Now that the pilot and the second episode (re-pilot) have done the grunt work in introducing us to the world and characters of Constantine, “The Devil’s Vinyl” is the first “normal” episode of the season. There are no new characters to distract from underwhelming stories, no necessary exposition to wrestle with throughout the hour, just […]
American Horror Story: Freak Show takes a more fragmented direction in narrative with “Pink Cupcakes”. The hour weaves in and out of disparate storylines as the characters inside and outside of the freak show struggle with their own existential crises. Once again the episode seems to be divided in two halves: what is happening with […]
I really wanted to love this episode. Really. After all, Felicity is pretty much my favorite character on Arrow. But “The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak” just didn’t work for me on a number of levels. The plot of the episode was predictable and offered almost nothing in the way of surprises (save for the […]
If tension equals rain, then the water fiercely poured all over this episode. Penguin’s Umbrella is fit to be the season finale but it is only the seventh episode of Gotham. Filled with action, tension and misdirection this week’s episode hit the climax of the whole season. While certain actions were exaggerated, the unique characters […]
I have a feeling that “Slabtown” is going to be remembered as an episode of The Walking Dead that you either loved or hated. And I think that’s perfectly fine. You are either a fan of Beth or you aren’t. You either think The Walking Dead needs hordes of action and walkers to be interesting, […]
Friday’s Grimm episode was a close call for Trubel. Continuing last week’s premiere, Trubel is hot on Octopus Head’s trail and Nick is just as useless. While Adalind becomes Viktor’s prisoner, one of his minions has taken Weston Stewards place. Wu isn’t letting it go, Juliette doesn’t want Nick’s powers to be restored and he […]
The Legend of Korra‘s fourth and final season continued with week with “Enemy at the Gates”. It wasn’t too bad an episode, we were mercifully given less time with those kids, but it wasn’t without fault either. It also served to remind us how most things can be improved with Mechs. Words to live by, […]
The second episode for Constantine further cements the series in the category of average procedurals with a supernatural twist. The pilot episode established a simple objective for its protagonist as well as an expected narrative structure for episodes to come and the following hour does just that. “The Darkness Beneath” commences the road trip aspect […]
The American Horror Story: Freak Show Halloween event concludes this episode with a surprising death, the rise of a new big bad, and a cavalcade of flashbacks. The basic plot of the episode is a simple one: Mordrake continues going through the freakshow members looking for the perfect soul to add to his “coterie of […]
In a 22-episode season, its inevitable that some episodes just won’t crackle with as much energy as others. And last night’s Arrow was the perfect example of that. It was a perfectly fine episode, but it was much more focused on setting up the show’s future conflict than with solving anything in the here and […]
