Well, it happened. We finally got to see how Game of Thrones ends and, uh, it seems like the cast had good reason to be disappointed about this season. The episode was flat and monotonous, racing through plot beats without pausing to earn any of them, and leaning too hard on the acting chops of […]
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This article contains spoilers of for the series finale of “Game of Thrones.” We couldn’t expect every question to be answered, every subplot to be resolved, every character to get a proper goodbye. But Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” finale certainly tried to tie a bow on as much of the story as possible. Still, a […]
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This article contains spoilers for the series finale of “Game of Thrones.” The Iron Throne, the literal seat of the Westeros monarchy, is finally gone, melted down in the “Game of Thrones” series finale on Sunday by dragon fire. No longer will it beckon to those who want to play the dangerous game of thrones, […]
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Season 8, Episode 6, ‘The Iron Throne’ In the end, “Game of Thrones” was about blowing up the game of thrones. At times Sunday’s series finale rendered this literally, as when the Iron Throne itself, the inspiration for most of the terrible things we’ve seen over eight seasons, was grief-torched by Drogon after Jon Snow […]
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With only one episode remaining, it’s unlikely “Game of Thrones” will tie up every loose end for us. But doesn’t the show owe us some degree of resolution to its major mysteries, and a judgment on the new villain its onetime hero has suddenly turned out to be? [Read our ultimate guide to “Game of […]
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ImageCast members and guests sang a Queen parody in the “S.N.L.” cold open.CreditNBC A “Saturday Night Live” season finale is traditionally an occasion for the show to pull out all the stops, leave everything on the stage, tear it all down and figure out how to put it back together in the fall. In this […]
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Who will win the Iron Throne? Who should win the Iron Throne? Should there even be an Iron Throne? The plot of “Game of Thrones” will be settled Sunday night. The arguments, if history is a guide, will never be. HBO’s swords-and-dragons fantasy drama, about a multifactional battle among royal houses to rule the mythical […]
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As the curtain comes down on the 2018-19 television season, the major broadcast networks found themselves sinking deeper into trouble. Their once-dependable viewers have continued their migration to Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, and those who have yet to break the network habit are aging out of the group prized by advertisers. At their annual presentations […]
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An attack on “Catch-22” is the kind of ultrahazardous mission for which no combat bonus could suffice. Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel toys with time, hopscotches among a huge cast of vividly defined characters and oscillates like an excited particle between Marx Brothers-level comedy and airborne battle scenes worthy of Hemingway. Adapting it for the screen […]
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Two weeks later in May and Andrew Scott might not have been safe venturing out in public. The second season of “Fleabag,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s irreverent dive into grief, alcohol and fornication, had debuted in March in Britain — and turned Scott into a pulse-quickening, knee-weakening sensation who became known among fans as the Hot Priest. […]
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It’s too bad we call it bingeing. “Bingeing” is panicked pleasure. It’s pleasured shame. It’s disordered snacking. It’s 12 scoops of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Core when one is rumored to suffice. I say too bad that watching multiple episodes of a show in a single sitting has been stamped “bingeing” because I watched “Game […]
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There’s a “previously on” introduction to Season 2 of Amazon’s “Fleabag,” which you may need given that Season 1 appeared nearly three years ago. But you could also let the title character (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) catch you up, in her usual rapid-fire mode, as she explains to a therapist (Fiona Shaw) why her father asked her […]
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LONDON — In the first episode of season two of “Fleabag,” which debuts on Amazon Prime in the United States on May 17, the heroine, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, wears a black jumpsuit to a magnificently awful dinner with her family. The jumpsuit cost 38 pounds, or about $50, was made by the London-based label […]
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LONDON — One of Britain’s most popular daytime television programs was canceled on Wednesday, following the death of a guest who failed a lie-detector test trying to prove that he was faithful to his wife. “Given the gravity of recent events we have decided to end production of ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show,’” Carolyn McCall, the […]
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CBS will finish the 2018-19 season as the most-watched broadcast network for the 11th year in a row, a fact that executives did not neglect to mention from the Carnegie Hall stage at their annual pitch to advertisers on Wednesday. The real story is not so simple. This is a network that has endured crises […]
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It has been two years since the last season of Rick and Morty wrapped up on Adult Swim. Since then, all we’ve had are rumors of possible coming episodes and weird Kanye crossovers to keep us busy while we wait for a new season. Now, thankfully, it looks like the wait is almost over—Adult Swim […]
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Netflix’s new animated series “Tuca & Bertie” centers on the day-to-day adventures of two best friends who also happen to be birds, stumbling into their 30s together in Bird Town. The show is a raunchy, silly and often chaotic delight, propelled by charming, wacky animation. It’s also a sharp commentary on the #MeToo movement, especially […]
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The surgeon is scrubbed and ready. He calls for a “ten-blade” and the nurse slaps the scalpel into his hand. He nods, unwavering, and runs the sharp edge against plastic skin. And then — A different kind of cut. The surgeon relaxes and now he is an actor waiting for a touch-up of his powder. […]
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During the season premiere of the animated series “Arthur” on Monday, Arthur, Francine, Buster and Muffy spend most of their time trying to play matchmaker for their third-grade teacher, Mr. Ratburn. In the end, Mr. Ratburn has his own plans. He ties the knot with Patrick, a local chocolatier, at a wedding attended by the […]
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If you’ve watched any science fiction or fantasy movies in the last few decades, you’ve probably seen the following scenario play out enough times that the next paragraph shouldn’t count as a spoiler. An endless horde overwhelms our heroes. Defeat looks inevitable. But wait! There’s a central “hive queen” pulling the puppet strings, and if […]
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