TV Reviews

Season 7, Episode 16 – One of The Walking Dead sparks all-out war between the Alexandrian coalition and the Saviors. Rick is surprised by a heart-breaking betrayal and then inspired by an unexpected show of support. Negan has an army ready for battle and vows to kill Carl while Michonne fights through a deadly encounter all by herself.

Season 3, Episode 4 – American Crime provides a heartwrenching hour of television in its fourth episode, bringing surprising developments and some small forms of closure for its conflicted characters.

Season 1, Episode 7 – Big Little Lies’ finale answers the question we’ve been waiting all season for: who died, and who killed them? But the murder is still the least interesting part of this tense, thrilling and ultimately extremely satisfying finale which highlights, as usual, the strength of the women at its core.

Season 1, Episode 7 – Pete’s job at the Rachel Ray show is going great until he is contacted by a very unlikely person who threatens to derail his new career path. As it turns out, Leif is in the midst of his own marital woes, and they’re suddenly becoming Pete’s problem.

Season 2, Episode 7 – Axe is in damage control mode on Billions after his Sandicot investment falls through, while Chuck does a victory lap basking in the light his conviction of Boyd has shined on him even though he and Wendy’s relationship may be irreparably damaged. Axes’s struggle between being a human being or a ruthless capitalist takes a toll on those around him, but which will he choose?

Season 2, Episode 8 – The season finale of The Missing fills in the details of what exactly took place when “Alice” returned to the Webster family only to leave a gapping hole in their hearts after she was gone again. Can Baptiste find Getterick and save the girls before it’s too late?

Season 1, Episode 5 – Feud wastes the story of the 1963 Oscars—which began the real-life hatred between Bette and Joan—by ignoring motivation in favor of sequential melodrama. Yet even that can’t manage to generate tension or emotion in this patronizing and reductive rendition of a story that has so much factual dramatic potential.

Season 3, Episode 14 – We have a new visitor on The Last Man on Earth, but the writing staff bungles the storyline by making it all about Tandy. Also, Carol gets angry at Gail and Todd, and Melissa says nothing.

Season 1, Episode 8 – The Reddick in Reddick, Boseman & Kolstad returns to shake things up in this week’s episode of The-Good-Fight. Meanwhile, Maia’s family drama escalates.

Season 1, Episode 19 – MacGyver struggles to live up to previous expectations set by the show in “Compass.” With clunky storylines and character arcs, the show falls into old bad habits that hamper the potential of the episode.

Season 1, Episode 8 – Riverdale fires up the town rivalries in “Chapter Eight: The Outsiders.” With lots of juicy angst and a few more clues about the night of Jason’s death, the show continues to turn up the heat and the intrigue in this delightfully dark teen drama.

Season 1, Episode 6 – Back from hiatus, Powerless returns with its worst episode yet, the laughs few and far between and characters behaving inconsistently.

Season 1, Episode 6 –Sam bets the house on Sun Records when he takes his latest hit singer on the road. Col. Parker continues his losing streak and competes against his loan shark for a lucrative real-estate deal. Johnny Cash loses a good friend while Jerry Lee loses his mind after he marries Peggy.

Season 5, Episode 18 – On this week’s Arrow, Oliver disbands Team Arrow and calls on Anatoly to take out Prometheus once and for all. Dig resists Oliver’s decision and tries to get through to him. Meanwhile, Felicity continues to work with Helix.

Season 2, Episode 4 – On this week’s Underground, we come to find how Cato found his current station. Noah and Cato come to blows over the past and Elizabeth finds satisfaction in her activism, as well as the price paid for it.

Season 1, Episode 1 – Alice, a single, PR executive, with commitment issues faces her biggest fear, dating a guy with kids. Her anxiety brings back her forgotten imaginary friend, Mary.

Season 1, Episode 14 – Agent Wells’ investigation into the Capitol bombing encounters some surprising and important new information. Meanwhile, a conflict in an African country forces President Kirkman to rely on a new ally for help.

Season 1, Episode 2 – The second installment of Shots Fired opened with deceased teen Jesse Carr’s father approaching Deputy James Beck as he arrives home. Gun in hand, Carr’s anger and heartbreak is more than understandable.

Season 4, Episode 19 – The Goldbergs proves yet again that the show still packs a humorous punchline in “A Night to Remember.” With several laugh-out-loud moments involving absurd character traits, the show continues to build strength in its humor as the season begins to wind down.

Season 2, Episode 10 – The Expanse‘s “Cascade” doesn’t just balance all the Belter, Earther, and Martian plots against each other but it manages to leave enough time and space for the characters to process all of the world-changing events that are happening to them even as those events march on around them.

Season 1, Episode 8 – “Chapter 8” confirms that Legion is a mess but its a pretty mess so at least it has that going for it. Overall, the series has muddled plot arcs and inconsistent characterization spending the majority of its energy on artistic visuals that ultimately feel hollow without any narrative substance behind them.

Season 4, Episode 8 – As one door closes, another opens on this week’s The 100. As things get dire in the lab on Becca’s island, Clarke and the group must question how far are they willing to go to survive. Meanwhile, Jaha may have actually found salvation through the form of an epiphany.

Season 2, Episode 10 – The Magicians returns with a fun time line shifting, drug induced shade visiting, overdue book tracking down, fairies waiting to steal babies tale. This show has the ability to be incredibly enjoyable to watch, and this episode hits all the right notes.

Season 3, Episode 11 – Empire hits this week’s episode with a shotgun spray’s worth of plot. Everything is covered this week and it’s hard to follow with what feels like major details. Not only does it seem like Anika is about to bring Empire down, but we’re also introduced to a guy named Danger. Any other show, Danger would’ve received the A Plot, this week, I’m not even sure if Danger is in the alphabet.

Season 3, Episode 19 –Black-ish tarnishes its reputation and brand by casting Chris Brown this week. This problematic decision is made all the more hypocritical by the fact that this episode is about representation in media.

Season 1, Episode 8 – This week’s Imposters offers up an almost comical amount of twists, as the game of cat-and-mouse between the cons and their marks begins. Maddie becomes aware that Patrick is an FBI agent, and enlists Richard, Ezra and Jules in her plan to get out of their predicament.

Season 1, Episode 5-6 – Both episodes of Trial & Error were consistently funny, but the writers can take a clue when to let a joke die.

Season 5, Episode 4 –The Americans get assigned a couple of single targets in Kansas but one of them plays hard to get. Mischa gets very close to meeting Philip. Paige conducts her own rogue espionage operation. Oleg gets a break in his corruption investigation and reveals his dangerous situation to his mother who gives him perfect advice.

Season 2, Episode 16 – The Legends face-off against the Legion of Doom in what is definitely the darkest timeline of the show, setting up an excited third act for the sophomore season.

Season 1, Episodes 6-10 – With the middle stretch of episodes, Ingobernable establishes itself as a show with a message, and a much darker edge to it.