We haven’t been doing summer weekend reviews of older films and shows, so here’s a bingeworthy series from 2019 which received a surprise second season in 2022. We’ll get to that (and Sandman) later. Meanwhile, here are four fascinating, rotoscoped hours of psychological drama, comedy, dark secrets, and time-travel.
Category Archives: TV Series
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 August 7
With the season finales last week, our lists seems like it’s in danger of running try, but fear not! Comics and even some Star Trek are going to show up a bit later in August. Now that we are done with the long range forecast, this week’s light table should allow enough time finish Sandman (in case you were sleeping on that.) Evil takes on the stock market. Westworld stops for a life changing drink, Better Call Saul was showing as a finale episode, but other sources say we’ve got two episodes left. Primal doesn’t offer us any details on its fifth episode.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
TV Series Review: Paper Girls (Season One)
I am a fan of the graphic novel, which was the timey-whimy and less nostalgia-smitten Stranger Things with female protagonists, before Stranger Things existed. I awaited the Amazon adaptation with hope and trepidation.
Season One dropped this past weekend. What’s the verdict?
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 July 31
Another light week, as Evil has to deal with the kids, Riverdale comes to close, Westworld checks its signal strength, Better Call Saul names the reason most folks are watching the show, Primal tries to free a slave. Additionally, The Orville finishes it’s best season yet.
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Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 July 24
Summer marches on, and before the lawn is mowed, we have a fresh crop of vague (but present) episode descriptions. Evil gets into cults. Riverdale sees their final fight in the season finale. Westworld’s target market had some criticisms for the show. Better Call Saul gets new characters late in the season. The Orville plays a simple game. Primal visits a warrior village.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 July 17
The summer lump may not be a thing now that we are in the era of streaming, but apparently we are spending a week revisiting things the way they used to be. Evil returns to its Evil ways with demons offering you fun suggestions. Riverdale delves into Percival’s back story. Westworld wants to let the old die. Better Call Saul tries to close loose ends with the cartel. The Orville doesn’t offer us a description, but seems to planning to redecorate. Mystery Science Theater 3000 also revisits its roots by giving us some kaiju on kaiju fights. If you want to go way, way back to the cavemen, Primal also returns.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 July 10
The summer break seems to have caught up to us, as we are down to only six shows, and Ms. Marvel is going to be ending this week. Evil switches from demons to angels during a court battle. Riverdale taps Sabrina Spellman again. Westworld is going to dig their old haunts. Better Call Saul shows Jimmy and Kim’s what they have done. The Orville, much like the show itself, comes back from a grave.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 July 3
The Table is down to only six this week, and descriptions are down to two. That is only if the short existential poetry of this week’s Westworld a description can be counted as a discription. Before that Evil takes their show on the road. Ms. Marvel gives us her fifth episode, and The Orville gives us “Twice in a lifetime” which one could guess is a title for a time-loop episode. The Boys and Strange New Worlds both end their seasons this week, as well.
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Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 June 26
It’s been busy so I haven’t had much time to get into the breakroom to catch up, but some of this week’s entries are really catching my eye. First, we get the cast of Evil facing off against a Demon of Sex1. Riverdale also faces off with the biblical, but it doesn’t sound nearly as much fun. Westworld returns, however it isn’t giving us any clue what we’ll be getting. Superman and Lois show the power of the press as the world is ending. Ms. Marvel doesn’t give us a description or even a title. The Flash finishes his season in the second half of a fatal finale. The Orville doubles their Moclan children. The Boys take a candle to bed. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds quotes Tolkien at us. Then, to wrap up the week, Stranger Things wraps up it’s fourth season with two more episodes.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 June 19
Happy Father’s Day to all the Bureaucrat dads and those filling that role!
This week, our first show gives us the Evil of Memes. Superman and Lois take part in a bizarre war of the worlds. The Umbrella Academy returns for a third season, which gives us the Sparrow Academy’s story. Ms. Marvel and Kenobi have episodes before The Flash starts its season finale, finale explaining the Time Sickness. The Orville gets caught in the rain. The Boys have a ‘Herogasm’. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds visits a pagan afterlife. On Mystery Science Theater 3000 bots watch Demon Squad.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]