TV Reviews

Season 4, Episode 2 – The writers need to work on something specific this season — the likability of their two lead characters. Luckily, actors Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan are more than up to the task as they continue making the characters enjoyable to watch, even through all of Bill and Virginia’s faults and imperfect personalities.

After the excitement of last week, The Strain has once again slowed it’s pacing but shows promise of picking up again as the gang gets closer to reuniting and an eventual epic battle with The Master is in the distant future.

For everything answered on this episode of Fear the Walking Dead, two more questions popped up.

In this week’s Ballers, as Spencer continues his play to buy ASM, he puts his clients and friends at risk.

Season 1 – The first season of Amazon’s Fleabag is an unflinching portrait of a woman, complete with delightfully filthy humor and gut punching pain.

Vice Principals ends its season with its strangest episode yet. At first glance, only a couple of things will pop out to you, mainly centered on those last couple scenes. But if you really take it all in, it kind of feels like a fever dream.

Season 1, Episode 1 – Online series High Maintenance makes its television debut on HBO, giving throwback vibes to the days of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Sex and the City.

Season 1, Episode 2 – Dejection seems to be Mac’s middle name in this second episode of Quarry. No one seems to want him around, which propels him into contract killing.

Queen of the South wraps its first season in an action-packed episode, the loss of one main character, and the return of another.

Season 1, Episode 2 – This week’s episode of Better Things was a disappointment. The funny was missing, but there is hope that protagonist Sam will step it up on the next one.

Season 6, Episode 1 – American Horror Story is back for a sixth season, but will it return to its horror roots or be bogged down by the insufferable campiness it’s been mired in the last two seasons?

The biggest question for Suits fans last episode was, “what now?”. How do we keep Mike in the picture, out of jail, and keep him from going back to being a bike delivery guy, selling weed, and/or test scores?

Season 3, Episode 3 – You’re The Worst delivers another hilarious episode in what’s shaping up to be the strongest season yet, tackling emotional vulnerability, death, and delusion with the show’s trademark dark wit.

The penultimate episode of Mr. Robot channels David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, and Back to the Future leaving us to wonder what’s real and what’s imaginary in this lucid dream of an episode.

Season 1, Episode 3 – In this week’s episode of “Atlanta,” Earn’s money struggles continue, in lock-step with his Vanessa struggles.

The relationship dynamics between Cameron and Donna have changed in such a way that Mutiny and their friendship may not be able to hold on in Halt and Catch Fire, but maybe it’s for the best. They are co-owners of Mutiny and yet pull the company in opposite directions. How long can this last before it tears Mutiny apart?

Season 1, Episode 2 – Now in its second episode, it has become pretty obvious that weed doesn’t have much of anything to do with Mary + Jane. The show’s more like Laverne and Shirley, if Laverne and Shirley happened to live in the same apartment and semi-ignored each other and had completely different names.

In this week’s Ballers , Spencer deals with getting the axe from ASM, and makes a play to get back on top.

Season 4, Episode 1 – Masters of Sex nearly collapsed in on itself last season, but last night’s fourth season premiere proved the writers are aware they have some serious course-correcting to do. Its smaller character moments are signs the show is hopefully getting back to what it made it such a revelation only a couple of years ago.

Season 1, Episodes 7-10 – Prepare yourself for the exciting conclusion of Crackle and Ben Ketai’s sex, drugs and crypto-currency apps drama StartUp. Steer clear if you haven’t resolved the show, or if you’re just a masochist who likes to spoil plot twists for themselves.

BrainDead comes to an end as the Aliant invasion is defeated by a two pronged attack against their tree homes and cranial condos.

Tig Notaro’s semi-autobiographical comedy One Mississippi may stun you with its brutal dark humor, but once you realize it’s okay to laugh, you won’t stop.

The Strain is really starting to pick up steam in its third season. From a series of flashbacks to an unexpected death, “First Born” is shockingly action-packed.

There’s something different about these back half episodes of Fear the Walking Dead‘s second season, and it’s made the show feel a little more lively, a little more like the plot is moving at a faster quip: the cutting.

Season 2, Episodes 8-10 – In the last 3 episodes of Narcos, Pablo’s evil nature is exposed more and more to the people of Medellin, Colombia. At one time, most of them saw him as a do-gooder but after a horrific bombing the tides begin to turn.

Season 1, Episode 1 – In the pilot episode of Son of Zorn, we meet and follow a witty animated Barbarian as he comes back to Orange County to reconnect with his family. While not exactly a masterpiece, the show’s original premise and outrageous situations will keep you coming back for more.

Vice Principals is a dark show. It deals with some of the worst aspects of humanity and often manages to bring them to light in some brilliantly funny ways. This is one of those episodes.

This week on Ray Donovan Ray makes Dmitri a tempting offer, placing a high stakes bet against Hector Campos that could pay Ray’s debt in full. But will it save Avi’s life? If it doesn’t, it may be time for Ray to finally cave to witness protection and give up the fixer life for good.

Season 1, Episode 1 – Quarry takes us into the world of a Vietnam vet turned assassin. What a premise!

Season 1, Episodes 5-6 – StartUp finds itself pulled in two very different directions. On the one hand, as the show has gone on, it’s really ratcheted up the thrills, and it’s done that with a deft command of structure, pacing, and stakes. On the other hand, though these new hurdles are pretty fun to navigate as a fewer, they point to a more fundamental issue with the show: its reliance on crime show trappings.