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Series analysis

Severance: separating work from life, surgically

Severance is a thought experiment in which a brain procedure splits work from private life. A reading of its first season through identity, consent and work culture.

13 November 2026 · 6 min · TR / EN
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Series analysis

The Wire: reading a city through its institutions

Each season of The Wire examines one Baltimore institution: the drug trade, the port, city hall, the schools and the press. A reading of the show's argument about institutional failure.

13 November 2026 · 6 min · TR / EN
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Series analysis

Succession: family, power and money

Succession follows the heirs of a media empire and shows how love, loyalty and money become tangled. A reading of the show's tragic structure, its camera and its score.

13 November 2026 · 6 min · TR / EN
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Series analysis

Dark: the time loop and determinism

Dark starts in a small town called Winden and uses a closed time loop to test free will against fate. A reading of the series' structure, its themes and its finale.

13 November 2026 · 6 min · TR / EN