THE CROWN – Season Two
[usr 4.0] Season 2 of The Crown will forever be known as the time the Royals got racy. It begins in 1957, continuing to...
MANIAC (Netflix, 2018)
[usr 5.0] Maniac isn’t a hard show to understand. It also doesn’t have the most original of sci-fi ideas, being about two people who...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.10 – ‘Winner’
[usr 4.0] Singing siblings. We opened on a touching flashback that gave us another welcome chance to see Chuck (Michael McKean), during the time...
BOJACK HORSEMAN – Season Five
[usr 5.0] The fifth season of BoJack Horseman finds the titular washed-up actor on the road to recovery, of sorts. He’s working again, on...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.9 – ‘Wiedersehen’
[usr 4.0] Taking and making plans. Having enjoyed herself with the con to keep Huell from doing time, the opening of “Wiedersehen” involved another scam....
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.8 – ‘Coushatta’
[usr 4.0] A good defence is a good offence. The opening scenes of “Coushatta” confused me, making me forget where things had left off in...
IRON FIST – Season Two
[usr 3.5] The first season of Iron Fist was plagued with issues: it had too many villains, too little character development, terrible action scenes,...
SIERRA BURGESS IS A LOSER (2018)
A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school and the biggest loser must come together to win over their crushes.
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.7 – ‘Something Stupid’
[usr 3.5] Splitting up. Famed for its excellent cold opens, Better Call Saul offered up the best one in a long time with the...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.6 – ‘Piñata’
[usr 4.0] For your consideration. We’ve been getting more flashbacks than usual this season, although I’m not sure all of them are particularly revelatory....
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.5 – ‘Quite a Ride’
[usr 4.0] Shredded future. We’re accustomed to the season-opening glimpses of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) future, working under an alias at a Cinnabon, but...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.4 – ‘Talk’
[usr 3.5] My concerns about the imbalance of Better Call Saul was compounded by “Talk”, because Jimmy’s (Bob Odenkirk) storyline is by far the...