‘Ascension’ Finale Recap: “There’s a Cost for Failure”
Syfy’s much-hyped three-part miniseries event ‘Ascension’ drew to a close last night. As I feared, this premise was difficult to sustain and the show failed to stick its landing. However, I’m still...
View Article‘American Horror Story’ 4.13 Recap: “The Thrill Is Gone”
With an episode appropriate titled ‘Curtain Call’, the fourth season of ‘American Horror Story’ finally drew to a close last week. This not only marks the end of the ‘Freak Show’ storyline, but also...
View Article‘Agent Carter’ 1.08 Recap: “I Thought You’d Be Better”
The network ads described this week’s episode of ‘Agent Carter’ as the “season finale,” as if there’s still some chance of a Season 2. Originally promoted as a limited run series, the show initially...
View Article‘Constantine’ 1.13 Recap: “None of Us Get to Escape Our Fate”
I realize that I’m late with this. The season (and likely series) finale episode of ‘Constantine’ aired almost two weeks ago. I let episodes get backlogged on my DVR and failed to recap one, but I...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 5.16 Recap: “Everything Gets a Return”
After a season’s worth of ups and downs, good episodes and bad, ‘The Walking Dead’ wraps up its fifth season with a killer finale that this viewer thought was one of the series’ finest entries to date....
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.22 Recap: “The Least Worst Option”
Before ‘Gotham’ started last fall, the show seemed almost destined for failure. That it turned out to be much better than expected was a very welcome surprise. This week, the first season blazed to a...
View Article‘Bates Motel’ 3.10 Recap: “Mother, What Have You Done?”
The season finale of ‘Bates Motel’ turns out to be more of a slow burn that an action-packed endeavor, but rest assured that the ending, while perhaps predictable, doesn’t disappoint. The ending also...
View Article‘The Returned’ 1.10 Recap: “You Don’t Belong Here Anymore”
A&E’s American remake of ‘The Returned’ closed out its first season this week. The show’s ratings have been borderline for most of its run, and the network hasn’t yet announced whether it will be...
View Article‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 2.21 Recap: “You’re Not Welcome Here”
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ wrapped up its second season with a big, action-packed, two-hour finale. I’ve read some grumbling both here and on other forums from viewers who didn’t care for the season or...
View ArticleThe Flash 1.23 Recap: “I Think We’re Way Past Crazy, Slugger”
Late in the season finale of ‘The Flash’, Barry warns another character that, “This won’t make any sense.” That’s certainly an understatement! Somehow, despite its erratic and frequently nonsensical...
View Article‘iZombie’ 1.13 Recap: “Live to the Max”
I haven’t written about The CW’s ‘iZombie’ in a while, even though it was one of the past season’s more promising new series. Now that the show has aired its first season finale, let’s do a quick...
View Article‘Game of Thrones’ 5.10 Recap: “Only Death Can Pay for Life”
I seem to be way out of touch with ‘Game of Thrones’ fandom this season. I didn’t much care for the White Walker battle a couple episodes ago, which everyone else went completely gaga for. Then I...
View Article‘Penny Dreadful’ 2.10 Recap: “Some Scream, Some Cause Others to Scream”
For all the complaining I’ve done about this second season of ‘Penny Dreadful’, I’m very surprised to admit that the season finale is far more satisfying than I expected it to be. It’s not a perfect...
View Article‘Wayward Pines’ Finale Recap: “No More Lies”
Fox’s alleged “Limited Event” series ‘Wayward Pines’ drew to a close last week, and I stuck with it to the end, sometimes against my better judgment. With all the twists now revealed, was it worth the...
View Article‘True Detective’ 2.08 Recap: “We Deserve a Better World”
With no offense to those of you who actually enjoyed this second season, I sit here thanking the TV gods that ‘True Detective’ has finally wrapped up this story. No longer do I have to dread Sunday...
View Article‘Hannibal’ Series Finale Recap: “Meat’s Back on the Menu”
After my spending half a season complaining that the show has merely replayed storylines already familiar from the Thomas Harris novel and its two movie adaptations, ‘Hannibal’ finally went off-book,...
View Article‘The Last Ship’ 2.13 Recap: “St. Louis or Bust”
Make no mistake, last week’s episode of ‘The Last Ship’ was the season finale in every important sense. That the producers threw together one more episode and TNT aired it over Labor Day weekend is a...
View Article‘Under the Dome’ Series Finale Recap: “There’s No Way to Win This One”
It’s over! Hallelujah, ‘Under the Dome’ is over! The dome is dead. Long live the dome. Despite what the network may claim, there’s no way this episode was intended to be a series finale. Although the...
View Article‘The Strain’ 2.13 Recap: “Nobody Can Annoy You As Much As I Do”
In preparing this post to recap the show’s second season finale, a Google Image search for “the strain night train” brought up some… shall we say, interesting results. ‘Night Train’ is the finale’s...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 6.08 Recap: “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You”
It’s the mid-season finale of ‘The Walking Dead’, and although this episode gives us a lot of Walker action and even offs a member of the Alexandria community, I can’t think of a more ineffective...
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