Historical Drama

    Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake

    I wasn’t so sold on Lady in the Lake based on the trailer. It felt like another one...
    Shogun

    Shōgun

    As much as it pains me to say, I was alive and cognoscente enough as a human being...
    Lessons In Chemistry

    Lessons in Chemistry

    Ms. Hipster read this book and enjoyed it. I did not read this book, and I’m pretty sure,...
    Daisy Jones & the Six

    Daisy Jones & the Six

    I was admittedly resistant for quite a while with the whole Daisy Jones & the Six thing. Ms....

    1899: Season 1

    If you made it through three seasons of Dark, you’ll understand what you’re in for with 1899. The...
    The Queen's Gambit

    The Queen’s Gambit

    I’ve never learned how to play chess. So I had no idea when I first heard about The...
    Perry Mason Season 1

    Perry Mason: Season 1

    So why, I ask, must this be Perry Mason? Who, besides maybe some octogenarians, have any allegiance to a series that debuted in 1957 and ran for about nine years? I mean
    The Alienist

    The Alienist

    The Alienist was an insanely popular book. It was The Da Vinci Code before The Da Vinci Code. Back in 1994 there was not a human being on the planet who had not either
    Chernobyl

    Chernobyl

    As if the world isn’t enough of a shitshow, along comes a series about an old event to...
    Vinyl

    Vinyl

    This is a show whose tagline is “He didn’t see the future. He heard it.” Thing is, after...
    Mad Men

    Mad Men: Seasons 1 – 7

    I had an on-again, off-again relationship with Mad Men over the years. I watched the first couple of...