Drama
‘Landman’ Finally Gets Going And Introduces Real Conflict In Season 1, Episode 5
“Where Is Home” is one of those episodes you sometimes get in a Taylor Sheridan show where everything just goes to Hell. And Landman needed to go...
‘The Agency’ Continues To Be A Drag In Season 1, Episode 3
I’m still not convinced by The Agency. In Season 1, Episode 3, “Hawk From A Handsaw”, it gets so gratingly serious and so obvious and...
‘Silo’ Season 2 Ratchets Up The Drama With A Shocking Death In Episode 4
In most shows, Rebecca Ferguson doing an extended high-pressure underwater sequence like it’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation all over again would be the standout...
‘Before’ Is Even More Pointless Than Ever In Episode 8
Before hasn’t exactly been riveting throughout, but Episode 8 is a collection of its very worst qualities. Running under 25 minutes, delivering no new information,...
The Ending Of ‘Black Doves’ Season 1 Is Surprisingly Hopeful
Ending an espionage thriller conclusively is almost impossible, so you have to respect the effort Black Doves goes to in order to tie Season 1...
‘Black Doves’ Is A Fun Holiday Treat With Surprising Depth
Black Doves, Netflix’s British action-thriller series from Giri/Haji’s Joe Barton, is technically a Christmas show. The holiday has nothing to do with the plot, which...
Breaking Down All Four Episodes of ‘Tomorrow and I’ On Netflix
Thailand’s Black Mirror equivalent Tomorrow and I blesses Netflix with four – albeit almost feature-length – episodes of speculative science-fiction. They’re all separate stories in...
‘Shrinking’ Season 2, Episode 9 Is Beautiful, Poignant, and Brilliant
Whenever I do my obligatory promotion of these recaps, I usually mention in a casual way that Shrinking is one of the best shows on TV. I...
Eva Makes A Terrible Mistake In ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 Episode 5
“Boom” is about Eva in the same way that “Person of Interest” was about Becka. This is to say that Eva’s problems are foregrounded a...
‘Get Millie Black’ Offers A Smart Change Of Perspective In Episode 2
It’s official – Get Millie Black is really good. It was obvious after the premiere but Episode 2, which valuably switches perspective to better hone...
Pain Is A Lesson In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Episode 10
Episode 10 of Brilliant Minds is about pain, in ways both obvious and not. “The First Responder” as a title is misleading. Sure, one of...
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5, Episode 12 Finally Lets Kayce Off the Leash
“Counting Coup” is partly a dumb episode of Yellowstone and partly a great one. Based on how the back half of Season 5 has proceeded...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Finally Shows Some Weakness In Season 1, Episode 3
It had to happen eventually, and it finally does here in Season 1, Episode 3 – Dune: Prophecy shows some weakness in its storytelling. The...
Season 1, Episode 4 Doesn’t Make the Point Of ‘Landman’ Any Clearer
We’re four episodes in and I still have no idea what Landman is about. Oil, obviously. But it’s seemingly determined not to adhere to any conventional expectations...
‘When the Phone Rings’ Hits A Clear Turning Point in Episode 4
When the Phone Rings really stepped things up in Episode 3, and I’d say Episode 4 continues to build on that momentum. There’s a real...
The Season 1 Premiere of ‘The Agency’ Is Painfully Dull
I love a spy drama, and there’s room for all kinds of different ones. But The Agency debuts in a post-Slow Horses streaming climate where...
‘The Madness’ Is Middling… But Colman Domingo Rules As Usual
You can tell that The Madness would like to be described as “timely”, “biting”, or any number of other adjectives one would typically throw at...
‘Gangnam B-Side’ Ends With A Bit Of Ambiguity — But At Least It Ends
It took a couple too many bloated episodes to get here, but the ending of Gangnam B-Side is… okay, I guess, very much like the...
‘Before’ Implies More Connections Between Noah and Ben in Episode 7 — And Completely Loses the Plot
Episode 7 of Before, “The Power of Belief”, revolves around another unconventional therapy technique that Eli attempts on Noah, and it’s weird that we’re supposed...
‘Silo’ Season 2 Says A Sad Goodbye to Someone In Episode 3
After a nearly-silent premiere focused entirely on Juliette and then a more contained episode where she didn’t feature at all, we’re starting to split our...