B-
Divorce wraps up its first season on a decidedly sour note
The collateral fallout damage in divorce, which this show has touched on, but not really elaborated before this…
Divorce - Season 1
C+
Sarah Jessica Parker’s Frances makes for an uncompelling lead on Divorce
A lot of things are working in Divorce’s first season, but the role of Frances, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, does…
B
Who is winning the Divorce wars?
The battle isn’t done immediately when a couple decides to part: We get over people eventually, but it takes a while.…
B+
Robert and Frances try and fail to get back in the saddle on Divorce
After last week’s Christmas episode, Robert and Frances’ momentary truce on Divorce ends when Frances finds out the…
A
The holidays bring out the best in Divorce
As the holidays loom ahead of us this year, like every year, they bring with them a hotbed of emotional entanglement.…
B+
The world outside Divorce isn’t that great either
Divorce splits up this week, as our usually gold Robert/Frances interaction is limited to one very funny phone call.…
A-
Divorce gets even uglier, but its cast steps up, in “Mediation”
On a stress test, divorce is ranked higher than the death of a spouse. That’s because with divorce comes the stigma of…
B
Divorce makes a bad case for marriage counseling
Divorce was going to have to come up with something to switch Frances from the hopeful, clinging-to-marriage person she…
A-
All hail Divorce’s Thomas Haden Church
Consider the career of someone like Thomas Haden Church. Support player on a long-running sitcom like Wings, which he…
B+
Divorce unsparingly shows the dark side of sex in suburbia
What if Sex And The City’s Carrie Bradshaw had married boring old Aidan, instead of dashing Mr. Big? What if that…
B
Divorce doesn’t get as nasty as it should
HBO’s Divorce begins with a 50th birthday party gone bad. The fete is being thrown for Diane, a wine-guzzling…