A review of this week’s Better Call Saul, “Bagman,” coming up just as soon as my strip steak is marinating in a secret blend of herbs and spices I call Old El Paso… “That’s the price.” —Jimmy If last week’s “JMM” gave us the Better Call Saul equivalent of Walter …
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A review of this week’s The Deuce, “That’s a Wrap,” coming up just as soon as I take a women’s study class… I didn’t see it coming. I absolutely should have. It’s not just that “That’s a Wrap” is the penultimate episode of both Season Three and The Deuce as …
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The media industry, you may have heard, is a precarious place to make one’s career. The digital advertising landscape has been fully devoured by the twin powers of Google and Facebook, private equity firms have made a cottage industry of stripping publications for spare parts, and venture capital has (mostly) …
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A review of “Expectation,” this week’s The Romanoffs, coming up just as soon as I’m literally patronizing… “I literally walked by my own life and saw someone else take it.” -Daniel In certain ways, “Expectation,” which centers on a woman’s overdue reckoning with a long-ago affair, is a notable improvement …
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Sissy Spacek has come unstuck in time. The actor who once played Carrie, the Stephen King creation who could kill with a thought, is now Ruth Deaver — an Alzheimer’s patient hopelessly trapped inside the maze of her own mind. This week’s episode — “The Queen” — is a fascinating …
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Warden Dale Lacey was on a mission from God. Before he severed his own head, that is — though on a show like Castle Rock, doing something after you decapitate yourself isn’t outside the realm of possibility. His mission, according to his suicide note: “Never again let him see the …
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