The episode also sets up that moment beautifully after Geoffrey argues with Oliver in front of the therapist earlier in the hour. When Geoffrey storms out of the scene we hold with just Oliver and the therapist for a moment, establishing that Oliver does indeed persist even when Geoffrey's not around. (Much like how…

For as much as the stylization of Scudder's murder of the Templar fellow doesn't work, I really loved those final images of Justin triumphant. The first murder just feels like some hastily slapped on filters alongside some overly frenetic editing, but the Justin sequence has such a beautifully grandiose, apocalyptic…

For as much as the stylization of Scudder's murder of the Templar fellow doesn't work, I really loved those final images of Justin triumphant. The first murder just feels like some hastily slapped on filters alongside some overly frenetic editing, but the Justin sequence has such a beautifully grandiose, apocalyptic…

I actually really liked the final shot of the episode, I think partially because I didn't really read it as a cliffhanger. I haven't seen the series before, so I may be wildly off base, but the final shot seemed to me to be Belyakov essentially handing the reins over to Ben fully. Ben's now essentially Management, and…

I actually really liked the final shot of the episode, I think partially because I didn't really read it as a cliffhanger. I haven't seen the series before, so I may be wildly off base, but the final shot seemed to me to be Belyakov essentially handing the reins over to Ben fully. Ben's now essentially Management, and…

Don't forget that the third cousin is Leo Fitzpatrick, aka Bubbles' friend Johnny on The Wire. It's a verifiable family of TV "that guys!"

Don't forget that the third cousin is Leo Fitzpatrick, aka Bubbles' friend Johnny on The Wire. It's a verifiable family of TV "that guys!"

I'd agree that the show somehow manages to make everything feel manic enough so that it seem like the stakes are huge all while keeping in mind that there really isn't too much at stake. I'd say that's the biggest difference between this show and Veep and why The Thick of It is ultimately more effective. Veep never…

I think what's so impressed me about this show is something the review touched on. It takes the standard sitcom device of returning everything to the status quo at episode's end and makes that essentially the  main thematic thrust of the series. Every episode feels like life and death, because much of the time careers…

I think what's so impressed me about this show is something the review touched on. It takes the standard sitcom device of returning everything to the status quo at episode's end and makes that essentially the  main thematic thrust of the series. Every episode feels like life and death, because much of the time careers…

My initial impulse about Tony's wife in the purgatory realm was that it was Charmaine. the voice didn't sound entirely off, and it might be a little bit of a too neat way to suggest the path not taken for Tony, but it doesn't seem inappropriate either since the episode never really forefronts that it's her.…

I'd pretty easily mark this one as one of the worst episodes of the season. That Times Square number was awful, and the weird sweeping camera move dedicated to the dancing animal in a cop outfit confused me to no end. For half a second I was convinced it was some sort of weird Sirkian comment on how lame and forced…

I'm kind of glad that I haven't had time to read any of the comments in these reviews because I loved being absolutely shocked by how good "Duet" was. Part of the pleasure of watching TV is that moment when a show makes a big step up in quality and starts to deliver on its potential, and realizing that "Duet" was DS9…

That opening is really fantastic. I love that it's not only setting the viewer up to expect a joke, but it makes it seem like everyone in the bar is just waiting for someone to lunge in and take a crack at Carla so it'll be okay to pile on. Then the singing starts, timidly at first, and the mood shifts until everyone…

Did anyone else get the impression in "Progress" that Odo and Quark were setting Jake and Nog up to teach them a lesson? The lack of a visual on the guy who sold them the land and Odo's ridiculously over-explaining of the value of the land while Jake and Nog were "hidden" in the background felt like a classic example…

Natalie Zea has booked another TV show and Deadline categorized her as a Justified alum in that announcement, so while that's not exactly confirmation since Deadline's hardly 100% accurate it does seem possible that this will be her last year on the series.

I did a weird double feature of Wanderlust and A Separation. A Separation was every bit as good as all the hype suggested. Wonderfully complex and beautifully acted. Wanderlust was a good deal more enjoyable than most of the reviews had suggested. It's not a masterwork by any stretch but I found it to be quite funny…

The Charlie plot line was basically a wildly incompetent rendition of Rushmore. And while it was just awful, I was kind of fascinated with just how weird and out of place this episode and that storyline was.

I'm definitely one of the few who's a first timer, well I had seen these first two episodes but then never got around to continuing to rent them from Netflix so starting next week I'll be a first timer I guess. I'd appreciate some level of restraint with the spoiler stuff, but I'm not going to be too mad if some stuff…

I wasn't a particularly big fan of this episode, it felt weirdly scattered and ineffective. In particular the Ted and Amanda stuff was really stilted and I couldn't tell if the show was going for pathos or light comedy. The ridiculous score that played over the pair's conversation after their first time having sex was…