TV #44 of 2025: The Sopranos, season 2 Even more so than in its debut, this second run of The Sopranos feels built around its quieter domestic scenes rather than the explosive moments of mob violence that periodically surface to puncture them. Richie Aprile, for example, is instantly recognizable as a certain character type: the …
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TV Review: Farscape, season 1
TV #33 of 2024: Farscape, season 1 Another sci-fi series that I missed at the time and am belatedly getting into now. I like this one a lot so far! It feels a bit like Star Trek crossed with Stargate — the latter in part because Farscape stars Ben Browder and Claudia Black would later …
TV Review: Star Trek: Voyager, season 6
TV #4 of 2023: Star Trek: Voyager, season 6 Right now in my Star Trek watch-through, I am alternating a season of Voyager with a season of Enterprise, which provides an interesting and productive contrast. While this will never be my favorite iteration of the franchise, and I have to say that this penultimate year …
TV Review: Dawson’s Creek, season 3
TV #44 of 2021: Dawson’s Creek, season 3 Pacey Witter is the beating heart of this show, and the third season gets better as it goes along by leaning into the prickly attraction between him and Joey. That’s still not perfect storytelling — it’s a major disconnect from their dynamic the year before, and the …
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