"Television is a goddamned amusement park."
AMC’s The Walking Dead largely began (following a brief prelude illustrating his near-death experience) in media res with Frank Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) waking after the zombie apocalypse was already well underway. Frank’s unconsciousness and subsequent revival was a good way to quickly integrate the audience into the new world and quickly introduce them zombie gore. Its spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead, has …
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‘Our Town’ makes a radical statement by advocating against cannibalism. Thornton Wilder can literally eat it.
‘Soft Light’ marks the debut of ‘Breaking Bad’ writer Vince Gilligan in ‘The X-Files.’ This episode is a modest start to future greatness.
It may not be the best episode of the series, but ‘F. Emasculata’ is most certainly one of the more disgusting episodes – far more than the legendary Fluke Man episode.
Saturday Night Live alums Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and Seth Meyers bring Documentary Now! to IFC. The result? That depends on your familiarity with its parodic targets.
‘The X-Files’ returns to the creepy kid genre with a young, jealous boy who may or may not have directly caused his younger brother’s death in ‘The Calusari.’
‘The X-Files’ has its most fun and unique outing yet as Mulder and Scully investigate a bizarre murder within a side show community in ‘Humbug.’
Mulder and Scully attempt to avoid aging ungracefully on ghost ship in the Norwegian Sea in ‘Død Kalm.’
Escaped animals, phantom assailants, and alien abductions somehow all blend together in ‘The X-Files’ oddity ‘Fearful Symmetry.’
Though it gets off to an uneven start, HBO’s Show Me a Hero delves into NY housing politics. Can the strong ensemble, led by Oscar Isaac, bring the drama?