Drama
‘Disclosure Day’ Ending Is Lackluster, Void of Impact, and Lacks Emotion
By the end of Disclosure Day, Hugo Wakefield (Colman Domingo; The Madness) has managed to jolt the memories of Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt; Oppenheimer) and...
‘Disclosure Day’ Review – Spielberg’s Alien Thriller is Stuck in the Past
Initially, I could not tell if Disclosure Day felt off because of the times we live in or because Steven Spielberg and David Koepp (You...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 11 Recap – Things Are Getting A Little Confusing
Everyone is worried about the ending of My Royal Nemesis, and I don’t think Episode 11 is going to assuage any concerns. If you really...
‘Star City’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – Loyalty Is Temporary
If the previous episode of Star City was about disaster, with the Soviets’ efforts to root out an American mole resulting in the death of...
‘Dutton Ranch’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – Better the Devil You Know
I’ve got to be honest, there isn’t a great deal going on in Episode 6 of Dutton Ranch. With the Season 1 status quo having been...
‘Cape Fear’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – Too Close For Comfort
Not a great deal happens in Episode 3 of Cape Fear. This is by design. Season 1 began with a fairly intense double-bill that introduced Max...
‘Sweet Magnolias’ Season 5 Review – Joy, Tears, and a Major Bone to Pick
I had the pleasure of reviewing the fourth season of Sweet Magnolias. I noted, “It feels like a lifetime waiting for this new season,” and...
‘Widow’s Bay’ Fans Think There’s Still More to Be Revealed About Ruth
Widow’s Bay is all anyone seems to be talking about in TV Land these days, and for good reason. The show’s an endlessly enjoyable onion of...
Art Imitates Life: ‘Criminal Record’ Season 3 Will Need A Tragedy to Burn For Fuel
Criminal Record isn’t your average police procedural. While it’s a perfectly respectable thriller with compelling characters and performances, its real strength is in how it builds...
‘Widow’s Bay’ Revealed Richard Warren’s Last Living Descendent, And the Clues Were There All Along
In yet another kick-yourself plot development, Widow’s Bay has just revealed Richard Warren’s last living descendant, and annoyingly, the writing was kind of on the wall all...
‘Widow’s Bay’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – A Raging Storm, And A History Lesson
As Widow’s Bay hurries towards its finale, it’s running out of mysteries to solve. We’ve been reliably told that Season 1 will complete the story, and Episode...
‘Criminal Record’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Sometime The Bad Guys Get To Win
I’m not a soothsayer, but I could have told you weeks ago that Criminal Record wasn’t going to have a happy ending. The signs were there....
‘Alice and Steve’ Season 1 Ending Explained – It’s All Going Up in Smoke
While Alice and Steve doesn’t seem like the kind of show that would necessarily need a second season, the ending of Season 1 makes a...
‘Alice and Steve’ Season 1 Review – A Sharp, Unconventional “Wrong-Com”
As far as elevator pitches go, there are few as inherently icky as the one underpinning Alice and Steve. But is it that bad, really?...
‘From’ Season 4, Episode 7 Recap – The Truth Comes Out, and the Dead Wake Up
A lot of people have been complaining about Season 4 of From taking too much time to set things up, and I can kind of...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 10 Recap – The Best Outing Yet?
For much of Season 1, My Royal Nemesis has kind of flitted between genres and tones, shifting focus between each of its constituent parts. Sometimes...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – Mun-do’s Meddling Hogs Focus
My Royal Nemesis started getting pretty serious as Season 1 approaches its latter stages, and that trend continues in Episode 9, “That’s First Love for...
‘Star City’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – The Mole Is Identified
There’s something oddly sexless about Soviet Russia, isn’t there? This very much isn’t the point of Star City, which is an alt-history spin-off about the...
‘Cape Fear’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – Is This The Best Version of the Story Yet?
It’s difficult to build sympathy for a man who kills people with gym equipment, but then again, I’m not sure that Cape Fear is trying...
‘Dutton Ranch’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Beth and Rip Get To Work (Literally)
It occurs to me that despite this show being titled Dutton Ranch, there isn’t a great deal going on at the titular ranch. Frankly, it has...