TV reviews Archives - Page 2 of 37

Recap: Shrinking – 3×07 – “I Will Be Grape”

March 11, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Zack Bornstein Directed by James Ponsoldt It’s Tia’s birthday, and this time, Alice did not forget. Neither did Jimmy, who reminisces about one of her past parties where they sang Christina Perri’s “A

Recap: The Pitt Season 2 Episode 9: 03:00pm

March 8, 2026 Iain Hepburn Comments Off

You may well not be old enough or British enough to remember, but Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis used to have a recurring sketch in their post-Mary Whitehouse Experience series in the 90s about spotting the stiff…

Recap: Shrinking – 3×06 – “Dereks Don’t Die”

March 5, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by C.J. Hoke (who started out as a writer’s assistant on the show in S1, shout out!) Directed by Randall Keenan Winston This is definitely one of the angstiest episodes of Shrinking, which is

Recap: The Pitt Season 2 Episode 8: 02:00pm

March 4, 2026 Iain Hepburn Comments Off

So now the PTMC is a paper-based facility. What could possibly go wrong?

Isa Briones, Briana Burnside, Patrick Ball, Irene Choi in The Pitt.

Recap: The Pitt Season 2 Episode 7: 01:00pm

March 3, 2026 Iain Hepburn Comments Off

We’ve hit the half-way point in season two, and now we know where the show’s going…

Recap: Shrinking – 3×05 – “Hold Your Horsies”

February 25, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Written by Sofi Selig (the reason why Sofi is called Sofi) Directed by Randall Keenan Winston Look, I’m writing these recaps cause some terrible shit happened to me, too, but also cause I’m such a

Recap: Shrinking – 3×04 – “The Field”

February 18, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Directed by Rebecca Asher Written by Ashley Nicole Black (yay!) We cold open with Jimmy on a train wreck of a date with Lisa Gilroy’s Kimmy. Kinda saw this coming cause of the casting, as

Recap: The Pitt – Season 2 Episode 6: 12:00am

February 13, 2026 Iain Hepburn Comments Off

There are challenges to doing ensemble shows. Balancing out screentime and storylines across a run means some characters will come to the fore in one episode, and be relegated to the back in others…

Recap: Shrinking – 3×03 – “D-Day”

February 11, 2026 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Directed by Zach Braff Written by Bill Posley It’s D-Day! Delivery day, that is. Liz of course does treat it like war, although her plan immediately falters when Ava goes into labor earlier than expected.

Recap: The Pitt – Season 2 Episode 5: 11:00am

February 6, 2026 Andrew Moir Comments Off

Last season, one of the running gags was the torturing of poor Denis Whittaker, increasingly covered in various fluids and substances so often he ran out of suitable replacement scrubs to change into…