Category: Television Reviews
'The Knick' Recap: Pigs, Progress, and 'The Busy Flea'
The Knick is big. That goes for the show’s ambition and the physical size of the hospital in which the show takes place. Big enough for an underground African American hospital to be secretly run...
'The Knick' Recap: Don't Be Fooled by 'Mr. Paris Shoes'
The Knick 's second episode does with Dr. Algernon Edwards what Episode 1 did with the (so far) equally but differently compelling Dr. John Thackery. We see him through the course of one day, likely...
'Rectify' Recap: 'Until You're Blue' and Peanut Butter Chips
The ninth and penultimate episode of Rectify ’s second season featured yet another installment in what is becoming a wonderful calling card: the use of soundtrack to determine solely the mood of what’s taking place...
The Leftovers Recap, Episode 7: Solace for Tired Feet
It won’t be long now. On this week’s The Leftovers recap, we talk about how people are frustrated in Mapleton! They are in need of money, unable to have sex, are unhappy with their cell...
'The Knick' Premiere Recap and Review: 'Method and Madness' and Cocaine
In many ways, Cinemax’s The Knick is late to our television sets. By that I don’t mean its 1900 medical practices—those spraying, gushing, medical practices—are too forgone to be subject fodder for prestige television drama;...
'Rectify' Recap: 'The Great Destroyer'
As is the case with many Rectify episodes, this one merely kicked the plot can a few feet, maybe one and a half sidewalk squares down the block. As is the case with all Rectify...
Watch It: 'Park Bench' with Steve Buscemi on...AOL?!
Ah, remember the halcyon days of the internet? The sound of your computer’s dial-up modem connecting you via AOL to all of those fun chat rooms and Live Journal pages? Good times. These days, no...
'The Leftovers' Recap, Episode 5: 'Gladys'
Let Us Smoke Whoa, this episode got dark, real fast. While doing her nightly rounds, the Guilty Remnant lady formerly best described as “that actress who also played Kathy Geiss on 30 Rock ” is...
'The Leftovers' Recap, Episode 4: B.J. and the A.C.
Maybe we’re all supposed to stay broken. “Christmas time is here,” as Charlie Brown and his friends famously sang; however, there isn’t much happiness and cheer to be found in the town of Mapleton. Nor...
“The Leftovers” Recap, Episode 3: Doin’ the Pigeon
Last week, Chief Garvey was introduced to an inflatable penguin at the therapist’s office. This week, Reverend Matt is (possibly) being stalked by pigeons while he races against the clock to save his church. Let’s...