The Loneliness of Solo Television

Anyone want to discuss ‘The Leftovers’ with me?

Susan Orlean

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I would really like to discuss the final episode of The Undoing. But what I really want to discuss is how much I like watching television as part of a herd. The advantages of being able to watch anything, anytime, anywhere, are myriad, obviously. Being tethered to a broadcast schedule is frustrating, impractical, anachronistic…

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Susan Orlean

Staff writer, The New Yorker. Author of The Library Book, The Orchid Thief, and more…Head of my very own Literati.com book club (join me!)