Season premiere review: Veep ‘Midterms’ – Him Chose Me
The more power Selina Meyer seeks, the less power she ends up with – or in tonight’s season premiere ‘Midterms’, she gets her wish, and the kind of power she’d….
Author: Randy Dankievitch
Randy is the founder of Processed Media and The Mid-Season Replacements Podcast, and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved TV critic. He's written about TV and culture across the internet since 2010, and also writes a monthly column for UpPortland Magazine.
Review: Game of Thrones ‘Walk of Punishment’ – Always The Artists
Now that everything (for the most part) has been set up for the events of this season, ‘Walk of Punishment’ can finally start to take a few steps forward –….
Review: House of Cards ‘Chapter 11’ – I’m Not Doing So Well
After a couple episodes of Frank facing some personal and professional challenges, he seizes an opportunity to turn the tides back in his favor in ‘Chapter 11’, adding a new,….
Review: Hannibal ‘Amuse-Bouche’ – That’s Not Marijuana
Are we all sure this show is on NBC?
Review: Community ‘Intro to Felt Surrogacy’ – Pulling At Strings
There are going to be a lot of people who don’t like ‘Intro to Felt Surrogacy’, and for perfectly valid reasons: it’s not very funny, most of it is a….
Second Look: Friends ‘The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant’/’The One with the Baby on the Bus’ – Lather, Rinse, Repeat
‘The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant’ (aired 10/19/96) There are some episodes of Friends where the writers seem hell bent on presenting the worst versions of the six main….
Review: New Girl ‘Bachelorette Party’ – This Fire Is Real
The majority of ‘Bachelorette Party’ – like many late first season episodes – is focused on Schmidt and CeCe, as each tries to reconcile a truth in their current relationship….
Review: Bates Motel ‘Trust Me’ – I Killed The Crap Out Of Him
Although ‘Trust Me’ is very focused on Norman, following him around for the majority of the episode, the best moments come when the camera pulls back a bit and we….
Review: Game of Thrones ‘Dark Wings, Dark Words’ – We Have Much Farther To Go
Like the season premiere, ‘Dark Wings, Dark Words’ is a lot more allusion than action (though we get our first sword fight of the season near the conclusion of the….