First off, let’s hear it for the Judge. The fact that Eleanor, Chidi, Jason, and Tahani were going to throw themselves on the mercy of this weirdo universe’s all-seeing arbiter of Good and Bad Place placement set off a flurry of dream casting guessing games. And while the suggestions on my Twitter feed (Amy Poehler…
“Why is it always the ones you most expect?”
Jake’s children don’t get very much attention on Adventure Time, but when they do, it typically results in strong, emotionally resonant episodes. Exploring the experience of being a parent takes this show in a very different direction, and “Wheels” adds another layer as it looks at Jake the grandpa, tasked with…
Look, no sentient being reads a review before watching the thing being reviewed and then complains about spoilers. Still, in the interest of not getting yelled at by a TV-loving rock or something… SPOILERS. Big ones.
“What’s My Motivation” is The Good Place in a rush. It’s tempting to call this episode a table-setter, as Eleanor, Jason, and Janet all seek an abrupt escape at the end of the episode, while Michael, Tahani, Chidi, and Real Eleanor are scrambling to help them. Sure, Michael’s help involves rebooting Janet in order to…
Halloween’s coming, and it’s time to welcome Comedy Bang! Bang! back like an old friend. Just like Scott’s welcoming Gillian Jacobs! Or maybe we’re welcoming Comedy Bang! Bang!’s back-to-back return more like we’d welcome that neighbor the whole HOA is looking askance at. You know the one: He’s got panache, but he’s…
Like a string instrument, The Spoils Before Dying relies on tension to make its music. (Is this a bad time to talk about the strings album? It’s a goldmine, Rock, everyone does one.) The joke lives in the tension between our preconceptions of a streetwise mystery and the absurdity unfolding onscreen. It lives in the…
After five episodes struggling to get over Maggie and get back out into the dating world, Josh finally finds a good thing in “Gavel” with Kayla, his first official girlfriend of the series. The opening sequence works well, showing Josh and Kayla’s budding relationship and establishing an easy rapport and cute dynamic…
Nick Offerman worked for years to find a role that suited his talents as well as Parks And Recreation’s Ron Swanson, so you can’t fault the guy for working Ron’s red-meat-gnawing, no-nonsense image to the mustachioed bone. But how much of himself did Offerman bring to the director of the Pawnee Parks And Rec…
