We bid adieu to Gotham for this year with an episode that reveals what a bad-ass butler Alfred really is...
This review contains spoilers.
1.10 Lovecraft
Holy mid-season cliff-hanger, Batman! This week’s Gotham ended the first half of the show’s debut run (to return next year) on a confident footing, pulling together all its narrative strands with a rare all-inclusive plot. As such, there wasn’t much room for performances to stand out, but the plot was solid enough to hold it all together.
After a Wayne Manor gardener met a cruel fate, we were met with young Bruce balancing on beams, and another charming look at how the camaraderie between Gotham’s central weirdo kids could go on to define them both as adults. For once, this scene of Bruce training didn’t seem forced. The same could be said of his roof-jumping sequence, which riffed on a...
This review contains spoilers.
1.10 Lovecraft
Holy mid-season cliff-hanger, Batman! This week’s Gotham ended the first half of the show’s debut run (to return next year) on a confident footing, pulling together all its narrative strands with a rare all-inclusive plot. As such, there wasn’t much room for performances to stand out, but the plot was solid enough to hold it all together.
After a Wayne Manor gardener met a cruel fate, we were met with young Bruce balancing on beams, and another charming look at how the camaraderie between Gotham’s central weirdo kids could go on to define them both as adults. For once, this scene of Bruce training didn’t seem forced. The same could be said of his roof-jumping sequence, which riffed on a...
- 11/26/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Gotham Season 1, Episode 10: “Lovecraft”
Written by Rebecca Dameron
Directed by Guy Ferland
Airs Mondays at 8pm Et on Fox
The mid season finale of Gotham hits the ground running, with Bruce and Cat being pursued by deadly assassins, which sets in motion a tour through the shadowy spots of Gotham for Bruce, with Cat as his guide. It’s always fun to see the kids together, and this episode puts them on Cat’s turf, which is vital for Bruce to see firsthand if he’s to grow into the hero Gotham needs. The reason they are on the run is because Gordon screwed up by putting his faith in Harvey Dent, who wants what Gordon wants, which is to take down the bad elements of Gotham. But Dent is willing to risk anything or anyone to reach that goal.
This episode concludes the arc of Gordon’s reckless mission against the corrupt system,...
Written by Rebecca Dameron
Directed by Guy Ferland
Airs Mondays at 8pm Et on Fox
The mid season finale of Gotham hits the ground running, with Bruce and Cat being pursued by deadly assassins, which sets in motion a tour through the shadowy spots of Gotham for Bruce, with Cat as his guide. It’s always fun to see the kids together, and this episode puts them on Cat’s turf, which is vital for Bruce to see firsthand if he’s to grow into the hero Gotham needs. The reason they are on the run is because Gordon screwed up by putting his faith in Harvey Dent, who wants what Gordon wants, which is to take down the bad elements of Gotham. But Dent is willing to risk anything or anyone to reach that goal.
This episode concludes the arc of Gordon’s reckless mission against the corrupt system,...
- 11/25/2014
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
The Following, Season 1, Episode 11: “Whips and Regret”
Written by Kevin Williamson & Rebecca Dameron
Directed by Marcos Siega
Aired Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
So far, there are three major types of episodes in The Following: the big conflict episodes where the main characters face off, the psycho-of-the-week episodes to fill Fox’s “x-treme” body count quota, and the table setting episodes for those previous two types—by far the worst of them all.
Guess which one this episode falls into.
Yes, “Whips and Regret” slides neatly in that dreaded third category, even if shreds of the others do pop up. We have a killer of the week, complete with his own little set of quirks (Bdsm! Edgy!), but even so, he mostly doesn’t do much damage, and the episode is really only Ryan getting a “little bit closer” to infiltrating Poe-central, a complete waste of an hour.
Written by Kevin Williamson & Rebecca Dameron
Directed by Marcos Siega
Aired Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
So far, there are three major types of episodes in The Following: the big conflict episodes where the main characters face off, the psycho-of-the-week episodes to fill Fox’s “x-treme” body count quota, and the table setting episodes for those previous two types—by far the worst of them all.
Guess which one this episode falls into.
Yes, “Whips and Regret” slides neatly in that dreaded third category, even if shreds of the others do pop up. We have a killer of the week, complete with his own little set of quirks (Bdsm! Edgy!), but even so, he mostly doesn’t do much damage, and the episode is really only Ryan getting a “little bit closer” to infiltrating Poe-central, a complete waste of an hour.
- 4/4/2013
- by Michael
- SoundOnSight
The Following Episode 111
“Whips and Regret”
Written By: Kevin Williamson and Rebecca Dameron
Directed By: Marcos Siega
Original Airdate: 1 April 2013
In This Episode...
Ryan has slipped back into the bottle, something Joe hears immediately when he calls Ryan early one morning just to taunt him. Debra comes by and sees the same alcoholism. She is there to show him the recruitment video they found - and to tell him that she needs Ryan on this case - and Ryan needs this case for himself. He gets dressed and joins her downtown. Debra’s team has located the source of the server that sent the recruitment video.
That place is Whips & Regrets, a hardcore S&M club with dungeons in the back. The club owner, Hayley, is caught deleting all sorts of computer files. She knows something is going on, but has turned a blind eye. She agrees to help the...
“Whips and Regret”
Written By: Kevin Williamson and Rebecca Dameron
Directed By: Marcos Siega
Original Airdate: 1 April 2013
In This Episode...
Ryan has slipped back into the bottle, something Joe hears immediately when he calls Ryan early one morning just to taunt him. Debra comes by and sees the same alcoholism. She is there to show him the recruitment video they found - and to tell him that she needs Ryan on this case - and Ryan needs this case for himself. He gets dressed and joins her downtown. Debra’s team has located the source of the server that sent the recruitment video.
That place is Whips & Regrets, a hardcore S&M club with dungeons in the back. The club owner, Hayley, is caught deleting all sorts of computer files. She knows something is going on, but has turned a blind eye. She agrees to help the...
- 4/2/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
Review Ron Hogan 2 Apr 2013 - 07:00
Its actors are trying their best, but can they save a flailing show? Ron checks out the latest episode of The Following...
This review contains spoilers.
1.11 Whips and Regret
One of the problems with the henchmen-of-the-week format is that even henchmen who appear in multiple episodes, like Vince this week (one of the two survivalists who led the raid to get Claire back), have a lot of trouble connecting to the audience if they don't get Jacob/Emma, Roderick, or Joe levels of screen time. We learn about Vince and his friend/hook-up buddy Hailey and when Hailey is put in peril... nobody really cares. I don't care. Agent Parker and Ryan care but only because they'll get in trouble for her injury. Roderick smashes a random fellow on the face and we don't care because he has no back-story. Roderick and Vince have...
Its actors are trying their best, but can they save a flailing show? Ron checks out the latest episode of The Following...
This review contains spoilers.
1.11 Whips and Regret
One of the problems with the henchmen-of-the-week format is that even henchmen who appear in multiple episodes, like Vince this week (one of the two survivalists who led the raid to get Claire back), have a lot of trouble connecting to the audience if they don't get Jacob/Emma, Roderick, or Joe levels of screen time. We learn about Vince and his friend/hook-up buddy Hailey and when Hailey is put in peril... nobody really cares. I don't care. Agent Parker and Ryan care but only because they'll get in trouble for her injury. Roderick smashes a random fellow on the face and we don't care because he has no back-story. Roderick and Vince have...
- 4/2/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Following Episode 105
“The Siege”
Written By: Rebecca Dameron
Directed By: Phil Abraham
Original Airdate: 18 February 2013
In This Episode...
While the adults are basking in the afterglow of a threesome, Joey sneaks downstairs and steals the phone from its hiding place. He calls his mom from under the kitchen table, begging to come home. Claire is overjoyed to hear from Joey. He doesn’t know where they are, but gives the best description he can: a big, two-story house on a farm, white with black shutters, set far back from the road. Then Paul drags him from under the table and the line goes dead. The FBI do their best to track the call, but the phone is so scrambled Mike is having a hard time sorting it all out. Emma explains to Joey that the police are trying to hurt him, mommy sent him away to keep him safe,...
“The Siege”
Written By: Rebecca Dameron
Directed By: Phil Abraham
Original Airdate: 18 February 2013
In This Episode...
While the adults are basking in the afterglow of a threesome, Joey sneaks downstairs and steals the phone from its hiding place. He calls his mom from under the kitchen table, begging to come home. Claire is overjoyed to hear from Joey. He doesn’t know where they are, but gives the best description he can: a big, two-story house on a farm, white with black shutters, set far back from the road. Then Paul drags him from under the table and the line goes dead. The FBI do their best to track the call, but the phone is so scrambled Mike is having a hard time sorting it all out. Emma explains to Joey that the police are trying to hurt him, mommy sent him away to keep him safe,...
- 2/19/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
Review Ron Hogan 19 Feb 2013 - 07:41
Might The Following finally be fulfilling its original potential? Here's Ron's review of The Siege...
This review contains spoilers.
1.5 The Siege
One of the hardest things for people to do on television is write a smart kid character. For whatever reason, either kids are insufferable (The Walking Dead's season two Carl) or world-weary (season three Carl) and nowhere in between. However, Joey Matthews (Kyle Catlett) is not one of those kids. For whatever reason, he may be the smartest person on the show, or at least the smartest person of the four people - 3 killers and 1 girl taped up in the basement - in the big white hideout. Joey shows cleverness throughout this week's episode, and that only increases as it goes along, but there's never that little nudge that reminds us some adult wrote the kid's role. Joey is, by turns, brilliant and gullible,...
Might The Following finally be fulfilling its original potential? Here's Ron's review of The Siege...
This review contains spoilers.
1.5 The Siege
One of the hardest things for people to do on television is write a smart kid character. For whatever reason, either kids are insufferable (The Walking Dead's season two Carl) or world-weary (season three Carl) and nowhere in between. However, Joey Matthews (Kyle Catlett) is not one of those kids. For whatever reason, he may be the smartest person on the show, or at least the smartest person of the four people - 3 killers and 1 girl taped up in the basement - in the big white hideout. Joey shows cleverness throughout this week's episode, and that only increases as it goes along, but there's never that little nudge that reminds us some adult wrote the kid's role. Joey is, by turns, brilliant and gullible,...
- 2/19/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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