At long last, the season of “Atlanta” that was supposed to be “more about Van than Earn” ends with an episode that is all about Van, and we finally get an explanation for her strange behavior throughout the season. “Tarrare” sees our lone female lead on a chaotic adventure in Paris, working three distinct jobs: a femme domme for a certain member of the Skarsgard clan, an intimidating courier who is not above bread-based violence, and a sous-chef serving up cannibal cuisine.It goes without saying that this episode was unfiltered insanity, and weirdos who get off on reading my reviews and sending hate mail over the less favorable ones will be disappointed to know that I did not dislike this one — although it … [Read More...]

While it’s certainly painful to watch Anne (Suranne Jones) dive back into her past, unraveling her feelings for Mariana (Lydia Leonard) was always an inevitability. By all accounts (aka the thriving lesbian inner circle they have yet to welcome Miss Walker into), Mariana was the first great love of Anne’s life. They spent years as a couple and for a long time anticipated a life together. Even after Mariana’s marriage, they couldn’t let one another go. But now Anne wants to move on and with Anne Walker (Sophie Rundle) she’s found someone she can love enough to envision a new future. But the past won’t be so easily left behind so there was never any possibility of moving on without returning to Mariana first — and better … [Read More...]

We’re in the home stretch now when it comes to Jimmy and Kim’s plot against Howard. While bits and pieces of info have been dished out over the last few episodes, “Better Call Saul” has also played things extremely close to the chest. Just when you think you’ve figured out what Kim and Jimmy are up to, they add yet another layer to their elaborate plan. This week, we see the return of a familiar “Breaking Bad”/”Better Call Saul” player: Dr. Caldera, the veterinarian who moonlights as a major contract for the local criminal underworld. He also provides medical assistance for those who can’t exactly obtain it in normal, legal ways. Jimmy comes to Caldera for a drug of some sort. Again, the show is intentionally … [Read More...]

Here’s a fun fact: the second-season premiere of HBO’s hit show “Barry” first aired on March 31, 2019, with its finale airing in May of that year. So it’s been three years, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, since this show aired regularly. And while it makes perfect sense that “Barry” would not incorporate the pandemic into its storyline, the show also isn’t doing a ton of hand-holding for its audience in season three about even the tiniest details from previous seasons. Three years after season two, you may remember that Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) is a hitman/actor in Los Angeles trying to get out of the business of death, but the details within that struggle are harder to recall. But episodes like “all the sauces” are … [Read More...]