A-Season 1In the end, Castle Rock unlocks its potential and throws away the keyEmily L. Stephens9/12/18 6:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“How much doubt are you folks comfortable with?”Â
A-Season 1With the end in sight, Castle Rock finally lets the cat out of the bagEmily L. Stephens9/05/18 6:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe biggest revelation of “Henry Deaver,” the penultimate episode of Castle Rock’s uneven first season, isn’t the…
B-Season 1An action-packed Castle Rock feels a little disjointedEmily L. Stephens8/29/18 6:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere was always a danger, lurking since the premiere, that Castle Rock would get bogged down in recreating an auteur’s…
A-Season 1Quiet and richly creepy, “The Queen” is Castle Rock at its bestEmily L. Stephens8/22/18 6:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“The Queen” is the most affecting, effective episode of Castle Rock’s first season so far, and a potent antidote to the…
B-Season 1Castle Rock tries to sidestep some missing piecesEmily L. Stephens8/15/18 6:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“What’s with all the missing pieces? Grandma?”
BSeason 1In Castle Rock, the past won't stay buriedEmily L. Stephens8/08/18 6:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“It was that damned dog,” Ruth Deaver laments to her son in the aftermath of her leap from the bridge—from the Pangborn…
A-Season 1Castle Rock throws a flash-bang grenade into its eerie quietEmily L. Stephens8/01/18 6:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“There’s a lot of history in this town, and not all of it good,” Molly Strand straight-talks her out-of-town buyers…
B+Season 1Castle Rock puts itself in Melanie Lynskey's capable handsEmily L. Stephens7/25/18 8:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Has it begun?”
B-Season 1Castle Rock is too busy remembering other stories to tell its ownEmily L. Stephens7/25/18 7:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Remember the dog? The strangler? Sure you do.” Early in Castle Rock’s second episode, Dale Lacy’s voice-over sets the…
BSeason 1Castle Rock's premiere digs into Stephen King's mythology, but shallowlyEmily L. Stephens7/25/18 6:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkCastle Rock opens in flashback, showing Alan Pangborn (the quietly capable, deceptively adept sheriff of Stephen King’s …
C+Pre-AirCastle Rock’s got plenty of Stephen King references, little of his storytelling chopsErik Adams7/12/18 2:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt’s bizarre but totally appropriate in our postmodern, reference-happy age to see a phenomenon like Stranger Things …
