To clean the air, let’s first discuss the Streep of it all. We’re only an episode into season two and yes, it looks like they’re setting the story up so that Meryl Streep’s Mary Louise, mother-in-law …
The Magicians 4×5 Review: “Escape From the Happy Place” allows us momentarily to come out of the dark
How much more can you ask for in a television series than the ability to elicit such high strung reactions of joy with the simple words “peaches and plums motherfucker?” Since its inceptio…
The Magicians 4×4 Review: “Marry…Kill” allows the characters a moment to grieve
Following last weeks episode where watched as Margo allowed the monster to kill a God for the sake of possibly saving her friend and Quentin learned that his father had passed away when he’d had…
Russian Doll Season One Review: A genre bending tale of introspection and buried trauma
*** Beware spoilers *** Nadia (played superbly by Natasha Lyonne) is a mess. Selfish, cynical and often isolated, she’s refreshingly unlike many female leads on television, defined by their inn…
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…
The Magicians Season 4 Premiere Review: The SyFy series returns in top form
Great series that dabble in the fantasy genre are few and far in-between and when they manage to succeed (such as HBO juggernaut Game of Thrones) they tend to need to straddle the line between the fan…
The 100 Season 5 Review: Through Hell You’ll Find Greener Pastures
To both its detriment and success, The 100 has been unwavering in its depiction of the cyclically destructive nature of humankind. As Bellamy empathetically stated to Madi, so ready to slaughter a cre…