TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.6 – ‘Church in Ruins’
[usr 3.0] If the first season of True Detective felt like the work of a TV writer who’d read far too many novels (with its...
HANNIBAL, 3.7 – ‘Digestivo’
[usr 4.5] As Hannibal has always been at its best when it walks a fine line between high art and pulp, any episode that...
HUMANS – series one, episode six
[usr 4.5] Where last week’s episode felt like a holding episode, part six of Humans was packed with incident, both physical and emotional, and...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.5 – ‘Other Lives’
[usr 2.5] “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...
PENNY DREADFUL – Season Two
[usr 4.0] 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,...
HUMANS – series one, episode five
[usr 3.0] 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...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.4 – ‘Down Will Come’
[usr 3.5] We’re half way through this second season of True Detective, and one of my biggest problems remains the constant line it walks between...
HANNIBAL, 3.6 – ‘Dolce’
[usr 5] “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...
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK – Season Three
[usr 4.0] And now for something a little different. Orange is the New Black’s showrunner Jenji Kohan set herself a tough task following up the...
HUMANS – series one, episode four
[usr 4.0] After last week featured a few sloppy moments creeping in, episode four tightened things up brilliantly, pulling several of the show’s strands...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.3 – ‘Maybe Tomorrow’
[usr 3.5] We were firmly in David Lynch territory this week on True Detective, as a blue-lit dream sequence paid direct homage to Twin...
HANNIBAL, 3.5 – ‘Contorno’
[usr 4.5] A while ago, I chimed in on a Facebook debate among friends about whether Anthony Hopkins or Mads Mikkelsen is the better...