This happens to me constantly, as someone who writes online for a living. But it’s happened to everyone. If you spend enough time talking about television, movies, books, or pretty much any kind of storytelling online eventually someone will comment: “It’s not that deep.” Maybe you wrote 2,000 words analyzingContinue Reading
The Vampire Lestat episode 4 “The Devil’s Road” may be the point where everyone’s coping mechanisms officially stop coping. Lestat is spiraling after Gabriella abandons him yet again, Armand keeps trying to apologize his way into redemption, and vampire truthers literally shoot him on stage. Instead of quitting, Lestat decidesContinue Reading
The Vampire Lestat episode 3 “Toronto” may be one of the strongest episodes in the entire Immortal Universe so far. Seeing Lestat relive the trauma of Magnus’ brutal “gift” and abandonment was difficult to watch, but fascinating. And then there was Nicki. Watching Lestat revisit one of his greatest lovesContinue Reading
The Testaments season finale revealed some interesting new information about how Gilead responded to June’s participation in the liberation of Boston. It also set up season 2. Beck is married and in her own home. But Shu, Agnes, and Daisy are back at the Aunt Lydia school and ready toContinue Reading
The Testaments episode 8 “Broken” was hard to watch on a couple of levels. But mostly because it just hits too close to home. In this episode the girls celebrate their engagements, and Huldah and Agnes grapple with the aftermath of being abused by Becka’s pedo father. When Huldah isContinue Reading
The Testaments episode 7 “Commitment” revealed more of Daisy’s backstory and a familiar face, and raised the stakes for Daisy inside Gilead. It’s almost eerie to watch The Testaments, in a way that wasn’t there in The Handmaid’s Tale. I was trying to pin down why it’s so unsettling, andContinue Reading
The Testaments isn’t holding back it seems. We dropped into Gilead just as Agnes (Chase Infiniti) graduated from Plum to Green, and now she’s about to be married off. I keep waiting for June (Elizabeth Moss) to come barreling in to save her. But it looks like Agnes’ fate isContinue Reading
One of the foundational beliefs in Gilead is that women are supposed to bear children. So, there is a lot of pressure on the daughters of Commanders at the Aunt Lydia School to prove they can bear children. So far this season we’ve seen Agnes (Chase Infiniti) get her periodContinue Reading
I was wondering if The Testaments was going to get more in-depth about Aunt Lydia’s (Ann Dowd) backstory and how she came to power in Gilead this season. In episode 6, The Stadium, they did In the book The Testaments, this chapter was one of the most interesting, because itContinue Reading
It’s not a surprise that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is already starting a strong awards season with three Gotham TV Award nominations. Winners will be announced on June 1st. The Gotham TV awards are a new kid on the award block. They started in 2024. The Gotham TVContinue Reading