tv recap

Breaking Bad, Ep. 5.07: “Say My Name” prompts speculation about the show’s endgame

Louie, Ep. 3.09: “Looking for Liz / Lilly Changes” wracked with fear and anxiety

Breaking Bad, Ep. 5.06: “Buyout” stalls for time

Louie, Ep. 3.08: “Dad” the show’s most brazenly cinematic outing yet

Breaking Bad, Ep. 5.05: “Dead Freight” a master class in ruthless audience manipulation

Louie, Ep. 3.07: “IKEA/Piano Lesson” offers a great first segment and a shaggy, aimless second

Breaking Bad, Ep. 5.04: “Fifty-One” a stunning showcase for Anna Gunn

Louie, Ep. 3.05: “Daddy’s Girlfriend” has the manic pixie blues

Breaking Bad, Ep. 5.01: “Live Free Or Die” ties up loose ends and teases Walt’s future

Louie, Ep. 3.03: “Miami” a tragicomic travelogue

Louie, Ep. 3.01: “Something Is Wrong” probes the inarticulate man

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.10: “Valar Morghulis” brings payoffs galore, hints at cataclysm to come

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.09: “Blackwater” mostly lives up to the hype

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.08: “The Prince of Winterfell” sits on its hands ’till next week’s carnage

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.07: “A Man Without Honor” brings Jaime Lannister back with style

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.06: “The Old Gods and the New” thrills at King’s Landing, but stumbles beyond the Wall

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.05: “The Ghost of Harrenhal” a swift installment full of supernatural dread

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.04: “Garden of Bones” marks a full-on descent into darkness

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.03: “What Is Dead May Never Die” sharpens the focus and readies us for what’s to come

Justified, Ep. 3.13: “Slaughterhouse” ends a strong season in rollicking, macabre fashion

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.02: “The Night Lands” boasts lots of sex, but not much intrigue

Justified, Ep. 3.12: “Coalition” harnesses the storytelling power of chaos

Game of Thrones, Ep. 2.01: “The North Remembers” brings new characters and a new world order