Hidden Track

Stephen Mills breaks down the fourth and finest season of the HBO drama.

Despite erratic lighting and obtrusive seating, the hometown heroes were undismayed, striving on and seemingly invigorated by the challenges to ensure their audience wasn’t disappointed.

The stories (while beautifully tying together) are pointless vignettes that have zero bearing on character or story development. It’s a throwaway episode that’s disguised as fun storytelling.

This week’s episode reflects on family — and marks a return to the monster-of-the-week format.

Rogen’s bare-chested homage to a topless Kim Kardashian is stuff for the comedy time-capsule

“She’s up all night for dasuuumn / We’re up all night fugoofuunn” — Bono

It wasn’t a perfect show, by any means, but that’s what made it worthwhile.

“I’ve been in the studio trying to get a couple of things ready for the band to go back in, having fun,” Matthews says.

It’s a much funnier and more focused episode than its predecessor. It also takes wiener jokes to a transcendent new territory.

The last ‘Coven’ episode before Thanksgiving break includes a surprise murder — and an even more surprising threesome.