“All Good Things Must End, Even ‘The Good Place'”

One of the last decade’s defining TV series comes to a close, and I couldn’t be more overjoyed. Continue reading →

“Renew Brooklyn Nine-Nine or Bust!”

I started reviewing Brooklyn Nine-Nine for Paste Magazine way back in the day, about four years ago in fact, so if anyone is going to write an editorial about Fox’s jaw-dropping failure to renew the series for a sixth season it’s going to be me. Which is basically a convoluted way of saying that I wrote an … Continue reading →

Dancing Through ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s’ Musical Numbers, An Authentic Handle On Behavioral Health

What a wild ride Rebecca Bunch has been on this season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! (Really, she’s been on a wild ride for most of the show’s duration, but let’s just focus on one season at a time.) Finally, she has a firm idea of what’s “wrong” with her, which is basically my way of saying that … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Episode 4.06, “Monster in the Closet”

…oh, thank god Brooklyn Nine-Nine is back. This is a nail I hammer home often, but for the most part any Brooklyn Nine-Nine is good Brooklyn Nine-Nine, even the Brooklyn Nine-Nine that isn’t as good as the best Brooklyn Nine-Nine; it’s even better when Brooklyn Nine-Nine hasn’t been on the air for a while, whether because the season is over or … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 4.03, “Coral Palms, Pt. 3”

And: Boom. It’s done. The Coral Palms arc is over, and we’re back to New York City. I’m not upset about that, per se, because it was inevitable, but I kinda wish we’d gotten to spend just a little more time down in sweaty stinky butt Florida, because that diversion was super fun. I’ll live. So … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 4.02, “Coral Palms, Pt. 2”

Finally, what all of you Jake/Holt shippers have been waiting for: The kiss. Except that the kiss isn’t a real kiss, just a decoy kiss, and seriously, there are no Jake/Holt shippers, so forget it. (There actually may be, because everything is someone’s kink, but that’s neither here nor there.) Brooklyn Nine-Nine continues its winning ways by … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 4.01, “Coral Palms, Pt. 1”

God it always feels so good to get back to reviewing Brooklyn Nine-Nine once enough time has passed between its previous season’s finale and its incoming season’s premiere. Especially when the incoming season’s premiere is as good as “Coral Palms, Pt. 1,” which is super duper obvious but still totally hilarious and effective all the same. … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 3.13 ,”The Cruise”

  “Talking about “The Cruise” without talking about Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s fondness for referential and self-contained franchisement is impossible. First, we had “Halloween III,” where Santiago brought the series-long All Hallow’s Eve prank war fought by Holt and Jake to a decisive end; then we had “Yippie Kayak,” where Boyle became subsumed into Jake’s Die Hard … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 3.11, “Hostage Situation”

“Here’s a new twist on an old favorite: Boyle and Jake, buddies now, buddies forever, quantifiably grow up after having a wacky off-duty adventure that ends with the promise of a potentially amazing multi-episode story arc. If Dan Goor and Michael Schur know what’s good for them (and the show, really), they’ll use this opportunity … Continue reading →