The Handmaid’s Tale delivers its hardest-hitting episode, based almost entirely on original material.
Category Archives: TV Series
Orphan Black Review: “Clutch of Greed”
Orphan Black‘s final season continues, with character committing acts of brutal violence, villains corralling the clones, and significant questions lingering.
Will we finally see the Cow? And what rough shape will it take?
12 Monkeys Review: “Enemy” and “Brothers”
Due to the splintered storylines, we’re reviewing two episodes as one this week.
The Handmaid’s Tale Review: “Jezebels”
Anyone who has read the novel has been anticipating this scene, and the show, for the most part, delivers, providing further disturbing context.
Orphan Black: “The Few Who Dare”
Orphan Black returns for its fifth and final season. Tatiana Maslany remains in fine form as various clones; whether the labyrinthine plotting and byzantine backstory can maintain the season until the end remains a mystery.
The Handmaid’s Tale Discussion: “The Other Side”
The Handmaid’s Tale takes us on an exhilarating chase into territory not covered by the original novel. We learn about the escape attempt, Luke’s survival, and the source of last week’s note.
12 Monkeys: “Guardians”
Although this season was released in a short period, we continue our episode-by-week reviews with “Guardians.”
Spider-man, Spider-man, one more time in TV-land
With Spidey now in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Spider-man: Homecoming soon to be released, we’re about to see yet another cartoon depicting his early days as a superhero.
The Handmaid’s Tale: “A Woman’s Place”
Once again, The Handmaid’s Tale dedicates an episode to events absent from the novel. It’s good television, but it’s not as strong as the previous installments.
12 Monkeys: “Mother”
In case you missed it, 12 Monkeys returned last weekend, still crazy after all these years.
They released the entire season this time around; my busy schedule means I’ll be watching and reviewing it in weekly installments, sometimes combining episodes of the arc-heavy series.