BEST DRAMA SERIES
I’m not a Severance fan. I find it curiously cool, in the Marshall McLuhan sense — I don’t care about the people, and I’m kind of old-school in my William Goldman-like belief that I should. The Diplomat is a nice show, but it doesn’t deserve to be a nominee. Paradise has an unbelievably great concept, but once that was revealed, it felt soapy. The Last of Us , which I voted for the last time it was nominated, was not the same show this season. To be honest, it was a slog to get to the end. I was interested in Pedro Pascal, not in Bella Ramsey. The White Lotus I absolutely loved — the moment between the two brothers may be the moment of the year, and I’m so glad that Mike White reminded us what it’s like to have everyone watch a show on Sunday and then talk abou