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Watching Half Man can be so stressful that I'm not sure it even qualifies as entertainment. Art is supposed to make you feel things, obviously, and this show certainly does that. But what I mostly felt during Episode 5 is sheer, weapons-grade anxiety.

The Boroughs really gets on the front foot in Episode 4, "Forbidden Fruit", upping the pace around the midway point and getting the Scooby gang right into the midst of the monster action. Mostly, anyway.

Despite the fact that it’s hardly rocketing along, The Boroughs isn’t being shy about fleshing out its supernatural mystery either. This is a good balance, I think,...

It’s probably just Sam’s luck that, just as it seemed like he was making friends in The Boroughs, one of them ended up dead. Jack’s...

If it wasn’t obvious out of the gate that Episode 1 of The Boroughs is all about introductions, it’ll become clear pretty quickly. The episode...

The involvement of the Duffer Brothers – they executive-produced Netflix’s The Boroughs, a supernatural murder-mystery set in a picturesque New Mexico retirement community – unavoidably...

In 2005, Liverpool won the UEFA Champions League. This, alone, is a fairly robust achievement for an English club, but the fact that Liverpool entered...

Over the years, many of us have become comfortable with the idea of streaming documentaries about beloved celebrities being ring-fenced puff pieces, usually intended to...

You might be fooled into thinking that there isn’t a great deal going on in Episode 9 of The Testaments, but don’t be so hasty. While...

If I’m being completely honest, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed has been so Paula-focused thus far that I never stopped to consider Trevor’s perspective. Luckily, Episode 2, “YABA”,...

The first switcheroo of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed comes early, and it’s a good indication of the kind of show we’re getting into. These days, Apple TV has...

It’s a shame more people aren’t talking about Widow’s Bay, since it’s shaping up to be one of Apple TV’s finest original offerings. At the very...

In case it wasn’t already obvious that Margo’s Got Money Troubles was one of the better shows of the year, the ending confirms it. “Lock and...

It’s all going a bit wrong, isn’t it? Personally, professionally, politically, whatever you like, Criminal Record Season 2 is turning into a real house of cards. This...

I walked into the Netflix special Wanda Sykes: Legacy completely blind. Having never seen her stand-up work before, I wasn’t sure what to expect, although...

Gilead, both in The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments, positions itself as a veiled evil. You have to be inside the territory to understand how...

Leicester City winning the English Premier League in the 2015-16 season is one of the greatest underdog stories in the history of sports, a 5000/1...

In lieu of a proper overarching plot, especially with the nearest thing to a Big Bad having already been dispatched, and most of the lingering personal conflicts having already been ironed out, it’s important for Marshals to come up with some other ideas to build tension for its upcoming finale.