The Americans Review: "COMINT" (Episode 1.05)

By Amy Amatangelo at 5:03 PM on February 28, 2013

Since its premiere, one of the most unsettling aspects of The Americans is that both Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) prostitute themselves in order to obtain classified information.  read more

Southland Review: "Babel" (Episode 5.02)

By Amy Amatangelo at 3:23 PM on February 28, 2013

As the famous quote goes, “What we have here is a failure to communicate.”  read more

Modern Family Review: "Best Men" (Episode 4.17)

By Dalene Rovenstine at 2:45 PM on February 28, 2013

As I settled in to watch this week’s Modern Fam, I found myself not caring too much about what would happen. This season has been too much of a rollercoaster to get excited about the show being on, only to be let down half the time.  read more

Nashville Review: "Dear Brother" (Episode 1.14)

By Adam Vitcavage at 11:08 AM on February 28, 2013

Country music is frequently about drinking with buddies and drinking away your problems. So, it’s no wonder Nashville hit on every somber note this week after a week of devastating turns.  read more

The Mindy Project Review: "The One That Got Away" (Episode 1.16)

By Amy Amatangelo at 10:48 AM on February 27, 2013

I’ve been talking for a few weeks now about how The Mindy Project needs to be a romantic comedy and ditch the workplace antics. “The One That Got Away” further proved this point.  read more

The Following Review: "The Fall" (Episode 1.06)

By Adam Vitcavage at 11:00 PM on February 25, 2013

A lot was left in the air after last week’s cliffhanger, but luckily we had Ryan Hardy to put this episode on his back.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "Weekend at Barney's" (Episode 8.18)

By Adam Vitcavage at 9:33 PM on February 25, 2013

This week’s episode of _How I Met Your Mother_ tackled _Weekend at Bernie’s_ and Marshall’s last bag of Skittles, reminded us that ‘new is always better’ and finally got rid of crazy Jeanette.  read more

Shameless Review: "Cascading Failures" (Episode 3.06)

By John Vilanova at 11:50 AM on February 25, 2013

A “Cascading Failure”—the name of tonight’s episode of Shameless—happens when one part of a system shuts down, causing an eventual chain reaction of breakdowns.  read more

Girls Review: "Video Games" (Episode 2.07)

By Garrett Martin at 11:00 AM on February 25, 2013

Jessa and Hannah get physically and emotionally stranded in rural New York.  read more

Enlightened Review: "No Doubt" (Episode 2.07)

By Aaron Channon at 10:58 AM on February 25, 2013

“No Doubt,” like the two episodes before it, effectively undermines the entire foundation of the first season and a half of the series.   read more

Parks and Recreation Review: "Leslie and Ben"/"Correspondents' Lunch" (5.14 & 5.15)

By Sean Gandert at 1:34 PM on February 22, 2013

In a baffling decision, NBC aired an episode of Parks and Recreation last night that was funny and sweet and had been built up to for seasons and was everything fans hoped for... and then, following that, an excellent yet typical episode right afterwards. I'm sure Michael Schur and the rest of the show's creators weren't thrilled by this choice, but despite these scheduling difficulties both episodes were excellent even though, like anyone, I'm completely partial to the wedding.  read more

Community Review: "Conventions of Space and Time" (Episode 4.3)

By Sean Gandert at 12:25 PM on February 22, 2013

Season four of Community has been about nothing if not trying to please longtime fans of the show, so it's no surprise that rather than trying to deepen the world by going to a location important to any of the show's characters, "Conventions of Space and Time" is set at an Inspector Spacetime convention.   read more

Southland Review: "Heat" (Episode 5.02)

By Amy Amatangelo at 5:16 PM on February 21, 2013

Every so often a TV show comes along that is so brilliant, so moving, so thought-provoking that I actually begin to feel sorry for the people who don’t watch the show.  read more

The Americans Review: "In Control" (Episode 1.04)

By Amy Amatangelo at 4:46 PM on February 21, 2013

Since its premiere, The Americans has casually dropped in real-world events and people to securely set the show in the 1980s Cold War era.  read more

Cougar Town Review: "Flirting With Time" (Episode 4.07)

By Amy Amatangelo at 4:09 PM on February 20, 2013

What a relief! Cougar Town successfully rebounded from last week’s episode, which took the comedy to new lows.   read more

New Girl Review: "Parking Spot" (Episode 2.17)

By Ross Bonaime at 3:35 PM on February 20, 2013

New Girl is continuing to balance all its pieces quite well in this middle of the second season, even despite the huge changes that have occurred. The show right now needs such a perfect combination of elements to make everything work, and so far, New Girl is pulling it off spectacularly.  read more

Go On Review: "Go Deep" (Episode 1.17)

By Adam Vitcavage at 1:41 PM on February 20, 2013

It’s been two weeks since _Go On_ aired a new episode, and maybe the show should have skipped another week.  read more

Justified Review: "Money Trap" (Episode 4.07)

By Jack McKinney at 11:51 AM on February 20, 2013

Back in week one of this season, I commented that I hoped we would see more of Jody Adair, the escaped convict who is played with such sociopathic glee by Chris Chalk.  read more

The Mindy Project: "Mindy's Minute" (Episode 1.15)

By Amy Amatangelo at 10:15 AM on February 20, 2013

Here’s the problem with The Mindy Project: It’s ostensibly a workplace comedy, but it thrives when the majority of the action takes place outside of the workplace.   read more

The Following Review: "The Siege" (Episode 1.05)

By Adam Vitcavage at 3:21 PM on February 19, 2013

So far, The Following has been steady but flawed.  read more