What better way to beat the summer heat than with some reruns of wintertime shows? You can settle down in front of the telly and pretend you’re snowed in in February (which you likely didn’t appreciate at the time, but…

London Lovebirds: Sirs Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi in Vicious. (Photo: ITV/Brown Eyed Boy Limited 2013) Vicious, the latest addition to THIRTEEN’s popular Britcom line-up, stars Sirs Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as London partners who bicker so much they…

Greetings Downtonians! It’s been weeks since Carson and Mrs. Hughes waded into the rolling deep and the picture faded to black, leaving us bereft and wondering what happens next. Winter is gone now, spring has finally sprung (it had to…

Tis’ a weekend afternoon, a few weeks since the finale of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece and I’m making like Mrs. Patmore and preparing my dinners for the week, thinking about what we just witnessed; a year in the life of…

Sigh. I know, I know. Parting is such sweet sorrow, innit? But let’s not think of tonight as just the end of the season: Let’s think of it as the beginning of the countdown to Downton Abbey Season 5, already…

Sigh. I know, I know. Parting is such sweet sorrow, innit? But let’s not think of tonight as just the end of the season: Let’s think of it as the beginning of the countdown to Downton Abbey Season 5, already…

Talk about bad timing: The Village People visit Downton and Thomas is out sailing the seven seas. But put your mind at ease, the prodigal Lord Grantham returns to cap off the bazaar, having missed Bates as much as Cora.…

For me, it was 50 years ago tonight that I first spent a Sunday night with a British import. I have to say that it feels absolutely bizarre to be reminiscing about anything first-hand that happened 50 years ago (because…

Based on the title, we knew this episode was going to be intense, but was I the only one taken aback by just how intense it was? It seems all the character development in the preceding two episodes was leading…

I heard a rumor that there was (allegedly) some sort of sporting event going on this evening, across the river, on the Jersey side, but with all the fuss they were making over that misshapen ball, one would have thought…

Fool Me Once… I must say, there was quite a build up this episode in order to illustrate just what a ridiculous man our Sherlock is. We watched a beleaguered Lestrade struggle for eighteen months to catch the Waters Gang…

Fashion has always been well employed on Downton Abbey as a storytelling tool, helping to define both characters and undercurrents. And so it is interesting to watch as the season progresses and we move on from the deaths of Sybil…

I Believe in Sherlock Holmes The Empty Hearse appears to pick up where we left off – but the soundtrack belies the solemn sight of Sherlock’s last moments before the fall, and of course, reveals itself to be the conjecture…

As we begin, it is the day after the night before. THAT night. The horrific night that ended with Anna walking off into the darkness alone. Now as the house party weekend ends and the collection of misfit toys prepares to depart…

I have no idea what to say. I am sure you are all feeling the same way I am after watching what just happened: To say it was disturbing and upsetting is an understatement. And if you’re anything like me,…