Frayed Branches

  The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 13: "Warlords" Review [WARNING: Major spoilers for  The Walking Dead  seasons 1-10, spoilers for season 11.] After a rather mixed bag over the last few episodes of the show, I was unsure how well The Walking Dead could make strides toward its finale. Much like the shambling corpses in the show, there was--and, I suppose, still is--a real possibility that the series would slowly stumble its way toward whatever finale it had in mind. Part 1 especially gave me the feeling that the series would end on a wet fart with an antagonistic force not worth seeing to the end for. But, within Part 2, there have been just enough good episodes and shaky movements toward the finish line that I could see a little bit of gold beneath the dirt. Episode 13 of this final season, titled "Warlords" is one of those little bits of gold. While the episode itself is not perfect and does raise a few logistical questions regarding the current final villain be...

  The Old Man : Episode I-III Review I'm a sucker for a good thriller, just as much as I'm a sucker for good mysteries. The storytelling elements of a television series with those two qualities are what usually drags me in, making me want to see the story through to the end. The Old Man is one of these series, having premiered last Thursday on FX and Hulu, with an additional episode having arrived yesterday. The Old Man tells the story of Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges), a man who is recovering from the death of his wife due to Huntington's disease and who is starting to notice similar paranoid behavior in himself, prompting him to go for regular mental health screenings. Accompanying him in his now-vacant home are his two dogs, Dave and Carol, loyal Rottweilers. After a regular day in the life--which appears to include paranoia on Dan's part and mourning over the loss of his wife--Chase's house is broken into by a robber. Only this robber doesn't seem to be an ordinar...