The Honorable Woman
This is some timely stuff. Granted, it’s certainly not the only show on TV treading on this territory. There’s the on-again, off-again crazy-pants version of…
Television
They say TV will rot your brain. Mr. Hipster does his best to prove them right.
Making a Murderer
Documentaries are always a little dicey. They generally purport to be even-handed and non-biased about the facts. But these things always come with a point of…
Broadchurch: Season 2
It’s impossible to not spoil season one of this show while reviewing season two. Season one is a whodunnit, involving the murder of a young…
Homeland: Season 5
If you ever had doubt in the ability of the US government to stop terrorism, this is not the show for you. Well, only in…
Fargo: Season 2
Season one of Fargo, the series based on the Coen Brothers’ movie of the same name, kind of followed a lot of the same plot…
The Leftovers: Season 2
The Leftovers season one was one of those television experiences that both filled with me anticipation and dread on a weekly basis. It was so…
Master of None: Season 1
Aziz Ansari is a guy I am, or was, only peripherally aware of. I watched the occasional episode of Parks and Recreation, and have seen him…
Fear the Walking Dead: Season 1
Zombies zombies zombies. I’ve never been a zombie guy. And, amazingly, there are zombie guys out there. Dudes who will watch anything that involves mindless,…
The Strain: Season 2
[This here contains spoilers. But who cares, really?] The Strain has been, from the very beginning, a serious test of my mental fortitude and ability…
Ray Donovan: Season 3
So, I’ve managed to watch three seasons of this show and am not sure I’ve really progressed past season one in terms of my mental…
MasterChef: Season 6
American is food obsessed. They have what seems like entire social channels dedicated to pictures of hamburgers and macaroons. Despite our ongoing obesity issue, people…
Mr. Robot: Season 1
There is probably no other movie I reference more on this site than Fight Club. It’s a movie — for better or for worse —…
HUMANS: Season 1
Oh A. I., why do you haunt my life so? I feel like I mention that movie in every third one of these things I…
True Detective: Season 2
Oh Vince. Vince, Vince, Vince. You poor, poor man. To watch you stretch and struggle through this thick, incomprehensible dialogue in this thick, incomprehensible show…
Catastrophe: Season 1
How are we supposed to know shows like Catastrophe exist? I never saw a single ad for it. I don’t even recall seeing a promo for…
Community: Season 6
Community is/was always a hard one to categorize. It wasn’t one that came up a lot with anyone I knew and I rarely, if ever,…
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 1
I’ve heard surprisingly little about this show from just about anyone. Granted, I think people only discuss TV on Twitter these days, and I have…
Mad Men
I had an on-again, off-again relationship with Mad Men over the years. I watched the first couple of seasons live, but grew weary of the…
Bloodline: Season 1
I’ve never been a fan of the Florida Keys ever since I was almost swallowed by the sea whilst driving in a huge storm on…
Better Call Saul: Season 1
Like most people, I was a little nervous when AMC announced they’d be following up Breaking Bad with this less-than-inspired-sounding spin-off. On Breaking Bad, Saul…
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
I suppose I knew a bit about Scientology going into this thing. Ms. Hipster actually read the book on which this documentary is based and…
Battlestar Galactica
I’ve already extolled the virtues of the Roku, and this, my second go ’round with watching an entire television series from episode one until the…
Shameless
I just finished watching the first season of Showtime’s original series, Shameless, on On Demand. And may I say: how the fuck did I ever live…
24: TV on ‘Roids
In the four seasons of 24 Jack Bauer has died twice. His wife was murdered by his future girlfriend, whom he ended up killing in…