The series is a polished genre exercise with characters that feel like predigested tropes.
Viewers and critics alike feel very, very strongly about the endings to their favorite shows.
TV is double-stuffed with stunningly hot, hard-ass, wisecracking women these days.
Gilligan discusses his undying love for television, violence on the U.S.-Mexico border, and the unintentional politics of his admittedly showy brand of realism.
Yesterday’s mid-season finale could prove to be a make or break moment for the remaining fans that have hung in there for Caprica.
Easily the most “stylish” episode of the season, what with its longish takes and lowish angles, this Richard mythology is also not too great a reveal.
Too often, an episode’s script feels as if it’s been constructed around a good line rather than a good story.
In its second season, Nurse Jackie no longer feels realistic.
Sawyer episodes are usually a lot of fun because he usually gets into a lot of mischief.
It’s a brief quiet moment before the next two episodes, what I expect shall be a far noisier wrap-up to the first half of Caprica’s season.
Unfazed, the injustice of the world within and without Damages continues apace.
Finishing each episode is like closing up a really great, gritty little crime novel.
Caprica Recap: Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6, “There Is Another Sky” and “Know Thy Enemy”
No, I didn’t give up after my misgivings with “Gravedancing.”
This week’s episode would be nothing but cheese were it not for Michael Emerson.
Ultimately, what a series like this aims to do is to pay homage to the Marines who sacrificed their lives.
One of the noteworthy, albeit minor, stories coming out of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver was some unexpectedly positive murmuring about curling.
Mystery Files is all about raising questions that excite that corner of the human imagination attracted to enigma.
Well, cool. There were some risks taken, some serious crazy, and some killings. Brutal fucking murders, even.
These episodes uphold the show’s recent trend of slowly and seamlessly exposing the characters’ personal lives.
Parenthood has all the components for a great family drama: struggling siblings, imperfect parents, and a whole lot of heart.
Of course Jack wouldn’t hurt Hurley. Lindlelof and Cuse don’t want to lose even more good will with their audience.