Two quick notes. I hate to be “that girl” but 1520s is not the Middle Ages. Usually its considered to have ended in 1453 with the end of the 100 Years War and the Fall of Constantinople. In Britain the death of Richard III in 1485 and the end of the War of the Roses is the end. Columbus in 1492 is the latest you can…

Not a single mention of Dave Foley being in this?

Yeah, I know that asking for reviews of series is now a “yelling into the void” proposition with AVClub now, but just thought I’d throw that out there. When they stopped doing episode reviews of popular stalwart shows like It’s Always Sunny and South Park, I knew we were entering a new age...

The AVClub doesn’t review much of anything anymore

“Tyrannis (who sports an olive clasp on his tunic)” has got to be one of the more/most puzzlingly-included character details I’ve seen grace a review. I actually command-f’ed “olive” because I thought there was some olive significance I was missing.

I almost wonder if whoever put in this little detail wanted the time to be just faster than the world record, but confused minutes and seconds.

I started coming to the AV Club back when they were doing reviews of Rebels while it aired. The in depth look at each episode matched to the shared joy of watching made for the perfect review website, and I have stayed ever since even though those good reviewers have long since fled for greener pastures and now we…

Andor really is that lone candle of light left in the growing gloom of Star Wars becoming an endless content treadmill that doesn’t have anything to say about anything, other than filling in empty spaces on obscure Wookieepedia pages.

As someone in recovery, I can promise you that I have yet to encounter a more off-beat and darkly funny environment than a room full of my fellow folks with substance disorders.

I dont really like Black Mirror ( tbh for me it’s “ what if *insert technology* but evil?, “and dont forget the twist ending”, )but I liked Bandersnatch , mainly as old British videogames are kind of my thing( I’m one of the few saddos who remember seeing full page adverts for the real Bandersnatch game in UK game…

I think you’re missing the point. Metalhead is a visceral story that strips all the bullshit away and denies you any comfort.

...like in Terminator, the machine sends fucking robot Arnold Schwarzenegger after a CHOSEN ONE. Everything has meaning, purpose, scale. It’s all important. You feel meaningful watching it. Just…

There’s no way USS McCallister and Nosedive should rank that high- they really were the most generic of the “what if” premises. In fact, given that 80% of the top 5 are “American episodes” I’m wondering if there’s a subconscious bias by the writers towards the stories that feel more familiar to them...

I never ever believed in the relationship at the heart of San Junipero. They had no chemistry. There was nothing to convince me that Paula Abdul would ever be interested in Jan Brady. I get the love for the general gist of the story but I was far more taken in by the couple in Hang the DJ.

Crocodile was filmed in Iceland, not Norway.

Nosedive is my number 1, with White Bear a close second.  I got all misty eyed and kinda cried during Nosedive’s conclusion.  Is that weird?

I understand that people don’t like National Anthem because it makes them uncomfortable but that’s exactly the point. That’s why it is such an amazing episode. I’ve never watched something that made me think, “They’re not going to do this” to “Are they really going to do this?” to “Holy Shit! They’re doing this!” I…

15 Million Merits is one of the most perfect introductions to a television show. It’s not the best, but it presents a dystopian world that’s immediately recognizable. A world we don’t need a lot of backstory on, and yet we know everything is going on.

Yeah, going the opposite route was excellent, I know Colombians love to stir and mix almost everything (even Coca-Cola) with rice so the idea of just a cup and the little touch of butter was genius.

Arroz con Pollo would be served together and have more ingredients than just white rice, butter and plain cubes of chicken.
The entire comedic MO of the episode was what I believe is known in Greek theater as reducio ad absurdium = blowing the concept of a chef obsessed over a relatively simple culinary menu to absurd…

Plain white rice is very common here in Mexico. It's slightly more common to get white rice with peas or corn, but plain white rice is by no means rare as a side dish. The cubed chicken was part of the joke though.