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'Black-ish' covers a lot but manages to stick the landing with its series finale

4 years 5 months ago
"Black-ish" crammed a lot into its series finale, from a callback to its premiere to a cameo by gymnast Simone Biles, from moving out of the family's house -- and the memories that elicited -- to a raucous New Orleans-style funeral. But it was the last scene that really sold the episode, offering a reminder of a show that consciously sought to raise the bar for the network sitcom.

'Gaslit' gets a spark from Julia Roberts as Watergate whistleblower Martha Mitchell

4 years 5 months ago
Setting a high bar for HBO's upcoming "The White House Plumbers," "Gaslit" looks at Watergate from the perspectives of several key players, deriving its title from the horrid treatment of Martha Mitchell. Losing a bit of momentum down the stretch thanks in part to its diffused storylines and semi-satirical tone, it's still an extremely well-cast look at the presidential scandal that made the suffix "gate" part of our lexicon.

'Better Call Saul' begins unwrapping the final layers of its mystery

4 years 5 months ago
This week brings a second season of "Russian Doll," but in a sense, the true TV version of a Russian nesting doll is "Better Call Saul," deftly adding one more layer each year as it has approached the outer shell that was "Breaking Bad." The beginning of the final season brings the AMC series a few steps closer to its endgame, with tantalizing clues but scant clarity about these final pieces.
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