Everybody fails. It’s just a matter of timing. During the sixth episode of the final season – ‘Rififi’ – Philip is stunned that his son…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeMay 4, 2018
Three things about this episode. Firstly: bullshit. "I wanted to tear the bullshit they were teaching you right out of your head and shove the…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeApril 28, 2018
To address the concerns about the first season of Westworld: far too much of the narrative hinged on the revelations of mysteries. Some of these…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeApril 24, 2018
In some ways, we all live our lives with cover. There's us, the one we put out to others. The lie that we believe and…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeApril 23, 2018
There is so much tension occurring within The Americans it’s impossible to imagine how the Jennings household is going to make it to next week,…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeApril 13, 2018
Final seasons are always laden with portentous emotion. Sometimes its inherent in the writing of the show (Six Feet Under, for example), and other times…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeApril 6, 2018
The Americans has always done montages well. The one that opens the sixth and final season is akin to the one that opens the sixth…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeMarch 29, 2018
There comes a time in every person’s life where they reason that their parents, the gods of their lives, are fallible. They make mistakes. They…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeAugust 29, 2017
Wights and dragons and bears. Oh my indeed. We could bother ourselves talking about this episode’s plot. We could, if we wanted. But then we’d…
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeAugust 22, 2017