Writer Vince Gilligan stumbles with ‘Unusual Suspects,’ a Lone Gunman-dedicated episode that is absent of his usual attributes and overabundant in cilantro.
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Review: Revisiting Amazon’s ‘Bosch’
Another crime / detective drama, this time in view of the Hollywood Hills, slips through the TV net. Streaming on Amazon Prime, Bosch is one of the best shows you’re not watching.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Redux Part Two’
‘Redux Part Two’ continues the mythology arc with compelling exposition and a touching exploration of Scully’s faith.
Review: ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ or ‘Stalkers: A Love Story’
The CW premieres Crazy Ex-Girlfriend after Showtime passed. It’s Showtime’s loss, but let’s hope the musical series sings about more than teenage crushes.
Review: Is ‘Fargo’ Season Two Any Count? You Betcha!
FX’s Fargo anthology series returns with a Season Two premiere that is beautifully rendered in near-cinematic glory but feels, based on the pilot, too thematically similar to its predecessors.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Redux Part One’
Season Five kicks off with ‘Redux Part One’ in which Mulder digs so far into the government’s alien conspiracy that no one emerges with a clear picture.
Review: The Art of the ‘Dead’
The Walking Dead returns with an episode that stretches its typical artistic endeavors. As a result, it reinvigorates the blockbuster series by balancing tense character interactions with the ever-present zombie threat.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Gethsemane’
‘The X-Files’ wraps its fourth season with ‘Gethsemane,’ a rather clever episode that establishes a suspenseful (if unlikely) cliffhanger for the season.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Demons’
‘Demons’ is, sadly, about Mulder’s personal demons and some faint memories he has of his mother’s relationship with the Smoking Man. We really wanted this one to be about actual demons.
Review: ‘Final Girls’ Has a Bleeding Heart
The horror/comedy indy The Final Girls is a surprisingly sentimental horror film, substituting tears and girl bonding for gratuitous sex and violence.