“Kiksuya” made me realize something about Westworld: The series has a hell of a lot more in common with The Walking Dead than with any prestige series currently airing on television. Both shows tend to favor style over substance (despite streamlining things more in season two, Westworld has a long way to go in this area). Both often allow […]
Well, the season two Westworld puzzle boxes are opening at a much crisper pace (and with less fanfare than season one). I was shocked that Ford was so clear and concise in explaining such a central conceit of the series to Bernard (and to us). I was also shocked at the speed at which the series […]
The first thing you should know about The Americans is that all the best Russian stories are tragedies. The Russians have made an art of the genre. And, while The Americans is many things over the course of its six seasons, you know, instinctively, it is going to be a tragedy. Chekhov’s proverbial gun is […]
Anyone else yell “No!” at the screen when Akane told Maeve she would be staying behind with Mushashi in Shogun World? Because man, what a bummer to have two such interesting characters taken from the game board so soon after they arrived. But, I suppose, when a show has as sprawling of a cast as […]
Netflix’s most twistedly joyful series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, returns May 30th for one final season (which will be broken up into two parts, with the six-episode “Part One” dropping on the 30th, and the remaining seven-episode “Part Two” airing later this year). Having seen the first three episodes of season four, I’m happy to report […]
Amazon Prime, the streaming television network you probably didn’t realize you had, has been lagging behind both Netflix and Hulu in terms of splashy shows and awards buzz (while Amazon has managed to snag some awards with their now troubled comedy Transparent, they’ve yet to achieve the zeitgeisty buzz of a Handmaid’s Tale or House of Cards). The […]
Even by Legion standards, “Chapter 16” was a narrative mess. Perhaps that was the point – highlighting the confusion and jumbling of one’s mental state as insanity takes hold (even though Insanity was defeated last week). But as a viewer, it seemed more like Noah Hawley had a bunch of story ideas and wanted to fling […]
