New Girl Season 4, Episode 1 Review – “The Last Wedding”
New Girl is back – and still recovering from its creative stumbles last season, leaning on a simple script and a lot of improv in a guest-heavy season premiere.
Author: Randy Dankievitch
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Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 1 Review – “Black Widower”
Sons of Anarchy’s final season premiere, “The Black Widower,” repeats the same tired shock tactics and inconsistencies that have plagued the show for years.
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Guillermo del Toro takes on the vampire genre… to mixed results.
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24: Live Another Day might’ve waited until it was too late to get going – but that doesn’t make “Day 9: 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.” any less enjoyable.
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24 gets back to its bread and butter – but does it still work in a different era of TV?
24: Live Another Day Episode 7 Review – “Day 9: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.”
24: Live Another Day continues to be a mediocre revival, in another episode that almost recaptures the old magic.
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Live Another Day starts to find its groove with the up-and-down “Day 9: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.”.
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Penny Dreadful’s pilot is a confident, stylish debut.
Louie Season 4, Episodes 1 & 2 Review – “Back”/”Model”
Louie’s back – and better than ever after its long hiatus.
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“The Rooster Prince” finds Fargo exploring familiar genre territory in rewarding, richly symbolic ways.