After the incredibly high bar set by last month’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, a bit of an emotional and creative let down was to be expected with this Christmas Special. Yes, we all knew it would be the final hurrah for Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor (or, Twelfth. Or Thirteenth, depending on your count.). But I […]
“It was always about him.” Nicholas Brody’s journey has officially come to an end. It is a conclusion that we have been awaiting for quite some time, even with Homeland’s obvious reluctance to actually go through with it. Since the events of the season two finale, his death has been an inevitable end-game and the […]
When American Horror Story titles an episode “Head” we aren’t sure what to expect, especially since it is the mid-season finally. The show needs to give us something worth waiting for, and it does. However, there are a moments throughout the episode that just don’t work, mainly LaLaurie as a talking head. As I mentioned […]
I’ve been quite adamant about Almost Human’s refusal to have fun and inability to really tap into its setting and genre, but the latest episode, “Blood Brothers” is a noted improvement for the sci-fi show. The story this week isn’t perfect, but it does take advantage of the series’ futuristic setting and incorporates some of […]
For the first time this season, I didn’t want an episode of Homeland to end. Shocking, I know, especially with how underwhelming the third season has been, but the second half of the season is significantly better than the first half and the ending of the story arc is shaping up to be quite good. […]
This week’s episode of American Horror Story: Coven wasn’t the show’s best. It is certainly still worth watching, because even a mediocre AHS is still full of everything we have come to love about the show: gore, drama, and weirdness. One of my main problems with this season is that no one will stay dead […]
“Now that all the fun’s gone, I guess that’s all there is.” Truer words have never been spoken, Rudy. Sure he is referring to the douche-y stick in the mud, Richard and his too-serious approach to things, but I can’t help but ascribe this statement with a referential, meta meaning. Almost Human continues to be […]
“What just happened?” Says Carrie as the much anticipated mission takes an unfortunate turn. Last night’s episode, “Good Night” has me saying the same phrase, for completely different reasons. Did the third season of Homeland just produce an entertaining, compelling episode? An hour of television that is suspenseful, tense, dramatic and engaging, reminiscent of the […]
The first half of The Walking Dead‘s fourth season comes to a somewhat satisfying close with the mid-season finale “Too Far Gone.” As we were promised in the myriad of teaser trailers for the episode there is a fairly solid body count by the episode’s end. And, unlike with the mismanaged plague storyline, some name […]
It is astonishing how a futuristic show about robots (in which a pretty big subplot in this episode is an android injury being repaired with a wad of gum), can be so joyless and dull. I mean, there are a lot of creative, fun aspects to explore and introduce when a show establishes itself in […]
