Jan 3Maybe I’m less grouchy these days, but Queer Eye Season 6 is actually pretty damn good (but I still have notes).I’ve famously been quite hard on Queer Eye — which doesn’t mean I hate it. I simply think that being critical of things you like is an important part of media consumption. Queer Eye famously has a blind spot for class, and can be a bit of a (JVN voice)…TV6 min read
Dec 15, 2021Who are the most overrated and underrated girls in America’s Next Top Model’s run?For years, I’ve said that calling something — or someone — overrated is one of the laziest critiques you can give. The adjective tells me nothing about the art itself, only that you see yourself as above society’s reaction to it. …15 min read
Nov 1, 2021I watched a Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror” every day for all 31 days of October and ranked all 93 shorts from worst to best.For me, Treehouse of Horror wasn’t just a fun annual tradition or (eventually) the marker of the start of The Simpsons’ fall season — it was the introduction to certain horror movie properties that would go on to shape my adulthood. Like most Millennials, I drifted away from The Simpsons…Simpsons8 min read
Oct 28, 2021Five things The Baby-Sitters Club season 2 handles better than any tween series from my eraI missed the boat on tween TV when I was an actual tween. For starters, I grew up in Canada — meaning that while I got some of the good conventional network shows, not all the good shows were easy to find. Everything I knew about My So-Called Life and…Netflix8 min read
Aug 16, 2021Enough with the “dorky millennial” act. Some of us had to have been the alpha bitch.She is innovative. She is glossy, covered in a layer of serum. She wears a bucket hat and dresses like Cosmo Kramer. She makes TikToks that get 100K views and hangs a “Capitalism is a Hellscape” needlepoint she got off Etsy in her locker. She understands geopolitical issues in Cuba…Gen Z8 min read
Jul 26, 2021What if Brooklyn Nine-Nine isn’t funny?Colour me surprised — Brooklyn Nine-Nine is returning. After the abrupt and unconventional cancellation of Canadian sitcom Kim’s Convenience, I really didn’t think there was anything left that couldn’t be cancelled under any circumstances. So, with ratings and critic scores dwindling, production stalled due to COVID-19 and the added baggage…Brooklyn Nine Nine10 min read
May 19, 2021This Is Us: “Jerry 2.0” dives into the show’s most underrated relationships (and stresses its most exhausting)This Is Us, Season 5, Episode 15 — “Jerry 2.0” Wri. Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger Dir. Milo Ventimiglia This season of This Is Us has been a real mixed bag, but it’s thus far been one of my favourites. In part, it’s because a bad season of This Is Us still has amazing episodes, but the bad ones are really bad — the Pearsons come across as universally…This Is Us8 min read
May 12, 2021This Is Us: “The Music And The Mirror” is about as heavy-handed as it gets.This Is Us, Season 5, episode 14 “The Music And The Mirror” Dir. Jonny Gomez Wri. Jessica Yu I’ve been begging since pre-pandemic for This Is Us to remember that Beth owns a dance studio. Even before COVID-19 relegated the better half of a year’s worth of dance instruction to Zoom-land (although many studios have resumed in-person learning in the U.S., most of us Canadian dancers are still…This Is Us8 min read
Apr 14, 2021This Is Us: “Brotherly Love” is a mix of on-the-nose and right-in-the-feels.This Is Us, Season 5, episode 13 “Brotherly Love” Dir. Kay Onyegun Wri. Jon Dorsey There’s an unspoken truth about This Is Us — about the series as a whole, about the diegesis that we see before us, about the inciting incident that kicked off all of this action, that pulled us viewers in in the first place: that it all started with William Hill. …This Is U8 min read
Apr 7, 2021This Is Us: “Both Things Can Be True,” in that this episode can be good and it can also be a drag.This Is Us: “Both Things Can Be True” Dir. Chris Koch Wri. Danielle Bauman 6.9/10 Every now and then, This Is Us has an episode that is perhaps not the most emotionally driven episode or one that is all that essential to the plot, but is a crucial part of keeping the plot moving, bringing us back to the present after too many meandering flashbacks…10 min read
