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Posts published by “Daniel Mallory Ortberg”

American Vandal Recap: *** Did Not Design Us to Bend That Way

I hardly know where to begin! Let’s start with the positive: Once again, the actors playing DeMarcus, Kevin, and Jenna are doing absolutely incredible work, Peter and Sam, as always, are the moral center of my universe, and Kevin’s gr...

American Vandal Recap: Blackmail and Corn Chips

“She paid us on the spot. You’ve gotta respect her for that. If you’re rich and you’re a terrible driver, that’s the way to be, that’s responsible.” —DeMarcus Tillman on Jenna Hawthorne“Because I was there and I helped, but I didn’t d...

American Vandal Recap: The Truth About Skip Day

Right now, Pete and Sam have two options: Either Kevin is the **** Burglar, in which case all the attacks were brought on by bullying and alienation, the act of a disaffected and resentful outcast. Or DeMarcus is, in which case they w...

American Vandal Recap: The Search for the Hot Janitor

This week, the boys go looking for the school’s mysterious previous janitor, whose last day was December 4th, the same date as the **** Burglar’s final, mysterious post. Said janitor was by all accounts superhot and, according to DeMa...

American Vandal Recap: Kendall Jenner Is My Best Friend

I don’t want to keep saying things like, “Hey, remember last season of this show, which was transcendentally good in a way that I can’t imagine having to live up to,” but this season has yet to find its “Who did the *****?” moment — a...

American Vandal Recap: Every Handshake a McNugget

I figured out something that I’ve been missing from season one beyond mere nostalgia when my friend Jaya mentioned feeling like something’s been lost having the student filmmakers being a part of the action: “It felt like they were mi...

American Vandal Recap: A Case Study in Astonishing Smoothness

For anyone hoping (e.g. me) that the second episode of the season might bring with it a slight reduction in the number of Snapchat videos featuring fairly explicit **** imagery: I’m really sorry. You have likely had a difficult week, ...

American Vandal Recap: The Genteel ****-Drawing Days Are Over

Season one of American Vandal so immaculately rendered a specific type of Southern Californian bro-ery that I hold it as a not-insignificant milestone in my decision to transition last year. That’s both slightly flippant and entirely ...