Archive for the ‘Reviews of TV shows’ Category
Murderbot (season 1)
{5/5} “‘Where you from?’ ‘Industrial Junction 151523.’ ‘That sounds nice.’” Murderbot season 1, aired in 2025 A cyborg who calls itself Murderbot has hacked its security system and is now free. It’s still working for humans, though, because it doesn’t know what else to do. After taking its helmet off and effectively calming a wounded […]
Poker Face (season 2)
{5/5} “Don’t worry ’cause I actually have conducted, like, a shocking number of these ad-hoc interrogations.” Poker Face season 2, aired in 2025 A woman whose terrible-but-dying mother leaves everything in her will to her previously unknown twin takes drastic action. A funeral director whose building is being used as a film set finds an […]
Person of Interest (season 1)
{4.5/5} “Banking is mostly looking clever and wearing the right clothes.” Person of Interest season 1, aired in 2011-12 John beats up some thugs on the subway and catches the interest of Mr. Finch. Although John is homeless Finch understands that he just needs something to do. He has an intriguing proposition for him — […]
Interior Chinatown
{4.5/5} “‘What are you doing?’ ‘Loading the truck.’ ‘We’re unloading.’ ‘Are you sure?’” Interior Chinatown, aired in 2024 Willis Wu is a background actor in a TV show. Within the show, he’s working as a waiter — but he wants to do more. He witnesses an abduction. Then a detective comes into the restaurant and […]
Andor (season 2)
{5/5} “This makes it worth it. This. Right now. Being with you. Being here at the moment you step into the circle… You made this decision long ago. The Empire cannot win.” Andor season 2, aired in 2025 Cassian steals one of the Empire’s ships, with a little help from an inside woman — it’s […]
Suburgatory (season 3)
{4.5/5} “And how are all your favourite sports teams doing?” — Lisa, to George Suburgatory season 3, aired in 2014 Tessa is spending time with her mom, but then her mom leaves again. She’s actually happy to see her dad, who gives her surprising news — he thinks they should move back to New York. […]
Shrinking (season 2)
{5/5} “‘Do you think I have a big ego?’… ‘Well, let’s see. One time, you were so obsessed with work that you didn’t raise me for 18 years.’” Shrinking season 2, aired in 2024 Jimmy’s client Grace is in jail for trying to kill her husband. Jimmy finds a lawyer for her but she’s not […]
Suburgatory (season 2)
{4.5/5} “‘I’ve waited all lifetime for George Altman to ask me on a date and I guess I’m just a little nervous.’ ‘Why? You’ve dated plenty of men who are better looking and sexier and beefier and brawnier and more cut and darker skinned and longer hair and taller and richer and more successful and […]
Extraordinary (season 2)
{5/5} “It’s not possible to escape your past. It clings to you like dust settling into the once clean carpet of your future. And the Hoover of change has poor suction.” Extraordinary season 2, aired in 2024 Jen starts seeing a coach who is going to help her find her power — he takes her […]
Extraordinary (season 1)
{5/5} “We just going to ignore the fact she broke the fridge or…?” Extraordinary season 1, aired in 2023 Practically everyone in the world has a power but not Jen, and she’s not happy about it. She finds a cat, who turns out to be a man who had shapeshifted into a cat and forgot […]