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“The Magicians’ Fourth Season Continues To Shake Up The Rules Of Fantasy”
Oh, oh, oh, it’s magic(ians) content, you know! Never believe it’s not so (that characters on “The Magicians” have it rough)! Continue reading
“The Mesh Network Subconsciously Connecting ‘Westworld’s Hosts, Explained”
It’s Westworld time, ladies and gents: The new season is up and running, with more robot-on-human murdering, and even more techno talk, which I wrote a short breakdown about for Thrillist. Like, really short, because all I’m doing is talking about mesh networking as related to “Journey into Night,” the season opener. I plan on doing more … Continue reading
TV Review: The Get Down, 1.11, “Only from Exile Can We Come Home”
I can’t stop reviewing The Get Down! Actually, no: That’s a lie. I can. And I have. Sad face. Well, c’mon, you didn’t think the show would go on forever, did you? Granted, Netflix split the first season into two halves, which kinda gave the show a sense of unnatural longevity, but we all knew it … Continue reading
TV Review: The Get Down, 1.09 & 1.10, “One by One, Into the Dark”/“Gamble Everything,”
I’ll admit it: I have a hard time writing about The Get Down, not for lack of things to say, but because there’s so much that can be said and should be said about it, and so much that needs to be said to satisfy the purpose of a recap. This is what I get for knocking … Continue reading
TV Review: Taboo, Episode 1.03
Alright! A quality episode of Taboo! After the stumbles taken in “Episode 2,” it’s nice to see the show get its footing back by actually telling a story instead of just checking off plot points. Plus, people who are not Tom Hardy are now getting more opportunity to strut their stuff, though Hardy is still the … Continue reading
TV Review: Taboo, Episode 1.02
Annnnnnd just like that, after Taboo‘s pilot episode, we see a steep drop-off in its palability. I wouldn’t call it “bad,” per se, but boy, it is way overstuffed; each time I thought I’d finished summing up the events of the second episode (titled, rather simply, “Episode 2”), I realized that I’d left something out. Plot, … Continue reading
TV Review: Taboo, Episode 1.01
Since Brooklyn Nine-Nine is taking a break until April (April!), I’m satisfying my weekly TV recap cravings by reviewing Taboo, that wacky-ass Tom Hardy show on FX. It’s not bad! It’s also not great. The pilot starts off strong, and as you’ll see in recaps since, it stumbles a bit from being overburdened by plot; maybe if … Continue reading
Paste’s 29 Most Anticipated New TV Shows Of 2017
A couple years back, I wrote a review of Justin Simien’s awesome feature debut, Dear White People, and assholes on the Internet decided that the best response to a film so named was to drop a bunch of racist-as-fuck comments in the comments section, without really reading the review (or seeing the movie, obviously). My editor … 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: The Get Down, 1.05 & 1.06, “You Have Wings, Learn to Fly”/”Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice”
I can’t imagine a better, more celebratory way of closing out the first half of The Get Down‘s first season than with these two episodes. I won’t elaborate much more than that, because I wrote over 1,000 words on them for Paste Magazine, but this two-part home stretch feels like the most electric dance party of … Continue reading
TV Review: The Get Down, 1.03 & 1.04, “Darkness is Your Candle”/“Forget Safety, Be Notorious”
It’s a genuine relief that The Get Down knows when to take its foot off the pedal. The show’s pilot, as you may have gathered from my review, is an amusement park ride, a full-throttle blast through introductions to its character, its era, and its place. That’s not the kind of pace that you want to … Continue reading
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 3.15, “The 9-8”
“Add vinegar to baking soda and you’ll get a chemical volcano. Mix baking soda into buttermilk batter and you’ll turn out a heap of tasty pancakes. But if you introduce displaced police officers from the 9-8 precinct to the tight knit crew of the 9-9, you’ll get nothing short of combustive mayhem that’s akin to … Continue reading
TV Review: Jessica Jones, 1.06, “AKA You’re a Winner!”
“We knew it had to happen. We knew, as soon as Jessica Jones illustrated Jessica’s role in the death of Luke’s wife, that her unwilling complicity in the tragedy would come to light sooner than later. That’s why, after all, she has been dutifully avoiding Luke for the last few episodes, and why she cut … Continue reading
TV Review: The Muppets, Episode 1.09, “Going, Going, Gonzo”
“Ever since The Muppets premiered on ABC, people have been hemming and hawing over whether or not it captures the Muppet spirit. Depending on who you ask, it’s either too adult, too much like The Office, or simply not funny enough—which, hey, different strokes for different folks. Whatever complaints you might have, concerns about The … Continue reading
TV Review: Jessica Jones, 1.04, “AKA 99 Friends”
“Hey, what do you know? Hot on the heels of “AKA It’s Called Whiskey,” the fourth installment ofJessica Jones, “AKA 99 Friends,” bears out some of the exact concerns outlined by Jessica and Luke in their cathartic bonding: Being a hero puts a target on your back. In Jessica’s case, that means being held responsible … Continue reading
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 3.06, “Into the Woods”
“Like many sitcoms, Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s chief traits are the relationships between its characters. Whether it’s Boyle’s unfaltering loyalty to Jake, Jake’s odd couple professional bond with Holt, Holt’s mentor-mentee rapport with Amy, or Amy’s socially imbalanced encounters with everybody in the office, Brooklyn Nine-Nine best thrives when the writing creates a space where these characters … Continue reading
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 3.05, “Halloween III”
“The worst thing about “Halloween III” is that it’s predictable. The best thing is that the predictability doesn’t matter. In this, Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s third annual All Hallow’s Eve showdown between Jake and Holt, the episode’s madcap essence is what matters most, though there’s plenty worth cheering about as regards the substance of the story, too. … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 