Sense8 Season 1 Episode 3 Review: “Smart Money Is on the Skinny B**ch”
At times, Sense8‘s ability to effectively communicate its story can be frustrating; however, each episode has stood on such strong thematic foundations
Author: Randy Dankievitch
Since 2011, Randy Dankievitch has written about television, film, video games, and pop culture all over the internet, including Sound on Sight, Geeks Unleashed, and SLUG Magazine. He currently writes for TVOvermind and TVRoundtable, where he also co-hosts the TVRoundtable podcast.
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The Brink Season 1 Episode 1 Review: “Pilot”
To call The Brink a satire of American foreign policy would be incorrect; The Brink isn’t so much satire as it is broad geo-political comedy, one le
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Though she’s only seen on-screen once across the 20 seasons of Cheers and Frasier that feature Frasier Crane, Hester Crane is by far the most influe
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The first four hours of True Detective‘s first season were something special, a southern murder mystery wrapped with a thick layer of existentialism, de
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There are a lot of Frasier episodes that have not aged well: “Call Me Irresponsible” is definitely one of them – and I’m not just sa
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Inevitability is something doctors deal with every day; as Cox stated in Scrubs‘ first hour, all doctors are doing is trying to keep the game going with
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“Make the best of it” can be a damning phrase. It suggests subjugation to the powers of the universe, that we are not really in charge of our own
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On the heels of the intoxicating, impenetrable pilot, “I Am Also A We” brings a much more fully-realized version of Sense8 to the table. Narrowi
