Is the aim of Wayward Pines to create the perfect, obedient human?
TV commentary: This Shyamalan-produced series has become thought-provoking TV.
Horror TV
For current popular shows, what’s the end game? (TV commentary)
By their very nature, some shows have end games and some don’t. A show about families and relationships, like “Parenthood,” simply looks for a grace note (and it found a good one in its series […]
‘Veronica Mars’ team smoothly transforms skills for ‘iZombie’
First episode impressions (TV review): Thomas’ and Ruggiero’s style clicks with the horror-comedy form, too.
Have the communists won on ‘The Walking Dead?’ Not likely (TV commentary)
In Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), Alexandria leader Deanna jokes to Rick “I guess the communists won.” She offers Rick and Michonne the jobs of constables, which they accept, and […]
Is ‘The Walking Dead’ embarking on a ‘Dark Rick’ arc? (TV commentary)
Everyone is (rightly) reacting to the shocking end of Sunday’s mid-season finale of “The Walking Dead,” but the biggest moment in terms of reverberations for future stories might’ve happened before the opening credits. Bob No. 2 is […]
‘Walking Dead’s’ ‘Slabtown’ delivers perfect treatise on evils of taxation (TV commentary)
“The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) rarely gets mentioned when lists of “most libertarian TV shows” are compiled, but that might change when the series ends and we see the full picture. Season […]
Can we all agree that locking people in train cars and killing and eating them is wrong? (TV commentary)
Sunday’s episode of “Talking Dead,” which followed the fifth-season premiere of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), asked viewers if they thought Rick’s gang was justified in mowing down everyone in Terminus. Giving me […]
‘The Strain’ is breaking out to become great, lights-out horror TV
TV commentary: The battle against the munchers is becoming must-see TV.
del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ deliciously dark and stylish
First episode impressions (TV review): The novel and comic book series now gets a small-screen adaptation.
‘Hannibal,’ ‘Walking Dead,’ ‘Bates Motel’ provide 1-2-3 TV horror punch (TV commentary)
I have a friend, Shaune, who’s a big horror movie fan, but he has found the current character stuff on “The Walking Dead” rather boring. This is understandable: Television has never been able to be […]