Category: Television Reviews
Community Review: 6.12: Wedding Videography
Like most of Community season 6, "Wedding Videography" never quite settled on a strong plot or theme to make this a great story, but it had enough character moments and jokes to make it an...
'Wayward Pines' S1 E2 Review: Death and Confusion
Wayward Pines features Burke and Sheriff Pope squaring off in its opening scene. With no identification or evidence to support Burke's claims, Sheriff Pope disbelieves everything his suspect offers him. This tells us what we...
Review: 'Between' Premieres on Netflix
This week Netflix premiered their new drama Between . Netflix will be adding episodes of the show weekly, rather than allowing the bingewatching format. Between tells the story of a town called Pretty Lake where...
iZombie Review: 1.10: Mr. Berserk
This week's iZombie set things up for the final two episodes of the season by bringing everyone together. Major has been pursuing Blaine mostly independently for most of the season, but now it's time to...
Community Review: 6.11: Modern Espionage
I guess I need to start my review of this week's Community by acknowledging just how much I hate paintball episodes. To me, Community 's bevy of paintball episodes represent a huge part of the...
'Wayward Pines' S1 E1 Review: Mysterious Tone
Wayward Pines opens up with an injured Matt Dillon unconscious in dirt. Shortly after the U.S. Secret Service agent awakens, he ends up in a local hospital. Believe it or not, Dillon finds himself in...
'American Crime' S1 E11 Review: It's a Bloodbath
American Crime kicks off its finale with back-and-forth scenes on key characters in religious settings. The point here is to emphasize that forgiveness is relative. Various characters in American Crime have a dedicated viewpoint, yet...
iZombie Review: 1.9: Patriot Brains
This week's iZombie let things get intense as Liv seriously considered murdering Blaine. The decision was pushed along by the fact that she'd eaten the brains of a military sniper, but there was still truth...
Community Review: 6.10: Basic RV Repair and Palmistry
This week's Community was a fun episode that centered on Abed. Despite the fact that it plays with the conventions of flashbacks a bit, it's not an especially clever episode. But, it had some good...
Bates Motel Review: 3.10: Unconscious (Season Finale!)
Bates Motel season 3 ended last night with a decent finale. For a season finale, it felt lacking in big surprises. Norman killing Bradley didn't have the dramatic impact it seemed meant to have because...