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Bored To Death: season 1, episode 8
"Take A Dive"
November 8, 2009 - 09:11p.m.
This final episode of Bored To Death for the season had a lot of pay-off. Jonathan's novel is due tomorrow, but he decides to spend his time with hippy food co-op-working stoner Stella instead—and for the first time ...
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Bored To Death: season 1, episode 7
"The Case Of The Stolen Sperm"
November 2, 2009 - 10:11a.m.
I'm sorry about the late posting, guys, but it was worth it for what I felt was the strongest episode of the season thus far. (Insert weekly questioning of why it took so long…) Not only was the story ...
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Bored To Death: season 1, episode 6
"The Case Of The Beautiful Blackmailer"
October 25, 2009 - 09:10p.m.
I never quite understand the pacing in HBO shows. Its pilots rarely suffer from, well, what I can't help but call "pilotness"—that is, too forcibly setting things up for the coming weeks, in a way that feels less ...
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Bored To Death: season 1, episode 5
"The Case Of The Lonely White Dove"
October 18, 2009 - 09:10p.m.
I don't think I've seen an episode of Bored To Death yet where I knew exactly what I wanted to say about it immediately after it ended. I've reviewed a lot of great and terrible TV over ...
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Bored To Death: season 1, episode 4
"The Case Of The Missing Skateboard"
October 11, 2009 - 11:10p.m.
What a strange episode for this show. "Skateboard" marks a drastic improvement over the beginning of the series as far as the supporting characters; for the first time, I felt like Ray's defeated-guy schtick was fully realized, and George ...
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Bored To Death: season 1, episode 3
"The Case Of The Missing Screenplay"
October 4, 2009 - 10:10p.m.
For a show about an unlicensed private detective, this third episode sure had little to do with unlicensed private detectiving. But I liked it. It was my favorite episode of the bunch, in fact, precisely because it did away with ...
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Bored To Death: season 1, episode 2
"The Alanon"
September 27, 2009 - 09:09p.m.
Well, that was much better.
First, a bit of bad news: While I still see tremendous potential in the inclusion of Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson in the plot, I just don't think the show has figured out yet ...
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Bored To Death: season 1, episode 1
"Stockholm Syndrome"
September 20, 2009 - 10:09p.m.
It's a detective show about an amateur who uses mystery novels as inspiration for his tactics. It stars Jason Schwartzman, with costars Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson. It's on HBO.
Those three things, on paper, look promising. But ...
