Game of Thrones, S07E05: “Eastwatch”
Even When It’s Erratic and Unmoored, Game of Thrones Still Delivers Quiet Thrills
“The Rickshank Redemption”
Rick and Morty, S03E01:
“The Rickshank Redemption”
After 18 Months Away, Rick and Morty Returned in April to Remind us How to Laugh Through the Struggle
The Americans – Season 5
In its Penultimate Season, TV’s Revered Spy Drama Leans Heavy on the Latter, Plays Hard to Get With the Former The Americans can’t end well. That’s basically the only thing I can guarantee about what’s coming in the show’s sixth and final season that’s set to air next year, but beyond that it’s anyone’s …
Archer: Dreamland – Season 8
The Long-Running Animated Spy Comedy Takes a Swing at Condensed Storytelling, With Mixed Results Stagnation, in television, is always the final stage before death. This is especially true of sitcoms, and a good reason why few manage to maintain a consistent quality after three or four seasons. Once you’ve explored all the avenues available …
Master of None – Season 2
The Second Season of Aziz Ansari’s Early-Middle Age Lovechild is As Warm and Humanistic As Ever One or two word signifiers don’t work for TV anymore. Usually. Yeah, Game of Thrones is a “medieval fantasy”, Fargo is a “crime saga” and The Young Pope is a “mindfuck”, but those are still fairly shallow descriptions of much deeper shows. And …
Netflix Makes 13 Reasons Why A Bigger Deal Than It Really Is
One of the Most Talked About New Shows of the Year Benefits Greatly From the Streaming Service Behind It I’m not even gonna deny it: I haven’t watched this show. I’ve caught a few stray episodes – or, more accurately, a cluster of scenes from a few episodes – here and there, but I …
The Walking Dead, S07E16
Apparently This is “The First Day of the Rest of Your Life”. I Am Utterly, Incontinently Terrified by That Notion I can’t do a typical write-up for this episode, recounting the plot and remarking on its significance, trying to parse out some thematic relevance in proceedings or discussing how the characters move from A …
The Walking Dead, S07E15
“Something They Need” Ignores its Audience’s Needs, Suffers Wildly For its Rampant Stupidity Let’s get the obvious out of the way: there’s no way for this to be a satisfying episode of television on any terms, least of all those set by The Walking Dead. When we left off last week, Sasha had entered the Saviours’ compound on …