TV Reviews

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.08 “The Mind Flayer”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.08 "The Mind Flayer" SYNOPSIS: An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside. REVIEW: After the momentum killer that was "The Lost Sister", Stranger Things picks right up where it left off with...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.07 “The Lost Sister”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.07 "The Lost Sister" SYNOPSIS: Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past. REVIEW: When the Duffer Brothers first developed Stranger Things, it was being envisioned as an anthology series. Obviously, the...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.06 “The Spy”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.06 "The Spy" SYNOPSIS: Will's connection to a shadowy evil grows stronger, but no one's quite sure how to stop it. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve forge an unlikely bond. REVIEW: In the second of the two episodes helmed by Oscar winning filmmaker...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.05 “Dig Dug”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.05 "Dig Dug" SYNOPSIS: Nancy and Jonathan swap conspiracy theories with a new ally as Eleven searches for someone from her past. "Bob the Brain" tackles a difficult problem. REVIEW: Stranger Things 2 continues to get mired in the same things that befall every sequel. While The Duffer Brothers have tried...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.04 “Will the Wise”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.04 "Will the Wise" SYNOPSIS: An ailing Will opens up to Joyce — with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery. REVIEW: At the end of the previous episode, "The Pollywog", it finally looked like Stranger Things was returning to what it used to...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.03 “The Pollywog”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.03 "The Pollywog" SYNOPSIS: Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears. REVIEW: It feels a bit weird to say this after how completely sold I was with the first season of Stranger Things, but...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.02 “Trick or Treat, Freak”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.02 "Trick or Treat, Freak" SYNOPSIS: After Will sees something terrible on trick-or-treat night, Mikewonders if Eleven is still out there. Nancy wrestles with the truth about Barb. REVIEW: When Stranger Things 2 debuted it's first images and trailers, the fact that the kids were all wearing costumes from GHOSTBUSTERS...

TV Review: Stranger Things 2.01 “MADMAX”

Posted 9 years ago

EPISODE: 2.01 "MADMAX" SYNOPSIS: As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade, and a skeptical Hopper inspects a field of rotting pumpkins. REVIEW: Last year, Stranger Things came out of nowhere and blew audiences away....

TV Review: Mindhunter

Posted 9 years ago

SYNOPSIS: MINDHUNTER​ follows ambitious FBI agent Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) as he struggles to comprehend incarcerated killers, so that he might use this knowledge to catch others. He’s teamed with experienced agent Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) in the Behavioral Science...

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