There’s an old saying in the TV business. It goes: David Simon is really damn good at making TV shows. His magnum opus, The Wire, is often (and rightfully) hailed as one of, if...
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Halt and Catch Fire: “Miscellaneous”
Margaux and I get the band back together to talk about the best show no one watches, Halt and Catch Fire. Trevor: First things first: thanks for filling in last week. You did a great job...
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Halt and Catch Fire: “So It Goes”; “Signal To Noise”
While my writing partner is busy literally moving across the country (not to get farther away from me, but to further his education. What a one-upper) I’m left to my own devices to process...
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Game of Thrones: “Eastwatch”
After the enormity of last week’s episode, it makes sense that Game of Thrones would ease up on the throttle a bit and deliver a quieter installment – after all, trying to top spectacle with spectacle...
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Game of Thrones: “The Spoils of War”
I’ve said before that the plus side to Game of Thrones closing out with two shortened seasons is that it requires the show to trim the fat and try to up its game with every installment...
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Game of Thrones: “The Queen’s Justice”
“The Queen’s Justice” is thrilling proof that at the height of its powers, few shows can rival Game of Thrones for political intrigue. This is an episode of the show that House of Cards wanted to before it...
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Netflix’s Castlevania “Monument”
But you probably won’t listen to me anyway, will you? Well, I feel like I’ve put this off due to a veritable cluster of news articles. But I hate to leave things unfinished, strange...
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Game of Thrones: “Stormborn”
As much as I don’t like the idea of the final two seasons of Game of Thrones only being seven episodes each, the upside to the shortened order is that every episode gets down to business...
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Game of Thrones: “Dragonstone”
Typically when Game of Thrones has a cold open, it means there’s going to be a ton of shit happening in the episode. “Dragonstone” both confirms and defies this assumption, which we’ll get into. Suffice it...
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Netflix’s Castlevania: Labyrinth
Sypha got stoned. Before I really start my review of episode 3 of Castlevania, I have a confession. I watched 3 and 4 back to back. Which really just killed some speculation I had,...
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Fear the Walking Dead: “Children of Wrath”
Look, Fear the Walking Dead is not a very good show. We know this. It’s canon. But once in a while it can show glimpses of something better, more imaginative, more daring. Yesterday’s “The Unveiling” worked...
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Netflix’s Castlevania: Necropolis
If Dracula really wanted to keep the Belmonts out, he’d build a ball-kicking trap. While the previous episode of Castlevania set the stage, Necropolis sets the players. Er, player; Trevor, specifically. And it picks...
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