The second episode of Gotham brought us child-trafficking, kidnapping, more betrayal and a gun fight. This episode picked up the pace, although it picked up a quicker pace. Each scene, while interesting as the last, felt like a speed date. The moment we started to get something really juicy the bell rang and we moved […]
As the penultimate episode of the season, “Last Rites” is a capable hour of The Strain that picks up considerably in its last moments, setting up some potentially fun drama for next week’s finale. After failing to defeat The Master by ambushing his underground lair, Setrakian and the gang retreat to his place and set […]
The anticipation is over as the premiere of Gotham has finally arrived. Setting up the city of Gotham is Selina Kyle (Catwomen), who as it happens resembles Michelle Pfeiffer but with a little more edge. Using her acrobatic moves, which mirror the moves of a feline, she runs through the city stealing milk and money. […]
“The Third Rail” shows our band of dummies finally making proactive efforts to eliminate The Master, and while their mission is likely to fail (there are two episodes left in the season and at lest a second season of The Strain to look forward to), the episode does a surprisingly capable job at unfolding this […]
“Loved Ones” is another in a string of episodes that insists we care about the emotional strife and well being of the characters in The Strain. To be more specific, Eph’s emotional turmoil and family drama, which couldn’t be any less impactful. Like last week’s episode, it spends a lot of its time exploring character […]
The Strain might just be the most frustrating television show currently airing. With such an impressive creative team behind it and a seemingly capable cast, it has no business being this mediocre (and at times truly, painfully awful), yet it is. Time and time again it offers glimmers of hope (interesting developments, an entertaining episode, […]
The Leftovers concludes its riveting first season with a heartbreaking and surprisingly hopeful final episode. “The Prodigal Son Returns” is an appropriately ambiguous ending that offers no concrete answers to the many mysteries and oddities of this particular universe while still remaining completely emotionally engaging and somehow satisfying. Picking up where the show’s present-day storyline […]
After last week’s much-improved, crazy insane hour, The Strain returns with what might be the best episode of the season yet. “Creatures of the Night” is a great mix of familiar zombie movie tropes and fun vampire/plague nonsense mythology. Even though the most intriguing aspect of last week’s episode (vigilante vampires?) is not alluded to […]
After a slew of boring and underwhelming episodes The Strain finally brings out the batshhit crazy we were all waiting for. It took the series a bit too long to dole out the fun insanity, and the full-on craziness doesn’t really occur until the last moments of the hour, but it is here and that’s […]
“The Garveys at Their Best” should be a frustrating hour of The Leftovers because it delays the highly anticipated continuation of last week’s episode, but it is a surprisingly captivating installment of the drama that sheds light on some of the characters’ (mostly Kevin, Laurie and Nora) lives pre-Disappearance. Once again the series employs a […]
