SHOW ME A HERO – Part One
Hello, and welcome to David Simon’s (The Wire) newest show: a six-part HBO miniseries set in Yonkers during the 1980s, which is also the best thing...
HALT AND CATCH FIRE – Season Two
With every update of iOS or release of a new Playstation, consumers demand improvements informed by constructive criticism. The same is true of all...
HANNIBAL, 3.10 – ‘And the Woman Clothed in Sun’
After last week’s somewhat frustrating episode, it was good to find Hannibal back on track with “And the Woman Clothed in Sun,” which narrows its focus...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.8 – ‘Omega Station’
I lost interest in this season of True Detective around the time Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) lost his moustache; which was ironically the moment...
HANNIBAL, 3.9 – ‘And the Woman Clothed With the Sun…’
We’re two episodes into Hannibal‘s version of Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon and, so far, the biggest surprise is how faithful an adaptation it’s been. Opening where last...
HUMANS – series one, episode eight
Had this been the last episode of Humans ever, it would be easier to be more vitriolic about the ways it disappointed me, but with...
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...
HANNIBAL, 3.8 – ‘The Great Red Dragon’
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....
HUMANS – series one, episode seven
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...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.6 – ‘Church in Ruins’
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...
HANNIBAL, 3.7 – ‘Digestivo’
As Hannibal has always been at its best when it walks a fine line between high art and pulp, any episode that references both...
HUMANS – series one, episode six
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...