In the course of some twelve hundred words, Stephen Dreusner manages to: 1. Pine for a time when MTV really purported to speak for a generation of youth... 2. Point out that this time never existed... 3. Demand that MTV devote coverage to OWS... 4....
kicking television
Pretty much what Emily Nussbaum said.
My optimism about it going in is reflected in the fact that it's been at least two years since I've seen a new episode of what was for many years.
[Spoilers]I'm a little worried that the final season of The Wire is going to be like Sopranos Season 6A (aside from the awful-by-any-standard dream sequence): vastly better than pretty much anything else on TV, but distinctly inferior to the standard previously established by the show....