Inventory3/2/15Mar 2 20153Inventory3/2/15InventoryStream once and destroy: 20 great TV episodes too painful to watch twiceJesse Hassenger, Caroline Siede, Gwen Ihnat, and 8 more1.6KThe prevalence of streaming video encourages television fans to re-watch their favorite episodes, poring over them…
TV Reviews3/1/15Mar 1 2015SaveTV Reviews3/1/15ATV ReviewsLooking: “Looking For A Plot”Brandon Nowalk483“Looking For A Plot” opens as it should, with Patrick’s head in his hands the morning after his Halloween audition…
TV Reviews2/28/15Feb 28 2015SaveTV Reviews2/28/15DTV ReviewsGlee: “Child Star”Brandon Nowalk198Ironically, what distinguishes “Child Star” is that it’s so forgettable. Even the addition of the two new Directions…
TV Reviews2/22/15Feb 22 2015SaveTV Reviews2/22/15B+TV ReviewsLooking: “Looking For Gordon Freeman”Brandon Nowalk510What’s a coming-of-age drama without a drunken tirade episode? The best part of the dishwater-dull final season of Da…
TV Reviews2/21/15Feb 21 2015SaveTV Reviews2/21/15C-TV ReviewsGlee: “A Wedding”Brandon Nowalk200“A Wedding” is Glee season six incarnate. The plot is a bunch of inevitabilities; play along with your checklist…
TV Reviews2/15/15Feb 15 2015SaveTV Reviews2/15/15ATV ReviewsLooking: “Looking For Truth”Brandon Nowalk338“Looking For Truth” is an episode about opening up. Physical spaces, I mean. Look at all the visual metaphors. Rooms…
TV Reviews2/14/15Feb 14 2015SaveTV Reviews2/14/15B-TV ReviewsGlee: “Transitioning”Brandon Nowalk152“Transitioning” isn’t anywhere near as insulting as I expected, which is almost the same thing as being good. It’s a…
TV Reviews2/13/15Feb 13 2015SaveTV Reviews2/13/15C-TV ReviewsConstantine: “Waiting For The Man”Brandon Nowalk256“Waiting For The Man” is best encapsulated by the scene where Zed has a vision of a man writing a message to her—we…
TV Reviews2/8/15Feb 8 2015SaveTV Reviews2/8/15A-TV ReviewsLooking: “Looking Down The Road”Brandon Nowalk471“I brought it up, but we don’t need to get into this right now.”
TV Reviews2/7/15Feb 7 2015SaveTV Reviews2/7/15A-TV ReviewsGlee: “What The World Needs Now”Brandon Nowalk106“What The World Needs Now” is a neocon nightmare. It may also be a no-holds-barred gay-pride bacchanalia. All I know…
TV Reviews2/6/15Feb 6 2015SaveTV Reviews2/6/15BTV ReviewsConstantine: “Angels And Ministers Of Grace”Brandon Nowalk302It’s head versus heart in “Angels And Ministers Of Grace.” Zed has a mass in her brain, which is probably the source…
AVQ&A2/6/15Feb 6 2015SaveAVQ&A2/6/15AVQ&AWhat pop culture is best served cold?Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Becca James, and 6 more677This one’s from reader Eric Stoveken:
TV Reviews1/30/15Jan 30 2015SaveTV Reviews1/30/15B+TV ReviewsConstantine: “A Whole World Out There”Brandon Nowalk265“Zed’s on bed rest and Chas is playing family man” is an inauspicious way to start a new Constantine, but I’m…
TV Reviews1/30/15Jan 30 2015SaveTV Reviews1/30/15FTV ReviewsGlee: “The Hurt Locker, Part Two”Brandon Nowalk251We pick up in the hangover of “Part One,” as Vocal Adrenaline shuffles offstage and Sue announces new rules for the…
TV Reviews1/25/15Jan 25 2015SaveTV Reviews1/25/15BTV ReviewsLooking: “Looking Top To Bottom”Brandon Nowalk514There are moments during “Looking Top To Bottom” that turn us into Doris and Malik, politely smiling and staring at…
TV Reviews1/23/15Jan 23 2015SaveTV Reviews1/23/15BTV ReviewsConstantine: “Quid Pro Quo”Brandon Nowalk241Featuring a plot about putting people in comas is tempting fate for a backstory episode, but “Quid Pro Quo” is just…
TV Reviews1/23/15Jan 23 2015SaveTV Reviews1/23/15DTV ReviewsGlee: “The Hurt Locker, Part One”Brandon Nowalk170“The Hurt Locker, Part One” features, before even a quarter of the episode has Clockwork Oranged its way deep into…
TV Reviews1/23/15Jan 23 2015SaveTV Reviews1/23/15BTV ReviewsA To Z: “M Is For Meant To Be”Brandon Nowalk66“M Is For Meant To Be” is that awful necessity of modern network TV, the midpoint that serves as a finale if it…
TV Reviews1/18/15Jan 18 2015SaveTV Reviews1/18/15ATV ReviewsLooking: “Looking For Results”Brandon Nowalk363With a sweep like that, “Looking For Results” could be called Gayhood. It’s a day in the life of one young gay man…
TV Reviews1/17/15Jan 17 2015SaveTV Reviews1/17/15B-TV ReviewsGlee: “Jagged Little Tapestry”Brandon Nowalk130It’s not that “Jagged Little Tapestry” is bad. It’s just formless, a bunch of blobs of different shapes and speeds…