A wild Nick Kroll appears, Santiago wants to go to a Ted Talks on “Power Poses”, and it’s essentially a rehash of season one’s “Tactical Village” on this week’s episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I’m one of those audience members who…
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2×13) – “Payback”
I guess it was inevitable that Brooklyn Nine-Nine would produce an episode that largely missed the mark, but it doesn’t make it any less disappointing when it happens. “Payback” is a funny episode and, interestingly enough, a welcome showcase for…
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2×12) – “Beach House”
After two weeks away, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is back with a familiar episode. It doesn’t do anything remarkable but it’s a cozy half hour of characters we enjoy being put together in a beach house for a weekend getaway where they get drunk,…
The Young Folks’ Best TV Shows of 2014
2014 was yet another strong year in television with shows that varied between the new, the returning, the comedic, the dramatic and the superhuman. It was an eclectic year with few themes or any semblance of rhyme or reason aside…
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2×11) – “Stakeout”
Over the course of what we’ve seen of Brooklyn Nine-Nine so far, the relationships have played a major part in the success of the show, particularly the pairing and grouping of these individuals who wouldn’t ordinarily seem compatible. There’s Rosa and Amy,…
The Best of the Best: Characters Who Rocked TV in 2014
It’s been a great year for television and, similarly to film, has been enjoyably eclectic. With great shows comes great characters (you’d hope) and 2014 was full of them. So here is my narrowed down list of 21 characters who stole scenes this year, in no particular order.
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2×10) “The Pontiac Bandit Returns”
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is just a good time. The characters are inherently watchable and plots like this week with the return of the Pontiac Bandit (Craig Robinson) allow for those characters to be funny, warm and entertaining. Rosa and her task force…