View the gallery Hang onto your spacesuit: I thought this was a really good episode. Easily the best of the series so far, and for a lot of reasons. First, it focused on one story: the NASA investigation of Gus's death, whether or not the next launch is
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View the gallery This was kind of a decent episode, with the exception of the fact that this show keeps insisting on including all kinds of stuff That Really Happened that they could cut out in the name of telling a more streamlined story, and also this one episode spanned
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View the gallery At this point, there are only two more episodes left, so why not just finish this out, right? Rene Carpenter, as ever, wins the wardrobe competition, and she ALSO wins for the Best 60s Kitchen. She loses the Best Accent Competition, however, because I guess Yvonne Strahovski
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View the gallery "Hey guys, I've got an idea! Let's take the only couple the audience might be kinda invested in and ship one of them off to San Francisco for no reason and don't really give them a satisfying farewell of any
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View the gallery In which this show decides, "you know what? WE NEED MORE WIVES UP IN HERE!" You guys, you really really don't. That said, what this episode failed to do in continuity of character (spoiler: Betty is kind of a ditzy hick now? I
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View the gallery Soooooo I totally forgot I hadn't written this recap until 6pm last night. And given that none of you asked me where it was, I am beginning to suspect this show is not long for the fugcaps. (I also say that every week. I'
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View the gallery I continue to have notes. First, I just noticed that this show is actually called Astronaut Wives Club, "astronaut" singular. I totally thought it was plural this whole time, which reminds me of something I read on Twitter when the show premiered, which is that
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View the gallery Because this show stars Hot Neighbor Wade and involves period costumes, which means it is right in my wheelhouse. That said: I have my doubts that this was widely watched by Fug Nation, so we'll see if these recaps have a life. Having noted that,
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View the gallery Ted remains unfired -- but Ophelia is not so lucky, and neither are some pistols.
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This episode was weirdly unsatisfying to me, I think because every story seemed so telegraphed by the time we actually got there -- with the slight exception of Will's, which has always been one of my favorites even when it's repetitive. But I think the real problem
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View the gallery First of all, apologies for the minor delay in getting this to you; I know every other publication in the world had their Mad Men pieces up on Sunday night, or yesterday. But Sunday was my birthday and I took a few days off, and I very
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I read somewhere that Shonda Rhimes says she quite likes writing herself into a corner and then giving herself the summer to figure out what the hell to do about it. Of course, last summer she wrote Columbus Short into a corner in case he needed to be fired (which
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View the gallery This show was originally developed around a YA retelling of Hamlet, so I guess the visions of King Simon are finally an attempt to play into the source material (other than naming a girl Ophelia). It makes sense: Mark Schwahn LOVES an informative coma; just not normally
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View the gallery Well, this escalated quickly. Additionally: although this final episode was, I thought, VERY strong and easily the most compelling of the series, I also felt like we were missing some connective tissue in the story. I know that Masterpiece has a way of trimming scenes between the
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This season ends much the same way last did: a game-changing(ish) offer, in a straight-to-camera entreaty. I am amused by what this one would portend, more so than I was when Eli dangled the election at Alicia, but I'm not sure how I feel
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