TV Reviews6.6/10
Banshee: A Good Show with a Great Premise, Carried by Antony Starr
Cinemax's Banshee ran four seasons and 38 episodes from 2013 to 2016, starring Antony Starr as a thief who steals a dead sheriff's identity.
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Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews5.8/10
Carnival Row Review: A Refugee Fantasy That Never Becomes the Show It Promised
Carnival Row ran two seasons on Prime Video, from 2019 to 2023. A review of its refugee allegory, its cast, and why it never became the franchise it promised.
TV Reviews6.4/10
Marvel’s Skrull Thriller Wastes Its Own Paranoia
Secret Invasion brought Nick Fury back to Earth for a Skrull spy story that never quite bites. Our review of Marvel's six-episode Disney+ series.
TV Reviews3.3/10
The Car Was the Star, and 44 Years Later That’s Still the Problem
Knight Rider ran four seasons, 84 episodes, and one talking Trans Am. A retrospective review of the 1982 NBC series starring David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight.
TV Reviews8.5/10
Saint Seiya Review: 114 Episodes of Cosmic Climbing, and the Score It Earned
Saint Seiya's 114-episode run on TV Asahi, its twelve Zodiac temples, and why the 1986 Toei anime still earns its 8.5 rating decades later.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Parasyte -the maxim- Turns Body Horror Into a Coming-of-Age Story
Parasyte -the maxim- review: Shinichi and Migi share one body in a 24-episode anime that turns body horror into a sharp study of identity and survival.
TV Reviews3.6/10
Seth MacFarlane’s Star Trek Homage Never Finds Its Own Voice
The Orville, Seth MacFarlane's Star Trek homage, ran three seasons on Fox and Hulu. A review of its crew, its borrowed premise, and its 3.6/10 verdict.
TV Reviews6.3/10
Mike Flanagan’s Bly Manor Follow-Up Drowns Its Grief Story in Too Many Ghosts
Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor adapts Henry James' Turn of the Screw across nine episodes. A well-acted but overstuffed follow-up to Hill House.
TV Reviews8/10
Archer Ran Fourteen Seasons on Speed, Spite and a Cast That Never Blinked
Archer ran 14 seasons on FX and FXX, ending in 2023. A look at Sterling, the ISIS agency, the show's reinventions, and why it stayed funny.
TV Reviews7/10
Orphan Black: Tatiana Maslany’s Clone Showcase, Reviewed
Orphan Black review: Tatiana Maslany plays multiple clones in the Canadian sci-fi thriller that ran five seasons and 50 episodes on Space and BBC America.
TV Reviews6.7/10
Amazon’s Afterlife Satire Upload Can’t Decide What It’s Satirising
Greg Daniels' Upload ran four seasons and 29 episodes on Prime Video. A review of what worked, what stalled, and why it ended at 6.7/10.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Elfen Lied at 22: A Flawed, Genuinely Transgressive Series That Still Lands
Elfen Lied ran 13 episodes in 2004 and still sparks debate 22 years later. A review of its split Lucy/Nyuu core, cast, manga ending, and violence.