SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Maigret Season 1, Episode 4. It also contains discussion of pregnancy loss. The best part of Maigret is how the PBS Masterpiece series goes right when it should go left. Season 1, Episode 4, “Maigret’s Failure, Part Two” could be angst-ridden and
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Tulsa King Season 3, Episode 6. It also contains discussion of suicide. As Tulsa King starts the second half of Season 3, it still feels like the best is yet to come. Episode 6, entitled “Bubbles,” is another episode that has a lot
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Mayor of Kingstown Season 4, Episode 1. The return of Mayor of Kingstown is explosively brilliant. The Paramount+ show took a massive risk at the end of Season 3, when it killed off several of its most important characters. But the Mayor of
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Boston Blue Season 1, Episode 2. The second episode of Boston Blue is art imitating life. The CBS show leans heavily on the concept of partners finding their way in the world. But “Teammates” is also proof of how the series itself is
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Sheriff Country Season 1, Episode 2. The Fire Country spinoff Sheriff Country has passed its first big test. Season 1, Episode 2 is proof that the CBS series can successfully incorporate its parent program—without relying on Fire Country to tell a good
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for The Last Frontier Season 1, Episode 4. Now that The Last Frontier is well into its mystery, the Apple TV show has to start putting pieces together. It’s laid out all its backstory and viewers want to understand what it all means.
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Chicago PD Season 13, Episode 4. It also contains discussion of suicide. Chicago PD Season 13, Episode 4 is an episode that serves a bigger purpose. “Root Cause” is not a great case of the week example. The plotline is more bloody than
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Chicago Fire Season 14, Episode 4. David Eigenberg has been part of Chicago Fire from the very beginning, and he’ll probably be there until the very end. How much he gives the NBC show is spotlighted in Season 14, Episode 4, which
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for Doc Season 2, Episode 5. It also contains reference to sexual assault. The second season of Doc has already had highs and lows, but the FOX medical drama takes a big step forward in Season 2, Episode 5. “Tightrope” features a case of
Brandon Larracuente is making a big impression on Chicago Fire. After wowing viewers as rookie police officer Alex Diaz in Wolf Entertainment’s On Call, the actor has joined Firehouse 51 as Sal Vasquez, the firefighter with a difficult past. Audiences are starting to learn just how much baggage Sal
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”