Category: Television
Culture of Pop
Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.8: Fifty-One Percent
The Silicon Valley season 5 finale brought everything together. Disparate threads came together so nicely that it’s tempting to retroactively feel more forgiving about the season as a whole. Laurie Bream’s partnership with Yao ended...
Television
Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.18: As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps
Bob’s Burgers season 8 has been doing a phenomenal job with plots about childhood that feel real and specific. This week was about Louise Belcher feeling self-conscious that she still doesn’t know how to ride...
Comic Books
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.21: One Bad Day
The penultimate episode of Gotham season 4 was an enjoyable but fairly standard episode. It could’ve used more fun touches to make it stand out. The best scene was between Jim Gordon and Ed Nygma....
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.21: Judgment Night
The best thing about the penultimate episode of Riverdale season 2 is that it had a consistent tone. But, the big reveals and emotional beats it tried to hit fell completely flat. The most notable...
Television
The Flash Season 4 Review: 4.21: Harry and the Harrisons
This week on The Flash season 4 the team worked with Amunet Black. This meant busting out all the working-with-a-villain cliches. One major problem with The Flash is that they always choose the wrong villains...
Television
iZombie Season 4 Review: 4.10: Yipee Ki Brain, Motherscratcher!
This week’s episode of iZombie season 4 was an uneven and unnecessarily confusing episode. The best scene was a viscerally horrifying turn in the storyline between Angus McDonough and Blaine DeBeers. Angus lured Blaine’s abusive...
Television
Supergirl Season 3 Review: 3.17: Trinity
It’s unsurprising that Supergirl season 3 turned in a dull episode this week while heading towards its conclusion. The CW’s DC shows often fall into this pattern. They throw in an episode towards the end...
Television
Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.7: Initial Coin Offering
Most of Silicon Valley season 5 felt like filler. So, it’s unsurprising that the penultimate episode packed in a lot of plot. Richard Hendricks made a few big decisions abruptly. I wish some of these...
Television
Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.17: Boywatch
Earlier in Bob’s Burgers season 8, Tina Belcher confidently led her class through a dangerous wilderness exercise. This week the show did a complete 180 when Tina joined the Junior Lifeguards and obliviously messed up...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.20: That Old Corpse
This week’s episode of Gotham season 4 suffered from how ambitious it was. It was very fun. But, I could see what a big idea the writers were going for. And, unfortunately, it fell flat...
