Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Powerless season 1… “Emily Dates a Henchman” was Powerless’ best episode yet but is cursed to be a backhanded success. For all its technical improvement, Powerless is still unsatisfying. Writing’s one of the first departments to blame when a show isn’t delivering, but already last week the premise […]
Legion Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Chapter 3’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the third episode of Legion… ‘Chapter Three’ of Legion is the middle ground to ‘Chapter One’s‘ roller coaster and ‘Chapter Two’s‘ backtracking. Waking up from memory work this episode, in a different room from where they went under, the trips are growing more dangerous instead of easy. Dr. Bird holds David to blame for […]
Powerless Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Sinking Day’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the third episode of Powerless… Sometimes characters boost a plot. Sometimes they ruin one, and ‘Sinking Day’ could be the mark of a sinking show. Two promising storylines get used to bring out the worst in Powerless‘ characters and this is before we’ve started liking them. The charts are in and Wayne […]
Legion Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Chapter Two’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the second episode of Legion… Legion‘s pilot was about experiencing what it’s like to be consumed in David’s mind. An observer’s distance in episode two brings more work for David but a guilty relief for viewers. What’s remarkable is realizing how much of this episode is a rehash of images and events from the […]
Powerless Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Wayne Dream Team’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the second episode of Powerless… That big idea for a product that was so elusive in ‘Wayne or Lose?’ Well, the team at Wayne Security has been hard at work since we last saw them and ‘Wayne Dream Team’ starts with them not only nursing their next big idea, but having it green lit and ready to go into production. It’s an improvement over […]
Legion Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Chapter One’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of Legion… Legion’s pilot has no qualms pulling the rug out from under you. Here are some of the arguments made for why you should put up with it. Coming off of successfully reimagining Fargo, creator, writer and director of this episode, Noah Hawley, brings the same visual inventiveness and soundtrack to a show […]
Powerless Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Wayne or Lose’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of the new DC sitcom Powerless… Superhero movies and shows aren’t the only culprits but collateral damage is real. Nobody talks about it. The broken windows. The buildings blown up. It’s all tucked away in the unspoken contract we’ve signed with the networks and studios. Give us more stunts […]
Riverdale Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Chapter One: The River’s Edge’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of The CW’s live-action Archie series Riverdale… “Guys, can’t we just liberate ourselves from the tired dichotomy of jock, artist? Can’t we, in this post-James Franco world, be all things at once?” Veronica asks Archie and Betty this at the back to school dance but it’s Riverdale, the show, that takes her proposal […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 11 Review – ‘3 X 1’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the eleventh episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… In the aftermath of the Frost sisters’ assault on Sentinel Services, there isn’t much time for regret, but if the Mutant Underground were in a position to backtrack, they might mourn the missed opportunity of the Struckers’ alliance with Jace. The Struckers tend to come on strong, […]
Nashville Season 5 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Wayfaring Stranger’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of Nashville season 5… Thursday night CMT treated viewers to an early look at the first half of Nashville’s two hour fifth season premiere. ‘The Wayfaring Stranger’ marks the first episode of Nashville on its new network, CMT, and the first under new showrunners, Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz (Thirtysomething). Resurrected after ABC cancelled […]
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