Television | Reviews

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True Detective: “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

T. Dawson January 15, 2019

Margaux and I return to wrap up True Detective‘s season premiere. Trevor: Detective Wayne Hays says something kind of hilarious in this episode: “I like to laugh.” On its face, this is a funny line because the...

11 Minutes

Television | Reviews

RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 4 “Roast in Peace”

M. Poupard January 14, 2019

Dang, I didn’t know you could be gagged by an episode that was predominantly set up, but here we are, paying shade to that dead whore, Lady Bunny. Top six territory is always the...

10 Minutes

Television | Reviews

True Detective: “The Great War and Modern Memory”

T. Dawson January 14, 2019

Margaux and I are back, baby, and we’re talking True Detective! Trevor: First things first: it’s great to be writing with you again! It’s been too long, and I can’t believe we’ve never gotten around...

13 Minutes

Television | Reviews

RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 4: “Jersey Justice”

M. Poupard January 8, 2019

Phew, henny, lot of things this week. A few stray thoughts before we read these queens performances in a shitty Jersey accent. Will we look back on “Jersey Justice” and not recall Monique’s iconic...

12 Minutes

Television | Reviews

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4: “Snatch Game of Love”

M. Poupard December 31, 2018

Welcome back to All Stars 4, and not RuPaul’s Give a Third Chance to a Girl. Ready to be positively gooped, America? The new iteration of beloved Drag Race staple Snatch Game happened this...

11 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Super Girl Groups, Henny

M. Poupard December 24, 2018

I should be spending quality time with my family, but instead I’m talking shit about drag queens, as the good lord intended! For whatever reason, it’s always more interesting to find out who would’ve...

11 Minutes

Television | Reviews

RPDR: AS4 – All Star Super Queen Variety Show

M. Poupard December 17, 2018

Welcome to All Stars 4, you janky whores! 2018 has had its problems, but any year where RuPaul deigns to give us two seasons of All Stars can’t be all bad. It’s been a...

6 Minutes

Television | Reviews

The Walking Dead: “What Comes After”

T. Dawson November 5, 2018

Much of The Walking Dead‘s ninth season has been a successful reset, taking the show back to what made it great in the first place. The stakes were well-drawn and built on real tension, and...

6 Minutes

Television | Reviews

The Walking Dead: “The Obliged”

T. Dawson October 29, 2018

The Walking Dead has been on the air since 2010, and despite its ever-evolving cast of characters, it has almost never been able to credibly produce a sense of peril. We’ve always been able to...

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Daredevil: “Resurrection”

T. Dawson October 24, 2018

Daredevil is in a process of rebirth. After its bloated, meandering second second season, the show needed to hit the reset switch, to get back to basics, which “Resurrection,” its third-season premiere, does neatly. Everything...

6 Minutes

Television | Reviews

The Walking Dead: “Warning Signs”

T. Dawson October 22, 2018

My lord, what a breath of fresh air The Walking Dead is this season. Don’t get me wrong, it hasn’t quite returned to its former status as appointment television (you’d have to go back to season...

6 Minutes

Television | Reviews

The Haunting of Hill House: “The Twin Thing”

T. Dawson October 20, 2018

One of the most successful parts of The Haunting of Hill House is how authentic and lived-in everything feels. The adult actors not only resemble their child counterparts, but at times they echo their performances. We...