Comics, Science Fiction, Television, Thriller
TV: Alice in Borderland (Season 1 & 2)
Whenever a series escalates into a truly obsessive binge for me, I start questioning whether it’s actually a great…
February 1, 2023-
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Drama, Television, ThrillerTV: Welcome to Eden (Season 1)
It’s dressed up in the fancy clothes of a twisty mystery box, but don’t be fooled: Netflix’s new series…
May 16, 2022 -
Non-Fiction, TelevisionNon-Fiction: I Like to Watch by Emily Nussbaum
Good television criticism makes me want to up my game; the best television criticism makes me want to hang…
March 3, 2022 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Westworld (Seasons 1-3)
As a property, Westworld had enough things going against it for me – a reboot of an iffy 1970s…
January 23, 2022 -
Drama, Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Into the Night (Seasons 1 & 2)
Stupidly compelling? Compellingly stupid? I’m not sure how to arrange the descriptors for Netflix’s Into the Night, a Belgian-produced,…
November 5, 2021 -
Television, ThrillerTV: The Head (Season 1)
Produced in Spain and filmed in a mix of Danish and English, The Head (2020) is a curious beast,…
May 8, 2021 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: 3% (Season 4)
If genre television’s recent track record is any indication, endings are difficult to nail. Certainly Battlestar Galactica and Lost…
October 25, 2020 -
TelevisionTV: The Killing (Seasons 1-4)
I watch enough bloody television these days that I’ve started to form an internal taxonomy for my reactions to…
October 3, 2020 -
Comics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Watchmen
Is it weird to say I would have enjoyed Watchmen (2019) more if I hadn’t been so aware I…
August 2, 2020 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Dark (Season 3)
Say what you will about apocalyptic German science fiction series Dark — and it’s a show that should generate…
July 10, 2020 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: The Rain (Season 2)
The Rain’s first season, once you overlook its unrealistic premise, is an attractive and engaging run of Nordic YA…
June 4, 2019 -
TelevisionTV: The Widow (Season 1)
I’m conflicted about how much I should like The Widow, a polished conspiracy thriller which is compelling and appealingly…
March 15, 2019 -
Fantasy, TelevisionTV: The Returned
Slow-building supernatural mysteries can be a double-edged sword: explain too little and there’s no payoff, explain too much and…
March 27, 2017 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: 3% (Season 1)
Is it possible for art to be highly derivative and still feel wholly original? Look no further, perhaps, than…
December 27, 2016 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Quantico (Season 1)
My immediate impression of the pilot of Quantico: not bad, but is it sustainable? Short answer: nope. Indeed, while…
July 10, 2016