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Television with a Ready-Made Ending - Paradise Season 2

Television with a Ready-Made Ending - Paradise Season 2

The following contains spoilers for the first two seasons of Paradise Paradise's opening is immediately good. Main character Secret Service agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) finds The President of the United States (James Marsden) dead in his residence. Inherently dramatic, exciting. By the end of that episode,

It's a Health Habit - The Pitt s02e14

It's a Health Habit - The Pitt s02e14

About halfway through this episode, my partner pointed out that while Robby has been talking about leaving all day, at no point has anyone told him not to leave. While so much of the season has been about obscuring Robby's mental state, it's here, finally, that

Best We Can Do - The Pitt s02e13

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Best We Can Do - The Pitt s02e13

When The Pitt ended last season with the Pittfest shooting, it established a precedent that would have been unwise to follow. If the show were to continue the trend of the fifteen episode season (yes please), there needed to be excuses to get the day shift to stick around after

This Place Is Like Quicksand - The Pitt s02e12

This Place Is Like Quicksand - The Pitt s02e12

As the days starts to wind down and the day shift starts to prep their handoffs, The Pitt delivers an episode I can only describe as... clunky. After a season full of subtext and character arc, this is finally the point where all of these characters (worn down by an

Healers, Not Judges - The Pitt s02e11

Healers, Not Judges - The Pitt s02e11

As they cross the street early in the episode, Ogilvie expresses confusion as to how people get hooked on drugs. He says he's empathetic, but he doesn't understand why people fall into addiction or even using in the first place. "You need to try,"

And the Children Shall Lead... - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1

And the Children Shall Lead... - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1

I’ve been working on this post for the past few days, and while trying to get it out the door, CBS announced that it has canceled Starfleet Academy with season two. Now that the future of this show is in the rearview, this is a different conversation. Any discussion

Mommy Issues - The Pitt s02e10

Mommy Issues - The Pitt s02e10

In talking to people (especially parents) about watching The Pitt, I couch a warning about the various deaths of children running through season one. The kid who goes brain dead because of a fentanyl overdose (they then do the honor walk for him). The child who drowns in the pool.

Build Your Clipboards - The Pitt s02e08

Build Your Clipboards - The Pitt s02e08

The Pitt is competency porn. It's no secret that watching really smart, really talented, really capable doctors execute their job exceedingly well is something we Pitt lovers love. Think of all the time they spit out medical gobbledegook and how often its extremely technical yet accurate details capture

My Therapist Said I Needed a Hobby - The Pitt s02e07

My Therapist Said I Needed a Hobby - The Pitt s02e07

The joy of this season of The Pitt has been its slow, escalating boil. It's different from season one, which felt casually relentless before the high intensity aftermath of the Pittfest shooting. There, the drama came from the beleaguered staff, worn down after the first 11 hours of