Last year, I made no secret of my dislike of season three of Orange is the New Black. Going into season four, I was worried that the show would be unable to capture the magic it had in season two, which had been the high watermark for the series. And I was still on the […]
The Familiar of Zero: “Rondo” of Princesses is the third season of fantasy anime The Familiar of Zero. Picking up where “Knight of the Two Moons” left off “Rondo” of Princesses is a more meandering offering, yet an entertaining enough series. The war with Albion is over after eight months and the male students returned to […]
This season of Silicon Valley has been a meditation on a question ripped directly from the Book of Mark: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Whether it’s been Richard’s rise to power or Gavin’s desperate attempts to retain his, Silicon Valley is […]
Well, that was pretty damn underwhelming. After teasing the clash between everyone’s favorite and least favorite bastards for several weeks, we were given a fight that was so incredibly telegraphed that I could have sworn I had seen it before. Oh yeah, I did. Only it was Gandalf riding in to save the day, not […]
In last week’s review of Silicon Valley, I remarked that the show has been unafraid to have the Pied Piper gang enjoy the spoils of their success. However, this week’s episode, “Bachman’s Earning’s Over-Ride,” focuses on the downfall of Pied Piper’s resident blowhard, Erlich Bachman. After divesting himself of company stock in order to pay […]
As I said last week, I’m perfectly fine with Game of Thrones taking its time to set the chess board for the season’s final major moments. Three episodes of it is a bit much, but I would have been willing to let this slide had there been enough interesting character beats to justify the lack […]
Most comedy showrunners would rather take career advice from Erlich Bachman than have their lead character be unlikable. But then again, most comedies aren’t Silicon Valley. For the greater part of this season, Mike Judge and company have been unflinching in depicting Richard’s evolution from nebbish wunderkind to egomaniacal asshole. While recent events (specifically a […]
“The Broken Man” continued last week’s rising action exposition dump, but once again managed to do so in an interesting and engaging manner. While the return of the Hound was almost as poorly a kept secret as Jon’s return from the dead, seeing him and a few new faces this week kept Game of Thrones‘s […]
The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons is the second season of a fantasy anime that was originally broadcast in 2006, but took its jolly sweet time to come to the West. The question is was it worth the wait? Hiraga Saito is a Japanese teenager who is stuck in a fantasy world […]
I’ll say this for season six of Game of Thrones: things are absolutely racing by at a fast clip after a few seasons of dallying. Perhaps it’s a case of the showrunners finally realizing they are running out of time to tell the entire story, or maybe the arcs have simply been pared down to […]
