TV Reviews7.2/10
A Twist Earns Its Reputation in La Mentira
A man hunts a woman he believes betrayed his brother, marries her, and learns she was never the culprit at all.
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Category: TV Reviews
Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews7.4/10
Brenda Blethyn Leads 14 Seasons of Vera, Still Finding Errors in Her Team
A review of Vera, the ITV crime drama starring Brenda Blethyn as a sharp, obsessive detective chief inspector.
TV Reviews7.7/10
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Returns to PBS, and Its Decades-Old Detective Still Packs a Punch
A private detective of fortune and wit, Phryne Fisher walks Melbourne's back lanes in search of justice and mirth.
TV Reviews7.5/10
‘The Sniffer’ Review: A Nose Worth Following, a Marriage Not So Lucky
A man who can smell everything solves crimes but pays a terrible price at home in this moody Ukrainian detective series.
TV Reviews3.5/10
APB’s Bold Premise Couldn’t Save It From a Terrible Execution
A rich man buys a police district and fills it with machines, but the bold idea cannot quite land.
TV Reviews7.4/10
Alan Partridge’s Roadside Return: A Man Who Can’t Stop Believing in Himself
A man reduced to a graveyard radio slot, desperate for a return to TV. A comedy of failure, dressed as warmth.
TV Reviews7.2/10
Deadliest Catch Review: Twenty-Two Seasons of Crab, Waves and Camaraderie
A grim chronicle of crab-fishing peril in the Bering Sea, wherein forty-foot waves and seven-hundred-pound pots exact their dread toll.
TV Reviews7.3/10
Stumptown Review: Cobie Smulders Anchors a Solid Crime Drama Cut Short
A review of Stumptown, the crime drama starring Cobie Smulders as a private investigator in Portland, canceled after one season.
TV Reviews7.3/10
Heels Review: Two Brothers Fight Over Their Father’s Wrestling Promotion — And the Ring Isn’t Enough
A tale of two brothers who wrestle in the ring, each bearing a mask, one villain, one hero, while their father's promotion waits back home.
TV Reviews7.7/10
‘Narco-Saints’: Netflix’s Korean Crime Epic Earns Its 7.7
A Korean businessman is drawn into a perilous mission against a drug lord's empire in South America, in this gripping crime epic.
TV Reviews8/10
Tiny World Review: The Tiniest Creatures Deserve Our Full Attention
A nature doc that treats tiny creatures with reverence, narrated by Paul Rudd, available on Apple TV+. A quiet triumph.
TV Reviews8/10
Five Years On, Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-‘s AI Diva Still Sounds Like the Future
A tale of an AI diva whose song, sung daily upon the stage, becomes the very instrument of her own awakening.