The Comey Rule 

As the 2016 election approaches, the FBI are investigating Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, putting Director James Comey (Jeff Daniels) in an impossible situation.…

The Affair: Remembering It Well

Photo: Showtime The Affair was widely acclaimed in its first season, but could it be stretched beyond that? The Affair struggled at first, but adapted and made a strong comeback…

A Very English Scandal

In 1961, Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) has a romantic affair with a troubled young man, Norman (Ben Whishaw); as Thorpe’s political career takes off, Norman gets back in…

The Dying Detective 

Lars Martin Johansson (Rolf Lassgård) has retired, but after surviving a stroke he needs rehabilitation and turns his attention to a cold case, the murder of a girl. The third…

It 

When a little girl is murdered in Derry, Maine, a group of now adult friends fear that the enemy they battled as children is back, a monster who took the…

Bates Motel 

Exploring the mother-son relationship behind Psycho (1960) in a TV series seemed like an intriguing idea. The show got a modern-day setting in Oregon and the story began with Norma…

Looking 

One of the most explicit TV series ever made about gay men followed a group of friends in San Francisco, with focus on the 29-year-old game designer Patrick (Jonathan Groff)…

Downton Abbey: An Empire in Change

Photo: ITV I’ve lost count of how many times various actors have come to my country to promote a new season of Downton Abbey. It hasn’t always been the biggest…

CSI: Dead Men Do Tell Tales

Paul Guilfoyle, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox, Gary Dourdan, William Petersen and George Eads. Photo: CBS In the fall of 2000, a remake of the old thriller series The Fugitive (1963-1967)…

Hannibal

After several popular movie adaptations, author Thomas Harris’s iconic serial killer Hannibal Lecter got his own TV series – and showrunner Bryan Fuller created a distinct style. Initially, the story…