TV Reviews8/28/19Aug 28 20191TV Reviews8/28/19BTV ReviewsHarlots goes for broke (again) in a breathless finaleGenevieve Valentine14If Harlots has a prevailing aesthetic, it’s chaos.
TV Reviews8/16/19Aug 16 20192TV Reviews8/16/19BTV ReviewsElementary goes gentle into its good nightGenevieve Valentine47“Well, I guess you’ll have to fix me up also. I’m not staying in this gol-darned country all on my lonesome.”
TV Reviews5/23/19May 23 20191TV Reviews5/23/19BTV ReviewsElementary eases back into some "Further Adventures"Genevieve Valentine29“This is clean beyond me, Mr. Holmes. We saw you when we returned from Tunbridge Wells last night, and you were in…
TV Reviews9/18/18Sep 18 2018SaveTV Reviews9/18/18A-TV ReviewsElementary tries out an ending, with hope for "Whatever Remains"Genevieve Valentine65“You know my methods. Apply them, and it will be instructive to compare results.”
TV Reviews8/22/18Aug 22 2018SaveTV Reviews8/22/18A-TV ReviewsHarlots triumphantly ends a season you should have already been watchingGenevieve Valentine39Ah, Harlots. Rarely has a show about such wretched people been so delightful to watch.
TV Reviews7/11/18Jul 11 20181TV Reviews7/11/18B+TV ReviewsHang on to your wigs: Harlots returns in even higher dudgeonGenevieve Valentine13The first season of Harlots was an unexpected delight: a dialed-to-eleven revenge drama with a stellar cast,…
TV Reviews4/30/18Apr 30 20182TV Reviews4/30/18BTV ReviewsElementary's new season asks Sherlock who he thinks he is Genevieve Valentine31“His labor in these years...must have been great; the pushing and pulling strong and continual. The good plan…
TV Reviews4/8/18Apr 8 20182TV Reviews4/8/18BTV ReviewsBob's Burgers has its heart (really) close to homeGenevieve Valentine68“We’re helping you guys record yourselves sleeping just like every kid in every family does.”
TV Reviews4/8/18Apr 8 20186TV Reviews4/8/18B+TV ReviewsBrooklyn Nine-Nine tackles the future with anagrams and a harm wrestGenevieve Valentine25When a series reaches a certain age, it gets a sense of narrative moving in both directions. There’s the history the…
TV Reviews3/26/18Mar 26 20181TV Reviews3/26/18C+TV ReviewsMaybe the real mystery of The Alienist was the show it made along the wayGenevieve Valentine57 “Castle In The Sky” ends The Alienist. It would be overstating the case to say it finishes The Alienist. It…
TV Reviews3/19/18Mar 19 20182TV Reviews3/19/18C+TV ReviewsThe Alienist hopes maybe this time you care about the killerGenevieve Valentine24We are in the penultimate episode of a series advertised as an edgy historical serial-killer story so frenetic only…
TV Reviews3/12/18Mar 12 20184TV Reviews3/12/18B-TV ReviewsThe team is scattered, and so is the show, on a telling AlienistGenevieve Valentine18“You think we’ll see any buffalo in North Dakota?”
TV Reviews3/5/18Mar 5 20183TV Reviews3/5/18B+TV ReviewsThe Alienist gets personal (and it pays off)Genevieve Valentine21“There are two reasons a man does what he does. The good reason, and the real reason.”
TV Reviews2/26/18Feb 26 20182TV Reviews2/26/18BTV ReviewsThe Alienist offers you every genre (and an armadillo)Genevieve Valentine19When it comes to The Alienist, weirder is better. You can see when it really comes alive, and none of it is in the…
TV Reviews2/19/18Feb 19 20182TV Reviews2/19/18BTV ReviewsWhat if The Alienist just kept getting weirder?Genevieve Valentine28“Look at your bird again.”
TV Reviews2/12/18Feb 12 20181TV Reviews2/12/18BTV ReviewsAlmost halfway through, The Alienist decides to try being a good showGenevieve Valentine38“Can I ask you to button my boots?”
TV Reviews2/5/18Feb 5 20181TV Reviews2/5/18B-TV ReviewsThe Alienist knows the only thing worse than murder is small talkGenevieve Valentine16There are a pair of short, illuminating scenes in the middle of “Silver Smile.”
TV Reviews1/29/18Jan 29 20183TV Reviews1/29/18B-TV ReviewsThe Alienist steps into its own...and stumblesGenevieve Valentine24“And what is my role to be in all of this?”
TV Reviews1/24/18Jan 24 20183TV Reviews1/24/18B-TV ReviewsRiverdale adds "wrestling" and "federal snitch" to the things Archie's bad atGenevieve Valentine136“Why weren’t you a part of this?”
TV Reviews1/22/18Jan 22 20186TV Reviews1/22/18C+TV ReviewsThe Alienist is already haunted by what came beforeGenevieve Valentine58“You’ve caused me a sleepless night, Laszlo. The first of many, I suspect.”