Category: Television
Television
iZombie Season 4 Review: 4.8: Chivalry is Dead
This week’s episode of iZombie season 4 was mediocre with a few great stand out scenes. The way that the brain-of-the-week affected Liv Moore created distracting problems for the episode. The victim-of-the-week was a LARPer....
Television
Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.5: Facial Recognition
This week’s episode of Silicon Valley season 5 felt like a fairly competent sitcom. But, it didn’t feel like an episode of Silicon Valley . Part of this was the character work. Richard Hendricks suddenly...
Television
Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.15: Go Tina on the Mountain
This week’s Bob’s Burgers season 8 had a main plot that felt off. But, the subplot about Bob Belcher and Linda Belcher was fun. Plus, guest voice Nicole Byer! Also check out my review of...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.19: To Our Deaths and Beyond
Gotham season 4 delivered an exciting episode this week that brought out the best in the season long plots. For a refresher on last week’s episode, check out my review . The League of Shadows...
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Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.18: A Night to Remember
Riverdale season 2 attempted a musical episode this week. Putting out a musical during an already incredibly confused both stylistically and in terms of plot seemed like an obvious mistake. The effort versus reward is...
Television
The Flash Season 4 Review: 4.18: Lose Yourself
While The Flash season 4 somewhat avoided being as formulaic as past seasons, it fell into familiar patterns this week. Barry Allen gave the same speech over and over about how they don’t have to...
Television
iZombie Season 4 Review: 4.7: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Brain
This week on iZombie season 4, Liv Moore ate the brains of a professional wingman. I feel like about half of the plot lines on iZombie are excuses to make Liv extra-horny. This is not...
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Supergirl Season 3 Review: 3.14: Schott Through the Heart
Supergirl season 3 returned this week with the strongest episode of the season so far. The emotional episode focused on Winn Schott and featured a great guest performance by Laurie Metcalf as his mother Mary...
Television
Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.14: The Trouble with Doubles
This week’s episode of Bob’s Burgers season 8 was a little unsatisfying. It centered on a couple of plot turns that didn’t quite work. In the main plot, Bob Belcher and Linda Belcher went on...
Television
Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.4: Tech Evangelist
Silicon Valley season 5 featured the show’s first explicitly gay character. They took their time on that one. The character in question was DD. He runs a gay dating site that planned to be a...
