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‘The Agency’ Spreads Itself A Little Too Thin In Episode 5
The Agency is a strange show, it has to be said. It was wildly off-putting initially, really improved when it cohered a bit, and here...
‘Poppa’s House’ Has A Valuable Message In Episode 8, But Only One Joke
Poppa’s House mires a good message in questionable presentation in Episode 8, but there’s still some value in its ideas.
‘Get Millie Black’ Gives Janet A Voice In Episode 4, But She Has Surprising Things To Say
Get Millie Black gives Janet a voice in Episode 4, but in a smart touch, she isn’t quite the victim we thought.
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Manages To Find A Dignified Ending After A Terrible Farewell Tour
Episode 14, “Life Is a Promise”, is about as good of an ending as we could have hoped for given the circumstances.
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Finally Gets Going In Episode 5, But It Might Be Too Little Too Late
It’s fair to say that Dune: Prophecy hasn’t exactly resonated with viewers the way HBO probably wanted.
‘The Agency’ Finally Feels Like It’s Going Somewhere in Episode 4
I’ve been thinking about The Agency a lot, partly to try and figure out why I think it’s so dull, and what’s meaningfully different about...
‘Get Millie Black’ Reveals The True Villain In Episode 3
It might be a bit of a cliché that the white guy has turned out to be the villain in Get Millie Black, but this...
‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 7 Blessedly Focuses More On Poppa and Ivy
It took seven weeks, but Poppa’s House finally has a premise I can relate to — Poppa has a bad back. His sciatica has flared up and...
Carol Becomes The Focus In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Episode 11
Carol has been a reliable but underutilized presence in Brilliant Minds thus far, so it’s nice that Episode 11, “The Other Woman”, puts her firmly at the...
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Blows Its Penultimate Episode On Sappy, Out-Of-Character Nonsense
It’s easy to forget how good Yellowstone was at its peak because Season 5 is euthanizing it in record time. I suppose that’s grimly ironic...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Gets A Bit Too Dense For Its Own Good In Episode 4
Dune: Prophecy is a lot better when Desmond Hart is around, isn’t it? I suggested that in my recap of the previous episode, which brushed...
‘Poppa’s House’ Descends Into Repetitive Rubbish In Episode 6
Poppa’s House has an uncanny ability to make 20 minutes feel like an hour, and nowhere is that more true than in Episode 6, “Family...
‘Get Millie Black’ Offers A Smart Change Of Perspective In Episode 2
It’s official – Get Millie Black is really good. It was obvious after the premiere but Episode 2, which valuably switches perspective to better hone...
Pain Is A Lesson In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Episode 10
Episode 10 of Brilliant Minds is about pain, in ways both obvious and not. “The First Responder” as a title is misleading. Sure, one of...
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5, Episode 12 Finally Lets Kayce Off the Leash
“Counting Coup” is partly a dumb episode of Yellowstone and partly a great one. Based on how the back half of Season 5 has proceeded...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Finally Shows Some Weakness In Episode 3
It had to happen eventually, and it finally does here in Episode 3 – Dune: Prophecy shows some weakness in its storytelling. The midpoint is...
‘Murder in a Small Town’ Sticks The Landing With A Predictable But Welcome Ending
Aggressively predictable though the ending might be, I think Murder in a Small Town stuck the landing. I’ve been complaining all season long that this...
‘Get Millie Black’ Is Immediately Captivating in Episode 1
Get Millie Black had me in the first two minutes of Episode 1. It’s not just the narration, which is compelling. It’s the show’s entire...