Throughout the first four episodes of The Leftovers one of the most prominent story threads has been the growing tension between the Guilty Remnant and the people of Mapleton. Each episode has explored this tenuous relationship somehow and shown the strain under which the two groups coexist. We’ve seen the brazen tactics the GR takes […]
The Legend of Korra aired a single episode this week, “The Terror Within”, and will air the rest online. Don’t fret, I’ll still be here to review them, despite the move. Anyway, lets get down to business. Bending business. Plot In a pretty straightforward episode, Zaheer’s gang sneaks into the Metal clan and dukes it […]
The Strain premiered with a cliché-ridden, contrived convoluted mess o’ horror tropes, and this week’s episode is not much better. “The Box” follows the first episode’s design with a couple of chilling images and scenes padded with a lot of horrible sounding dialogue, clunky exposition, and uneven performances. Despite the shorter running time, the episode […]
Well, we all know how campy True Blood can be (and this episodes certainly had its moments of camp), but “Lost Cause” was more about upping the meta factor- or at least taking the time to highlight some of the more ridiculous and unfair things that seem to happen with recurring frequency within good old […]
The Leftovers continues its streak of engrossing television hours with its latest episode. After last week’s supremely intense hour, the series goes back to the more conventional narrative structure. Kevin, once again, becomes the focus of the episode that explores the history and current dynamics of the Garvey family. I’ve said before that Justin Theroux’s […]
Korra returned to TV this week with two more episodes, “Old Wounds” and “Original Airbenders”. Are we finally seeing an upswing in quality or is it more of the same? Lets find out. Plots In “Old Wounds”, Lin goes to seek help from an acupuncturist for her stress related pains. In doing so she unlocks […]
Since I was away on vacation last week, I’d like to touch on both last week’s episode of Rectify along with this week’s installment. Both episodes actually fit very well together, with each taking steps to flesh out some of the supporting cast of characters while continuing to give us insight into who Daniel once […]
Well, I have to say I have been very impressed with True Blood of late. After the show’s stumble in the season’s second episode, I was fearing the worst, but things are looking up. “Death is Not the End” is the type of episode that could easily feel cheesy, as it’s full of reunions and […]
What an episode! ‘Two Boats and a Helicopter” continues to expand the world of The Leftovers in unexpected and dynamic ways. I commended last week’s episode for expanding on the world, demystifying some of the vague aspects of the pilot, and this week, the series takes even greater risks in storytelling, to great effect. In […]
“This is bad, real bad.” The Strain ventures into B-movie territory with an emphasis on cheap thrills, gore, genre tropes and not much else. When an airplane lands on JFK and goes completely unresponsive, an FAA tech approaches the plane to inspect it; the strange circumstances lead him to utter the words at the top […]
