This first season of Silicon Valley hasn’t been perfect. There have been a couple of side plots that haven’t landed great. The show could use another female character other than Monica and I would love to see a female coder…
TV Review: The Normal Heart
Ryan Murphy’s The Normal Heart isn’t without fault-there are numerous and wide ranging flaws-but throughout the rubble and the chaotic directing styles there are phenomenal performances to behold as well as a story that is as deftly written as it is gut wrenching. With a…
TV Review: Silicon Valley 1×06 “Third Party Insourcing” & 1×07 “Proof of Concept”
Third Party Insourcing I’m tackling two episodes together again because I was disappointed with an episode for the second time and didn’t have much to say about it. Maybe disappointed isn’t exactly the right word. “Third Party Insourcing” just felt…
TV Review: Silicon Valley 1×04 “Fiduciary Duties” and 1×05 “Signaling Risk”
I’m going to tackle “Fiduciary Duties” and “Signaling Risk” together partially because I fell behind and partially because I was starting to grow a little disillusioned with the show as this sharp satire about the tech industry. I came to…
TV Review: Silicon Valley 1×02, “The Cap Table” and 1×03, “Articles of Incorporation”
Episode 2: “The Cap Table” Silicon Valley’s first episode was a great introduction and showed off the great potential of the show. Not coincidentally that first episode is all about potential as well. Gavin Belson and Peter Gregory literally fought…
TV Review: Silicon Valley 1×1, “Minimum Viable Product”
HBO has become known for high quality dramatic fare in recent years, most notably Game of Thrones. On the comedy front HBO has struggled to find the same type of critical and popular success. Its most high profile comedy at…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×8, “Form and Void”
It’s funny that in my review of last week’s penultimate episode I compared the theorizing surrounding True Detective to what occurred with Lost because they ultimately share one vital thing in common: the show is about the characters, not the mystery. Don’t get me…