These shows prove the marathon-watching juggernaut’s concern for both quantity and quality.
“Amber Waves” is an immediate reminder that The Americans is an edifice brilliantly constructed of contrasts.
A lot happens in “Say Yes,” almost all of it compelling.
The episode plunges head-on into the murkiness of doubt that even the show’s heroes act like villains.
It trades in the histrionic us-versus-them mentality that characterizes much of our national political discourse.
By episode’s end, most of the show’s key characters have re-invested in the things that most matter to them.
The episode takes a break from the hatchet-faced military strategizing and obligatory slicing and dicing.
Feud: Bette and Joan is at its canniest when contrasting Bette and Joan’s respective vanities.
The main strength of the episode, like that of The Walking Dead as a whole, is its visuals.
The episode hurtles forward without giving its characters a chance to reconsider their positions.
It’s too regimented in its storytelling to conjure any real insight into the privileged world in which it’s embedded.
What Billions offers is vicarious revelry in stylish power, exuding a trashy, toxic purity.
The sly head-fake that opens The Walking Dead’s latest episode throws us effectively off balance.
The latest episode of Homeland is clear, measured, and deliberate in its critique of American policies.
In its sixth and final season, HBO’s Girls shifts from blindered self-sabotage to dawning self-awareness.
FX’s dangerously entertaining Legion is a volatile mix of complete chaos and complete control.
A charmingly goofy lark, Santa Clarita Diet reveals itself to be a comedy of remarriage hidden in zombie’s clothing.
24: Legacy attempts to tap directly into the inflammatory racial tensions gripping the U.S. at the moment.
Training Day mostly dresses up a typical CBS property with the reputation of an acclaimed production.
The episode demands that its characters question their ends-justifying-the-means ways.
The second season of The Path places the focus on religion and adds shades to its once black-and-white struggle.