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The Bastard Executioner episode 9 recap: “The Bernadette Maneuver”

November 11, 2015 Lori Acken

It would be easier to accept that there is but one more episode of The Bastard Executioner Season 1 if a Season 2 was confirmed and there weren’t so much ground left to cover. • The Bastard Executioner Season 1 recaps: Episode 1 and 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 |Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 Yes, I know … plenty of folks have railed against the show’s proudly bold blending of history and fiction, Annora’s weird accent and nature, and the brutality of the violence, particularly toward women. But not one of these issues is remotely unique to […]

Recap: Fargo Season 2, Episode 5 – Leave it to Cleaver

November 9, 2015 Rachel Cericola

In this week’s episode of Fargo, the war between the Kansas City mafia and the Gerhardts kicked off with a bang. Well, it kicked off with a whole lot of bangs and at least one meat cleaver. I’d say it was definitely worth the wait. Okay then. Let’s get to the recap! • FARGO Season 2 recaps: Episode 1 | Epsiode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 After weeks of fictional Ronald Reagan movies, the fictional version of the 40th President of the United States was in the house – or at least on-screen (and played by Bruce Campbell). […]

Recap: The Bastard Executioner episode 8 “Broken Things” — Jesus loves me and so do you

November 3, 2015 Lori Acken

Welcome back TBXers. Did everyone survive two weeks with no news from Ventrishire? Speaking of news, the good is that Pantry Baby has reappeared all over this episode. The bad? His brother … well, let’s get to everything that happened on this week’s The Bastard Executioner. We begin at Casa Maddox where, after last episode’s attention from Wilkin, Jessamy is looking for reassurance that their coupling pleased him. He tenderly tells her it did. But there’s more somber work to tend to. He heads out the door to help Ash and the Moor lay poor Calo to rest outside the shire walls. In […]

Recap: Fargo Season 2, Episode 4 – It’s On

November 2, 2015 Rachel Cericola

A storm is brewing, Fargo fans. OK, so it’s been brewing from the very first scene of the very first episode. However, “Fear and Trembling” seems to be sounding all of the alarms. It’s coming, so you’d better prepare yourself. I know I’m ready! • FARGO Season 2 recaps: Episode 1 | Epsiode 2 | Episode 3 This week’s episode kicks off in 1950s Fargo, North Dakota, with a young Otto Gerhardt (Michael Hogan) taking an even younger Dodd to see the fictional film Moonbase Freedom, starring Ronald Reagan. Well, sort of. The boy seems like he’s there to see […]

Recap: Fargo Season 2, Episode 3 – Tie-ing Up Loose Ends

October 26, 2015 Rachel Cericola

Last week on Fargo, we got a better peek at the Kansas City mafia, Hank ruffled the Kitchen Brothers, Peggy showed her “bad girl” side and Ed made mincemeat out of Rye — literally. This week, the body count is stacking up and things are getting sort of tense. Well, Dodd (Jeffrey Donovan, Burn Notice) is getting tense. I don’t think he has the capability to not be tense. But I digress. Ready to jump right into Season 2’s third episode? Okay then! The episode starts with a shot of Hanzee (Zahn McClarnon, Longmire) in the middle of the snowy […]

The Bastard Executioner recap episode 7: Behold the Lamb (… or what I did for Love)

October 20, 2015 Lori Acken

Everyone remember where we left off last week, The Bastard Executioner fans? The Wolf made himself known — as Lady Love’s equally introspective and peace-minded half-brother. Annora revealed herself to Father Wilkin as much more than just a peddler of potions, but a predictor of fates. Milus revealed that he’s pretty much going to set Wilkin up for some unplanned killing every single episode. And Jessamy reveals, well, nothing new. She’s been a nutter from the start. • The Bastard Executioner Season 1 recaps: Episode 1 and 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 |Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode […]

Recap: Fargo Season 2, Episode 2 – Blood on our hands

October 19, 2015 Rachel Cericola

After last week’s episode of Fargo, I’m looking forward to an uber-violent season, you betcha! This week was equally disturbing, so if you were watching between the slits of your fingers, let’s recap what happened. Again, this episode, “Before The Law,” reminds us that this is “a true story,” but names have been changed “at the request of the survivors.” This information is being typed over the screen as we get a glimpse of this season’s all-star cast … as well as a dead pig. Yikes. In the opening, we see Joe Bulo (Brad Garrett, Everybody Loves Raymond) and his […]

The Bastard Executioner episode 6 recap: Game of thorns …

October 13, 2015 Lori Acken

Did everyone come into this week’s episode of The Bastard Executioner expecting the punisher’s “wife” to dole out some serious punishment after the way we left off last week? Well, our helium-voiced little Mrs. Maddox is not about to let us down. • The Bastard Executioner Season 1 recaps: Episode 1 and 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 |Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 We open in the Maddox bedchamber, where Jessamy gazes at a just-waking-up Wilkin. She tells her faux spouse that he is lovely when he sleeps. He tells her that she’s been awfully … vigilant … lately. It’s […]

Recap: Fargo Season 2, Episode 1 – Back in Time

October 12, 2015 Rachel Cericola

After a nail-biting, must-see debut season, Fargo is back on FX. Unlike True Detective, Fargo fans shouldn’t fret about this new installment. Season 2 is looking to be equally as addictive, don’t cha know. The first episode, “Waiting for Dutch,” opens with a snippet of the black-and-white film Massacre at Sioux Falls, starring Ronald Reagan (who should be showing up at some point looking a lot like Bruce Campbell). He’s not in the clip, though. Instead, it’s a conversation between an actor and maybe the director. It doesn’t really matter who they are because the landscape is way more interesting. […]

Fargo Season 2: The Next Chapter

October 9, 2015 Kellie Freeze

Fargo is more than a town. “The word itself is so evocative of a place, the tundra where civilization meets the wilderness,” says series executive producer, showrunner and director Noah Hawley. “It’s evocative of a kind of story, a true-crime story that isn’t true, where truth is stranger than fiction.” When Fargo premiered last season on FX, the limited-run series, based loosely on the Coen brothers’ 1996 Oscar-winning film, became a runaway hit, a critical darling and a magnet for accolades — including a whopping 18 Emmy nominations. But if you worry about the series facing a sophomore slump, don’t. […]