So here we are, at the end. And we start back at the beginning, with the death of Sterling Frost Jr., Adrian Brody’s failson casino boss from episode one, and the menacing phone call Charlie receives from the grieving and […]
We open on a literal mountain, as Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in an isolated cabin in the dead of winter, loaded down with creature comforts, but no human contact to speak of. He has a steady routine of exercise, smoothies, video […]
The past few episodes have taken longer and longer setting up the week’s murder, but “The Orpheus Syndrome” wastes no time. We see an apparent suicide in the first thirty seconds, as a man (Tim Russ) plunges from a railing […]
Charlie Cale likes people. As we’ve previously observed, she’s at ease talking to people (and animals) from all walks of life, and this gives her an advantage as a detective. That humanistic approach also makes an episode of Poker Face […]
There’s nothing actors love more than making fun of actors, and Ellen Barkin and Tim Meadows are clearly having a blast in this week’s episode. Playing washed-up thespians best known for a cheesy series called Spooky and the Cop, their […]
In her 390 episodes of Law & Order, S. Epatha Merkerson never once got to say “We gotta kill that motherfucker,” which we now see was to that show’s lasting detriment. She’s a foul-mouthed delight, as is Special Victims Unit […]
This one was kinda silly. And yet, it does an admirable job of tackling something very difficult to do on television: inventing a band that sounds and acts like a real band. Doxxxology are a one-hit wonder metal band a […]
“I’m a murderer.” Usually we don’t get a confession until the end of the episode, but these are the opening words of “The Stall,” which sees Charlie Cale keeping a low profile while working at a Texas barbecue joint. The […]
We last left Charlie Cale on the run from a menacing casino owner Sterling Frost, bleeding from a bullet wound, and headed for parts unknown in a not-terribly-reliable muscle car. That the first episode established her car as a piece […]
A while back, I wrote about Hollywood’s addiction to reboots, and how warmed-over nostalgia is ultimately empty. I concluded the best way to bring back the things you love is not to copy them, but to put the things you […]
