TV Review: The 100 Pilot Episode

The 100 premiered this past Wednesday, March 19th on the CW at 10PM ET. The story begins with an abandoned planet Earth that became inhabitable for humans 97 years ago. Now all these years later the Ark, the craft where…

TV Review: The CW’s Reign 1×15 The Darkness

We see why it was titled “The Darkness” when we examine what’s happened to Olivia and what is happening to King Henry. His usual rendezvous with Kenna has begun to get quite twisted. Kenna, just trying to be complacent with…

TV Review: The CW’s Reign: 1×14 ” Dirty Laundry”

Fast forward two months and this episode commences with Mary and Francis’s return to French court from their honeymoon. Mary is dreading their return because as she puts it, a typical day in court consists of politics, murder and backstabbing.…

Veronica Mars Season 3 Retrospective

At lot changes in between Season 2 and Season 3 of Veronica Mars, and change is scary. Behind the scenes, the network that the show was on, UPN, was undergoing a merger with The WB, a similar channel. Together the two…

TV Review: The CW’s Reign: 1×13 “Consummation”

  This was the episode so many Reign fans had been waiting for: the royal wedding! The question always remained: who would Mary pick? As we saw that Mary’s heart had opened and decided on a future with Bash, the…

TV Review: Arrow 2×13, “Heir to the Demon”

At the halfway point of “Heir to the Demon,” new mayoral candidate Moira Queen says to Felicity, “We all have to keep secrets, Ms. Smoak.” Secrets are not only the dramatic currency of the superhero genre but of the television…

The Best and Worst of The Vampire Diaries Season 4

The fourth season of The Vampire Diaries featured a bunch of big conflicts including Elena coping with her newfound vampirism, Jeremy’s death, and Bonnie’s tailspin into dark magic. And then, there was the constant, dull talking about Elena’s and the…