TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.7 – ‘Black Maps and Motel Rooms’
Among the many problems I have with season two of True Detective, probably the main one is the show’s insistence on writing cheques its...
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Among the many problems I have with season two of True Detective, probably the main one is the show’s insistence on writing cheques its...
Let’s start with the most unmistakably meta moment in “The Great Red Dragon,” which occurs when Dr. Chilton (Raúl Esparza) visits the now-incarcerated Dr....
Well, Humans certainly isn’t dragging its heels now, is it? Unsurprising, perhaps, given that this is the penultimate episode, but the level of incident...
If the first season of True Detective felt like the work of a TV writer who’d read far too many novels (with its heavy doses...
As Hannibal has always been at its best when it walks a fine line between high art and pulp, any episode that references both...
Where last week’s episode felt like a holding episode, part six of Humans was packed with incident, both physical and emotional, and boasted plenty...
“It’s never too late to start all over again.” How very true Ani (Rachel McAdams)—although, in the case of this season’s True Detective, I’d...
Penny Dreadful’s second season opener “Fresh Hell” effectively restates the show’s modus operandi. The snowbound confrontation between its two female leads, Vanessa Ives (Eva Green, enthralling as...
Week five of Humans is very much a holding episode, but that’s not to say it doesn’t boast some knock-out scenes. Principal among them...
We’re half way through this second season of True Detective, and one of my biggest problems remains the constant line it walks between addictive drama...
“If I saw you every day, forever, I’d remember this time.” That could be a line from, say, The Notebook, but it’s actually delivered by...
And now for something a little different. Orange is the New Black’s showrunner Jenji Kohan set herself a tough task following up the first two...