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Shogun: A Dream of a Dream  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 10

In the wake of a tragic death, Blackthorne finally considers the true nature of Toranaga's plan. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Apr 23, 2024 - 43 comments

Shogun: Crimson Sky  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 9

Mariko arrives in Osaka for the fight of her life. Blackthorne and Yabushige scramble to save their own heads as their options dwindle. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Apr 16, 2024 - 17 comments

Shogun: The Abyss of Life  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 8

Toranaga's defeated clan moves to Edo; Blackthorne must decide who he fights for. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Apr 9, 2024 - 25 comments

Shogun: A Stick of Time  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 7

Outplayed by new alliances in Osaka, Toranaga is forced to carve out a new deal with a long lost family member. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Apr 2, 2024 - 23 comments

Shogun: Ladies of the Willow World  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 6

Lady Ochiba returns to Osaka in order to accelerate the Regents' campaign against Toranaga. In Ajiro, Toranaga tests Mariko's loyalty to his cause. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Mar 26, 2024 - 13 comments

Shogun: Broken to the Fist  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 5

Blackthorne and Mariko struggle to contain the secret that could get them both killed. Yabushige searches for the spy who has betrayed his intentions to Lord Toranaga. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Mar 19, 2024 - 22 comments

Shogun: The Eightfold Fence  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 4

Blackthorne and Mariko test their new alliance as they train Toranaga's gun regiment for war. Yabushige must navigate his past promises to Ishido when an old friend comes to the village. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Mar 12, 2024 - 18 comments

Shogun: Tomorrow Is Tomorrow  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 3

After Blackthorne survives a brazen assassination attempt, Toranaga realizes he must ferry his allies out of Osaka or risk certain defeat. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Mar 5, 2024 - 35 comments

Shogun: Servants of Two Masters  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 2

Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga's custody. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Feb 27, 2024 - 9 comments

Shogun: Anjin  Show Only   Season 1, Ep 1

Destinies converge in Japan after a barbarian ship washes ashore in a poor fishing village. Meanwhile, in Osaka, Lord Toranaga finds himself outplayed by his enemies. [more inside]
posted by Molesome on Feb 27, 2024 - 15 comments

Reservation Dogs: Deer Lady  Season 3, Ep 3

Deer Lady sees a glimpse of her past while helping Bear. [more inside]
posted by Quonab on Aug 9, 2023 - 11 comments

The Bear: The Bear  Season 1, Ep 0

A young chef from the world of fine dining comes home to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop. [more inside]
posted by gaspode on Jun 27, 2022 - 36 comments

Atlanta: Tarrare  Season 3, Ep 10

We finally get an episode wholly centered on Vanessa, and it's the season finale. Van goes native in Paris and takes a few friends on a surreal adventure including the humiliation of Alexander Skarsgård, ritual cannibalism, and a big emotional reveal by the Seine. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on May 21, 2022 - 7 comments

Atlanta: Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga  Season 3, Ep 9

High school student Aaron undergoes a test of his blackness as he tries to get college funding from an unusual source. Another standalone story. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on May 15, 2022 - 4 comments

Atlanta: New Jazz  Season 3, Ep 8

Al tries Nepalese Space Cake and overthinks his fame on a strange trip through Amsterdam. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on May 7, 2022 - 6 comments

Atlanta: Trini 2 De Bone  Season 3, Ep 7

This week: a different kind of ghost story, written by Jordan Temple (writer of episodes 6 and 13 of Abbot Elementary), continues the season's theme of white people cursed by their own racism. A gently unfolding standalone episode about childcare, how children deal with death, and the physical and emotional labor Black people provide to white families. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on Apr 30, 2022 - 5 comments

Atlanta: White Fashion  Season 3, Ep 6

Al joins a fashion company's diversity advisory board, Vanessa reconnects with Earn, and Darius searches for jollof as Paper Boi's European tour continues. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on Apr 24, 2022 - 6 comments

Atlanta: Cancer Attack  Season 3, Ep 5

Earn and Al try to solve a crime backstage after a Paper Boi show. Darius gets distracted from an eerie adventure and Van is even more cryptic than she's already been. Al has a revealing moment. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on Apr 18, 2022 - 6 comments

Atlanta: The Big Payback  Season 3, Ep 4

A standalone speculative fiction episode this week: middle-class white guy Marshall deals with the fallout in his life from new reparations taxes on descendants of former slave-owners. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on Apr 8, 2022 - 11 comments

Atlanta: The Old Man and the Tree  Season 3, Ep 3

Things get out of hand at a reclusive South African billionaire's very strange party. Darius gets some white allies, Vanessa goes rogue, Paper Boi encounters a tree and Earn levels up his management skills. Bonus: Donald Glover interviews himself and compares the show to a fine meal at a farm-to-table restaurant and says, "Even if you don’t like it, you can’t say it’s not high quality. The quality is undeniable."
posted by mediareport on Apr 7, 2022 - 7 comments

Atlanta: Sinterklaas Is Coming To Town  Season 3, Ep 2

Episode 2 rejoins Earn, Paperboy and Darius on tour in Amsterdam, where they get a surprise visitor and have a variety of encounters with the horrors of Dutch jail, a strange group of mourners and a whole lot of Zwarte Piet.
posted by mediareport on Mar 31, 2022 - 3 comments

Atlanta: Three Slaps  Season 3, Ep 1

Donald Glover's comedy/horror/drama show Atlanta is back with 2 new episodes dropped this week (four years after the season 2 finale). The premiere half-hour again defies expectations to introduce a new young protagonist and tell his increasingly intense story.
posted by mediareport on Mar 31, 2022 - 4 comments

Fargo: The Birthplace of Civilization  Season 4, Ep 5

Josto strikes back. Ethelrida does the right thing. Loy finds himself against the ropes. Deafy shakes the tree.
posted by fight or flight on Oct 19, 2020 - 6 comments

Fargo: The Pretend War  Season 4, Ep 4

In which Rabbi Milligan comes clean, Odis plays with fire, and Josto confronts Gaetano.
posted by fight or flight on Oct 12, 2020 - 4 comments

Fargo: Raddoppiarlo  Season 4, Ep 3

Deafy and Odis join forces; Josto seeks revenge; Oraetta finds new employment; Gaetano makes a move; Zelmare and Swanee help the Smutnys with their debt.
posted by fight or flight on Oct 5, 2020 - 8 comments

Fargo: The Land of Taking and Killing  Season 4, Ep 2

"“The Land of Taking and Killing” opens with an image familiar to Fargo: snow falling on a field as the wind howls." (Vulture)
posted by fight or flight on Sep 30, 2020 - 9 comments

Fargo: Welcome to the Alternate Economy  Season 4, Ep 1

"Fargo’s fourth-season premiere, “Welcome to the Alternate Economy,” takes it further away from its geographic namesake than ever. Set primarily in Kansas City in 1950, the episode opens with a crash course on the city’s underworld history that stretches from the first years of the 20th century to its midpoint — as narrated by Ethelrida Smutney (E’myri Crutchfield), a 16-year-old who, by episode’s end, will find herself swept up in that history’s latest chapter." (vulture)
posted by ChuraChura on Sep 28, 2020 - 16 comments

Devs: Episode #1.7  Season 1, Ep 7

The Devs team perfect the system, and Forest and Katie wait for the completion of the Devs project. Lily and Jamie try to avoid its threat, but a visit from Kenton leaves Lily with no choice.
posted by paper chromatographologist on Apr 10, 2020 - 39 comments

A Christmas Carol: FX's A Christmas Carol, episodes 1-3  Season 1, Ep 0

A television adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas tale of the miser Ebenezer Scrooge. (FX Channel/BBC production) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Dec 19, 2019 - 9 comments

Mr Inbetween: Season Two  Season 2, Ep 0

Hired gun Ray juggles a sick brother, a new girlfriend, a tween daughter and the occasional murder and heist.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 30, 2019 - 6 comments

Mr Inbetween: Season One  Season 1, Ep 0

"Mr Inbetween" is a half-hour comedy series inspired by the cult film "The Magician." Juggling a relationship, parental responsibilities, friendships, and a sick brother while earning a living would be difficult for anyone, but it's particularly difficult for Ray since he's a criminal for hire.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 29, 2019 - 4 comments

Legion: Chapter 26  Season 3, Ep 7

Everyone is someone, David.
posted by artlung on Aug 6, 2019 - 8 comments

Archer: Robert De Niro  Season 10, Ep 9

Season Finale: When a trial turns into a party it can only mean that Barry-6 has returned [more inside]
posted by LizBoBiz on Aug 4, 2019 - 12 comments

Legion: Chapter 25  Season 3, Ep 6

Fairytale! Deeply weird but always great to see Oliver and Melanie...
posted by artlung on Jul 30, 2019 - 10 comments

Legion: Chapter 24  Season 3, Ep 5

Now war is declared and battle come down.
posted by kokaku on Jul 23, 2019 - 5 comments

Legion: Chapter 23  Season 3, Ep 4

Time is preyed upon. [more inside]
posted by Sibrax on Jul 20, 2019 - 6 comments

Pose: Never knew love like this before  Season 2, Ep 4

"In “Never Knew Love Like This Before,” Pose held up a mirror to the continued violence perpetrated against transgender women of color in our society and asked us not to look away." [more inside]
posted by ChuraChura on Jul 11, 2019 - 4 comments

Legion: Chapter 22  Season 3, Ep 3

A family history
posted by LizBoBiz on Jul 10, 2019 - 8 comments

Legion: Chapter 21  Season 3, Ep 2

David prepares for a journey.
posted by LizBoBiz on Jul 9, 2019 - 3 comments

Legion: Chapter 20  Season 3, Ep 1

David gets a new friend. [more inside]
posted by Thorzdad on Jun 26, 2019 - 16 comments

Fosse/Verdon: Providence  Season 1, Ep 8

Gwen looks ahead to an uncertain future, as Bob tells the story of his life on film. (Season Finale) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on May 28, 2019 - 13 comments

Fosse/Verdon: Nowadays  Season 1, Ep 7

Gwen fights to assert her own creative vision on Chicago, challenging Bob's increasingly dark approach to the musical. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on May 22, 2019 - 9 comments

Fosse/Verdon: Glory  Season 1, Ep 4

Bob's career takes some huge leaps, while Gwen struggles to overcome personal and professional setbacks. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Apr 30, 2019 - 8 comments

Fosse/Verdon: Me and My Baby  Season 1, Ep 3

Gwen and Bob pursue separate projects; Gwen thinks back to the beginning of her career and the circumstances that led her here. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Apr 23, 2019 - 6 comments

Fosse/Verdon: Who's Got the Pain?  Season 1, Ep 2

Rising Broadway star Gwen Verdon meets ambitious young choreographer Bob Fosse and their lives will never be the same. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Apr 16, 2019 - 10 comments

Fosse/Verdon: Life is a Cabaret  Season 1, Ep 1

The premiere of the series about the singular romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. (FX Channel) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Apr 9, 2019 - 5 comments

Snowfall: You know I mean business  Season 2, Ep 0

Snowfall continues its riveting story about the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it. Season two follows our ensemble of characters as they intersect and overlap within the mosaic of Los Angeles as we enter 1984, all of them working toward their ultimate goals of money, power and influence. [more inside]
posted by LizBoBiz on Sep 26, 2018 - 0 comments

Pose: Pilot  Season 1, Ep 1

In 1987 New York, Blanca Rodriguez pursues her dream of being a house mother and competing in the House Ballroom scene after a devastating medical diagnosis. Meanwhile, Damon Richards moves to New York with aspirations of joining a dance company. [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Jun 5, 2018 - 9 comments

Legion: Chapter 16  Season 2, Ep 8

The path forward is revealed.
posted by Strange Interlude on May 24, 2018 - 13 comments

Legion: Chapter 13  Season 2, Ep 5

Lenny returns and everyone wants to know why... and how. [more inside]
posted by runcibleshaw on May 2, 2018 - 28 comments

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