It’s the Sixties, man, in ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 3
TV review:“Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s” third season discovers subtlety to go with its usual bombast.
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It’s the Sixties, man, in ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 3
Hilarious Florida roast aside, ‘Big Mouth’ takes a step backward with hit-and-miss Season 3 (TV review)
Although “Big Mouth” Season 3 (October, Netflix) ultimately delivers enough good episodes that I give it a soft recommend, it is a clear step back from its first two seasons. In the worst episodes, the […]
All 21 episodes of ‘Dark Angel’ Season 1 (2000-01), ranked
TV review: Overshadowed by “Buffy” in its day, “Dark Angel” has aged quite well and now stands as James Cameron’s crowning TV achievement.
‘Cobra Kai’ shows no mercy to the competition, stays badass in Season 2 (TV review)
With Season 2 (April), which recently wrapped its free-to-all run on YouTube Premium, “Cobra Kai” has secured its spot as the best continuation of a 1980s premise (a surprisingly robust genre lately). The safe, cheesy […]
All 18 episodes of ‘Roswell’ Season 3 (2001-02), ranked
TV review: The star-crossed saga’s swan song on UPN is uneven but certainly has its share of highlights. Here are my rankings of the 18 episodes.
Eulogy for a trope: ‘Looking for Alaska’ turns its Manic Pixie Dream Girl into a full-fledged character (TV review)
The eight-episode Hulu series “Looking for Alaska” shatters the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope while also being one of the best MPDG stories ever told. Walking a delicate tightrope from start to finish, showrunner Josh […]
First episode impressions: ‘Nancy Drew’ (TV review)
Similar to what The CW did with “Riverdale” a few years ago, “Nancy Drew” (Wednesdays, CW) has been updated for modern times, and out of the gates, it’s refreshingly less silly than what “Riverdale” turned […]
CW DC universe finally goes to Gotham for ‘Batwoman’
First episode impressions (TV review): “Batwoman” is … well … another Berlanti CW DC show.
First episode impressions: ‘Almost Family’ (TV review)
A dramedy starring Brittany Snow and produced by Jason Katims should be at the top of my list of must-see fall shows, but the preview for “Almost Family” (Wednesdays, Fox) looked somewhere between weird and bad. […]
Storytelling with soul: The 20 best ‘Angel’ episodes
TV rankings: To mark the 20th anniversary of Joss Whedon’s and David Greenwalt’s “Buffy” spinoff, I pick my 20 favorite episodes of “Angel.”