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I can’t think of anything worse than spending ages locked in a car with Will from Platonic, which is a bit of an obstacle since...

War is coming, of that there can be no doubt. I suppose Chief of War would be a bad title if it weren't.

I don't think there's much point in moaning about Invasion's pacing anymore.

Here's a bold prediction about Platonic Season 2 -- I reckon Will is going to lose his job, and Sylvia's event planning business isn't going to take off.

The most apt description of any episode of Invasion generally begins with, "Not much happened, but...". This holds true in the Season 3 premiere, "The Ones We Leave Behind", which has the unenviable task of setting up a new status quo after the Season 2 finale.

There isn't a great deal that happens in Episode 5 of Chief of War, but there's a tremendous amount implied, which is sometimes more important.

I think Season 2 is making me hate Platonic a little bit. It's a weird thing to say because it remains a well-made show with a handful of very funny lines, and Rose Byrne is especially great in Episode 4, "Fore!", but I'm so, so sick of Will.

You can tell that the ending of Smoke is going to be one of those that defines how people feel about the show overall. It might retroactively...

In another relatively subdued chapter, Chief of War continues to skillfully set the stage for enormous conflicts to come.

I get that Platonic is largely a show about college friends slowly realizing they’re not in college anymore, but by Season 2, you’d think it would have...

There are very few shows that start as badly as Smoke did, only to end up being quite this good.

After the second episode built to a surprising climax that separated the core cast, Chief of War has to establish a new status quo in Episode 3, "City of Flowers".

Episode 2 of Platonic Season 2 interestingly takes an almost opposite approach to its predecessor, which focused primarily on how Will's self-sabotage was threatening to upend his cozy life with Jenna through the medium of his relationship with Sylvia.

At first glance, a lot of things have changed in Platonic Season 2. Sylvia is now a semi-self-employed event planner, she and Charlie are still living in their dream home, and their marriage is more even-keeled than ever.

There are many words one might use to describe the ending of The Buccaneers Season 2, but the best one is “messy”. I know that’s part of...

Meet Ka'ahumanu. She's a character who is going to be pretty integral to Chief of War, but she's introduced in Episode 2 without a great deal of fanfare in a cold open that left me a bit confused.

I'm not given to hyperbole as a rule, so know this -- there's a long-ish sequence in Episode 7 of Smoke that I earnestly believe is one of the year's very best.

Chief of War is a very serious and passionately rendered show about real history and indigenous representation and storytelling.