usually a fan of Havrilesky's, though I read her because she's often the only Sunday update from Salon, but in this column she once again proves that she can be a fine TV critic when she focuses on talking about the shows rather than blathering on about chickens or one of the other affectations she uses when she gets bored of writing her column and wants to talk about something else. A series of well-done reviews of TV series, complete with discussions of general quality, specific audiences each might appeal to, and some nice verve in the writing.
When she stays on topic and focused Havrilesky is one of the best TV reviewers out there, and I post this letter in the hopes that it might help convince her to do so more frequently in the future.