TV Recaps

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.

Beyond the Bar makes a better case for itself in Episode 2, which is kind of fitting when you think about it.

Well, we finally know what the black smoke belching out of the Back Half chimneys is coming from.

The opening episode of Beyond the Bar is fittingly titled, since it really is an induction; yes, for protagonist Kang Hyo-min, who gets a job at the prestigious Yullim law firm, but also for the audience, who're being welcomed into another legal K-Drama with its own particular quirks and characteristics.

The Winning Try doesn't have much rugby in it, which is surprising for a show ostensibly about the sport, so it says a lot about the underlying quality of this K-Drama that I'm starting to wonder whether it even needs it.

The Winning Try never ceases to amaze me. After the premiere suggested we had a great show on our hands, and the second episode proved that quality...

It takes an effort to remember this now, but everyone used to keep track of what phase the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in. It used...

Like father, like son, or so the saying goes, but the point of Dexter: Resurrection is increasingly becoming to disprove that idea.

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.

Start your engines, ladies and gentlemen. Twisted Metal is back for Season 2, and it’s bigger and better than ever. This might not be immediately apparent in...

Two years after Season 1 turned out to be surprisingly good, and thirty years after the debut of the long-abandoned PlayStation series on which it’s...

You could -- and perhaps should -- quibble about where "All Rise" fits into The Buccaneers Season 2 more broadly, especially since it means the fallout from Dick's death last week ends up feeling a little shortchanged.

Bucking the trend of video game adaptations being woeful, Peacock’s Twisted Metal was a good time. This is especially surprising considering it was based on...

I’m resigned to the idea of The Institute being a slow burn. It’s a mystery box on two fronts, drip-feeding minor clues and reveals without being in any hurry to get where it’s going.

It's only Episode 2, and yet The Winning Try is already delivering finale-quality drama, with all the big emotional swings and payoffs you'd expect after a full season of development.

The Winning Try is one of those from-the-ashes sports dramas that ensnares you immediately.