The Greatness of THE SHIELD (with a Brief Review of the Pilot)
Apparently, the A. V. Club will be migrating from DISQUS to Kinja this summer (2017),…
You’re Never Really Anywhere: THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE season 2
In its second season, The Man in the High Castle (now streaming on Amazon and…
THE AMERICANS and the Problem with Prestige Television
PULP IS DORK CODE FOR ENTERTAINING–ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER Tomorrow night’s episode of The Americans (Joe Weisberg,…
Every Loser Has His Day: MAD DOGS (2016)
All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy.…
LIFE ON MARS, Death in the U.S.
The United Kingdom has only occasionally been a font for widespread television exportation success. But…
Or Have You Ever Been: THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, season 1
Someone, possibly Richard Matheson, described the formula for a perfect Twilight Zone episode: “you had…
HANNIBAL Finale Review – “The Wrath of the Lamb”
I believe that is what is called a mic drop? Hannibal wrapped things up in a…
TRUE DETECTIVE season 2, ep. 8: “Omega Station”
True Detective‘s final episode this season comes close to double-length, and it divides neatly into…
TRUE DETECTIVE season 2, ep. 7: “Black Maps and Motel Rooms”
There aren’t a lot of ways a complex, Los Angeles-based story of crime, cops, and…
TRUE DETECTIVE season 2, ep. 6: “Church in Ruins”
Comparing the classical, effective opening scene of “Church in Ruins” to the largely weak rest…