This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, which we recapped here. This week’s Succession was a seismic one for the entire cast of characters, since it involves all of them responding to the shocking news that Logan has died in the middle of a flight to Europe. …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Rehearsal.” “I love you,” Logan Roy tells his four children near the end of this episode, “but you are not serious people.” We know the second half of this sentence is true, even if Connor, Kendall, Shiv, and Roman keep …
Read More »Bill Hader Searches for Barry Berkman's Redemption in 'Barry' Final Season Trailer
Timber Timbre’s haunting record “Run From Me” looms throughout the Season 4 trailer for the HBO series Barry. “You better run for your life,” an eerie voice croons as viewers reconnect with a bloodied and bruised Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) searching for redemption while in prison. He can feel himself …
Read More »'Succession' Season 4 Premiere: The Roy Siblings Team Up to Take Down Daddy
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “The Munsters.” Succession begins its final season exactly where it began its first: on Logan Roy’s birthday. He is as miserable, angry, and manipulative as ever. And he is once again chasing his white whale by attempting to acquire PGM. …
Read More »'Succession' Goes Out Guns Blazing in Deliciously Dark Season 4
In the 25-odd years that HBO has been serious about producing original programming, the pay cable giant has given us some of the greatest comedies and dramas television has ever seen. Succession, in whatever genre box you choose to place it — and I think of it more as a …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Season 2: Here's What to Expect
This post contains spoilers for season one of HBO’s The Last of Us, as well as minor spoilers for The Last of Us Part II (PlayStation 4). It’s official – the first season of HBO’s The Last of Us has come to an end, leaving viewers (8.2M to be exact) …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Delivers a Heartbreaking Season Finale
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “Look for the Light.” As we come to the end of an utterly fantastic debut season of television, it’s worth looking back to note that of these nine episodes, only three of them (the premiere, “Infected,” and …
Read More »Bill Hader Will Use 'Barry' Season 4 to Tie Up Loose Ends, Then It's Done for Good
Now in prison, Barry Berkman is plotting his next move. “So help me God, if I get out of here, I’m coming for you,” Bill Hader‘s character in the HBO series Barry spits into the phone, bloodied and bruised in the first trailer for the show’s upcoming fourth season. Whatever …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Introduces the Cannibal Cult Leader From Hell
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “When We Are in Need.” “When We Are in Need” is, for its first half, among the more low-key installments of Last of Us Season One. We are still in Colorado, still with Ellie helping Joel heal …
Read More »'Rain Dogs' Is One of the Most Surprising New Shows of the Year
In one of the opening scenes of the new HBO dramedy Rain Dogs, impoverished single mom Costello (Daisy May Cooper) has her daughter Iris (Fleur Tashjian) pretend to be sick so they can skip out on a cab fare they can’t afford. As they run from the irate driver, an …
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