Writer’s Note: This is the first of now-weekly reviews of Big Brother Season 20 that will appear shortly after every Thursday’s eviction episode of Big Brother. Yes, they contain spoilers! Because this is the FIRST review (and we’re 60 days in an 81 day or so season), this will serve as a review of not […]
“This island will learn to respect me, and I will learn to respect this island!” a contestant, Richard Rogers, boldly declares after thrusting a weapon into a hole to try to catch a crab in the pilot episode of Castaways, and it seems like a cliché we’ve heard before on every island show in any […]
After the complete disaster that was season five of Orange is the New Black, I wasn’t sure I even wanted to return to Litchfield and check-in on our favorite federal inmates. But, while season six was still disappointing on a number of fronts, I’m ultimately glad I came back for another round in upstate New York. […]
Out of all the questions Westworld could have, might have, and didn’t answer in “The Passenger,” its second season finale, the one I was most shocked to see answered was: Why did Tessa Thompson sign-on to appear in Westworld? Turns out, it was because, after a season and a half of standing around and scowling a […]
If last week’s episode of Westworld showed us how precise and insular the show can be when it takes the time to fully explore a character, giving much needed depth to him and infusing his interactions (past, present, and future) with layers that had been missing. This time around, Westworld tried to have their cake and eat […]
Apologies for the lack of Legion reviews over the last several weeks; life got in the way and, frankly, while several episodes were better than previous weeks, there still wasn’t enough to get excited about to find the time and energy to craft a review. But, here we are, at the end of season two, and […]
“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 […]
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 […]
