Tag: season 2

  • Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2 E4

    Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2 E4

    This episode of Last Tango in Halifax begins in the cafe where Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) continue to talk about the death of Eddie. Alan says he is an accessory after the fact. Celia says he probably did the best thing under the circumstances. He tells her that Robbie and the police…

  • Recap: Last Tango in Halifax S2, E3

    Recap: Last Tango in Halifax S2, E3

    This episode of Last Tango in Halifax opens with the two great granddads (Derek Jacobi and Paul Copley) as well as Alan’s other sidekick (Roy Barraclough) with the baby at the pub. They talk about what the little girl should be named. Both of Alan’s sidekicks think they were asked to be the best man…

  • Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2, E2

    Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2, E2

    At the registry office, Celia (Anne Reid) sits in a very pretty suit clutching a bouquet as episode 2 of Last Tango in Halifax begins. We’re mere minutes from the end of episode 1 when Gillian ran out the farmhouse door after finding the card from the Registry Office. A man in an apron sits…

  • Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2, E1

    Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S2, E1

    Season 2 of Last Tango in Halifax begins with Celia (Anne Reid) in a hospital corridor phoning Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) to tell her than Alan (Derek Jacobi) has come round and, “is feeling rather perky.” A very happy Gillian (Nicola Walker) and Raff (Josh Bolt) are at Alan’s bedside. Gillian mentions that she thinks she…

  • Orphan Black: By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried

    Orphan Black: By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried

    It’s the finale of season 2! Orphan Black will surprise and confound you with “By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried” and it sets up some powerful incentives to wish for a speedy return of a season 3. Rachel (Tatiana Maslany, a multitude) has Kira (Skyler Wexler) installed somewhere at Dyad. Sarah is also…

  • Orphan Black: Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done

    Orphan Black: Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done

    “Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done” is episode 9 of season 2 of Orphan Black. The stakes are raised to the highest level for Cosima and Kira. Story wires stretched to breaking characterize the episode. Allison Allison (Tatiana Maslany, one of many)  and Donnie (Kristian Bruun) provide some comic relief in a fairly dark…

  • On Introducing Vee into Orange is the New Black

    On Introducing Vee into Orange is the New Black

    Say hello to Vee (Lorraine Toussaint). Notice the dangerous headgear. Notice the deadly serious look in her eyes. Notice the nickname “queen” bestowed on her by the Orange is the New Black team. Bringing Vee into the prison and into Orange is the New Black was a storytelling decision of brilliance from Jenji Kohan’s and…

  • Orphan Black: Variable and Full of Perturbation

    Orphan Black: Variable and Full of Perturbation

    Only two episodes of Orphan Black remain in season 2 after this week’s “Variable and Full of Perturbation.” This episode introduced quite a lot of variation and perturbation to resolve in that time, especially with a new clone Tony (Tatiana Maslany) showing up. Yep, Tony. Formerly Antoinette Zwicky, now a trans man named Tony. He’s…

  • Orphan Black: Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things

    Orphan Black: Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things

    “Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things,” episode 7 of season 2 of Orphan Black, gives us some shocking surprises, some slapstick laughs, and another turn of the screw on the momentous stakes involved for everyone. As usual, everything revolves around Sarah, but I’ll start with Allison’s story since much of the action in…

  • Orphan Black: To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings

    Orphan Black: To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings

    The “To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings” episode of Orphan Black brings Sarah some answers, but everyone is still suspect and no one can be trusted. Sarah and Helena (Tatiana Maslany squared) are in a pickup on their way to Cold River. Helena refuses to tell Sarah where it is, because she knows Sarah won’t…