Marco Polo Season 1 Episode 2 Review: “The Wolf and the Deer”
Sprawling dramas like Marco Polo always face the same challenge early on: developing characters and story simultaneously, as to not quickly lose audiences w
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.
The Slow Burn of BoJack Horseman’s First Season
At first, BoJack Horseman is a fairly simplistic, consistently clever little satire of Hollywood superficiality, a familiar story told through the lens of t
Benched Season 1 Episode 8 Review: “Diamond is a Girl’s Worst Friend”
On the short list of Benched‘s early flaws, its struggle to make cases and clients matter to the show’s character has been the most glaring. In n
Ground Floor Season 2 Episode 2 Review: “Baked and Toasted”
The “straight edge character gets high” plot line is one sitcoms and dramas alike have done to death – there’s no running away from it
Selfie Season 1 Episode 11 Review: “Perestroika”
With Selfie nearing its abrupt end, it’s no surprise how disjointed parts of “Perestroika” feel. Individually, each plot actually works qui
Scrubs and Death: Finding Beauty in Darkness
Of all the things Scrubs did well through its nine season run (yes, Scrubs: Med School counts – and no, it’s not as bad as people say it was),
Marco Polo Season 1 Episode 1 Review: “The Wayfarer”
Marco Polo is an interesting $90 million gamble for Netflix: based on a man best known for being a pool game, and featuring precisely zero well-known America
Frasier’s Complicated Relationship with Farce
Like any long-running television show, Frasier‘s later seasons are marked by shallow characterizations and repetitive storytelling, a classic case of
The (Business) Genius of Fargo
On a creative level, there’s no denying how great this year’s Fargo mini-series was. Under the guide of Noah Hawley’s pen, Fargo filled
Six Classic Arrested Development Guest Stars
Part of Arrested Development‘s legacy comes from the people Mitch Hurwitz and company were able to get appear on it through four seasons (but particul
