Up until this point, we’ve been in a weird nether-region between seasons one and two, with some leftovers from the first season airing after the epic “Jailbreak!” It’s appropriate that I’m returning to regular Steven Universe duties now, as the show…
Adventure Time Review 6×42 and 6×43: “Hot Diggety Doom” and “The Comet”
We’re thirsty for answers. But what does Finn want? At the beginning of this week, I littered my review with questions. I should have known better. Adventure Time‘s season finales have left things in chaos and questions while its premieres settle things…
Adventure Time Review 6×41: “On the Lam”
In this episode’s pivotal moment, Martin Mertens ostensibly sacrifices an accomplice he thinks of as his child–enough to call him Martin 2–for the sake of ill-conceived getaway. Martin Mertens is bad news. He’s given us nothing but trouble every second…
Adventure Time Review 6×40: “Orgalorg”
Adventure Time is so wonderful in rewarding its audience’s attention to small details. Just this Monday, a mysterious figure from “Puhoy” was revealed as GOLB, and we saw the past of Magic Man’s lost wife Garbles, who appeared before only…
Adventure Time 6×39 review: “Be Sweet”
I went into the #Finale last night with a list of questions. This episode’s premise teased some sort of look into a big one, but “Be Sweet” was appropriately rather ordinary. In “Be Sweet,” the show’s funniest character is made…
Adventure Time 6×38 Review: “You Forgot Your Floaties”
Entering the #Finale, Adventure Time has an astonishing number of hanging threads. Here they are, each in the form of a question, in what I presume is their ascending order of importance: •Who is Susan Strong, and what is the significance…
TV Review: Louie (5×02) “A La Carte”
After fatherhood, the Louie of Louie‘s post-divorce life is predominantly focused on what romantic satisfaction is supposed to look like. Before he winds up going out with Pamela in the episode’s key segment, Louie tees it up with two sequences. In the…
