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Recap: Underdogs Unite In ‘The Penguin’ Episode 2
Episode 2 of The Penguin, “Inside Man”, is as good as the premiere was, which got me thinking. Why? That isn’t a trick question. There...
‘Industry’ Season 3 Ends At Its Best – By Showing The Worst Of Everyone
Industry Season 3 was never heading to a happy ending, but even I didn’t expect one quite so cynical as this. Episode 8, “Infinite Largesse”,...
Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 14 Tees Up One Final Obstacle
There’s nothing like a brush with death to put things in perspective, and that’s where Seung-hyo is at in Love Next Door Episode 14. Predictably,...
Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Spins Its Wheels In Episode 13
Love Next Door is falling off a bit, right? It might just be me. But Episode 13 felt like a show that should have already...
Recap: ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Raises Some Worrying Questions
Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is subtitled The Book of Carol. I don’t like that for several reasons – “Book Of” sounds...
Recap: ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 Livens Up In Episode 3
Tulsa King hasn’t been in a rush to get going in Season 2, but that changes slightly in Episode 3, “Oklahoma v. Manfredi”. Quite a bit...
Recap: ‘Grotesquerie’ Episode 2 Might Have Introduced the Killer
The pilot episode of Grotesquerie was fittingly grotesque, and Episode 2, “True Crime Catholics”, doesn’t exactly become a comedy. In fact, it might be even...
Recap: ‘Grotesquerie’ Has An Impressively Grim Pilot
You can’t have a spooky season without a Ryan Murphy show, and Grotesquerie fits the bill. Episode 1 introduces a couple of complicated protagonists, an...
Review: ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Season 2 Is A Disappointing Step Down
I think we can all admit now that Gyeongseong Creature was a weird show. It aired needlessly in two parts separated by two weeks and...
Recap: ‘The Old Man’ Season 2, Episode 4 Claims A Couple Of Bodies
The Old Man feels different in Season 2; at this point, that’s undeniable. But in Episode 4 is starts to feel a bit more like its...
The Ending Of ‘A True Gentleman’ Is A Bit Of A Cop-Out
A True Gentleman is not a happy movie, so it shouldn’t have a happy ending. Because of this, I can’t help but feel like its...
Review: ‘A True Gentleman’ Takes A Bleak View On Romance and Relationships
I worry that some people might go into A True Gentleman incorrectly assuming it’s a rom-com, which would be a mistake since it isn’t funny...
Recap: ‘Agatha All Along’ Episode 3 Claims Its First Casualty
The Witches’ Road is the kind of nebulous idea that can essentially be whatever the writers want it to be at any given time. And...
Recap: ‘Brilliant Minds’ Has A Mixed-Bag Pilot But Plenty of Potential
The pilot of NBC’s Brilliant Minds is a mixed bag, but I’ll say this for it – it has a superb opening sequence. And in...
Recap: ‘High Potential’ Episode 2 Provides Some Welcome Emotion
The premiere of High Potential had everything a show like this needs, but if it was missing anything, one might suggest it was a streak...
Recap: ‘High Potential’ Has A Near-Perfect Pilot (For This Kind Of Thing)
ABC’s High Potential has a cracking elevator pitch – what if Good Will Hunting, but the janitor ends up being a police officer instead of...
Recap: ‘Murder in a Small Town’ Episode 1 Starts With The Wrong Case
It might just be me, but I think it was a mistake for the premiere of Fox’s Murder in a Small Town to be 90...
Recap: ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 2, Episode 5 Made Me Feel Physically Sick
I love the title of Tell Me Lies Season 2, Episode 5 — “Evil, Ornery, Scandalous, and Evil”. It’s perfect. It applies to every character and every...
Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4, Episode 4 Pins the Blame On MI5
Episode 4 of Slow Horses Season 4, “Returns”, begins with a pretty significant revelation. Frank Harkness — Hugo Weaving’s finally getting a bit of direct...
Recap: Rosa Goes Undercover In ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 8
Bad Monkey is back in form in Episode 8, “The Russian Mob Is Very Active in Key West”. And this is good news since we’re...