TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×06, “Consumed”

The Walking Dead continues its run of episodes focused around one set of characters, and it continues to pay off.  “Consumed” has us following Carol and Daryl for an hour, which should satisfy most fans, as these two characters are…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×05, “Self Help”

I like Abraham.  For the comic book fans who have been both fans of The Walking Dead TV show and the graphic novels, I get the feeling that Abraham is a fan favorite of sorts in the book, and I…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×04, “Slabtown”

As if there was some kind of cruel joke being played in The Walking Dead writers’ room to provide more fodder for those who are not a fan of certain characters, we now have our second episode headlined almost entirely…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×03, “Four Walls and a Roof”

So there is good news, bad news, and other news.  The good news is this season’s movement.  Rick and the gang took care of some business this week, rather than stretching out one plotline for weeks.  The bad news is…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×02, “Strangers”

It seems like The Walking Dead is really pulling it all together.  That’s a fun thing to say in a show’s fifth season, but it seems like it is true.  Generally a show may be reaching for new ideas and…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×01, “No Sanctuary”

“You’re the butcher or you’re the cattle.” That is a line that could define The Walking Dead as a whole, but because The Walking Dead has never been a fan of subtlety, it is a line that is repeated, making…

TV Review: AMC’s Mad Men 7×7, “Waterloo”

“She was born in 1898 in a barn. She died on the 37th floor of a skyscraper. She was an astronaut.” – Bertram Cooper (d. 1969) There is something to be said for a man that came from an older…