SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for NCIS: Origins Season 2, Episode 2. The purpose of NCIS: Origins is to give viewers new perspective on characters, and Season 2, Episode 2 is an example of that in action. “Who by Fire” has a fairly predictable plot. What makes it work
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for NCIS Season 23, Episode 2. NCIS definitively ends the Carla Marino storyline in Season 23, Episode 2—as it should. The CBS show has gotten all the mileage out of Alden Parker’s battle with Carla that it can. “Prodigal Son, Part 2”
Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 is a soft reset for the Paramount+ show—and its best season yet. The jaw-dropping events of the Season 3 finale mean that Season 4 has a lot of rebuilding to do, and the creative team uses that to their advantage, adding some incredible actors
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Brilliant Minds Season 2, Episode 5. The fifth episode of Brilliant Minds Season 2 features some shocking moments—and only one of them in an operating room. “Once Upon a Time in America” will be buzzworthy, but the discussion isn’t all positive.
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Chad Powers Season 1, Episode 5. It also contains a mention of suicide. Watching Chad Powers Season 1, Episode 5 is like watching two different TV shows simultaneously. The Hulu series starts out as a raunchy comedy, borrowing its big plot twist from
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Tracker Season 3, Episode 1. Just after Tracker provided some answers about what happened to Colter Shaw’s father, the CBS show returns with another ongoing plotline for viewers to follow. Tracker Season 3, Episode 1, “The Process” introduces an evil organization that
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Maigret Season 1, Episode 3. The best part of Maigret is how the PBS Masterpiece series subverts the crime drama. Maigret‘s second story, “Maigret’s Failure,” is an even better example than the first. It takes a classic trope—the villainous businessman
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. The Peacock miniseries Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy is an example of the overwhelming interest in true crime. These days, any kind of major true crime story is quickly followed by a fictionalized version. And in
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Tulsa King Season 3, Episode 5. The biggest moment in Tulsa King Season 3, Episode 5 doesn’t come from a major character. It’s the health inspector whose head gets crushed in by a series of falling barrels. That’s the one
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Boston Blue Season 1, Episode 1. When Boston Blue was announced, Blue Bloods fans were honestly confused as to why CBS ended Blue Bloods an then ordered a spinoff that seemed to be the exact opposite. Why would Danny Reagan leave New York?
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Sheriff Country Season 1, Episode 1. The Fire Country spinoff Sheriff Country arrives with a pilot that successfully explains why it exists. It’s easy to turn a hit show into a franchise, but hard to make it a good franchise. And while
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for The Rainmaker Episode 10. The Rainmaker hasn’t explicitly been billed as a limited series, but the USA show’s finale feels like it is. It ends with so much finality that it’s hard seeing where the characters could go next. And