SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Maigret Season 1, Episode 2. Maigret firmly establishes its own lane with “The Lazy Burglar, Part Two.” The PBS Masterpiece show’s conclusion to its opening mystery colors even further outside the genre lines than the series premiere. That’s what makes it
Netflix‘s A House of Dynamite is the emotional, intense, devastating best movie of the year. The Kathryn Bigelow-directed thriller featuring an impressive (and impressively understated) cast is what people go to the movies for. It’s also the kind of movie that will leave them shaking when it’s
The most interesting dynamic in PBS’ Maigret has little to do with crime-solving. It’s the rapport that Maigret has with his wife Louise—because it’s more than the typical cop and spouse relationship seen on TV. They feel like an evenly matched pair personally, while Louise also contributes
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Tulsa King Season 3, Episode 4. After Tulsa King dropped a huge bombshell on the audience with the end of Episode 3, the Paramount+ show undoes most of the resulting suspense in Episode 4. “Staring Down the Barrel” solves the crew’s biggest
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for The Rainmaker Episode 9. The next-to-last episode of The Rainmaker finally starts the Great Benefit trial, while also tying up loose ends from the rest of the series. It’s here that the USA show’s deliberate pacing is truly showing itself. Eight
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Law & Order Season 25, Episode 3. One of the perks of Law & Order going back to its first season has been the proliferation of theater actors who have graced the NBC show. They’ve given the guest characters color—and in
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for The Last Frontier Season 1, Episode 1. The Last Frontier is a chess match of chilling proportions between two of Hollywood’s most underrated actors. The Apple TV+ show is one-part action series, one-part brooding drama, but it rests squarely on the intense
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Season 1, Episode 3. Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Episode 3 delves into the art world, and it has a genuinely interesting premise. Artists profiting off the work of other artists is a real thing; there’
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Chicago PD Season 13, Episode 2. It’s fitting that Jesse Lee Soffer directs Chicago PD Season 13, Episode 2, because “Open Wounds” ends with Dante Torres on the same path that Soffer’s character Jay Halstead once walked. Torres, upset and feeling
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Chicago Fire Season 14, Episode 2. Chicago Fire Season 14, Episode 2 draws an unexpected parallel between Stella Kidd and Chicago PD‘s Hank Voight. The two characters are nothing alike—except for that “Primary Search” makes Stella responsible for a bunch of
The 200th episode of Chicago Med has arrived—and it’s flying under the radar. The NBC medical drama is reaching that milestone in the second episode of Season 11, with its biggest talking point being the return of original cast member Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead. There’s
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Doc Season 2, Episode 3. Many TV medical dramas eventually become more about the personal lives of the doctors than the actual medicine. Doc Season 2, Episode 3, “New Blood” is an example of that phenomenon. Despite a top-tier guest star anchoring the