TV #23 of 2022: Bob’s Burgers, season 4 After three seasons right on the cusp of greatness, I am willing to say that this fourth year of Bob’s Burgers has finally crossed that quality threshold for me. We have a few all-time classic installments like Fort Night and Christmas in the Car — a Halloween …
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TV Review: Scandal, season 3
TV #79 of 2021: Scandal, season 3 This series is becoming ever more of a soap opera, such that when Fitz replaces his treacherous VP with a running mate he says is the one man he trusts, it’s almost inevitable that that new fellow will end up in a love triangle with him and the …
TV Review: Justified, season 5
TV #48 of 2021: Justified, season 5 A very meandering plot, especially after the intricate construction of the Drew Thompson case last season. The Crowes are more bumbling sideshow than credible threat to anyone, and too much screentime is dedicated to Ava’s stint in a women’s prison — a pretty blatant ripoff of Orange Is …
TV Review: The Americans, season 2
TV #37 of 2021: The Americans, season 2 A second fantastic run of this spy-drama period piece, this one built largely for considering its central couple as parents — struggling to keep their kids safe and raised with like-minded ideals as any of us would, but with the extra tensions that necessarily stem from their …
TV Review: Community, season 5
TV #28 of 2021: Community, season 5 This is a year for the sitcom that’s clearly in transition, with the return of showrunner/creator Dan Harmon after a season off, the departure of two original cast members, and a few necessary tweaks to the general premise. The solution to the question of how one still tells …
TV Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, season 6
TV #9 of 2021: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, season 6 Production on this penultimate batch of episodes was cut short by Disney’s 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm, with the truncated season eventually being released straight to Netflix in 2014. So it wasn’t created to be an intentional ending for the series, and it doesn’t read …
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TV Review: The Good Wife, season 5
TV #33 of 2020: The Good Wife, season 5 Although it peters out slightly at the very end, this is overall an electrifying year of television, boldly delivering on character and plot arcs that have been in motion since practically the pilot. The Good Wife has been plenty strong to begin with, but the momentum …
TV Review: Shameless, season 4
TV #21 of 2020: Shameless, season 4 Well, it took a while to get here, but Shameless has finally grown into the sort of show I always wanted and sensed it could be. There are still a few of the characteristic over-the-top developments this season, but for the most part those more outrageous elements are …
TV Review: Veep, season 3
TV #54 of 2018: Veep, season 3 This season’s election plot injects something more like stakes into the show’s proceedings, but overall it’s the same steady comedy of detestable people in politics. That’s never been entirely my jam, and it feels even more dissonant to watch in the era of Trump (even though this batch …
TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 4
TV #42 of 2017: Game of Thrones, season 4 I try to keep these reviews fairly spoiler-free, even this long after the fact, so let me just say vaguely that after three years of Game of Thrones airing shocking plot twists at the end of each season, it’s nice to have the major moment in …
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