Television
The Flash Review: 2.21: The Runaway Dinosaur
This week on The Flash the Speed Force was introduced as a God-like presence that spoke to Barry and asked him if he's worthy of being The Flash. It was an embarrassing, painful episode to...
Television
Bates Motel Review: 3.9: Forever
This week's episode of Bates Motel season 3 moved the story forward in a big way. Norman Bates actually tried to kill Norma Bates for the first time. After they found out that Alex Romero...
Television
Silicon Valley Season 3 Review: 3.3: Meinertzhagen's Haversack
The biggest reason Silicon Valley stands out from other sitcoms is the plotting. There's a lot of genuine drama and suspense. The show will expertly ramp up the tension and then undercut it at the...
Culture of Pop
The Flash Season 2 Review: 2.20: Rupture
Photo: Diyah Pera/The CW This week's episode of The Flash season 2 was yet another episode that tried very hard to be exciting but was just boring. This culminated in a cliffhanger that tried to...
Television
Bates Motel Review: 4.8: Unfaithful
This week Bates Motel ramped up the drama in another fantastic episode. This episode was actually written by Freddie Highmore, in an incredible writing debut. Things went from tense to Norman Bates actually swinging an...
Culture of Pop
Silicon Valley Season 3 Review: 3.2: Two in the Box
Photo from HBO It's a post-post-RIGBY world on Silicon Valley . After last week's episode brutally tore Richard Hendricks apart, showing all of the weaknesses in his character, this week's episode positioned him as a...
Comic Books
The Flash Review: 2.19: Back to Normal
I'm generally a fan of the simple metahuman-of-the-week formula, but this week's episode of The Flash wasn't the fun sort of filler episode, it was just an aggressively bland time waster. The stuff about Barry...
Culture of Pop
Bates Motel Review: 4.7: There's No Place Like Home
Things have been going eerily well on Bates Motel this season. Norma Bates and Alex Romero are happy together, while Norman Bates is actually making progress dealing with his psychological problems. Of course, it was...
Television
Silicon Valley Season 3 Review: 3.1: Founder Friendly
In the defining scene of Silicon Valley season three's incredible premiere, Dinesh Chugtai and Bertram Gilfoyle discuss whether or not to step down from Pied Piper in solidarity with Richard Hendricks. It's pretty blatantly obvious...
Television
The Flash Review: 2.18: Versus Zoom
Photo: Dean Buscher/The CW. Last night's episode of The Flash had Barry Allen in direct confrontation with Zoom, the major villain of this season, and boy was the whole thing boring. Zoom abducted Wally West...
