Nov 15SaveTV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird11/15/20B+TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird11/15/20The Good Lord Bird ends quietly, but John Brown goes marching onEric Thurm9SaveIt doesn’t feel like much happens in “Last Words,” even though it’s the end of The Good Lord Bird. Instead, the…
Nov 8SaveTV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird11/8/20B-TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird11/8/20The Good Lord Bird pulls out the fireworks for a botched version of Harpers FerryEric Thurm4SaveFinally, the big show. “Jesus Is Walkin’” covers the actual Harpers Ferry raid—and, after five episodes building to…
Nov 1SaveTV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird11/1/20A-TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird11/1/20John Brown’s army prepares to raid Harpers Ferry in a funny, energetic Good Lord BirdEric Thurm6Save“Hiving The Bees” is the first episode of The Good Lord Bird that really feels like an episode of TV show, which I…
Oct 25SaveTV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird10/25/20B-TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird10/25/20Onion and John Brown meet Harriet Tubman in a sleepy Good Lord BirdEric Thurm3SaveWe’re halfway through The Good Lord Bird, and “Smells Like Bear” is a bit of a holding pattern episode. Mostly, it…
Oct 18SaveTV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird10/18/20B+TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird10/18/20Daveed Diggs steps into the spotlight as a horny Frederick Douglass on The Good Lord BirdEric Thurm7SaveThis week, The Good Lord Bird focuses on a debate around tactics—specifically, whether John Brown’s violence is the…
Oct 11SaveTV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird10/11/20B-TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird10/11/20Onion takes center stage in a slow episode of The Good Lord BirdEric Thurm5SaveFolks, it’s not every day you see Steve Zahn get blown in half with a cannon. The gratuitously gory death of Zahn’s…
Oct 4SaveTV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird10/4/20B+TV ReviewsThe Good Lord Bird10/4/20John Brown makes a bloody entrance to The Good Lord BirdEric Thurm9SaveThe first time you realize John Brown might be insane, he’s literally spitting mad. The famed abolitionist has…