That was a pretty entertaining trailer. No idea if the actual show would turn out any good, but I'll be at least giving it a try.

Yea, that's true. The episode where he actually becomes Ben (with the memory wipe) illustrated that as well. He was perfectly happy and content (and definitely a better person) as Ben Larson in that episode.

I watched the entire first season and I thought that the show started out ok, but it actually became very good by its second half. The plot/story got a lot better as the season went on. And while the main character issue that you mentioned was still kinda there, the show actually made it clear that the main character…

She was good at staring other characters.

"because if there’s any lesson to be taken from the John Wick series, it’s that it doesn’t matter one bit who’s behind the camera of these things, right?"

Pretty sure Billions did well with ratings. It's not a great show by any means but entertaining enough with that cast. Also Penny Dreadful was fantastic although it abruptly ended this year. There's The Affair which I still like. I also felt that the Shameless season that just ended was pretty decent.

I thought the first half of the season was really strong and perhaps the best this show has ever been. But perhaps I'm biased due to my feelings for Monica Bellucci. The second half was good too but more uneven and the Rikers episode felt maybe too different tone-wise for this show.

These reviews keep saying that the season has been too much of a "Mike Lawson show" at times and it shouldn't be that way but I disagree. The whole cast has been very good but Mark-Paul Gosselaar has easily been the MVP of the cast and his storyline over the season has been good too.

Because this review is just as uncertain about itself as it claims the show to be. The reviewer calls the show "fairly entertaining" and admits to enjoying the humor on the show but proceeds to give it a C+. That's the same rating that Conviction got, an awful show that premiered the same night and timeslot. I realize…

Really pleased with this renewal. It looked like it was on its way to cancellation after the poor ratings this second season so this has come as a pleasant surprise. The show has its flaws and the plot can get messy, along with some of the character arcs but it has been a highly enjoyable/watchable second season. At…

This was an episode heavy on exposition but I didn't mind it at all because it was actually interesting and presented in a concise way. I also love the whole look of the "Western" story in this season. And then Brian Cox's monologue at the end was absolutely terrific, one of the best moments of this show so far. So in…

"The show has played the sexual assault card before but it’s never done it so graphically, and going to this exploitative level with Maggie—a character who has almost no presence beyond what she represents to the Bunker brothers—is just nasty and unnecessary, even worse than the serial killer bullshit. "

I loved the scene between Chuck and Wendy too. The end confrontation scene was entirely over the top, and yes, it felt like a somewhat felt forced way to get those two characters in a scene together. But I loved the energy of it, and how the two actors played off each other. It was an intense scene that reminded me of…

The fact that the AVClub reviewer thought the final confrontation scene to end the finale was his "least favorite part of the episode", tells me all I need to know about AVClub's coverage of this show. Someone else said it in the comments that they've been underestimating Billions the entire season.

I've actually enjoyed Lucifer more than Castle so far, and I really dislike procedurals. The "case of the week" in Lucifer usually tends to be pretty bland/lame stuff but I enjoy the performances from the cast, and the chemistry between the two leads. Tom Ellis really carries the show. Lucifer has turned out to be a…

I think that has to do with the Dean just giving up on fighting the Beast. The show could have done a better job with that but we are supposed to believe that the Dean doesn't think the school is capable of fighting the Beast if it comes to that.

Why did AVClub stop their coverage of Black Sails after the first season? Since its uneven first season, Black Sails has actually been a consistently excellent show worthy of more coverage (not just here but other sites as well). It had a fantastic season 2 which improved a lot on season 1, and season 3 has continued…

Except for the fact that this show has killed off a couple characters in its past few episodes, and no one complained then. Maybe because they were white and their sexuality wasn't mentioned?

Yea I agree, it seems like an unnecessary complication to introduce in what is already a messy plot. On a side note, Chuck Rhodes has become a really detestable character on this show.

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