Category: Television
Television
Bob's Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.2: The Silence of the Louise
This week's episode of Bob's Burgers season 8 was a perfect example of what the show does best. Louise Belcher dealing with Millie Frock's obsessed determination to be her best friend was a resonant, genuine...
Television
Marvel's Inhumans Season 1 Review: 1.4: Make Way for... Medusa
This week's episode of Marvel's Inhumans season 1 felt extremely one-note. All the Inhumans on Earth paired up with inexplicably accommodating humans. Their interactions were mostly expository dialogue. Repetitive humor around the human's surprise at...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.4: A Dark Knight: The Demon's Head
On this week's Gotham season 4, Ed Nygma sought revenge on Oswald Cobblepot by carefully crafting raps for him. That should end any debate on whether Gotham is one of the best shows on TV....
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Premiere Review: 2.1: A Kiss Before Dying
The Riverdale season 2 premiere was a little underwhelming, but it definitely had a couple of standout moments. Of course, Cheryl Blossom's bone-chilling monologue to her hospitalized mother was the highlight. The ending was also...
Television
The Flash Season 4 Premiere: 4.1: The Flash Reborn
The Flash season 4 premiere showed Iris West, Wally West, Joe West and Cisco Ramon fighting crime and dealing with the loss of Barry Allen, after he entered the Speed Force last year. The episode...
Television
Supergirl Season 3 Premiere Review: 3.1: Girl of Steel
The Supergirl season 3 premiere showed Kara Danvers in a crisis after Mon-El left. This was a big problem for viewers like myself who have trouble buying her being this devastated by Mon-El. When will...
Television
Marvel's Inhumans Season 1 Review: 1.3: Divide and Conquer
Unfortunately, the second week of Marvel's Inhumans was more of the same. As the title implies, the characters each went on their own separate journey. None of these stories were particularly interesting. Things like Medusa...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.3: A Dark Knight: They Who Hide Behind Masks
This week's Gotham season 4 hit it out of the park. Myrtle Jenkins (guest star Ilana Becker) is my new favorite one-episode character. In all my speculation about who would unfreeze Ed, I never imagined...
Television
Bob's Burger Season 8 Premiere Review: 8.1: Brunchsquatch
Bob's Burgers fanart inspired the Bob's Burgers season 8 premiere. Each scene showcased fan-submitted designs for the episode's animation. Overall, it featured designs by 62 artists. The beautiful artwork definitely added extra fun to the...
Culture of Pop
Marvel's Inhumans Series Premiere Review: 1.1: Behold... The Inhumans; Those Who Would Divide Us
The two-hour Marvel's Inhumans series premiere was a bafflingly bad episode of television. So far this show seems like a failure on every level. I know sci-fi shows have a long history of looking terrible....
