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A.V. Club Review: The Borgias, “The Siege Of Forli”

There’s fires being set all over Italy on this week’s episode of The Borgias: Savonarola’s kicking off the Bonfire of the Vanities, Juan’s got a burning sensation when he urinates, and Lucrezia’s burning with lust for her suitor’s younger brother. … Continue reading

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A.V. Club Review: The Borgias, “Day Of Ashes”

It’s time for a crisis of faith on The Borgias, as the lightning strike of last week’s episode has pushed Alexander into repentance mode. But is it legitimate, or is this one of his brief moments of morality aside from … Continue reading

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A.V. Club Review: The Borgias, “The Choice”

One of the reasons I gravitated to The Borgias as a TV show was largely that in addition to liking Jeremy Irons and Colm Feore, the Renaissance setting is one I’ve had a particular fondness for for years. I took … Continue reading

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A.V. Club Review: The Borgias, “Stray Dogs”

After last week’s legitimately tense and compelling episode of The Borgias, the show continues its upward swing with the introduction of a pack of killers who finally give weight to some of the Assassin’s Creed jokes leveled at the show. … Continue reading

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A.V. Club Review: The Borgias, “The Beautiful Deception”

I’ve been saying since I first started watching The Borgias that I could see a better show underneath all the trappings and soap opera drama, and kept watching in the hopes that show would reveal itself. I just never expected … Continue reading

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A.V. Club Review: Grimm, “Cat And Mouse”

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that NBC’s Grimm is one of my pet shows, a program that I stick with despite its missteps because there’s a few things at its core I think are good … Continue reading

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A.V. Club Review: The Borgias, “Paolo”

Well, my first review of The Borgias went up last week on The A.V. Club, and was well-received enough and inspired enough discussion that the powers that be decided I could keep going. My review of the second episode “Paolo” … Continue reading

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A.V. Club Review: The Borgias, “The Borgia Bull”

As I mentioned in my earlier news post, starting today I’ll be writing regular reviews of this second season of The Borgias for The A.V. Club‘s TV section. Each review will be going up on Sunday night, shortly after the … Continue reading

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Announcement: Now Compiling for The A.V. Club

To paraphrase what a wise man once said, running a television criticism blog in this overpopulated media landscape is akin to throwing messages in bottles out into a churning sea made up entirely of messages in bottles. The chance of … Continue reading

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Back and Forth: On Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation and the Knope 2012 Campaign (with Cory Barker)

While it’s not a show I’ve ever written about in any detail on the blog, I’ve probably given enough clues that I am a huge fan of NBC’s Parks and Recreation. I was one of many who tuned it out … Continue reading

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