If the past 30 years of TV had a face, one could argue that it belongs to Claire Danes and that it is almost certainly crying.

Claire Danes Crying Face, crumpled creases of concern atop a quivery chin, has been deployed in the service of romantic desolation, professional desperation and several permutations of grief, loneliness and general unraveling. It is without parallel — though Elisabeth Moss Angry Face is a worthy corollary — and without equal, helping shows like My So-Called Life , Homeland and Fleishman Is in Trouble ascend the medium’s pinnacle and justifying the existence of shows like The Essex Serpent and Full Circle , which, if you don’t remember them, truly did exist.

If the past 30 years of TV had a face, one could argue that it belongs to Claire Danes

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