Category: Television Reviews
REVIEW: Agatha All Along – Season 1, Episode 7, “Death’s Hand in Mine”
Agatha All Along is sputtering towards its finale (which is next week, doubled up with the penultimate episode), and “Death’s Hand in Mine” is another tedious, confusing episode that almost dares you to pay attention to it as it does everything it can to bore you. This is Patti LuPone’s sho...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 5, “Homecoming”
In a way, it’s unfortunate that “Homecoming” is following the outstanding “Cent’Anni,” as it was all but destined to suffer by comparison. But it’s another great episode of The Penguin, rocketing the story forward on multiple fronts, bringing all the major characters into the next leg ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Agatha All Along – Season 1, Episode 6, “Familiar By Thy Side”
“Familiar By Thy Side” is exactly what the title implies: the episode that reveals all about Teen, the drip of a familiar who’s been following the coven along the Witches’ Road because he thinks Agatha is just the coolest. The answer is one of the two or three that have been widely speculate...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 4, “Cent’Anni”
The Penguin’s trend appears to be one-upping itself every week, but I don’t know if it will be able to pull that trick again; although it’s following the excellent “Bliss,” “Cent’Anni” is even better than its immediate predecessor and the best episode of this series yet. This week fo...
Read MoreREVIEW: Agatha All Along – Season 1, Episode 5, “Darkest Hour/Wake Thy Power”
If “Darkest Hour/Wake thy Power” makes anything clear, it’s that Agatha All Along didn’t have to be this bad. There are some decent concepts in this show, the cast is made up of good actresses, and the setting has tons of potential. But they’re all wasted; the concepts are never explored ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 3, “Bliss”
“Bliss” slows things down just a bit so that The Penguin can focus on the characters, and that’s good because one character desperately needed this episode. “Bliss” is primarily about Victor, Oz’s sidekick who, until now, was more or less there to be a sounding board for the lead. This...
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