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Taboo Preview: Episode 2 

[Warning: General spoilers ahead] Y’all already know that casting is a key indicator for me about whether I’m interested in committing to a new show. FX’s Taboo was immediately intriguing because Tom Hardy attached to it not only as the lead, but also a creator and producer (alongside his dad,…

Penny Dreadful Says Goodbye 

At the risk of sounding like an ungrateful, petulant child, I have basic trust expectations of the shows I wholly embrace. I’ve been burned so often that the list of shows I’m all-in with has grown shorter and shorter. With most shows, I try to be a casual viewer as…

Penny Dreadful Preview: “Ebb Tide” 

[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] The problem with slow burns is that sometimes a show takes so much sweet bloody time to get where you really want it to go that by the time it does, you don’t really give a damn anymore, or you’re furious that they got there and…

Penny Dreadful Preview: “No Beast So Fierce” 

[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] With only four episodes left this season, Penny Dreadful moves into hyper-speed with an hour that updates all of our core arcs, and admirably does so without feeling like it’s overlong. It’s nice to have the balance after the last couple of installments kept the plotting…