TV Reviews1/7/21Jan 7SaveTV Reviews1/7/21B-TV ReviewsStar Trek: Discovery ends its third season with explosions and hopeZack Handlen372Star Trek: Discovery’s third season ends on a quote from Gene Roddenberry. A cursory google search failed to yield…
TV Reviews12/31/20Dec 31SaveTV Reviews12/31/20B+TV ReviewsThe crew fights back as Discovery heads into its endgameZack Handlen120Okay, I’ve checked multiple times, and I’m pretty sure that this episode is finally the penultimate episode of…
TV Reviews12/27/20Dec 27SaveTV Reviews12/27/20B-TV ReviewsDeath To 2020 offers an unnecessary summary of a miserable yearZack Handlen61Death To 2020, a new Netflix comedy special from Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, gets its best joke in early.…
TV Reviews12/24/20Dec 24SaveTV Reviews12/24/20B-TV ReviewsEverything goes wrong on a messy Star Trek: DiscoveryZack Handlen140Well, I’ll give them this: it’s a good cliffhanger. “Su’Kal” is getting near the end of Discovery’s third season,…
TV Reviews12/17/20Dec 171TV Reviews12/17/20C+TV ReviewsGeorgiou tries to mend her ways on a too-long DiscoveryZack Handlen135The good news is, I already went through my rant about the Mirror Universe in last week’s review, so there’s no need…
TV Reviews12/15/20Dec 15SaveTV Reviews12/15/20A-TV ReviewsThe sky is falling on another great season of The ExpanseZack Handlen100The Expanse’s greatest strength is also the source of its biggest weakness. In adapting a series of novels to…
TV Reviews12/10/20Dec 10SaveTV Reviews12/10/20BTV ReviewsGeorgiou takes the lead in a curious Star Trek: DiscoveryZack Handlen89How much you enjoy “Terra Firma, Part 1” (and, I’m guessing, it’s follow up next week) will depend largely on your…
TV Reviews12/3/20Dec 3SaveTV Reviews12/3/20B+TV ReviewsStar Trek: Discovery gets better the more it widens its horizonsZack Handlen80I’m noticing a pattern in my season three Discovery reviews: I tend to enjoy the show more when it widens its focus…
TV Reviews11/29/20Nov 291TV Reviews11/29/20BTV ReviewsFargo ends season four with no alarms and few surprisesZack Handlen210“Storia Americana” is the shortest episode of Fargo’s fourth season. More than that, it’s unusually short, with the…
TV Reviews11/26/20Nov 26SaveTV Reviews11/26/20B-TV ReviewsStar Trek: Discovery remains stuck in orbit around itselfZack Handlen160An early scene in “Unification III” shows Michael and Book in bed together, having an intimate conversation about…
TV Reviews11/22/20Nov 221TV Reviews11/22/20A-TV ReviewsJust before the finale, Fargo gets interesting againZack Handlen129One of the more unpleasant aspects about watching a mediocre season of a show like Fargo—a series that holds its…
TV Reviews11/19/20Nov 19SaveTV Reviews11/19/20A-TV ReviewsMichael goes off book to save a friend on a strong DiscoveryZack Handlen96Waaaay back in Discovery’s pilot episode, Michael Burnham made a choice to directly disobey her captain’s orders.…
TV Reviews11/15/20Nov 151TV Reviews11/15/20B+TV ReviewsRabbi and Satchel end up in no place like home on a gray FargoZack Handlen115I love when a show changes its tempo for an episode. It’s something The Walking Dead does (or did) a few times a…
TV Reviews11/12/20Nov 12SaveTV Reviews11/12/20BTV ReviewsStar Trek: Discovery brings perspective to a future that may not need itZack Handlen147At the end of last season, we learned that the then-present day Federation was preparing to pull an Armin Tamzarian…
TV Reviews11/8/20Nov 82TV Reviews11/8/20BTV ReviewsOn Fargo, sudden violence solves (almost) everythingZack Handlen116So, it looks like we’re in the “shit meets fan” portion of the season. Last week, I commented on how Fargo’s bold…
TV Reviews11/5/20Nov 5SaveTV Reviews11/5/20BTV ReviewsAdira looks within and Saru shares his dinner on a too-easy Star Trek: DiscoveryZack Handlen163The Trill were first introduced to the Star Trek franchise in the Next Generation episode “The Host.” In that…
TV Reviews11/1/20Nov 12TV Reviews11/1/20BTV ReviewsOn Fargo, bold choices don't always make for good storiesZack Handlen77Looks like I should’ve saved my mini-treatise on Doctor Harvard’s name for this week; sort of “paying tribute” kind…
TV Reviews10/29/20Oct 29SaveTV Reviews10/29/20BTV ReviewsMichael and friends reunite on an emotional Star Trek: DiscoveryZack Handlen117Hey, remember Lost? Pretty good show, right? Yeah, I have fond memories—and one of the things I remember most…
TV Reviews10/25/20Oct 251TV Reviews10/25/20B+TV ReviewsLoy wants vengeance and Josto wants war on FargoZack Handlen104I still can’t quite get over the name “Dr. Harvard.” Obviously the names on this season of Fargo were chosen with…
TV Reviews10/22/20Oct 22SaveTV Reviews10/22/20A-TV ReviewsA terrific Star Trek: Discovery finds familiar faces in an unfamiliar timeZack Handlen74Given how “Far From Home” ends, it’s understandable that Star Trek: Discovery opened its third season with last…