Television | Reviews

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Steven Universe “When It Rains”

B. Simmons October 2, 2015

Well, Peridot lasted a whole week in the bathroom on Steven Universe. I would’ve figured she’d have some sort of shell shock from Steven’s bowel movements, or something. I would’ve guessed wrong. The Gems...

4 Minutes

Television | Reviews

The Bastard Executioner: “A Hunger/Newyn”

T. Dawson September 30, 2015

Kurt Sutter wasted no time indulging his baser instincts with The Bastard Executioner. Graphic torture? Check. Needlessly complicated schemes? Check. Overlong running time? Check. Unwarranted Gaelic in the episode title? Better believe that’s a check. Man,...

4 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Scream Queens: “Chainsaw”

T. Dawson September 30, 2015

I’m torn about Scream Queens. On the one hand, I find myself increasingly intrigued by the identity of the killer. The fact that the school’s mascot is the red devil opens the field of suspects wide...

4 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Vixen Episode 6

B. Simmons September 30, 2015

So Mari has been left to die on the plains by her eeeeevil sister. And this is the point at which you’d figure that she’d be experiencing a fever dream as her organs shut...

7 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Fear the Walking Dead: “Cobalt”

T. Dawson September 28, 2015

Margaux and I discuss this week’s very intense episode of Fear the Walking Dead. Trevor: I think Fear the Walking Dead’s slow burn storytelling is finally paying off. Characters making monumentally stupid decisions, and generally acting...

4 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Steven Universe “Catch and Release”

B. Simmons September 25, 2015

You know, I think one of the funniest things about this episode of Steven Universe is that, paired with the title, the cable description of “A look inside Steven’s bathroom” is hilarious. Or gross,...

11 Minutes

Television | Reviews

America’s Next Top Model: Cycle 22, “The Girl Who Got All Dolled Up”

Margaux & Samir September 24, 2015

Do the remaining modeltestants of America’s Next Top Model have it in them to make a six second STEM PSA and convey a lifeless doll named in true TyTy fashion? Catch up on “The Girl...

3 Minutes

Television | Reviews

The Bastard Executioner: “Effigy/Delw”

T. Dawson September 24, 2015

(Author’s note: sorry this is going up late. I’m gonna level with you, I blew out my back yesterday and didn’t feel up to writing a review. Plus, I already wrote two reviews of...

4 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Scream Queens: “Hell Week”

T. Dawson September 23, 2015

Okay, now we’re talking. “Hell Week” was a much more focused episode of Scream Queens – it upped the stakes narratively, it introduced layers of complexity to its characters, and it gave the audience a whole...

4 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Scream Queens: “Pilot”

T. Dawson September 23, 2015

Ryan Murphy is basically the human embodiment of the words YAASSSS QUEEN. It’s the reason he’s dedicating an entire season of American Horror Story to Lady Gaga, who is not an actress, and it’s the reason...

8 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Fear the Walking Dead: “Not Fade Away”

T. Dawson September 22, 2015

Margaux and I could not disagree more about this week’s Fear the Walking Dead. Trevor: So I think we figured out what hasn’t been working so far with Fear the Walking Dead: the last three words...

4 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Vixen – Episode 5

B. Simmons September 22, 2015

So bad lady had Mari at gunpoint. She makes her very reasonable demand for the totem once again. Mari’s response? Sure, fuck it, you can have it if you give me the answers to...