column – 2017’s best TV shows

2017 came at TV viewers with a barrage of quality programming. Especially Netflix left a dent with a slew of original shows that really had an impact. With so much great TV to go around, it’s always hard to boil everything down to a top 5 list. But here we are. Enjoy. 5. American Gods,…

column – 2016’s best TV shows

There’s no shortage of great TV on offer nowadays. From drama to fantasy and from miniseries to shows that never seem to end, there’s something that caters to every kind of viewer. But now it’s time to select only a few great shows. Because here’s my personal list of the best TV shows of 2016.…

column – 2015’s best TV shows

Another year, another batch of great TV shows. While some shows returned with seasons that could rival previous outings – such as Penny Dreadful‘s haunting and terrifying second season -, other series returned only to fizzle out – such as Halt And Catch Fire‘s soapy second season. Other shows debuted with wonderful results, like Marvel…

tv review – HBO’s True Detective, season 2

Let’s get one thing out of the way first: True Detective Season 2 is written by the writer of its first season, but other than that it has nothing to do with Season 1. True Detective‘s second season tells a new story with an entirely different cast of characters in a new setting. This needs…

tv review – HBO’s True Blood, episode 7.8

‘Almost Home’ made quick work of some of this season’s drawn-out storylines. That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing since these plot strands failed to register with audiences or capture their imagination, but it was also frustrating. True Blood’s decision to invest this much time in side characters’ stories to eventually just toss these overboard came…

tv review – HBO’s True Blood, episode 7.7

True Blood’s latest episode was complete filler, stretching out the plot lines until their breaking points just to make it to the end of the season. There was literally one development that’s actually worth mentioning, but that particular step forward actually felt rushed despite the show’s lingering. Spending time on a certain dynamic doesn’t necessarily…

tv review – HBO’s True Blood, episode 7.6

‘Karma’ was slightly better than last week’s True Blood episode ‘Lost Cause’, but not by much. The show’s last season is filled to the brim with cringeworthy subplots that fail to add anything of substance to the greater narrative or fail to develop in an interesting manner by themselves. In other words: you have to…

tv review – HBO’s True Blood, episode 7.5

It’s too easy to make jokes about an episode with a title like ‘Lost Cause’, but you’d be forgiven for doing so when the quality is this abysmal. The fifth outing of True Blood‘s seventh season had one plot line going for it, which was the one revolving around Eric and Pam’s search for Sarah…

tv review – HBO’s True Blood, episode 7.4

After last week’s upswing, True Blood delivered its worst episode of the season. ‘Death Is Not The End’ was clumsily put together, marked by pacing issues and, quite frankly, just a lot of boring segments. As a result the momentum created by ‘Fire In The Hole’ was squandered and no amount of blatant fan service…

tv review – HBO’s True Blood, episode 7.3

‘Fire In The Hole’ was a solid True Blood episode, a confident step in the right direction compared to the previous two entries of the show’s current season. Not only did this outing bring back a fan favorite character and loose end from last season, it also decided to shake things up just before the…