Maron Review: "Dominatrix" (Episode 1.04)

<i>Maron</i> Review: "Dominatrix" (Episode 1.04)

In a daring gesture for its fourth episode, Maron opened this week with someone other than Maron himself talking.  read more

Modern Family Review: "Goodnight Gracie" (Episode 4.24)

<i>Modern Family</i> Review: "Goodnight Gracie" (Episode 4.24)

The season definitely wasn’t the best, but it’s going out until next fall on one of its strongest episodes.  read more

Rectify Review: "Jacob's Ladder" (Episode 1.06)

<i>Rectify</i> Review: "Jacob's Ladder" (Episode 1.06)

From the show’s theme song, “Bowsprit” by Balmorhea, to the piped-in Jimmie Dale Gilmore at the local convenience store, Rectify uses an impressive list of music appropriately layered into the dramatics of the show.  read more

Game of Thrones Review - "Second Sons" (Episode 3.8)

<i>Game of Thrones</i> Review - "Second Sons" (Episode 3.8)

Call me crazy, but I'm noticing a theme emerging in GoT regarding the desecration of a man's...manhood.  read more

The Office: "Finale" (Episode 9.25)

<em>The Office</em>: "Finale" (Episode 9.25)

It can hardly be overstated how good The Office's final season has been, especially in light of what came before it.  read more

New Girl Review: "Elaine's Big Day" (Episode 2.25)

<i>New Girl</i> Review: "Elaine's Big Day" (Episode 2.25)

In just two seasons, New Girl has grown from a show whose quirks overwhelm everything else, to become a show with one of the most well rounded casts on television, while also navigating a difficult romantic path, but handling it beautifully and together created probably the best season of any comedy this year. As some of the best comedies in recent memory have or are coming to a close soon, like 30 Rock, The Office and How I Met Your Mother, New Girl is quickly becoming one of the great comedies worthy to be placed along these others and is on track to even possibly surpass them.   read more

The Mindy Project Review: "Take Me With You" (Episode 1.24)

<i>The Mindy Project</i> Review: "Take Me With You" (Episode 1.24)

Here’s the thing about a cliffhanger: It has to have some miniscule level of credibility.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "Something New" (Episode 8.24)

<I>How I Met Your Mother</i> Review: "Something New" (Episode 8.24)

The eighth season finale of _How I Met Your Mother_ sure didn’t feel like a season finale.  read more

Game of Thrones Review - "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" (Episode 3.7)

<i>Game of Thrones</i> Review - "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" (Episode 3.7)

About 52 minutes into Episode Seven, I was all set to pronounce it the weakest of this season. And then...The dude went back to Harrenhal.  read more

Rectify Review: "Drip, Drip" (Episode 1.05)

<i>Rectify</i> Review: "Drip, Drip" (Episode 1.05)

If Daniel is truly innocent, going to the house of the girl he was convicted of murdering at 3 a.m. and staring at her mother like a Peeping Tom might be a poor way to reinforce that innocence.  read more

Mad Men Review: "Man with a Plan" (Episode 6.07)

<i>Mad Men</i> Review: "Man with a Plan" (Episode 6.07)

There's that damned elevator again.  read more

Family Tree Review: "The Box" (Episode 1.01)

<i>Family Tree</i> Review: "The Box" (Episode 1.01)

If you're a Christopher Guest fan, you probably think you know what you're in for with Family Tree.  read more

Maron Review: "Dead Possum" (Episode 1.02)

<i>Maron</i> Review: "Dead Possum" (Episode 1.02)

"Dead Possum," the second episode of comedian and podcast host Marc Maron’s new self-titled show on IFC, was a much more straightforward episode than last week’s premiere.  read more

Community: "Advanced Introduction to Finality" (Episode 4.13)

<em>Community</em>: "Advanced Introduction to Finality" (Episode 4.13)

"Advanced Introduction to Finality" was the perfect end to such a strange, bifurcated season of television.  read more

New Girl Review: "Winston's Birthday" (Episode 2.24)

<i>New Girl</i> Review: "Winston's Birthday" (Episode 2.24)

“Winston’s Birthday” is an episode of New Girl that has more plates spinning than maybe the last two episodes combined. There’s so much happening, yet every aspect of the episode receives the right amount of coverage, and sails us perfectly into next week’s finale. New Girl is making sure to end its incredibly strong second season with some of its best episodes.  read more

The Mindy Project Review: "Frat Party" (Episode 1.23)

<i>The Mindy Project</i> Review: "Frat Party" (Episode 1.23)

As I discussed last week, the key to enjoying The Mindy Project is to wholly embrace the show’s title character.  read more

Rectify Review: "Plato's Cave" (Episode 1.04)

<i>Rectify</i> Review: "Plato's Cave" (Episode 1.04)

Anthony Burgess, the author of A Clockwork Orange, once said that the colors of the real world only seem really real when you watch them on the screen.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "Something Old" (Episode 8.23)

<i>How I Met Your Mother</i> Review: "Something Old" (Episode 8.23)

It’s no secret that _How I Met Your Mother_ has gone downhill in recent seasons, but there are still gems that stand up to some of the earlier episodes that were pretty legendary.  read more

Game of Thrones Review - "The Climb" (Episode 3.6)

<i>Game of Thrones</i> Review - "The Climb" (Episode 3.6)

I'm rattled. _Game of Thrones_ is in my head.  read more

Mad Men Review: "For Immediate Release" (Episode 6.06)

<i>Mad Men</i> Review: "For Immediate Release" (Episode 6.06)

There are some people who seem to lead absolutely charmed lives, for whom everything and anything just happens to work out.  read more

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