The final season of Black Sails on Starz looks to be as good as its predecessors, though I was struck by how quickly the fortunes turned for our favorite pirates. At the end of Season 3, Silver and Flint had pulled off a massacre of Woodes Rogers’ British fleet with the help of Madi’s legion…
With only two episodes left in the second part of Season 4 of Vikings, I’m not a hundred percent sure where the show is going now that Ragnar’s death has been avenged. But I suspect the show will alter history yet again. The past few episodes of Vikings have embraced some of the more significant…
I’ll be the first to admit that part 2 of Season 4 of Vikings on History snuck up on me. But when I started catching up with the new half-season, I did not realize that Vikings was becoming a prequel to Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom. In fact, it seems, we can credit Ragnar Lothbrok…
One of my favorite shows of the past few years has been Black Sails on Starz. It’s an amazing prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and has been, in my view, one of the best shows on television. A rival, perhaps, to even Game of Thrones. The final season premiers on September 29, and…
Last Sunday’s season finale of Westworld on HBO served as a near perfect end to what has been one of my favorite shows on television in years. As I predicted last week, Ford’s new narrative was the finale’s ultimate focus, but the twist at the end proved completely unexpected. Note, *SPOILERS* for the season finale…
With one episode to go, a few mysteries still remain on HBO’s Westworld, even though two of the biggest appear to have been solved last Sunday. One remaining mystery concerns the new narrative Ford has been obsessing about since episode 2. This begs the question: What game is Ford playing on Westworld? Here’s what we…
HBO’s Westworld has been chock-full of mysteries, but with two episodes to go, one thing is becoming quite clear: Westworld is taking place over multiple timelines, and after last week’s episode, there are at least four of them. The William & Logan Timeline I’ve written before about the two-timeline theory, which posits that the scenes…
Time is scarce this week, but I wanted to offer a quick thought on last Sunday’s ginormous twist on Westworld. A lot of fans saw the twist coming, but I think the scene revealed a lot more, and once again it seems Westworld’s biggest clues remain in its dialogue. As predicted, Bernard is a host….
Episode 6 of HBO’s Westworld was just another outstanding chapter in what has become the most intelligent series on television. It also featured one of the show’s most fascinating scenes – with Maeve and Felix – set to a beautiful and haunting score. And it just might have given us the biggest clue to what,…
Westworld just keeps getting better and better. The writers are killing it, and it seems like every line of dialogue on this show holds a clue to its many mysteries. So, as we’ve reached the midpoint of season 1 (and I really hope HBO renews it for season 2), here are five thoughts I have…
If nothing else, HBO’s Westworld keeps you thinking. It’s like a fascinating puzzle, and trying to solve its myriad of mysteries has become the most fun I’ve had since LOST was in its prime. This show’s questions have had me rewatching each episode, and I must admit now that the scenes with William and Logan…