Brandon Nowalk's posts

Early in “Cold Fire,” Tobias shows up at the commune to send Martin on an assignment back home. But before he gets…

Someday I hope future technology advances to the point where a TV character can successfully cook something in the…

At the bar where Jon meets Amantha to have their own little debriefing, he urges her to help Daniel through the…

The shouting match in “Northern Wedding” between Alexander, who only recently started picking out his own outfits,…

“Unless there is a fault, sir,” a voice on the phone tells George, “there are no grounds for replacing or returning…

For a spy show, it’s surprising how much Deutschland 83 plays to the cheap seats. Martin always messes up something…

The 2014-15 TV Club Awards already covered much of the TV Club that The A.V. Club has loved so far this year, so…

One of the defining tropes of sci-fi TV is that androids and aliens are as human as the rest of us. Battlestar…

The problem with Deutschland 83 is Martin has no reason to be a good worker and a bunch of reasons not to. What,…

“Why would I do another buddy-cop show?” asks True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto in a recent Vanity Fair profile.…

I was so relieved when East German spy Martin Rauch bumps into the general’s son going to lunch on his first day,…

This Game Of Thrones post is written from the point of view of someone who has not read the books the series is…

Last week I compared Henry’s house to that sacred space of homonormativity, the gay club. I was close. Henry calls…

Well, I was wrong. “The Road Pt. 1” drops just enough hints that maybe “Pt. 2” could be the silver lining behind the…

Except for the luggage, there isn’t a lot to unpack in “Episode 7.” Everything happens right there on the surface.…

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer in the United States, an occasion traditionally commemorated with…

Sometimes Louie gets bleak by following a monologue off to some inescapable fact of life. “The Road Pt. 1” is bleak…

I haven’t thought much of the supermarket intros at the start of each episode of Cucumber. Last week I didn’t even…

It’s nice to see Louie growing. In season four, he embarks on a doomed romance, he puts his foot in his mouth so bad…

“We should have a proper fuck one of these days,” Leigh says to his budding boyfriend Henry one night. “I don’t even…