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Fall TV Preview: Showtime’s Homeland 

Warning: Slight spoilers discussed I’ve now seen the Homeland pilot twice and I’m happy to report it’s just as good the second time. If you like tense, political thrillers this show is for you. If you like family drama, this show is for you. If you like twisty, intricate plotting…

Dear Show: I Have to Break Up with You (V) 

So, it was (sort of) fun while it lasted: your cheesy goodness as a reboot of the early 80s NBC juggernaut, V, but it’s turned a corner and now you’re trying to outgore yourself every week and I’m kind of over it. I don’t want to watch the show that you’re trying to be…

V “Serpent’s Tooth” 

Better, brisker outing this week. In “Serpent’s Tooth,” we get a lot of blather from Ryan, Anna, Jack, and Diana about the soul—what it is, what it means, where it resides, and how to embrace it or defeat it. It seems Diana was banished (15 years ago!) because she became…

V “Red Rain” 

Okay, I don’t want to out-of-the-gate pan the season premiere, but I’ve either been away from the show WAY too long, or the rhythms were just a little bit off. The pacing was all over the place, and some of the plot stuff was just awkward, but all in all I…