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 Reviews11/15/20Nov 15SaveTV Reviews11/15/20B+TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird ends quietly, but John Brown goes marching onEric Thurm9It doesn’t feel like much happens in “Last Words,” even though it’s the end of The Good Lord Bird. Instead, the…
TV Reviews11/8/20Nov 8SaveTV Reviews11/8/20B-TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird pulls out the fireworks for a botched version of Harpers FerryEric Thurm4Finally, the big show. “Jesus Is Walkin’” covers the actual Harpers Ferry raid—and, after five episodes building to…
TV Reviews11/1/20Nov 1SaveTV Reviews11/1/20A-TV ReviewsJohn Brown’s army prepares to raid Harpers Ferry in a funny, energetic Good Lord BirdEric Thurm6“Hiving The Bees” is the first episode of The Good Lord Bird that really feels like an episode of TV show, which I…
TV Reviews10/25/20Oct 25SaveTV Reviews10/25/20B-TV ReviewsOnion and John Brown meet Harriet Tubman in a sleepy Good Lord BirdEric Thurm3We’re halfway through The Good Lord Bird, and “Smells Like Bear” is a bit of a holding pattern episode. Mostly, it…
TV Reviews10/18/20Oct 18SaveTV Reviews10/18/20B+TV ReviewsDaveed Diggs steps into the spotlight as a horny Frederick Douglass on The Good Lord BirdEric Thurm7This week, The Good Lord Bird focuses on a debate around tactics—specifically, whether John Brown’s violence is the…
TV Reviews10/11/20Oct 11SaveTV Reviews10/11/20B-TV ReviewsOnion takes center stage in a slow episode of The Good Lord BirdEric Thurm5Folks, it’s not every day you see Steve Zahn get blown in half with a cannon. The gratuitously gory death of Zahn’s…
TV Reviews10/4/20Oct 41TV Reviews10/4/20B+TV ReviewsJohn Brown makes a bloody entrance to The Good Lord BirdEric Thurm9The first time you realize John Brown might be insane, he’s literally spitting mad. The famed abolitionist has…
TV Reviews3/9/20Mar 92TV Reviews3/9/20A-TV ReviewsThe New Pope finally meets The Young Pope in a satiating, beatific finaleEric Thurm26The opening titles of this episode give us the showdown we’d been expecting since the announcement that Jude Law…
TV Reviews3/2/20Mar 2 2020SaveTV Reviews3/2/20ATV ReviewsPius XIII goes on a reunion tour and Voiello takes center stage in a stellar New PopeEric Thurm10It took a while, but the protagonist of The New Pope has finally become clear. It’s not Lenny Belardo, even though…
TV Reviews2/24/20Feb 24 20201TV Reviews2/24/20ATV ReviewsLenny Belardo finally returns in a breathtaking, miraculous episode of The New PopeEric Thurm16From its mid-season stretch of conniving, plotting, and despair, The New Pope has risen from the dead. For most of…
TV Reviews2/17/20Feb 17 20201TV Reviews2/17/20A-TV ReviewsVoiello's Vatican bucket list is a season highlight for The New PopeEric Thurm20John Paul III is a bad pope.
TV Reviews2/10/20Feb 10 2020SaveTV Reviews2/10/20A-TV ReviewsJohn Paul III continues to soft sell his papacy as The New Pope says "no" to tainted loveEric Thurm16John Brannox is a weak man—or, at least, a soft one. Though he hides behind an air of seriousness (and John…
TV Reviews2/3/20Feb 3 2020SaveTV Reviews2/3/20BTV ReviewsThe New Pope enters the lion's den as Marilyn Manson stops by the VaticanEric Thurm10He was only elected one episode ago, but it feels like John Brannox has been pope for ages. Much of this fourth…
TV Reviews1/27/20Jan 27 2020SaveTV Reviews1/27/20A-TV ReviewsThe New Pope might not be young, but he's definitely childishEric Thurm26The papacy is, generally speaking, seen as a leadership role. The pope gives guidance to the world’s Catholics,…
TV Reviews1/20/20Jan 20 2020SaveTV Reviews1/20/20A-TV ReviewsIn his debut, John Malkovich rises to the challenge of being The New PopeEric Thurm24If we thought the church was in a state of disarray before, it’s teetering on the edge now. The death of Francis II…
TV Reviews1/13/20Jan 13 20203TV Reviews1/13/20B+TV ReviewsJude Law's absence haunts the anxious, hilarious beginning of The New PopeEric Thurm25There’s a hole in the middle of The New Pope.
TV Reviews12/5/19Dec 5 20191TV Reviews12/5/19BTV ReviewsRunaways’ final season hints at what the series could beEric Thurm16Putting aside the jokes about how the title characters in Marvel’s Runaways didn’t actually run away from home until…
Clips10/4/19Oct 4 2019SaveClips10/4/19ClipsWatch the new title sequence for the just-announced 6th season of Steven UniverseEric Thurm16After the last season of Steven Universe ended, it seemed like there wasn’t much more for the show to do—Steven…
TV Reviews9/29/19Sep 29 2019SaveTV Reviews9/29/19BTV ReviewsThe Politician ends its first season by finally setting up a race worth runningEric Thurm8Where has this show been all season?