1/07/18 9:30PM
4
B
When last we left the U.S.S. Discovery, they were lost. Excessive use of the spore drive had battered poor Stamets’…
Zack Handlen
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1/03/18 9:00PM
3
C+
After last season’s disastrous finale, I was surprised to find myself somehow still excited at the prospect of more X…
12/29/17 5:00PM
5
C+
Saving the worst for last, then. “Black Museum” is the closest Black Mirror has come to self-parody, and there’s an…
12/29/17 3:00PM
5
B+
Ah, the pleasures of a 40 minute chase scene. Shot in black and white and following the adventures of a woman…
12/29/17 1:00PM
6
A-
As much as we value individual experiences, it’s hard to get thrilled at the prospect of slogging through an…
12/29/17 11:00AM
2
B-
I think the title is about crocodile tears. Maybe there’s something I’m missing (there so often is!), but that’s my…
12/29/17 9:00AM
4
B+
There is something merciless in Black Mirror’s compassion. It spends time introducing us to its characters, and then…
12/29/17 7:00AM
5
A-
“USS Callister” isn’t really about Star Trek. Oh sure, it has the trappings. There’s a ship crewed with people in…
12/10/17 11:54PM
2
B-
I don’t need my heroes to be perfect. But I’d prefer it if they weren’t this dumb. It’s bad enough that Aaron and…
12/03/17 10:06PM
4
B-
We begin and end with Rick and the Garbage People (I’m sorry, the “Scavengers,” though I still think my name is…
11/26/17 10:05PM
2
C+
Has any show ever made grief as tedious as it is on The Walking Dead? Late in tonight’s episode (called “The King,…
11/19/17 10:15PM
4
B
Every so often, The Walking Dead can still surprise you. Father Gabriel is one of those surprises. Introduced back…
11/12/17 10:37PM
8
B+
Mid-season finales are a weird idea. Arbitrarily forcing not just one but two bigger-than-average cliffhanger…
11/12/17 10:00PM
5
B+
“Some Guy” begins with a flashback and another one of King Ezekiel’s speeches. On paper, that’s not a promising way…
11/05/17 10:21PM
3
B+
I’ve spent so much time in these reviews talking about the ways that Discovery isn’t Star Trek (or at least, it…
11/05/17 10:00PM
5
C+
It looks like the Negan conflict is going to dominate at least the first half of The Walking Dead’s eighth season,…
10/29/17 10:53PM
4
B+
I’m a sucker for a good time loop story. “Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad” is an okay one. The premise—Harry…
10/29/17 10:00PM
3
C
The logline for “The Damned” centers on Rick meeting an unexpectedly familiar face. It takes the entire episode to…
10/22/17 10:37PM
5
B-
The problem isn’t that Star Trek: Discovery is terrible. It’s not. It’s not great; it’s not even consistently good.…
10/22/17 10:10PM
2
B-
Last season of The Walking Dead ended with Rick joining forces with the Kingdom and Maggie’s Hilltop crew to take on…