The following review contains spoilers for The Full Monty (2023), a sequel TV series from FX Steeped and rooted in the same issues and politics as the original, The Full Monty sequel series delivers harsh societal critiques while simultaneously offering the same old humour and quirky misadventures from 25 years ago. Although… perhaps with less […] More
Long gone are the days when TV in the summer meant a mish-mash of reruns shown in no particular order. We’ve got a pretty full slate of new shows and seasons set to premiere in the summer of 2023, and I couldn’t be more excited. “Go outside!” they’ll say. But I would prefer not to. […] More
The following contains spoilers for The Premise S1E5, “Butt Plug,” the Season 1 finale For its season finale, The Premise offers us a “Butt Plug” and whereas I questioned the decision to kick off the series with an episode that attempted to combine a sexual theme with a deeper question of justice in an outlandish […] More
The following contains spoilers for The Premise S1E4, “The Commenter” Four episodes in I find myself pondering a bit what The Premise is up to overall. There is a similarity between “The Commenter” and the previous episodes of the season that is actually a little difficult to pin down. Each story is playing with aspects […] More
The following contains spoilers for The Premise S1E3, “The Ballad of Jesse Wheeler” After Abbi (Kaitlyn Dever) gives the best valedictorian speech ever at the end of The Premise S1E3, we may well wonder: was she telling the truth? But the strength of “The Ballad of Jesse Wheeler” lies in the fact that it truly […] More
The following contains spoilers for The Premise S1E1, “Social Justice Sex Tape,” and S1E2, “Moment of Silence” An anthology television show presents an inherent risk. Rather than one continuing story that sucks you in and can compel you to keep going even when it drags, a show like The Premise presents a different story each […] More
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. This week, Derrick Gravener is watching A Teacher on FX on Hulu, Hal Kitchen is listening to Sawayama (Deluxe) from Rina Sawayama, and Brien Allen is excited about the trailer for Season 3 of Cobra Kai on […] More
The eight-part miniseries Devs ended in a way I found very appropriate. The Devs Season 1 finale continued many of the themes we’ve seen throughout the series, it presented some head-scratching questions and gave us things to think about, and as usual provided some beautiful shots. I stated after Episode 7 that Devs was one […] More
I’ve been dealing with a very elevated level of anxiety over the past few weeks, as I’m sure many have. Unprecedented amounts of uncertainty have me feeling completely helpless at times. And then last week, coincidentally, I watched two of the most anxiety-inducing episodes of television I have seen in a long time. The first […] More
While most of this season of Devs has been fast-paced and action-packed, Devs S1E5 stepped back and took a breath. The episode was used to fill in the backgrounds of many of the major players—Lily, Katie, Forest, and Sergei—while only slightly moving the plot forward. And that worked for me. I welcomed this change of […] More
Similar to last week’s episode, Devs S1E4 opens with an ominous scene blending strange visuals and eerie music. This time we are shown four close-ups of characters’ faces: First is Lyndon (shaded with the color red), then Stewart (blue), Katie (another red), and finally Forest (green). I’m not exactly sure what this is supposed to […] More
The opening scene of Devs S1E3 erased any apprehensions I may have had about the show’s quality taking a dive after its strong premiere. I found myself speechless after watching the scene, sitting there with a confused dumb grin on my face. This is officially my kind of show, I thought. S1E3 opens with the […] More
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