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CSI: Cyber‘s Black Lives Matter Episode Is a Racist’s Wet Dream

CSI:Cyber is usually stupid in a pleasant way, but last night’s episode took a sharp turn out of comforting dumbness and into racist propaganda diarrhea island. “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes” is a “ripped from the headlines” police brutality-themed episode, name-checking Mike Brown and Freddie Gray and climaxing in a protest about violence against an unarmed…

Television Kate Knibbs Oct 19

That Was the Most Brutal Episode of The Walking Dead Ever, and It Was Basically Zombie-Free

The DirecTV summary for last night’s episode of The Walking Dead ran as follows: “A new problem arises.” This is technically accurate, although I don’t think it really does “JSS” justice, seeing as it may have been the one of the most violent, disturbing episodes TWD has ever aired. I’m not sure “JSS” is a…

Television Rob Bricken Oct 19

This Was Doctor Who At Its Most Spectacular And Heart-Breaking

Tonight’s Doctor Who episode had everything—spaceships, aliens, trickery, the power of stories, and the Doctor desperately struggling to win in an impossible situation. Twice. And it leads up to an ending that genuinely punches you in the gut. Spoilers ahead! What’s great about “The Girl Who Died” is just how much story it manages to…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 17

Akeela Is Tired Of All This Precog Nonsense in a Clip From Monday’s Minority Report

Akeela is fast becoming a standout character on Fox’s Minority Report. And in Monday’s episode—which also guest-stars Reed Diamond from Dollhouse and Agents of SHIELD—she discovers the downside of trying to keep a secret from a clairvoyant. Check out an exclusive clip! The above clip comes from the episode “The Present,” airing Monday at 9…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 16

Continuum Actually Managed to Have a Pretty Sweet Ending

The final episode of Continuum doesn’t air on Syfy until tonight—so if you haven’t seen it yet, please skip the rest of this recap and just know that there actually is a decent ending in store for you. Everybody else, read on. Spoilers ahead… I have severely mixed feelings about the final shortened season of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 16

The Ice King From Adventure Time Is Getting His Own Spin-off Comic!

There have been an awful lot of Adventure Time tie-in comics… but this one is different. Boom! Studios is releasing a comic-book miniseries about the Ice King, aka Simon Petrikov, whose magical crown drove him insane. And the comic is written by Emily Partridge, who’s actually worked on Adventure Time as a storyboard revisionist artist,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 16

10 Comics That Absolutely Must Be TV Series, NOT Movies

The other day, comic-book fans got an amazing piece of news: the beloved Y the Last Man is not going to be shoehorned into movie form, but will get to live and breathe as a TV show. Even though comics rule movies these days, some of them are just too big for a two-hour package.…

Television Rob Bricken Oct 16

Hack/Slash Is Going to Be a TV Series Now

The latest project moving out of movie development hell and into TV purgatory is an adaptation of the independent comic Hack/Slash, with a pilot script being written by screenwriter Skip Woods (Hitman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine). The comic, which centers on Cassie Hack and her muscle-bound partner Vlad’s murder of murderers—some of which are suspiciously familiar…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 16

Heroes Reborn Is Falling Into the Exact Same Trap That Heroes Did

Hey, remember all that potential I said that Heroes Reborn had two weeks ago after the third episode? Well, I don’t think I was technically wrong, but I do think Heroes Reborn has managed to squander most of it over the last two episodes. Almost nothing happened, and what little did occur wasn’t that interesting.…

Television Rob Bricken Oct 16

The Walking Dead Supporting Character You Need To Get To Know

It’s easy to say Rick, Daryl or Michonne is your favorite character on The Walking Dead. But going into the sixth season, with a new set of tribulations on the way, another character who hasn’t gotten much screen time could become much more important: Olivia, who embodies Alexandria’s potential and peril. We talked to actress…

Television Germain Lussier Oct 15

American Horror Story: Hotel Reminds Us That Nothing Lasts Forever, Even Undead Romance

“Chutes and Ladders” unfurls deep background on the cursed Hotel Cortez, via a flashback that pays sly homage to a real-life serial killer. But American Horror Story: Hotel knows we’re all here for Lady Gaga, whose preening Countess ably demonstrates that vampires can break hearts, too. Spoilers, ye creatures of the night … The episode…

Television Cheryl Eddy Oct 15

I Pay For Cable TV, and Don’t Care Who Knows It

I turn 30 this month, and it feels like I am one of the few people my age who watches cable TV and is willing to pay for it. Truth is, I hate watching shows on my computer—or worse, my phone. Give me new episodes in real-time, on a real TV. I know I’m on…

Television Bryan Lufkin Oct 15

When Is It Time to Let Your Main Characters Go?

Long-running series have an aversion to change. Which makes sense, since it’s hard to ditch the actors and plots that were working. But it is important to see the signs that they aren’t working anymore. There are times when a character’s arc has come to an end. They’ve served their plot purpose and now it’s…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 15

Arrow Does the One Thing None of Us Thought It Would Do

“The Candidate” has some standout action scenes—though when it comes to this season’s narrative, the show is still finding its feet. But then, near the end of the episode, Arrow does something we never even imagined it could do. You’ll know it when you see it. The Sweet First Fight The Arrow Team is after…

Television Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 15

Star Wars Rebels‘ Second Season Kicks Off With a Great Steven Spielberg Homage

In Star Wars Rebels season one, the best episodes were the ones where our heroes were in action that moved the overall story ahead. The lesser ones were bottle episodes where characters were defined, but the mythology wasn’t expanded. Season two started off with the perfect mix of both. In “The Lost Commanders” (the first…

Television Germain Lussier Oct 15

The Team Behind The X-Men Films Is Bringing Two New Marvel Shows To Television

Disney owns both Marvel and ABC, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only channel that can have Marvel TV shows. Fox just announced that it’s working on its own Marvel show, tentatively called Hellfire. Plus another Marvel show is in the pipeline for FX, called Legion. Hellfire will be set in the late 1960s, and…

Television Germain Lussier Oct 14

Last Night, Someone on iZombie Had the Greatest Alibi Ever

Look, a lot of important things happened on “Zombie Bro,” but the best part of the episode was the truly epic alibi for murder one couple had. I love it and this show. Everyone should be watching iZombie. Spoilers ahead. At some point, this show is going to run out of stereotypes for Liv to…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 14

How the Heck Will the Machine Gang Get Numbers in Person of Interest Season 5?

Person of Interest season four ended in a very dark place. And it’s also an ending that seems to obliterated the show’s format, going forward. How do our heroes find out the Social Security Number of this week’s “Person of Interest” in this dire situation? We asked the show’s cast and producers. Spoilers ahead… Sadly,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 14

How Playboy Used to Be an Innovator in Porn Technology

Come March of 2016, Playboy magazine is ditching nude photos in favor of the merely scantily clad. (Go ahead and make the joke about reading it for the articles. I’ll wait.) The magazine has struggled to make a profit in a world brimming with free internet pornography. Which is interesting, given Playboy’s long history of…

Television Diane Kelly Oct 14

Manhattan Is the Best TV Show That Hardly Anybody is Watching

WGN America’s Manhattan is basically Mad Men with atomic bombs, and it’s a brilliant show. Last night, the series returned, after an explosive season 1 finale that left viewers hanging as to the fates of several major characters. And it’s better than ever. I’m pleased to report that this show’s season premiere showcases all the…

Television Jennifer Ouellette Oct 14

CSI: Cyber‘s Black Lives Matter Episode Is a Racist’s Wet Dream

That Was the Most Brutal Episode of The Walking Dead Ever, and It Was Basically Zombie-Free

This Was Doctor Who At Its Most Spectacular And Heart-Breaking

Akeela Is Tired Of All This Precog Nonsense in a Clip From Monday’s Minority Report

Continuum Actually Managed to Have a Pretty Sweet Ending

The Ice King From Adventure Time Is Getting His Own Spin-off Comic!

10 Comics That Absolutely Must Be TV Series, NOT Movies

Hack/Slash Is Going to Be a TV Series Now

Heroes Reborn Is Falling Into the Exact Same Trap That Heroes Did

The Walking Dead Supporting Character You Need To Get To Know

American Horror Story: Hotel Reminds Us That Nothing Lasts Forever, Even Undead Romance

I Pay For Cable TV, and Don’t Care Who Knows It

When Is It Time to Let Your Main Characters Go?

Arrow Does the One Thing None of Us Thought It Would Do

Star Wars Rebels‘ Second Season Kicks Off With a Great Steven Spielberg Homage

The Team Behind The X-Men Films Is Bringing Two New Marvel Shows To Television

Last Night, Someone on iZombie Had the Greatest Alibi Ever

How the Heck Will the Machine Gang Get Numbers in Person of Interest Season 5?

How Playboy Used to Be an Innovator in Porn Technology

Manhattan Is the Best TV Show That Hardly Anybody is Watching

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