TV Review: FX’s The Americans 5×1, “Amber Waves”

Riding in from a wave of new found popularity as far as Emmy, Golden Globe and other nominations are concerned, The Americans has returned for its penultimate season and it is off to a great start. Starting with the opening…

Taboo Season Finale Review

Taboo stepped out of character this week with an action-packed and nail-biting finale. Though the finale episode did end with a bang, the season ended pretty much how we thought it would, leaving us to question Taboo’s future. Episode 8…

TV Review: Taboo “Episode 6”

After an explosive episode last week, this week’s episode of Taboo seems much less volatile. Nonetheless, James’s Delaney’s engrossing tale continues to peak our interest and curiosity, with episode six revealing riveting details that leaves us with a fiery end.…

TV Review: Legion “Chapter Two”

I was really worried that Legion’s pilot was a fluke. For as fascinating as spending time inside David Haller’s mind was, the ending hinted at things taking a turn into more standard superhero territory and I’m still not thrilled with…

TV Review: Taboo Episode 5

If there’s one thing that Taboo taught us this week, it’s that when it comes to gunpowder, it is better to make it at a slow and steady pace than to rush the process and potentially blow everything up. That…

TV Review: Legion Series Premiere – “Chapter 1”

The following review contains spoilers for the premiere episode of Legion. The X-Men franchise has, strangely enough, become the home for auteur storytelling in the superhero landscape. Last year, we got the unapologetically vulgar and cartoonish Deadpool and in March,…

TV Review: Taboo Episode 4

This week on Taboo, they continued to push the boundaries (almost over the edge) when it came to its gritty and gruesome content. Although being hard to watch at times, Taboo continues to move at a steady pace towards a…