• TV Club : Damages “I Like Your Chair”

    The series' penultimate episode sheds light on Rutger's dealings, but doesn't quite get up to speed for the finale. 

    September 5, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Damages “I’m Afraid Of What I’ll Find”

    A solid piece-moving episode hustles all the dominoes into a row before the final two episodes. 

    August 29, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Damages “The Storm’s Moving In”

    A shocking revelation from Patty turns the season—not to mention the entire series—on its head. 

    August 22, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Damages “I Need To Win”

    A quietly heartbreaking episode chronicles Patty and Ellen's ongoing disintegration. 

    August 15, 2012 | 8:00pm -

  • TV Club : Damages “There’s Something Wrong With Me”

    Patty and McClaren get humanizing stories in an episode that suggests this season's resolution won't be clear-cut. 

    August 8, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Damages “I Love You, Mommy”

    A decent episode explores how much Patty and Ellen are willing to sacrifice to gain the upper hand in the McClaren case. 

    August 1, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Damages “Failure Is Failure”

     The fifth season kicks into high gear as Patty and Ellen dig deeper into their clients' stories. 

    July 25, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Other Shows Bachelor Pad

    The third season of ABC's ultra-trashy reality franchise drafts new faces to diminishing returns.

    July 23, 2012 | 10:05pm -

  • TV Club : Damages “Have You Met The Eel Yet?”

    McClaren's own secrets begin to leak and Ellen proves her own worst enemy in an intriguing episode.

    July 18, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Damages “You Want To End This Once And For All?”

    The final season premiere pits Patty against Ellen at last, but is the case worthy of the showdown?

    July 11, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Other Shows Iyanla, Fix My Life

    Motivational speaker Iyanla Vanzant returns to Oprah Winfrey's fold, but can she help reverse the network's viewership slide? 

    June 2, 2012 | 10:00pm -

  • TV Club : Other Shows Desperate Housewives - “Give Me The Blame”/“Finishing The Hat”

    Desperate Housewives ends with a middling series finale that still manages to improve upon the season that preceded it.

    May 14, 2012 | 1:00am -

  • TV Club : Shameless “Fiona Interrupted”

    After a brilliant sequence chronicling the aftermath of Monica's suicide attempt, the Gallaghers fall back into familiar patterns. 

    April 1, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Shameless “Just Like The Pilgrims Intended”

    A Gallagher Thanksgiving goes horribly awry in a lackluster installment. 

    March 25, 2012 | 10:10pm -

  • TV Club : Other Shows Braxton Family Values

    Toni Braxton and her sisters prove that scripted reality shows don't have to be emotionally hollow. 

    March 22, 2012 | 11:50pm -

  • TV Club : Shameless “A Great Cause”

    Monica spirals downward just in time to stunt Fiona's personal growth, while Steve continues to be an awful human being.

    March 18, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Shameless “Hurricane Monica”

     Chloe Webb returns as Monica to electrify the show as only she can. 

    March 11, 2012 | 10:20pm -

  • This is a man who knows about Parenthood.

    TV Club : Shameless “Parenthood”

    Another solid episode that felt a stone's throw from greatness. Damn you, Steve...

    March 4, 2012 | 10:20pm -

  • And Lea Michele's unseeing eyes looked down upon them, the very judgment of God himself.

    TV Club : Project Runway All Stars “O! Say, Can You Sew”

    A deceptively simple, but slightly vague challenge brings out the show's best and worst traits. 

    February 23, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • Summertime.

    TV Club : Shameless “A Bottle Of Jean Nate”

    The summer's over, but the complications for the Gallagher family are just beginning. 

    February 19, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • Brooding Lip.

    TV Club : Shameless “Can I Have A Mother”

    The clumsy reintroduction of two characters results in a tepid episode, and derails the season's momentum. 

    February 12, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • I just can't help but like that Emmy Rossum.

    TV Club : Shameless “Father’s Day”

    A solid Shameless puts Fiona Gallagher front and center.

    February 5, 2012 | 10:00pm -

  • Good times under the table.

    TV Club : Shameless “A Beautiful Mess”

    Fiona gets harassed and Debbie gets some me-time in this almost-great-but-not-quite episode. 

    January 29, 2012 | 10:45pm -

  • Emmy Rossum!

    TV Club : Shameless “I’ll Light A Candle For You Every Day”

    January 22, 2012 | 9:25pm -

  • That's one hell of a purple thing.

    TV Club : Shameless “Summer Loving”

    Does Shameless work better the more grounded it is?

    January 15, 2012 | 9:00pm -

  • Remember that Manhole game? That was weird.

    TV Club : Shameless “Summertime”

    January 8, 2012 | 9:45pm -

  • Best of Beyond the Top 30: other 2011 TV highlights 

    Highlights from shows outside The A.V. Club’s best-of list. 

    December 22, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • "What's that, therapist? You think I SHOULD kill myself? You're... kind of a bad therapist, aren't you?"

    TV Club : Dexter “This Is The Way The World Ends”

    "It is finished." (And not a moment too soon.)

    December 19, 2011 | 12:30am -

  • Who's afraid of the Colin Hanks, the Colin Hanks, the Colin Hanks?

    TV Club : Dexter “Talk To The Hand”

    A disappointing season hits its low point.

    December 11, 2011 | 11:00pm -

  • In the bushes he lurks.

    TV Club : Dexter “Ricochet Rabbit”

    Not the worst episode we’ve ever seen…

    December 4, 2011 | 9:00pm -