In a cast full of badasses, hardasses, psychotics and stone-cold men, Ogata is without a shadow of a doubt one of the scariest. Read more

Any show that can be this brilliant in successive weeks with such spectacularly different material deserves that little bit of extra recognition. Read more

Among the many labels I could affix to Noda Satoru and Golden Kamuy, “shameless” would certainly be one. Read more

One really does get the sense that Noda has a dossier of these richly detailed backstories for everyone in the series, and can dust one off whenever he feels like it.  Read more

One thing you discover when writing about Golden Kamuy is that with eps like this one, trying to describe them is an exercise in futility – they just have to be experienced.   Read more