• TV Watched, 2025

    The Bear (Season 4): Good, not great. If they can wrap this up with one last season, still has a chance to be my favorite show of the last few years. Stick the landing, please. The Chair Company (Season 1): Insane, but perfectly executed. Treats conflict not as misunderstanding, but as multiple, “true” perspectives coexisting…

  • TV Watched, 2024

    …or at least the rest of it. Barry (Seasons 3-4): I’ve always admired Hader, but now I really can’t wait to see where his career takes him. He seems capable of anything. The Bear (Season 3): Liked it more than most, but would at least agree it wasn’t nearly as strong as previous seasons. Loved…

  • TV Reviewed

    (Previously on Hackneyed) The Bear (Seasons 1-2): Second season surpassed the first. The bottleneck episodes, “Fishes” and “Forks,” were easily my two favorite single episodes of a show the last year. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Seasons 1-8): Just what I needed. Not quite Parks or The Office, but a solid sitcom from start to finish. Better Call…