This series has legs – and not just the ones the director is obsessed with. There are certain shows that exhibit a repeated tendency for me as a viewer: I end up being much more engaged in the second halves of episodes than the first. Generally speaking this is a […] Read more
In this case, the three-episode rule was just right. OK, I’m in. I was somewhat unsure after last week’s episode, which veered off course a couple of times, but this was another very good one. On balance White Album 2 is one of the better series of the Fall when […] Read more
Outbreak Company continues to walk a very fine line, but so far pretty effectively. Outbreak Company – 02 I see a lot to like in this series – in fact I enjoyed the second episode more than the first – but I’m not sure that’s going to hold. There’s a […] Read more
And so enters the first wild card of my Fall schedule. I bailed pretty early on the first White Album anime – long before all the headdesk melodrama that seemed to have viewers of the series in agony, in fact. I was just bored and stopped watching so I don’t […] Read more