Spoilers for "United States of Tara" coming up just as soon as I fix my general lack of glee... "It's driving me freaking nuts. It's like I know too much but I don't know enough. I just want to fix it." -Max"You're funny." -Charmaine"What?" -Max"That you think you can fix it." -Charmaine Why would a...

Last night I went to a benefit screening of "The Watchmen," the ultimate anti-hero movie. It made me think about the cable TV trend of unlikely (and maybe even unlikeable) protagonists. I don't know if anti hero is actually the right word for people like mafia boss Tony Soprano, "Weeds'" drug dealin...

Spoilers for tonight's "United States of Tara" coming up just as soon as I rent a few chick flicks... "That's not my booby buddy." -Charmaine "Alterations" is the first episode in almost a month to be written by "Tara" creator Diablo Cody, and it's not hard to tell even if you didn't pay attention t...

Showtime's newest television series, United States of Tara, seems achingly desperate to court controversy. Maybe that's why this Saints Row 2 cameo feels so inappropriate and out of place. In this clip from a recent episode, in which the son and daughter of the titular Tara—a woman with dissoc...

Spoilers for tonight's "United States of Tara" coming up just as soon as I get my truck customized... "My kids are safe. Maybe you should have spent more time looking after yours." -Max "Transition" reminded me, oddly, of certain issues of the Incredible Hulk comic, where Bruce Banner desperately ne...

Spoilers for tonight's "United States of Tara" coming up just as soon as I enjoy some peppermint schnapps... "My bitch is fresh." -Max After last week's fairly dark, alter-minimal episode, "Revolution" gives us a heavy dose of T and an equal dose of comedy, highlighted by John Corbett's very funny d...

Spoilers for tonight's "United States of Tara" coming up just as soon as I put on my mandatory 15 pieces of flair... "The weird thing is, is I kind of feel like everyone has it. I mean, over the course of a day, how many different women do we have to be? Work Tiffany, or sexy Tiffany, or dog owner T...

The Anti-Cult of Personality: The Controlled Chaos of United States of Tara When it was first announced, there was one word that could best described United States of Tara, the new Showtime comedy starring Toni Colette: quirky. Not only was it about a woman who has multiple personality disorder, and...

Spoilers for the debut of "United States of Tara" coming up get my hair done up in samurai knots... "Yeah, that is one weird thing." -Max Because I wound up writing a Diablo Cody interview instead of a traditional review, I haven't really offered up an opinion on "United States of Tara" before now. ...

This Sunday night is the premiere of The United States of Tara on Showtime. At 10pm, I will be surrounded by family and friends and watch as a series on television tries to bring awareness to the illness I’ve struggled with since the age of four. Writing that makes me want to jump up and screa...