![]() In fact, it seems to be a characterizing element of the show that everyone comes to it via their own connection to one specific character-for this writer the show is all about Linda, the perpetually good-humored matriarch who is refreshingly herself, as opposed to merely a foil for the wacky hijinks of her husband or children, from her tippling to her sudden enthusiasms (deciding she’s psychic because she predicted a telesales call) to her tendency to break into (often hysterical) musical numbers at the drop of a hat. The sweet, loopy, often surreal tone springs from a deep love for its characters, the Belcher family, their customers, neighbors, friends and nemeses, and perhaps what makes it so compelling is just how active an interior life every single one of our principals can display in tiny, slider-sized 22-minute mouthfuls. Occupying territory so well covered by the all-conquering pop culture juggernaut that is “ The Simpsons” it’s remarkable that Loren Bouchard’s “ Bob’s Burgers,” over the course of just four seasons, has managed to carve out such a distinctive identity. It was also the best showcase for Eva Green’s astonishing performance inĪ season that’s been full of them so far. Manages to explore the characters while still moving the story forward, “ Possession,” might have been the best so far: a bottle-episode that ![]() Most importantly, it features Timothy Dalton saying the wordīest Episode: This past Sunday’s episode, Psychology and sexuality and religion and, above anything else, aĭesire to stave off or defeat death underpinning everything. What sticks, “Penny Dreadful” truly gets the richness of the genre: with Horror-focused shows (ones that are American Stories, if you catch ourĭrift) are content with just flinging insanity at the screen and seeing Bayona did a stellar work at building theĪtmosphere, and the score, by “ A Single Man” composer Abel Korzeniowski, Josh Hartnett’s pretty decent), and the craft throughout is impeccable: Treadaway and, above all else, Eva Green doing tremendous work (even The acting is superlative, with Timothy Dalton, Harry With a product that’s campy and operatic and enormously, enormouslyĮntertaining. The source materials of the title to classic ’60s Hammer fare, ending up Winking at the audience, and with a real love of the horror genre, from With “ Skyfall” collaborator Sam Mendes) approach the material without List, was the sole writer on the project, having come up with the idea And it’s about as silly as a show about Dracula,įrankenstein and Dorian Gray crossing paths in Victorian London sounds.īut there’s a beautiful sincerity to its silliness: the cast, andĬreator/writer John Logan (who, as with several other shows on this Getting started, especially as it’s taken more than one break from theĬentral plot to focus episodes on extended flashbacks to fill outĬharacter backstories. ![]() Remember: at eight episodes, it feels like it’s wrapping up just as it’s Had one of the more oddly structured seasons of television we can Introducing a number of the regulars until the second installment). The pilot was a bit tepid, keeping its centralĬharacters enigmatic rather than intriguing (and actually not There are a number of things wrong with “ Penny Dreadful,” But from comedy to drama, it’s truly a remarkable time to be a TV watcher. It’s not surprising: quality television now has more outlets than ever, from mainstream broadcast networks to basic cable and premium channels to online-only services like Netflix and Amazon. That officially brings to an end the 2013/2014 TV season, and if anyone was worried that the string of quality TV was starting to come to an end as some of the most famous dramas and comedies of recent years wrapped up their runs, they were sorely mistaken: the medium is in as remarkably healthy a state as ever.Įvery year, at about this time, we put together our list of the best television of the previous season, and for 2013/2014, there was such a wealth of goodness that we felt compelled to extend our line-up from fifteen to twenty for the first time. ![]() Bad news if you’re a member of the Television Academy: balloting for this year’s Emmys closed on June 20th, with the nominees to be announced a few weeks from now, on July 10th. ![]()
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