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One of my chief complaints with the second season of Killing Eve was that the series lacked any real stakes. The season was built around the premise that Eve and Villanelle would work together, which meant that despite Villanelle’s penchant for extreme violence in the name of dealing with her twisted attraction to Eve*, we […]
Noughts + Crosses has come to an end with Callum and Sephy’s relationship tested to its extreme during a political crisis. A month has passed since Ryan McGregor’s death and Callum (Jack Rowan) has joined the LM. The leader of the LM, Jack Dorn (Shaun Dingwall) plans to use Callum’s relationship with Sephy (Masali Baduza) […]
Last night, TV lost another one of its brilliant, loving, kind, and smart comedies, as Schitt’s Creek, the Canadian series with a heart of polished gold, aired its final episode. While the series ran for six seasons, those of us here in the States were a bit slow on the uptake, only truly embracing the […]
The fifth episode of Noughts + Crosses sees the McGregors have a further downturn in fortunes and Callum going down a troubling path. Ryan McGregor has died in prison and his family finds out through the media. Callum (Jack Rowan) does not believe the official story that his father committed suicide and he starts to believe militancy […]
There is a gripping moment in the first episode of PBS Masterpiece’s World on Fire where a young Polish soldier who joined the army to defend Danzig grabs a rifle and asks, “Can we hold them off until the British arrive?” The commanding officer gives him a quizzical, almost knowing look and simply shrugs. Everything […]
One day you’re in, and the next day you’re out. Heidi Klum is back (sans that phrase) being all “judgy” (pardon my pun) and Tim Gunn is back in a supporting role (the puns just continue, don’t they) in Amazon Prime’s new fashion reality show Making the Cut, a 10-episode series that drops two episodes […]
Over the past several weeks, a number of smart, emotionally resonate, and just plain good sci-fi/magical realism shows have premiered. There’s the dark but compelling tech/sci-fi series Devs on FX on Hulu. There’s the magical and charming Dispatches from Elsewhere on AMC. And now there’s Amazon’s beautiful and layered Tales From the Loop, a linked […]
In this age of isolation and quarantine, nothing captures the international zeitgeist like a crazy, ripped from the headlines, true story. After all, if we’re all stuck at home, why wouldn’t the world want to dive into something as flat-out insane as Tiger King, the Netflix limited docudrama series that dropped last week. Unlike most […]
After the climatic end of Episode Three Noughts + Crosses sees the ramifications on the McGregor family. Tensions between the Noughts and Crosses communities have increased further after the bombing of the hospital. The Home Secretary launches a crackdown and Callum (Jack Rowan) becomes the prime suspect due to his warning to Sephy (Masali Baduza), leading to […]
There is a haunting Ray Bradbury story from 1950 set in 2026—haunting only because it’s yet another one that seemed so far-fetched that seemingly has become true—about a technologically advanced house that lived on well past its owners. In “There Will Come Soft Rains,” the main character of the story is the house. It’s run […]