Ray Stevenson, "Rome" (Photo: HBO)

‘Rome’: Welcome to hell

In this week’s episode of “Rome,” Niobe shows off her new dress, Vorenus bribes and blackmails an old friend, and Caesar and Brutus meet for a round of checkers.

What I’m trying to say is that this episode is one of the finest hours of television ever made, one that sealed my devotion to the HBO series and its makers for all time.

You want to know why I’m still writing about this series years after it debuted? This episode is the best example I can cite. It’s astonishing.

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Nicole Kidman in "The Undoing" (Photo: HBO)

In HBO’s ‘The Undoing,’ a perfect life unravels

In HBO’s “The Undoing” (debuting Sunday night at 9), Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman stars as a New York City therapist who has it all: a charming oncologist husband (Hugh Grant), a precocious son, and a comfy life most of us can’t even afford to dream about.

But what you don’t know can destroy you.

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