“Because they realized if all the slaves dressed the same, they would see how many of them there were, and they'd rise up and kill their masters.” If we know one thing about Logan Roy, it’s that he always wins. We’ve heard this repeated idea countless times...
There's a lot to unpack in the penultimate episode of the season as Jackson Maher breaks down what might be the best episode of this season. When a TV show is operating at its apex, it has the ability to move us—like, physically. I touched on this in my recap of “The...
“My hunch is that you’re going to get f***ed because I’ve seen you get f***ed a lot. And I’ve never seen Logan get f***ed once.” Contributed by Jackson Maher. Sometimes in Succession, there’s a weirdly sexual subtext to everything that’s going on. Tom pulls Greg’s...
“I just do what my dad tells me” Contributed by Jackson Maher. Well, that was the most stressful episode of Succession I’ve ever sat through. Scratch that, I was pacing for most of the episode. At one point I hid behind my couch, curled up, peeking over the...
Contributed by Jackson Maher. Is he losing his grip? But like, with a question mark at the end. Since his stroke in the first episode, Logan Roy’s mortality has loomed over Succession. It is a looming existential dread that backgrounds every character’s decision....
Contributed by Jackson Maher. Humiliation is the key to much of Succession’s commentary. It avoids supporting the billionaire class by humiliating them—cutting them down to size as they’re failed by their bodies, watching them embarrass themselves in the most...
Episode 2: Mass in Time of War’ Recapped by Jackson Maher.Succession is a show about many things, but one of its central ideas, with its endless obsession over who will be Logan’s successor, is to compare modern-day corporatism and capitalism to monarchy. With each of...
The truly agonising wait for the third season of Succession is over. The Roys are going to war and we couldn't be happier. Contributed by Jackson Maher. Season 3 of Succession, the dramedy following the wealthy, powerful, and despicable Roy family picks up...
From Logan's stroke, Kendal's crash, Boar on the Floor to the nail-biting cliffhanger Jackson Maher recaps the key points of Succession to refresh your memory before the third season.It’s been almost two years since we last saw Succession on our TV screens. The world...
“But more than that, it is the story of an American boy and a dream that is truly American.” This is one of the opening lines in the first episode of Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country, the new HBO series also executive produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams. The show...
On the business side of things, Devs is the flagship show for the “FX on Hulu” enterprise, launching just under a year after Disney purchased 21st Century Fox and gained a majority stake in Hulu. FX on Hulu is one of the more pleasant outcomes of the growing Disney...
It’s the end of the Watchmen season one finale “See How They Fly” and I feel a sinking in my gut. Lady Trieu has pulled the rug out from under The Seventh Kavalry and has then been undone by a re-run — teleported squids have once again saved the day through...
Each year I make an end-of-year list of my favourite episodes. As someone who watches an unhealthy amount of television, I have to keep notes throughout the year of the episodes that might be in consideration. This year, 4 of Watchmen’s 6 episodes are on my list — the...
“You want my autograph?” Watchmen got really ambitious this week, and I’m not just talking about the way Laurie Blake (Jean Smart) was eyeballing that gigantice metallic blue dildo at the end of the episode. The episode, titled “She Got Killed By Space Junk,” took a...
“Nothing ends. Nothing ever ends.” This line comes at about the ⅔ point of Watchmen’s second episode, but long before that, they were the final words that Dr Manhattan (The dude attached to the big glowing blue penis) says to Ozymandias in the graphic novel....
“There will be no more mob justice today, trust in the law” These words sprawl across a movie screen at the beginning of HBO’s Watchmen from writer and creator Damon Lindelof(Lost, The Leftovers). It’s played for an audience of one, a young black boy, saying the words...
A few bits of housekeeping before we get to the review of this new Breaking Bad film. Yes, it's a film. It's shown on Netflix and if you're in the right city in America then you may have the option to see this on the big screen. As a general rule, we don't review...