David Sims's posts

I remember when Melissa McCarthy first hosted SNL last year, it didn’t do much for me but I found myself in the…

It’s not that those weren’t two perfectly fun episodes of Happy Endings—they were, very quotable and silly and all…

Mindy still struggles to be coherent every week, but this episode was at the very least intriguing. Not just because…

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

“Rory’s Dance” (season one, episode nine; originally aired 12/20/2000)

I am now really upset with myself for giving last week’s episode of The Following an F grade. That’s the problem…

The return of Colin Sweeney to The Good Wife always threatens to be the episode where his shtick gets really old. I…

(This Game Of Thrones post is written from the point of view of someone who has not read the books the series is…

“Kiss And Tell” (season one, episode seven; originally aired 11/16/2000)

Okay, we have to talk about that fart. I basically couldn’t concentrate on this terrible episode of Mindy, partly…

This week, The Following gets an F. An F for LOVE. Because what is more swooning than the Ryan/Claire romance? I…

Ah, it’s fun to watch The Good Wife show off. This isn’t the first time it’s done an episode like this, set in real…

“Cinnamon’s Wake” (season one, episode five, originally aired 11/2/2000)

If there’s one thing The Mindy Project has consistently failed to get right, it’s her friends. This isn’t foremost a…

It becomes clear in “Love Hurts” what’s really going on with Joe and his followers. This isn’t just a serial killer…

1. Enlightened, “Lonely Ghosts” (2011)
It’s rare to come across a TV dream sequence that seems legitimately…

I very much enjoy The Good Wife’s little mysteries. The cases of the week aren’t always predicated on lies and…

“Kill Me Now” (season one, episode three, originally aired 10/19/2000)

Ok, The Following. I’m down with you being generally creepy and gross—well, I’m not down with it, but I’m used to it…

Did The Good Wife just resolve one of its longest-running subplots with little more than exchanged glance in an…