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‘Disclaimer’ Proves A Point With A Much Superior Second Episode
Disclaimer has a point to prove in Episode 2, and in so doing it makes me look a little foolish for assuming in the premiere...
The ‘Disclaimer’ Premiere Is All Vibes – And Viewers May Tire Of It
You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I do think I’ve sussed Alfonso Cuaron’s Disclaimer out. As of Episode 1, it’s a handsomely...
‘The Old Man’ Season 2 Continues To Evoke the Glory Days In Episode 6
When you go on the run, you only take the essentials, and that’s the feeling that hangs over The Old Man as we enter the...
‘Agatha All Along’ Drops Its Bombshell Teen Reveal in Episode 5
I have been relatively positive about Agatha All Along since the beginning, but Episode 5, “Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power”, feels like the moment...
‘Grotesquerie’ Episode 6 Reveals the Nurse Redd Connection
Since the premiere of Grotesquerie, I’ve complained pretty reliably about the inclusion of the inclusion of the Nurse Redd storyline, which has always felt like...
‘Grotesquerie’ Episode 5’s One-Shot Sequence Is A Delight
From bad to worse; out of the frying pan into the fire. Pick whichever idiom you like, but that’s the vibe of Grotesquerie Episode 5....
‘Outer Banks’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap – What Happened In “Albatross”?
The Pogues are panicked at the start of Outer Banks Season 4, Episode 5. After the altercation between Terrance, Cleo, and Lightner, they are left...
The Pogues Are Maturing in ‘Outer Banks’ Season 4, And That Can Only Be A Good Thing
Season 4 shows that Outer Banks is maturing. The characters are the same. The vibe is the same. Heck, it even follows similar plot beats....
Recap: ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 2, Episode 7 Is Excruciating, As Usual
I can say with a relative degree of certainty that Tell Me Lies is the most stressful show in existence, for all kinds of reasons, many of...
‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 Has A Bleak Ending, But It’s Expertly Crafted
Slow Horses Season 4 doesn’t have a happy ending. It’s actually rather bleak. No justice is done. Painful sacrifices are made. There really seems to be...
‘Bad Monkey’ Ends Conclusively, But There’s Still Room For More Yancy
Bravo to Bad Monkey, because it’s the rare streaming show with a proper ending. Episode 10, “We’re in the Memory-Making Business”, brings all of the key...
Recap: ‘English Teacher’ Episode 7 Questions If Teaching Is A Dying Profession
Just like the field trip earlier in the season, the aptly-titled “Convention” gets the teachers out of the classroom. But even though Evan thinks that...
‘Ali Wong: Single Lady’ Review – A Crude And Distasteful Stand-Up
The opening of Single Lady, Beyonce’s – “Get Me Bodied” says everything that needs to be said about Ali Wong’s Netflix Special. I applaud Ali...
‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4, Episode 7 Explained: A Safe House That’s Not So Safe
Only Murders in the Building is never short of craziness and chaos. Season 4, Episode 7, aptly titled “Valley of the Dolls,” may have gotten...
‘Love Next Door’ Has The Happy Ending Everyone Expected
Love Next Door comes to a close with Episode 15 and Episode 16, and lo and behold, the K-Drama has a perfectly happy, upbeat ending....
Recap: Killing Made Men Has Consequences In ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2, Episode 4
I confess to having thought that Tulsa King Season 2 would start to intensify a little in Episode 4, but everyone’s wrong from time to time. “Heroes...
Recap: ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2 Improves Slightly In Episode 2
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is improving, so that’s something. Season 2 is still wildly imperfect, but I didn’t spend Episode 2, “Moulin Rouge”, getting...
‘CTRL’ Isn’t Very Good, But Its Cynical Ending Is The Right One
I respect the ending of CTRL, even though I don’t like the movie very much. It seems right to me that a techno thriller about...