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  • United States Of Tara: season 3, episode 5

    "Dr. Hatteras' Miracle Elixir"

    April 25, 2011 - 10:04p.m.

    “Dr. Hatteras' Miracle Elixir” feels like the episode where this season really starts to snap into place. We've seen how destructive the alters can be; in this episode, we see how they can be helpful. And we finally start ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 3, episode 4

    "Wheels"

    April 18, 2011 - 10:04p.m.

    “I’m fucking crazy.”—Tara Gregson

    “Wheels,” despite containing some of the better comic bits of this season, is the episode that shows that Showtime should just throw up its hands on ever calling this a comedy and admit that ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 3, episode 3

    "The Full Fuck You Finger"

    April 11, 2011 - 10:04p.m.

    The thing about your own personal journey forward is that no one cares as much about it as you do. It was hard to think of anything but that during tonight’s Kate storyline on United States Of Tara, a ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 3, episode 2

    "Crackerjack"

    April 4, 2011 - 10:04p.m.

    One of the things I’ve always loved about United States Of Tara is that it’s very clear-minded on the way that Tara’s condition affects her family. On other shows, Tara’s alters would just be a wacky ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 3, episode 1

    "...youwillnotwin..."

    March 28, 2011 - 10:03p.m.

    For a show that started from such a gimmicky place, The United States Of Tara has sure evolved into one of the most normal series on TV at a rapid pace. Actually, let me qualify that. The show—an equal ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 12

    "From This Day Forward"

    June 7, 2010 - 10:06p.m.

    Once again I'll reiterate how differently I feel about United States of Tara now compared to last season. I had dropped it, as a critic and viewer, but then Todd VanDerWerff promised me that Season 2 looked different, better ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 11

    "To Have and to Hold"

    May 31, 2010 - 09:05p.m.

    After finishing American Idol, it's a weird for me to think, "The season's ending soon?" as opposed to "Oh my God, when will this end?!?" But Season 2 of USoT will be history after next week and while ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 10

    "Open House"

    May 24, 2010 - 09:05p.m.

    I have so many observations and comments on tonight's episode that it's really challenging not to burst out with them right now instead of waiting to talk about them in chronological order. Oh, what the hell.  Tara and ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 9

    "The Family Portrait"

    May 17, 2010 - 09:05p.m.

    I think it would be very interesting to watch this season of Tara all in one sitting just to see how tight the timeline is, as it seems like each episode picks up right where the last one dropped off ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 8

    "Explosive Diorama"

    May 10, 2010 - 09:05p.m.

     I've never put too much thought into Tara and Max's marriage because I didn't think we were supposed to ponder it much: Max struggled with Tara's DID, frequently (and perhaps understandably) resented her for it, but ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 7

    "Dept of F’d Up Family Services"

    May 3, 2010 - 09:05p.m.


    Something about the final scene of Tara tonight reminded me of the Thanksgiving scene in the most recent season of Dexter. What should ideally be a perfectly staid, blandly pleasant situation (Thanksgiving dinner, a visit from Family Services) proceeds to ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 6

    Torando!

    April 26, 2010 - 10:04p.m.

    One thing I'm especially loving about this season of Tara is that every episode feels so tightly packed, not in that the writers try to force too much into each installment, but that so few words feel wasted: there ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 5

    "Doin' Time" 

    April 19, 2010 - 08:04p.m.

     Ahh, I see what you are doing right now United States of Tara.  Transitioning is not just meant for people with Dissociative Identity Disorder.  We are all transitioning, all the time, you see? My eyelashes are thirsty. No seriously though ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 4

    “You Becoming You”   

    April 12, 2010 - 10:04p.m.


    I think one of the reasons I lost interest in United States of Tara last season was that, in addition to introducing us to Tara, her family, her alters, explaining her disorder and giving us a plot, the writers also ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 3

    The Truth Hurts

    April 5, 2010 - 10:04p.m.

     Yesterday I was reading New York magazine and saw this short interview with Diablo Cody, where she admitted to not being completely satisfied with Season 1 of United States of Tara.  It's refreshing, as a TV watcher and critic ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 2

    "Trouble Junction"

    March 29, 2010 - 11:03p.m.

     Yes, I was the person who gave up on United States of Tara last season.  I wanted to like it so much: good premise, great cast, talented writers, but the show suffered, to my mind, from such an eagerness to ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 2, episode 1

    "Yes"

    March 23, 2010 - 01:03a.m.

    In its first season, The United States of Tara wasn't reliably good TV, but it did work its way to generally enjoyable, particularly in episodes that treated Tara's dissociative identity disorder with the kind of respect it deserved ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 1, episode 4

    "Inspiration"

    February 8, 2009 - 03:02p.m.

     I feel like United States of Tara goes to great pains to make sure we process various scenes per episode, but I have no idea to what end. Tara catches Max jerking off in the shower, which may mean ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 1, episode 4

    "Inspiration"

    February 8, 2009 - 03:02p.m.

     I feel like United States of Tara goes to great pains to make sure we process various scenes per episode, but I have no idea to what end. Tara catches Max jerking off in the shower, which may mean ...

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  • United States Of Tara: season 1, episode 3

    "Work"

    February 1, 2009 - 03:02p.m.

      
    One of my problems with United States of Tara is that so far I don’t feel clued in enough yet into what life as a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is really like. Obviously, this TV comedy isn ...

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