TV Reviews2/22/21Feb 22SaveTV Reviews2/22/21C+TV ReviewsSnowpiercer struggles to connect the dots in a sprawling episodeKayla Kumari Upadhyaya9Following last week’s Audrey-centric episode that was effective on a character level, “Keep Hope Alive” is a…
TV Reviews2/15/21Feb 15SaveTV Reviews2/15/21B+TV ReviewsSnowpiercer finds stronger stakes as it contemplates the real costs of its characters' choicesKayla Kumari Upadhyaya20The arrival of Big Alice has stirred something in each of the passengers on Snowpiercer: fear and uncertainty for…
TV Reviews2/11/21Feb 112TV Reviews2/11/21C-TV ReviewsThe Stand's coda injects some suspense before falling flatKayla Kumari Upadhyaya142After dropping a literal atomic bomb last episode, The Stand closes off its woefully uneven run with a quiet and…
TV Reviews2/8/21Feb 8SaveTV Reviews2/8/21B+TV ReviewsA slower episode of Snowpiercer makes for stronger character developmentKayla Kumari Upadhyaya13After its first two action-packed and overstuffed episodes, Snowpiercer season two pumps the brakes a little bit,…
TV Reviews2/4/21Feb 4SaveTV Reviews2/4/21C-TV ReviewsIn its penultimate hour, The Stand stumbles through its own messKayla Kumari Upadhyaya204Locked up in a cage in New Vegas, Glen Bateman cautions his fellow captives Larry and Ray again being overly…
TV Reviews2/1/21Feb 1SaveTV Reviews2/1/21BTV ReviewsMother-daughter drama smolders while other conflicts sputter on SnowpiercerKayla Kumari Upadhyaya11One of the strangest missteps—and changes from Snowpiercer the film—in Snowpiercer’s first season was the decision…
TV Reviews1/28/21Jan 28SaveTV Reviews1/28/21B-TV ReviewsThe Stand delivers high-stakes plot twists but still favors the game over the playersKayla Kumari Upadhyaya94“The Walk” is easily the most action-packed episode of The Stand so far, setting several plans in motion, and featuri…
TV Reviews1/25/21Jan 25SaveTV Reviews1/25/21BTV ReviewsSnowpiercer returns with chilly new thrills but still carries season one's baggageKayla Kumari Upadhyaya36Snowpiercer’s second season starts right where the first ends—with the arrival of Big Alice. The modest 40-car…
TV Reviews1/22/21Jan 221TV Reviews1/22/21ATV ReviewsHunter Schafer dazzles in Euphoria’s latest beautiful messKayla Kumari Upadhyaya30As with the close-look at Rue’s spiral out of sobriety following Jules’ departure in “Trouble Don’t Always Last,” Eup…
TV Reviews1/21/21Jan 21SaveTV Reviews1/21/21C+TV ReviewsWithout solid character development, The Stand's explosive ending fizzlesKayla Kumari Upadhyaya218With only a few more episodes until the finale, there’s only so much that The Stand can really do to fix some of its…
TV Reviews1/14/21Jan 143TV Reviews1/14/21D+TV ReviewsThe Stand’s New Vegas is where nuance goes to dieKayla Kumari Upadhyaya236Up until this point, Randall Flagg has mostly lurked on the periphery of The Stand’s story. We see his bootheel hold…
TV Reviews1/7/21Jan 7SaveTV Reviews1/7/21C+TV ReviewsThe Stand buries its best character momentsKayla Kumari Upadhyaya105The Stand’s flashback-dependent structure continues to be one of its downfalls. As for “The House Of The Dead,” the…
TV Reviews12/31/20Dec 31SaveTV Reviews12/31/20C+TV ReviewsPoorly executed flashbacks plague The StandKayla Kumari Upadhyaya191Three episodes in, it’s becoming too hard to ignore the failures in The Stand’s structure. It does make sense that…
TV Reviews12/24/20Dec 241TV Reviews12/24/20B+TV ReviewsThe Stand finds more solid ground in “Pocket Savior”Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya43In its second episode, The Stand once again bounces between past and present, introducing even more characters to…
TV Reviews12/17/20Dec 171TV Reviews12/17/20B-TV ReviewsThe Stand wavers at the beginning of the end of the worldKayla Kumari Upadhyaya131Every time a book as popular as The Stand is adapted for screen, two questions emerge: Will it satisfy the built-in…
Best Of12/14/20Dec 143Best Of12/14/20Best OfThe 25 best TV shows of 2020Danette Chavez, Erik Adams, Patrick Gomez, and 12 more226In a year that saw many of us relegated to our homes for much of its duration, TV was an ever more powerful medium…
TV Reviews12/4/20Dec 41TV Reviews12/4/20ATV ReviewsEuphoria shines brightest in its stripped-down special episodeKayla Kumari Upadhyaya26While I struggled with Euphoria’s first season and ultimately found its execution to be uneven—all style, little…
TV Reviews11/2/20Nov 2SaveTV Reviews11/2/20B+TV ReviewsWe Are Who We Are dances through a finale that works best in a vacuumKayla Kumari Upadhyaya18We Are Who We Are follows a brilliantly acted but ultimately dysfunctional penultimate episode with its finale, the…
TV Reviews10/26/20Oct 261TV Reviews10/26/20A-TV ReviewsA standout episode of We Are Who We Are highlights the power of its castKayla Kumari Upadhyaya54We Are Who We Are is the rare conundrum of a show where the cast is operating on an almost entirely different level…
TV Reviews10/19/20Oct 191TV Reviews10/19/20BTV ReviewsWe Are Who We Are captures the disorienting power of a crushKayla Kumari Upadhyaya7A consistent strength of We Are Who We Are has been its ability to give very high stakes to very low-stakes…