A-Season 2Divorce sends Frances off on her own, maybe foreverGwen Ihnat3/04/18 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAs I fear this may turn out to be Divorce’s final episode, let’s look back at season two. With a new showrunner, Jenny…
B+Season 2Frances gets dumped twice in one Divorce episodeGwen Ihnat2/25/18 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a really nice shot in the middle of this Divorce episode where the ex-spouses and their dates stand as…
B+Season 2Divorce shows that growing up never really endsGwen Ihnat2/19/18 12:40amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkParenting teens has to be hard enough when you’re still married, but likely kicks up to an exponentially difficult…
BSeason 2Frances heads toward Divorce remorseGwen Ihnat2/11/18 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a great Lynda Barry cartoon that I’ve never forgotten. The moral of it is that if you’re with the wrong…
A-Season 2Tragedy can draw people together even after DivorceGwen Ihnat2/04/18 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter regular breakups, you can usually go on with your life and never see that person again, if that’s your…
A-Season 2Divorce pulls off a superlative episode about the concept of worthGwen Ihnat1/28/18 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“The part that you just can’t explain, you just have a reaction.”
B+Season 2Divorce faces the adolescent falloutGwen Ihnat1/21/18 11:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAny other parents of younger children getting the night terrors from the adolescent figures depicted in Divorce? Tom…
BSeason 2Divorce kicks off season 2 by making it officialGwen Ihnat1/15/18 12:30amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe best part of Divorce season one was whenever Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Robert (Thomas Haden Church) went…
B-Season 1Divorce wraps up its first season on a decidedly sour noteGwen Ihnat12/11/16 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe collateral fallout damage in divorce, which this show has touched on, but not really elaborated before this…
C+Season 1Sarah Jessica Parker’s Frances makes for an uncompelling lead on DivorceGwen Ihnat12/04/16 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkA lot of things are working in Divorce’s first season, but the role of Frances, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, does…
BSeason 1Who is winning the Divorce wars?Gwen Ihnat11/27/16 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe battle isn’t done immediately when a couple decides to part: We get over people eventually, but it takes a while.…
B+Season 1Robert and Frances try and fail to get back in the saddle on DivorceGwen Ihnat11/20/16 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter last week’s Christmas episode, Robert and Frances’ momentary truce on Divorce ends when Frances finds out the…
ASeason 1The holidays bring out the best in DivorceGwen Ihnat11/13/16 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAs the holidays loom ahead of us this year, like every year, they bring with them a hotbed of emotional entanglement.…
B+Season 1The world outside Divorce isn’t that great eitherGwen Ihnat11/07/16 12:05amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkDivorce splits up this week, as our usually gold Robert/Frances interaction is limited to one very funny phone call.…
A-Season 1Divorce gets even uglier, but its cast steps up, in “Mediation”Gwen Ihnat10/30/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOn a stress test, divorce is ranked higher than the death of a spouse. That’s because with divorce comes the stigma of…
BSeason 1Divorce makes a bad case for marriage counselingGwen Ihnat10/23/16 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkDivorce was going to have to come up with something to switch Frances from the hopeful, clinging-to-marriage person she…
A-Season 1All hail Divorce’s Thomas Haden ChurchGwen Ihnat10/16/16 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkConsider the career of someone like Thomas Haden Church. Support player on a long-running sitcom like Wings, which he…
B+Season 1Divorce unsparingly shows the dark side of sex in suburbiaGwen Ihnat10/09/16 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhat if Sex And The City’s Carrie Bradshaw had married boring old Aidan, instead of dashing Mr. Big? What if that…
BSeason 1Divorce doesn’t get as nasty as it shouldEsther Zuckerman10/05/16 12:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkHBO’s Divorce begins with a 50th birthday party gone bad. The fete is being thrown for Diane, a wine-guzzling…
