Disconnected From All Reality: ‘9-1-1’ Season 8 Episode 12 (RECAP)
Season 8 Episode 12 of ‘9-1-1’ brings Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) back into the dispatch center, and gives us a glimpse of Eddie (Ryan Guzman) in Texas. They’re both… unique experiences, that’s for sure.
“Cold Harbor” Is a Celebration of Audacity
For two seasons, Severance has had a reputation for being – among increasingly many other things – a mystery box show, a puzzle show, a cliffhanger show. “Cold Harbor” disintegrates all of those labels. This episode grabs the concept of narrative and wraps it in an ebullient bear hug. It is a full-throated song of […]
‘The Righteous Gemstones’: HBO’s Comedic Crown Jewel Returns with a Heavenly Final Season (REVIEW)
It’s a shame that Danny McBride’s The Righteous Gemstones has flown under the radar for the entirety of its four-season run on HBO (and yes, it is an HBO production; the network’s signature static opens every episode). Fortunately, the series is back with its fourth season, which is unfortunately the show’s last. Fortunately, though, Season 4 happens […]
Holy Mother of God, Indeed: ‘9-1-1’ Season 8 Episode 11
Aisha Hinds’ directorial debut also begins to explore “Buddie,” (Buck + Eddie), a ship that’s only gained popularity in the last several months with 9-1-1’s transition from FOX to ABC.
Departures: ‘Severance’ Season 2 Episode 9
Structurally, “The After Hours,” Severance Season 2 Episode 9, does the sometimes-laborious, often-tricky work required of a season’s penultimate chapter: it sets the table for a massive fucking season finale feast. Narratively, though, the episode is a veritable treachery of racheting tension – there’s more of roller coaster than of repast about this. Or, to […]
‘9-1-1’ Season 8 Episode 10: All Around Me Are Familiar Voices
The gore in this moment—and in the future—indicates that 911 is not afraid to keep toeing the line, to keep trying new things. It’s as displeasing and upsetting as it is exciting and breathtaking.
‘9-1-1’ Season 8 Episode 9: Sob Stories to Tell in the Dark (RECAP)
9-1-1 finally returns from its mid-season break with Season 8, Episode 9, “Sob Stories,” which showcases both the love Buck (Oliver Stark) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman) have for each other, as well as Maddie’s (Jennifer Love Hewitt’s) ever-growing determination to do the right thing.
Even Cobels Get The Blues: Severance Season 2 Episode 8
“Sweet Vitriol,” Severance Season 2 Episode 8, breaks curious new ground for the show: it is, as my partner-in-crime Sam noted, the first time that Severance put plot development above character. Until now, every extraordinary or outrageous or simply crazy thing the show has done, whether Irving’s anger-dream-turned-eureka-moment in “Woe’s Hollow” or Mark’s reintegration turn […]
The Ewe Ewe Are: ‘Severance’ Season 2 Episode 5
Slower, somber, and somehow more sinister, “Trojan’s Horse,” Severance Season 2 Episode 5, sets the table for the back half of the season, which promises to be a waffle orgy that makes Season 1 look quaint. If the stakes feel lower in the wake of “Woe’s Hollow,” be grateful for the chance to catch your […]
You Got Your Innie’s Outie in My Outie’s Innie: ‘Severance’ Season 2 Episode 4
“Woe’s Hollow” is a challenging and disturbing meditation on lies and fidelity so rich you could gnaw it for sustenance by a campfire.
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