‘TV reviews’ Archives
Rubicon: “You Can Never Win”: The truth…just the truth
While “Rubicon” made great strides as the season progressed, my greatest concern was that all of these pieces wouldn’t quite…jell. And they didn't. [Read More]
Mad Men: “Why I’m Quitting Tobacco” transcript
Here's the full text of Don Draper's open letter to the New York Times featured in the Mad Men" episode "Blowing Smoke." [Read More]
Rubicon: “A Good Day’s Work”: Don’t come back
"A Good Day's Work" signals the "Rubicon" point of no return -- from here on out, probably best not to invite Will and Spangler to the same parties. [Read More]
Mad Men: “Hands and Knees”: “My goodness.” “Yep.”
“Hands and Knees” starts the run-up to the season 4 finale, laying the groundwork for the last three episodes of the season while landing jaw-dropping bombshell after bombshell. [Read More]
Rubicon: “No Honesty in Men”: How’d you sleep?
Will Travers starts to open up to the hot neighbor across the alley -- except she's not just the hot neighbor, right? [Read More]
Mad Men: “The Beautiful Girls”: Men are vegetable soup
While the individual pieces of “The Beautiful Girls” work well, the episode feels a little disjointed as a whole. [Read More]
Mad Men: “The Summer Man”: Don Draper 2.0
Meet Don Draper 2.0 – while much of the façade seems familiar, "The Summer Man" shows the makings of a whole new engine under the hood. [Read More]
Rubicon: “Caught in the Suck”: I’m Will Travers’ guardian angel
Well, I’ll give this up to “Rubicon” – with "Caught in the Suck," they finally got me. [Read More]
Louie: TV’s best new comedy?
From riotously funny to stone-cold serious at whiplash pace, FX's “Louie” wraps up its first season as possibly the most idiosyncratic show on TV. [Read More]
Rubicon: “The Truth Will Out”: Who do we work for?
"Rubicon" continues its streak of strong mid-run episodes as the FBI descends on API. [Read More]