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‘High Potential’ Episode 7 Delivers A Strong Midseason Finale and A Standout Lead Performance
Episode 7, “One of Us”, is the midseason finale of High Potential, though I’m not sure it necessarily feels like one. A criticism? Not really....
‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 4 Is The Cringiest Yet
Episode 4, “School Days”, is definitely the cringiest episode of Poppa’s House thus far. Please, miss me with all the singing and dancing. And this...
‘Brilliant Minds’ Delivers A Poignant Love Story In Episode 7
The John Doe subplot comes to a poignant end in Brilliant Minds Episode 7, which all things considered is perhaps the best installment of the...
‘Yellowstone’ Writes Out John Dutton In Season 5, Episode 9 — And There’ll Be Hell To Pay
The big question looming over the back half of Yellowstone Season 5 was how the show would conclude without the involvement of Kevin Costner, who...
Sparks Fly In ‘The Franchise’ Episode 6
There’s something a bit sad hanging over The Franchise in Episode 6, “Scene 110: Baptism of Fire”. The crew is at a breaking point after...
The Ending Of ‘The Penguin’ Makes Oz One Of The Best Batman Villains Ever
The great achievement of The Penguin is that it has somehow managed to turn a perennial B-league second-stringer into – and I mean this –...
‘Poppa’s House’ Shifts Up The Dynamic In Episode 3
“Podcast” feels like the episode that Poppa’s House has been building to since it started. The mixed-bag premiere established the premise, and the second episode...
‘The Franchise’ Episode 5 Breaks Eric For the Good Of China
I thought things couldn’t get much worse for Eric after he drove a golf cart onto the set of Centurios 2 in the previous episode,...
‘The Penguin’ Episode 7 Reveals The Horrifying Truth Of Oz’s Past
On the press tour for The Penguin, Colin Farrell responded to fans saying they had to come like the complex nature of Oz Cobb with...
‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2 Has A Weird Ending
Everyone is big sad in “Au Revoir Les Enfants”, the Season 2 finale of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. And that leads to a weirder,...
The Ending Of ‘Grotesquerie’ Is A Terrible Conclusion To A Show With Real Promise
Oh, boy – people are going to hate this. And rightly so, frankly. It always seemed likely that Grotesquerie would have a somewhat ambiguous ending,...
‘High Potential’ Is At It Again In Episode 6
Readers, I’ve been banging this drum for a while, but honestly – when is High Potential going to commit to Morgan being wrong? Episode 6,...
‘Poppa’s House’ Still Isn’t That Funny In Episode 2, But There’s Hidden Depth
Here’s the bad news – a lot of Poppa’s House still isn’t very funny. But here’s the good news – Episode 2, “Sleepover”, develops some...
Wolf and the Gang Go Back to School In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Episode 6
Brilliant Minds keeps surprising me. Episode 6, “The Girl Who Cried Pregnant”, doesn’t just offer up an interesting core case with some surprising and effective...
‘The Franchise’ Takes A Mean-Spirited Turn In Episode 4
The superhero movie is, for better or worse, inextricable from the cameo. Recognizable actors showing up in costume either in the middle of a movie...
‘The Penguin’ Episode 6 Is Everything That’s Great About This Show
Not a great deal happens in Episode 6 of The Penguin, but it’s nonetheless the hour that best exemplifies everything great about the show. Colin...
‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2 Continues A Run Of Fine Form In Episode 5
I honestly think that Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon might be the biggest surprise of 2024 for me. Just what is going...
‘The Old Man’ Season 2 Ends On A Rather Unsatisfying Note
I can’t help but feel a little bit disappointed by the ending of The Old Man Season 2. It’s very popular, so I can’t say I was...