For all its abundance of wonderment, larger than life set pieces and reboots that left the members of Team Cockroach scrambling through Jeremy Bearimys to stand grounded in each new version of their afterlives, the thesis of The Good Place…
The Good Place Season 3 Review: An inconsistent season sticks the landing with emotional payoff
The first two seasons of NBC’s very good The Good Place rose above its expectations with its near unbeatable ability to surprise it’s viewers, pulling the rug out from under us a number of times in just as many episodes. From learning…
TV Review: The Good Place 1×01-1×02 “Pilot” & “Flying”
NBC’s new comedy The Good Place feels like a female entry into high-concept comedies like My Name is Earl or Last Man on Earth, and I say that with the intention of offering high praise. Both of those are two…
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…
TV Review: Fargo Season 2 Premiere “Waiting for Dutch”
I loved the first season of FX’s Fargo. I loved the ominous tone, the twisted storytelling, and most of all, the many rich characters. Fargo Season 1 was chock-full of wonderfully specific characters. Every single character in Season 1 was dynamic, original, and useful…