• Inventory Tail between legs: 27 solo albums that sent musicians scurrying back to their main bands

    Another list from The A.V. Club.

    April 3, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Cougar Town “The Criminal Mind”

    An homage to The Breakfast Club gets that film's comedy right, but misses its more introspective aspects.

    April 2, 2013 | 10:28pm -

  • TV Club : House Of Cards “Chapter Nine”

    The ninth episode returns to Washington, with Claire finally striking back against Frank.

    March 29, 2013 | 12:00pm -

  • AVQ&A Empathizing with art

    Our weekly reader-and-staffer question looks at moments where we know exactly what someone in a story feels, because we’ve been there ourselves.

    March 29, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • Mirrors within mirrors

    TV Club : Scandal “Snake In The Garden”

    The return of the crazy cliffhanger ends this episode of "Scandal" with a bang.

    March 28, 2013 | 11:10pm -

  • TV Roundtable The 7th Heaven musical is one of the worst episodes of TV ever made

    Watch as our panel attempts to survive its stultifying stupidity with sanity intact!

    March 27, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Cougar Town “This Old Town”

    This week's Cougar Town explores the difference between growing up and growing old.

    March 26, 2013 | 10:30pm -

  • TV Club : Spartacus "Separate Paths”

    Many core characters in "Spartacus" find their way to the afterlife in an imperfect but often affecting episode.

    March 22, 2013 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : House Of Cards “Chapter Eight”

    The eighth hour of House Of Cards sends Frank back to school and delivers its best episode yet.

    March 22, 2013 | 12:00pm -

  • Fitz!

    TV Club : Scandal “Top Of The Hour”

    This week's Scandal has the show trying to replicate the magic of the Defiance arc, with mixed results.

    March 21, 2013 | 11:08pm -

  • TV Roundtable After Ally McBeal captured the zeitgeist, Robert Downey Jr. found the show’s heart

    “That’s what Christmas is all about, Ally McBeal.”

    March 20, 2013 | 12:00pm -

  • TV Club : Cougar Town “Saving Grace”

    A sweet "Cougar Town" starts off being about dodgeball, but turns into the need for change and adaptation.

    March 19, 2013 | 10:28pm -

  • TV Club : Other Shows Splash 

    ABC's diving show Splash is just as awful as you would think, yet not awful enough to actually provide any entertainment.

    March 19, 2013 | 8:50pm -

  • TV Club : Spartacus “Mors Indecepta”

    A fierce storm forces many to make choices that will have lasting consequences for both sides.

    March 15, 2013 | 9:00pm -

  • AVQ&A Surprising songs in concert 

    This week, a reader asks the staff and readers about unexpected songs we heard at live performances.

    March 15, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Roundtable Daria’s musical episode comes off like a dare—but does it hit the right notes?

    An all-singing, all-dancing episode of this down-to-earth cartoon makes no sense, but it’s still an endearing experiment.

    March 13, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Cougar Town “You Tell Me”

    Cougar Town has a lot of great ideas, but it's as overstuffed as the aisles of a certain retail chain.

    March 12, 2013 | 10:45pm -

  • Not Stephen Merchant, sadly.

    TV Club : Spartacus “Spoils Of War”

    Spartacus starts to establish its end game as Crassus' bold move sets the stage for the series' final act.

    March 8, 2013 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : House Of Cards “Chapter Six”

    The sixth episode of House Of Cards is perhaps its messiest to date, which works to the show's advantage.

    March 8, 2013 | 12:00pm -

  • AVQ&A Perfect pop culture?

    This week, a reader asks what art we can’t nitpick over because it’s unimpeachably right as is.

    March 8, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Roundtable Frasier forgets the words in one of the funniest sitcom episodes of the 1990s

    The glare of the spotlight makes the show’s characters sweat, copiously and hilariously.

    March 6, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Cougar Town “Make It Better”

    Cougar Town starts off its final season arc by pulling out the emotional rug out from under the audience.

    March 5, 2013 | 10:33pm -

  • For Our Consideration Why every great TV show needs a Xander Harris

    The past season of Enlightened shows the importance of secondary characters.

    March 5, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Spartacus “Blood Brothers” 

    Another classic "Spartacus" episode features two tacticians waging a war of wills and those that suffer for the choices they make.

    March 1, 2013 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : House Of Cards “Chapter Five”

    The fifth installment of House Of Cards features a fundrasier and a new job for one of its central characters.

    March 1, 2013 | 12:00pm -

  • TV Club : Other Shows Boston's Finest

    Boston's Finest is a surprisingly engaging show that steals from the best of both scripted and non-scripted shows.

    February 27, 2013 | 4:00pm -

  • TV Club : Cougar Town “You And I Will Meet Again”

    The show once again examines the Laurie/Travis relationship, executing one of the season’s strongest episodes in the process.

    February 26, 2013 | 9:30pm -

  • Manu Manu

    TV Club : Spartacus “Decimation”

    The show turns in its darkest, but most powerful, episode of the final season thus far.

    February 22, 2013 | 9:00pm -

  • Doooooouuuugggg STAMPER!

    TV Club : House Of Cards “Chapter Four”

    Our weekly look at House Of Cards arrives at its fourth episode, the weakest one yet.

    February 22, 2013 | 12:00pm -