‘Graceland’ Pilot Recap: “Your Lies Are Your Life”
This is the story of six strangers picked to live in a house, work together and bust criminals, to find out what happens when undercover law enforcement officers stop being polite and start getting...
View Article‘Suits’ 3.01 Recap: “You Really Suck at Quitting”
Apropos of Friday’s Roundtable post about favorite lawyer movies, last week also saw the return of my current favorite TV series about lawyers, ‘Suits’ on the USA Network. As excited as I was for the...
View Article‘Covert Affairs’ 4.01 Recap: “So, That Happened”
If ‘Suits‘ is, rather indisputably, the USA Network’s best original series, then ‘Covert Affairs’ is… well, it’s not. That’s not to say that it’s the worst, but I certainly can’t justify it as better...
View Article‘Psych: The Musical’ Recap: “Nothing Can Go Wrong When You’re Making Up a Song”
Now this is a treat. Even though the show is technically between seasons at the moment, ‘Psych’ made an off-schedule appearance on the USA Network Sunday night to bring us a special two-hour musical...
View Article‘Dig’ Pilot Recap: “In the End, We Mean Nothing”
I will admit to approaching the USA Network’s new mystery adventure series ‘Dig’ with a high degree of skepticism. Ads for the show made it look like a lame ‘Da Vinci Code’ knockoff. Of course,...
View Article‘Mr. Robot’ Pilot Recap: “What I Wouldn’t Give to Be Normal”
Domo arigato. Last week, the USA Network premiered a very promising new drama series called ‘Mr. Robot’. Despite the title, no, the show has nothing to do with robots. (Ironically, for that you need to...
View Article‘Colony’ Pilot Recap: “The Most Important Day in Human History Is Coming”
While ‘Lost’ was on the air, Josh Holloway seemed like a breakout star who’d have no trouble finding new projects to exploit his particular brand of roguish charisma. Unfortunately, that hasn’t quite...
View Article‘Suits’ 6.01 Recap: “Pin the Tail on the Harvey”
The USA Network’s ‘Suits’ is a classic example of a show that has simply clung to life for too long. Early seasons were cracking good entertainment, but the last couple (especially Season 5) were an...
View Article‘Mr. Robot’ 2.01 & 2.02 Recap: “Control Is an Illusion”
One of last year’s most daring and most challenging TV shows, ‘Mr. Robot’ was a very unusual change of pace for programming on the USA Network. Nonetheless, the network execs were so pleased with it...
View Article‘Falling Water’ Pilot Recap: “We All Have Restless Nights”
Did you sort of like the Christopher Nolan movie ‘Inception’ and the Wachowskis’ Netflix series ‘Sense8’ but feel that both were just a little too challenging and/or edgy for you? Good news! Now these...
View ArticleMr. Robot 4.01 Recap: “Remove All Emotion and You Will Do Just Fine”
In the two years since Mr. Robot aired its last season, Rami Malek became a movie star and won an Oscar, and creator Sam Esmail seemed to move on to a new series on Amazon. Since they’ve reunited to...
View ArticleTreadstone Pilot Recap: “I Guess I’m Not Feeling Myself Lately”
The Jason Bourne franchise didn’t exactly have a ton of success the last time it tried to launch a Bourne-less spinoff. Nevertheless, Heroes creator Tim Kring somehow convinced the USA Network that the...
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