TV Review: Fargo 3×02 “The Principle of Restricted Choice”

The second episode, a marginal improvement over the first, has the benefit of playing with what the first episode strenuously lays out. It’s looser, more unpredictable and explores character in-depth. The title (“The Principle of Restricted Choice”), a reference to…

TV Review: Fargo 3×01 “The Law of Vacant Places”

Noah Hawley’s Fargo once again opens under the dubious guise of being a “true story,” a subheading, perhaps the most abused in modern entertainment, which seems only to redefine the “truth” than embrace it. Yet, the episode “The Law of…

TV Review: Legion “Chapter Two”

I was really worried that Legion’s pilot was a fluke. For as fascinating as spending time inside David Haller’s mind was, the ending hinted at things taking a turn into more standard superhero territory and I’m still not thrilled with…

TV Review: Legion Series Premiere – “Chapter 1”

The following review contains spoilers for the premiere episode of Legion. The X-Men franchise has, strangely enough, become the home for auteur storytelling in the superhero landscape. Last year, we got the unapologetically vulgar and cartoonish Deadpool and in March,…

TV Review: Fargo (2×03) “The Myth of Sisyphus”

In my review of Fargo‘s second season premiere, I criticized the season overall for lacking the wide array of quirky characters that was the first season’s most significant claim to fame. I was disappointed that unlike Season 1, Season 2 does…

TV Review: Fargo (2×02) “Before the Law”

“Before the Law” gives us our first real introduction to one of this season’s best characters, Mike Milligan (played charismatically by Bokeem Woodbine). He works as an enforcer for Joe Bulo of the Kansas City syndicate and is sent to Luverne…