TV Review: Louie – “Pilot”

Admittedly, I think there’s something charming about dark humor. Opportunities to laugh at death, disease, and hopelessness are obviously rare and a bit taboo, but these occasions aren’t meant to disrespect our grievances. They are meant to alleviate our despairs. This brand of comedy is ironic and satirical, and I personally admire it. As a [...]

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TV Review: Breaking Bad – “Full Measure”

Nothing is more delightful than seeing someone else succeed. Through their accomplishments, you feel proud, ecstatic, and extremely inspired. After watching Full Measure, the finale of Breaking Bad’s third season, I harbor those exact sentiments. The cast and crew have come a very long way since their first season-a strong yet short string of only [...]

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TV Review: LOST – “The End”

That long awaited final image of LOST…Would it be a sunken island? The death of our beloved LOSTies? The demise of the Man in Black? The reveal of something completely mysterious? Well, it was none of those… Instead we got an eye. It was that same eye that first captivated us 120 episodes ago. It [...]

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TV Review: Community – “Pascal’s Triangle Revisited”

Sometimes, Community makes odd decisions. What normally makes these decisions inoffensive, though, is the strong conviction that comes from the show’s writing and acting. Fashionably, the first season ends with an odd choice, but this time, it lacks courage to make any impact. For the entirety of Pascal’s Triangle Revisited, Jeff is confronted with the [...]

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TV Review: Modern Family – “Family Portrait”

Season finales can be difficult for sitcoms such as Modern Family. I say this because the show lacks an overarching narrative, and it must be forced to achieve a sense of finality out of nowhere. Season one was given the great opportunity to end with its perfect and surreal two-part family vacation (Airport 2010 and [...]

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TV Review: Party Down – “Jackal Onassis Backstage Party”

Television’s comedy underdog returns for a second season, premiering in unconventionally sedate fashion. The antics of Party Down are typically boisterous, but the newest episode reserves its signature humor in order to catch us up with our beloved characters. Nine months have passed since Ron (Ken Marino) was fired, Henry (Adam Scott) was promoted to [...]

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TV Review: United States of Tara – “Yes”

After a year on hiatus, the highly anticipated United States of Tara begins its sophomore season with a disappointing step. The episode meanders for twenty three minutes until it reaches a climactic reveal that is as predictable as it is miscalculated. Additionally, the subplots barely attempt to add resonance to the rest of our familiar [...]

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TV Review: Breaking Bad – “No Mas”

The first two seasons of Breaking Bad took a fish out of water and turned it into a shark. The show’s once benevolent, almost sheepish protagonist, Walter White, mutated right before us into a callous, immoral man. Seeing him go so far into moral decadence has made the show’s tragic experience some of the best [...]

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TV Review: LOST – “LA X”

For five and a half years, we’ve been watching LOST evolve into a saga of cryptic mystery. We’ve been captivated by its clues, its red herrings, its reversals, and-if we’re lucky-its devilish reveals. To piece the puzzle together for us, we’ve had a great cast of characters. They’ve asked us to follow them down several [...]

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TV Review: The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien Finale

Being a nerd, one who is especially self-deprecating, I’ve often had to deal with difficulties in life. My own insecurities have had opportunities to bloom into bleak hardships for even more strain, but because of one man, I’ve learned to embrace my peculiarities. That man is Conan O’Brien. I’ve been following his work since I [...]

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