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Series Spotlight
Six binge-worthy series off the TV-ten path
Aug 12, 20227 min read


Stranger Things 4: Run (up that hill), don’t walk
Because on a scale of 1 to 10, this season is an Eleven.
Jul 18, 20226 min read


Lost in Space Finds its Way Home
Foolish and Heroic to the End: The Robinson Story
Jan 2, 202212 min read


TV Let's Nots, Vol. 2
Let's make these tropes a full dozen.
Dec 19, 20216 min read


TV Let's Nots
6 tropes TV series could use less of
Jul 18, 20219 min read


20 TV Superlatives for 2020
These are a few of my favorite things.
Nov 16, 20207 min read


The 100 makes an end run for world peace, kind of
It's time for this series' "will they won't they" relationship with mass murder to come to an end.
Oct 3, 202012 min read


Rebooting Westworld 3: new setting, same old (non-timeline-related) tricks
Don’t you just hate it when humanity takes a wrong turn and our algorithmic GPS overlord is all “recalculating..."?
May 18, 202015 min read


Still Lost in Space (and Doin' Fine)
Will and Robot, Judy and the Fortuna, the Robinsons and trouble. For a show called “Lost in Space” there sure seems to be a lot of finding.
Jan 12, 202012 min read


Variations on Happily Ever After
We won't remember exactly what characters said or did, but rather how the show made us feel. Unless the ending sucks. Then forget it.
Dec 11, 20198 min read


To Binge or Not To Binge
Whether ‘tis nobler in one sitting to savor /
The emotional swings and (anti)heroes of outrageous fiction, / ...Or not.
May 19, 201910 min read


Why SF deserves some GD respect
Some people see sci fi as it is, and ask "why?"
But I know better, so I wrote this post.
Feb 20, 201915 min read


Burning Out on the Slow Burn
Because when you’re looking for a new show, “omg you HAVE to watch this” is just a tad more appealing than "stick with it; it gets better."
Dec 3, 20187 min read


There's no escape from Ozark season 2
As the blue-tinted crime drama continues, let’s just say Lady Luck isn’t a friend of these wannabe casino owners…
Nov 3, 20185 min read


The Truth may be a Burden, but watching this show is anything but
Loyalties are tested; families are torn apart. But the truth will be found... as long as Joanna can stay on the case for five damn minutes
Oct 14, 20188 min read


The Moral(ity) of the Story: Thoughts on TV's Most Compelling Theme
What goes right when TV makes us consider what’s wrong…as well as what's right, but that’s not as snappy.
Sep 23, 20189 min read


Westworld has us asking the wrong questions
Getting beyond the ever-pressing “what’s happening?” to the “what does it all mean?"
Jul 20, 201812 min read


Is The CW actually… deep and thought-provoking?
Wherein I consider whether The 100 is not simply a drawn-out Hunger Games, but rather a thought-provoking saga on the human condition.
Jun 22, 201810 min read


It's Time to Get Lost in Space
Netflix's next best thing: Robots and spaceships and wormholes, oh my!
Apr 29, 20189 min read


AKA Jessica Jones Season 2 Review
Can't we have just ONE season where Jessica's life isn't overtaken by an obsessive, long-thought-dead figure from her past?
Mar 19, 20189 min read
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