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TV REVIEW: Gotham 1.01 “Pilot”
There is a moment in the pilot of Gotham where detectives Bullock and Gordon surmise that the perp that they liked for the murder of the Waynes, who just before had been caught with Martha’s pearls and...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Gotham 1.02 “Selina Kyle”
While the pilot of Gotham set the bar low with its ham-handed sincerity, the real test was always going to be the second episode. Writer Bruno Heller and director Danny Cannon got us all in the door...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Gotham 1.03 “The Balloonman”
It was bound to happen sooner or later; the first dud of the season for Gotham. That’s the best possible way one could describe episode three, “The Balloonman”, an episode that flips the shows central...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Agents of SHIELD 2.03 “Making Friends and Influencing People”
William: I have to give kudos to Agents of SHIELD for not wasting time with the reveal of just what exactly Simmons has been up to since she left Coulson and the rest of SHIELD. In an episode that...
View ArticleFrom Comics to Television – BTPcast #211
Fall television is now in full swing, so William, Dane and Justin Partridge take time to discuss Gotham, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Flash and Arrow. Join us as the guys talk about who’s...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Gotham 1.4 “Arkham”
Gotham has finally become a Batman show, mostly because it seemingly has two personas about it: stuff that’s decent and then everything else. As per last week, Robin Taylor Lord’s Penguin continues to...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Agents of SHIELD 2.4 “Face My Enemy”
William: “Face My Enemy” is basically Agents of SHIELD’s version of Parents’ Night Out, as Coulson and May go out for a night on the town in hunt for a painting with some of the same writing that...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Agents of SHIELD 2.5 “A Hen in the Wolf House”
“A Hen in the Wolf House” serves a couple of different functions as it brings some of the lingering threads from previous episodes to a close and launches the show in a new direction for the rest of...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Agents of SHIELD 2.6 “A Fractured House”
The ghost of you lingers, Grant Ward. After several weeks of being a bit sidelined, Ward takes centerstage in an episode that raises more questions than provides answers and has me questioning if we...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Gotham 1.7 “Penguin’s Umbrella”
Gotham is at its best when it thinks locally, instead of mythically. After last week’s lurid one-man redemption arc for Harvey Bullock, episode seven, “Penguin’s Umbrella”, runs with the ball of the...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Gotham 1.8 “The Mask”
It seems that Gotham is stuck in a perpetual cycle of two steps forward, four steps back. After last week’s strong outing, “The Mask” returns to the meandering, unfocused storytelling that has mired...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Agents of SHIELD 2.7 “The Writing on the Wall”
William: The Coulson mystery finally came to a close this week as Agents of SHIELD sets up an interesting and expansive plan for the show’s future. We’ve been waiting so long for the full reveal of...
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