The series is a polished genre exercise with characters that feel like predigested tropes.
TNT’s latest original series, Trust Me, too frequently falls back on familiar TV tropes.
If there’s a silver lining for Matt, it’s that some of the weight that he constantly carries on his shoulders has been lifted.
Genre fiction requires the infodump.
It almost feels silly to complain about how overstuffed an episode was when all of the stuff going into it was as compelling as what happened in “This Place Is Death.”
One of the best things about Big Love is that it’s decidedly agnostic about its purported protagonist.
Right America Feeling Wronged doesn’t delve very deep when it comes to the opposition.
This week, the pressure gets to Eric and he lets it all out to Tami over some scotch.
Battlestar has always had a weakness for Big! Shocking! Moments! that turn out to just be dreams.
Can Eastwood pick ‘em or what?
There’s a deal we make, we Lost fans and appreciators.
Think about the last time you talked to your mom or your dad or your best friend.
So far this season I’ve been critical of how Tim and Lyla’s relationship has been handled, so it was a relief to see some compelling scenes this week, specifically from Lyla.
The episode is like a primer as to why we came to love all of these characters in the first place.
In so many ways, this latest episode is Lost at its best.
The ensemble of players, above everything else, is what makes Battlestar Galactica come to life.
The Trials of Ted Haggard serves as a reminder of the real lives that exist under the glare of public attention
On The X-Files, the cutting yin to Rob Bowman’s sweeping yang.
If we are not the accumulation of personal memory, then what are we?
The limitations of making an HBO-style drama on basic cable become readily apparent when arguments climax with an underwhelming “Screw you!”
Sadly, no matter how hard the Juniper Creek stuff tries, it’s just never going to be as compelling as what’s going on at Henrickson Central.