Television | Reviews

9 Minutes

Better Call Saul: “Mabel”

T. Dawson April 11, 2017

Margaux and I finally get to review a show we actually like, Better Call Saul. Trevor: One of the pleasures of watching Better Call Saul – besides the acting, plotting, dialogue, and general atmosphere...

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

13 Reasons Why: “Tape 3, Side B”

T. Dawson April 11, 2017

“Maybe there aren’t any good kids.” 13 Reasons Why has an incredibly strong hook, one that promises to pay devastating dramatic dividends. Thirteen tapes, each a piece of a mosaic that makes up the...

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

13 Reasons Why: “Tape 3, Side A”

T. Dawson April 9, 2017

“I don’t wanna help. I wanna hurt.” The cruelest, and smartest, aspect of 13 Reasons Why is that it lets us get to know (and, most often, come to like) certain characters before we...

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

13 Reasons Why: “Tape 2, Side B”

T. Dawson April 7, 2017

“Have you ever wondered what it’d feel like to watch someone?” Social media is scary. It’s given everyone a personality and an existence outside of their own, and it can easily be exploited and...

6 Minutes

Television | Reviews

13 Reasons Why: “Tape 2, Side A”

T. Dawson April 5, 2017

“You never know how something’s gonna hit someone.” In a lot of ways, 13 Reasons Why is harder for me to watch as a grown man, and not someone the same age as the characters....

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

13 Reasons Why: “Tape 1, Side B”

T. Dawson April 4, 2017

“Maybe you didn’t even realize you were being cruel.” The problem with having a premiere as good as that of 13 Reasons Why is that a followup episode is all but destined to disappoint...

11 Minutes

Television | Reviews

The Walking Dead: “The First Day of the Rest of Your Life”

T. Dawson April 3, 2017

Margaux and I bid farewell to another frustrating, inconsistent season of The Walking Dead. Trevor: How typical of The Walking Dead to play it so safe when it needed to blow the doors off....

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

13 Reasons Why: “Tape 1, Side A”

T. Dawson April 3, 2017

“Can I play you a tape?” Some shows live or die on their premises alone – look how bad The Walking Dead has gotten now that walkers have taken a back seat to the proceedings...

10 Minutes

Television | Reviews

The Walking Dead: “Something They Need”

T. Dawson March 27, 2017

The Walking Dead is almost over, and Margaux and I are suffering from a bad case of senioritis. Trevor: This fuckin’ show, I swear to God. Just when it makes incremental improvements – “Say...

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Marvel’s Iron Fist: “Under Leaf Pluck Lotus”

T. Dawson March 25, 2017

Marvel’s Iron Fist has long-since established that it takes place in a comic-book alternate universe, but “Under Leaf Pluck Lotus” begins by ramping that up to almost campy levels. I refuse to believe that...

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Marvel’s Iron Fist: “Eight Diagram Dragon Punch”

T. Dawson March 23, 2017

Consider the first scene of “Eight Diagram Dragon Punch,” easily the best episode so far of the (still mostly lackluster) Marvel’s Iron Fist. In a lot of ways, this opening scene – which is...

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Marvel’s Iron Fist: “Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch”

T. Dawson March 22, 2017

Marvel’s Iron Fist is finally finding its footing with “Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch” (my misgivings about the show notwithstanding, the episode titles are pretty great). Unfortunately, most of what’s interesting about the episode seems...