Contributor: John Keegan

Written by Gabrielle Stanton
Directed by Nick Copus

The attention turns back to the personal relationships in this episode, as Oliver continues to firm up his resources. Dig also gets some much needed additional background exploration, and Oliver’s time on the island gets a bit more complex than expected. It’s something ( Read more... )

Contributor: Gregg Wright

Written by Joe Henderson
Directed by Paul Holahan

After a somewhat underwhelming mid-season finale, with a reveal that was about as heavily-telegraphed as a reveal can be, “White Collar” returns and picks up at the very moment where it left off. “White Collar” serves as an important counterweight in my TV viewing roster to ( Read more... )

Contributor: John Keegan

Written by Nancy Won
Directed by Adam Kane

With the new status quo more or less established in the season premiere, it was time for the writers to start exploring the ramifications of those changes. And sure enough, that’s exactly what they accomplish in this episode. Each character gets a solid plot thread that ( Read more... )

Contributor: John Keegan

Written by J. H. Wyman
Directed by J. H. Wyman

Bringing a trilogy of episodes to a solid conclusion is a difficult task. Also bringing a full season arc to its natural and fitting conclusion is even more difficult. Wrapping up an entire five-season series at the exact same time is well nigh impossible. And yet, “Fringe” ( Read more... )

Contributor: Bronzethumb

Written by Jeff King
Directed by Jon Cassar

The first episode of “Continuum” came out of the gate strong, moved fast and defied expectations of what a show about a cop from the future would be like. The second episode continues this trend and moves with the kind of sure footing that a lot of shows don’t find until much ( Read more... )

The Critical Myth Crew says farewell to one of their favorite shows as Fringe comes to its conclusion. As one might expect, there are a ton of spoilers for the series and the finale, so be forewarned! Recorded 19 Jan 2013.

Listen to Critical Myth on VOG Network! Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific), with an encore marathon on ( Read more... )

Contributor: Bronzethumb

Written by Stephen Cochrane
Directed by Steve Dimarco

After a shaky start to the season, “SubterrFaenean” feels like a much better premiere and makes a better promise to the audience that good things are coming. It feels a lot more like the better episodes of seasons one and two, balancing the fun characters, an interesting ( Read more... )

Contributor: J.M.

Written by Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn
Directed by Shawn Piller

Well, after a weaker transitional episode, the writers pulled out all the stops, laid waste to the status quo, and drastically altered the landscape for the fourth season of “Haven” after the breakneck-paced season finale. All season I have been critical of the execution ( Read more... )

Contributor: J.M.

Written by Gabrielle Stanton
Directed by Lee Rose

While not originally planned as a two part episode, because of the Sandy Hook shooting, Syfy pushed back “Reunion” to air with the season finale. While I don’t really want to speak to the politics of the decision, the decision to push it back didn’t really hurt the story at all. In ( Read more... )

Contributor: Gregg Wright

Written by Howard Overman
Directed by Justin Molotnikov

One of the most prominent central themes of “Merlin” (particularly in the previous season) has been the contrast between Arthur and his more ruthless father, Uther Pendragon. The show has made the point rather well that Arthur is a better man and a better ruler than ( Read more... )