Category: Television Reviews
REVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 8, “A Great or Little Thing”
It all came down to “A Great or Little Thing,” a title that sums up the entire series, particularly its main character. The Penguin is a story awash in lies and myth-making, with little things – little people – becoming greater than what they are based on the tall tales we tell each other ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Arcane – Season 2, Episodes 1, 2, and 3, “Heavy Is the Crown,” “Watch It All Burn,” and “Finally Got the Name Right”
In 2021, Arcane became one of the best TV shows I’ve ever seen, and for me, it came out of nowhere. This League of Legends adaptation sports gorgeous animation, a versatile, star-studded soundtrack, and some of the best-realized characters you can find on TV. I didn’t know anything about League ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 7, “Top Hat”
“Top Hat” packs in enough story and character development for half a season, but the writers of The Penguin keep it from feeling rushed. Admittedly, part of that is because it’s following a bunch of stellar episodes that made the characters complex and the story a winding road of plotting, po...
Read MoreREVIEW: Agatha All Along – Season 1, Episode 9, “Maiden Mother Crone”
“Maiden Mother Crone,” the (hopefully) series finale of Agatha All Along, is an odd duck. It’s split into two distinct halves, and while the first one is easily the best the show has been, the second is little more than a coda, a half-assed wrap-up that makes you wonder what the point of the s...
Read MoreREVIEW: Agatha All Along – Season 1, Episode 8, “Follow Me My Friend/ To Glory at the End”
If you run out of Ambien, “Follow Me My Friend/To Glory at the End” can serve as a possibly superior substitute. The penultimate episode of Agatha All Along is one long snore, a seemingly interminable forty minutes or so that brings Agatha’s journey to an end… or does it? Probably not, beca...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 6, “Gold Summit”
The war for Gotham’s underworld heats up in “Gold Summit,” yet another fantastic episode of The Penguin that manages to add layers to some already well-drawn characters, humanizing the show’s array of monsters and graying conflicts that were beginning to look fairly straightforward. Sofia a...
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