what. a. finale! dear ben stiller & apple, going forward-- either don't make us wait three years for a new season, or trim two episodes off. i get that all the unresolved things will fall into place sooner or later, but it's unbearable watching an entire season essentially get saved by a single ep

i'm pleasantly surprised by this. even though the premise isn't particularly original, i really liked the editing and the constant twists throughout the story. the acting was solid, too. my main criticism so far is that i expected a more impactful season finale (which is ironic, given how i praise

it's going somewhere... i’m not sure, though, it will ever reach the quality of even the weakest of jackson's film adaptations at its current pace, but it's gaining momentum. i must admit that.

i have mixed feelings about this. on one hand, i'd love for hbo to ignore the weaker audience reception and continue filming, but on the other hand, what people were saying even before it began-- those who’ve made it this far into the books-- turned out to be true: everything after frank herbert’s o

i postponed watching this series for almost a year because i'd heard a lot of good things about the book series, and in the end, i somehow expected more. the pacing feels too slow for television. sure, the first two episodes are necessary to set up the story's foundation, but then there's a slew of

i have mixed feelings about this. despite some excellent episodes, this season feels so rushed, with unnecessary jumps in the plot, that it seems like the story was originally intended to unfold across multiple seasons but was compressed into just 2 due to external pressure. at times, it’s completel

i was worried for a moment as the last episode began that the creators might abandon their practice of not letting the viewer sympathize, even for a second, with someone we know to be a villain-- but thankfully, they didn’t. wonderfully executed, with stellar performances from both cristin milioti a