The growing pattern I’ve found in this middle section of season two of Preacher is my miscalculation on when the pace is going to pick up. It helps that “Holes” is a terrific episode of television for reasons that I…
TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×07, “Pig”
This week I somewhat expected a bigger shift in momentum, now that The Saint of Killers has been (presumably temporarily) dealt with. Looking at this week’s Preacher episode, “Pig,” it actually shouldn’t have been much of a surprise to see…
For Your Consideration: Better Call Saul
Good spin-offs are exceptionally rare. Great spin-offs are basically non-existent. Yet, AMC’s tremendously heartbreaking Better Call Saul is not merely the exception to the rule: it’s proof that lightning can strike twice in peak television, and that the brilliant minds…
TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×06, “Sokosha”
Following a couple of weeks that put a quieter spin on things, “Sokosha” is here to get Preacher back on track. Make no mistake, I enjoyed the character focus (and moments of visual creativity) featuring in the past couple of…
SDCC 2017: Watch The Walking Dead Season 8 Trailer
Earlier this week, The Walking Dead kicked off Comic Con by announcing the premiere date for its eighth season. Get ready to dive back into the zombie apocalypse on October 22. Today, during the series’ annual SDCC panel in the…
The 5 Best Episodes of Mad Men
From the moment a blank silhouette first came tumbling down in a cityscape free-dive in an oft-imitated credits scene, Mad Men grabbed its viewers by the collar and guided them along what would become an eight-year journey freckled with a…
Mad Men: 10 Years of Suave
Even after 10 years, it’s hard to forget that iconic silhouette of a man dressed in a suit and tie sitting on a chair with a cigarette dangling from his fingers. While this silhouette represented that one particular ad man…