Drama
‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – The Obligatory Halloween Special
Just in case you needed a reminder that we were firmly in Spooky Season, High Potential Season 2 delivers its obligatory Halloween episode.
‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 6 Recap – UBN’s Second Major Departure
We're just past the halfway point of The Morning Show Season 4, and we've already had two major departures from UBN.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap – We’re All In This Together
"Circus" is a very good episode of Slow Horses, in all the ways we've come to expect. It's laugh-out-loud funny in places, effectively tense in others, and moves along at a real clip.
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – A Heartbreaking Outing With No Easy Answers
It occurred to me during "Once Upon A Time In America" that Brilliant Minds has spent so much time building mystery in Season 2 that it has kind of skimped on the emotion a little.
‘Task’ Ending Explained – We May As Well Give Mark Ruffalo His Emmy Now
Task ended with Robbie’s death, in many ways. I don’t mean literally, obviously, because Episode 7 devotes another epilogue-style hour to tying up loose ends...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 4 Recap – Things Are Looking Up (Then Down Again)
Tae-poong has a lot of admirable qualities in Typhoon Family, but the guy’s pretty unlucky.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – Billy Reaches the End Of the Road
It was only a matter of time. Even Billy the Kid can’t run forever, and if nothing else, Season 3 has been a consistent reminder of that.
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 3 Recap – Predictability Delivered With Pace and Energy
Typhoon Family is the quintessential example of a show with very familiar constituent parts – a real-life period of turbulent history, a wayward son forced to grow up at pace, a burgeoning romance, and so on – that feels fresh and distinct through its basic underlying quality.
‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Now We’re Getting Somewhere
Is it just me, or is Dwight’s double-agent routine in Tulsa King Season 3 feeling a little distracting?
‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 3 Ending Explained – Young Love’s Dream
So, Daryl and Carol’s tour of Spain is going to continue, since the ending of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 throws a pretty...
‘Boston Blue’ Episode 1 Recap – A Reassuringly Comfortable Pilot
Halfway between the continuation of Blue Bloods and the introduction of a completely new show, the premiere of Boston Blue has that classic “same but different” quality you probably expect from a spin-off to a beloved procedural.
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 1 Recap – The Law Is the Least Of A Sheriff’s Problems
The hook of Sheriff Country is that it’s about a sheriff for whom the law is the least of her problems.
‘The Rainmaker’ Ending Explained – A Needed Win For the Little Guy
There are few things more satisfying than a legal drama that lets the good guys win. In the case of The Rainmaker, I don’t use...
‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review – The Year’s Best Horror Movie Is A True-Crime Documentary
The Perfect Neighbor is an engaging and quite uniquely constructed true-crime documentary that, at about the midpoint, morphs into one of the most harrowing films...
‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 3 Recap – That’s What You Call A Sightseeing Tour
Alaska is full of amazing sights. Caribou roaming the tundra.
‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap – Things Are Finally Picking Up
Invasion Season 3 has been all over the place, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise since the first two seasons weren't exactly coherent either.
‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Never Visit Gibsons, You’ll Die
Most people, I suspect, watch Murder in a Small Town for the murders.
‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Can’t Say I Didn’t Tell You So
Not to say I told you so, but, well, I told you so. It isn’t like Gen V Season 2 had been especially subtle about what was really going on with Cipher and Thomas Godolkin, but it’s nice that Episode 7 clarifies it – and with immediately chilling effect.
‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Ugh, It’s Always Influencers
A culture is defined by the stories it tells, so I’m not sure what it has to say about our current climate that you can’t turn the TV on these days without having to endure something about influencers.
‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap – Nicole Beharie, Take A Bow
I was just about ready to declare Episode 5 of The Morning Show Season 4 a bit of a dud.