Categories: FX Shows

A side effect of being the greatest channel on television is that it will have a lot of really great shows.  Sorry HBO, FX has taken over your place and it's not close.  The FX category is tied for the largest category with Classic Comedy with 14 shows and that doesn't include The Shield (which is under Shows That Changed Television).  It's a tiny bit unfair: HBO's heyday was in its past which is reflected in my list (four shows in STCT) and it's a lot easier to catch up on and watch FX shows than HBO.  But still, 14 shows is a lot of shows, and most of them are still on the air.

Before starting, there are two shows on this list that I have completed: Terriers and Rescue Me.  I plan to revisit Terriers and write about it here at some point.  And Rescue Me is counted down as finished, but I stopped watching after five seasons, because the quality had dropped tremendously from its first season.  (But man that first season was pretty great)  I may or may not finish Rescue Me, but as you can see, it's not really a big concern for me to finish it.  (Other shows counted as "Finished" despite the fact that I haven't finished them: The Walking Dead, House of Cards, and Downton Abbey)

Comedies
Archer
Duh.  I'm ashamed to admit that I'm not fully caught up on Archer.  It has nothing to do with the show and everything to do with me.  I'm making more of an effort to watch comedy shows - and Archer is not far down the list of shows I will catch up to.  It also has the distinct honor of being one of the few shows I actually want to re-watch.  But first obviously I need to watch it once!

Where I'm at: Season 3, Episode 6

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
This show is in a weird place.  I was way late to watching this show, for some reason decided to watch the first season, and then stopped.  I remember liking and being impressed by the show and yet I never watched more.  (It's pretty much identical to How I Met Your Mother, except I liked this show better)  As it stands, It's Always Sunny will be watched after every other comedy that I've started, but I won't start any new comedies until this one is finished.  (Unless it's a situation like B99 where I can start from the beginning and watch while it airs.  But that's different)

Where I'm at: Season 2, Episode 2 (Yeah for some reason I stopped after one episode)

The League
Here's a show I am caught up to, at least I'm caught up to its latest episode on Netflix.  I'm not sure this show qualifies as a guilty pleasure - it's characters are pretty despicable   It's kind of about fantasy sports, but not really, but the comedic style of this show is one of my favorites.  It's sort of an improvisation/scripted show that just goes for broke a lot and is unapologetic about its shameless guest-star whoring.  Also, Rafi.

Where I'm at: Season 5, Episode 1

Wilfred
Yeah I don't know how this show works.  But it does.  Somehow.  The first season is mostly hit-or-miss, but the last episode was the best and I've heard positive things about the second season.  It's a drastically different comedy than any others on this list, a type of comedy I can appreciate.  And Jason Gann is tremendous as the dog.

Where I'm at: Season 2, Episode 1

Not really a Comedy, but Funny as Hell
Louie
Louis CK is probably my favorite comedian, but it feels wrong to call his show a comedy.  It's not really a drama either.  Either way, it's fantastic and this is one of the few shows I'm completely caught up to, thanks to that two-year break that Louie took.  Not sure what else to say about this.  You've probably either seen it or have actively decided to not watch it.

Where I'm at: Season 4 (Current Season)

Dramas
The Americans
If you've followed me on twitter for a while, you know that I regularly promote this show as if I was getting paid by them.  Well, I'm not and I will take this opportunity to yet again promote this show: go watch it as soon as you can.  The first season is on Amazon Prime and I'm guessing the second will be on there a good amount of time before the third season begins.  The reason I promote this show is because its ratings are not very good and I would very much like to not see this get cancelled.  And as a bonus, the third season has been picked up already so you at least won't have to worry about starting a doomed show.  (While FX seems very much committed to the show, just to be safe, watch it.)

Where I'm at: Season 2 (Current Season)

Justified
I was very late to the game on Justified: I watched my first episode of it probably six months ago.  And guess what? I'm completely caught up.  The show is that good.  Few shows are just purely as enjoyable as this one even when the quality drops off a bit.  The dialogue is maybe the best on television and it's a treat to watch two world class actors in Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins.

Where I'm at: Season 6 (Which will air next year)

Sons of Anarchy
I have run the gamut of opinions about Sons of Anarchy.  The first season was promising and I was optimistic.  The second season was even better and I thought it could be one of my favorite shows.  The third season sucked, but it had goodwill left over and the last few episodes were pretty great.  The fourth season was better, but severely soured me on the show as I realized I had overrated it because of the second season.  And then the fifth season got me back into a mood where I liked the show.  And I haven't seen the sixth season because I have watched it on Netflix and am waiting for it to add episodes there.  (Hopefully, it adds the season before the new season airs, but I'm not optimistic as it did not do that with its recent season.  I WANT to watch your show on live television, help me do that!)

Where I'm at: Season 6, Episode 1

Damages
I have not seen this show.  I do not know if it is good, although I'm reasonably confident it is.  I kind of have a thing for Rose Byrne though so you know any potential doubt I have going into this show is immediately squashed.  You know the show that you're kind of wary about starting and then you realize an actor/actress you like is in it?  Well that's what is happening here.  Either way, there's only 59 episodes so it's not like a huge commitment.

Where I'm at: Not started

Fargo
I missed the boat on this show.  I don't remember why I missed the first episode, but I missed it.  And then I never managed to catch the first episode when FX aired it at a later date.  And then I refused to watch the second episode without having first seen the first episode.  And thus, I have yet to see this show.  I hope it goes on Amazon Prime or Netflix.  Or I'll just record every episode that I see as it comes along (hopefully FX holds a marathon later).  Either way, I really want to see this show.

Where I'm at: Not Started

Nip Tuck
So this is a show that will be watched when I run out of shows.  So if you're a huge Nip Tuck fan - I'm not aware of any that I know - it's going to be a while.  I have no rational reason for choosing to watch this show.  And I may never get to it.  But like I said if I ever run out of shows to watch, then this will be watched.

Where I'm at: Not Started

Not Really a Drama, but Funny as Hell
American Horror Story
Yeah here's a show that's not really a traditional drama, but just an excuse for Ryan Murphy to do a bunch of crazy shit.  It's definitely not supposed to be a comedy, but's pretty funny at times.  And it's not scary, which is good for me because I hate scary movies.  Yeah here's a show that I find I have to watch if I'm interested in TV because it does things no other show does, even if it is objectively not that great of a show.  (For instance, it has one of the worst pilots I have ever seen)

Where I'm at: Season 3, Episode 1

And that's the list of shows that air on FX that I want to watch.

Bates Motel S1 Review

Last year, I watched the pilot to Bates Motel and remember liking it enough to keep watching.  Only I didn't keep watching and forgot about the show for some reason.  When the show popped up on Netflix a couple weeks ago, it was the perfect opportunity to revisit this show.  It is purely a coincidence that I just so happened to finish this season literally the day before the second season begins. [Note: I clearly meant to post this last night.]

Bates Motel is a goofy show.  I'm inclined to compare it to American Horror Story lite, because it's not as insane and is a little more grounded in reality.  A little.  Seeing as I just changed my opinion on American Horror Story, this is pretty good timing for Bates Motel.

There's enough good elements on this show to pretty easily outweigh the not insubstantial amount of weaknesses.  The acting's pretty great, the mood is appropriately spooky, it's beautifully shot, and of course I'm kind of fascinated by this fake backstory to Norman Bates.

However, Pyscho this is not.  It's not really that scary, it's unintentionally hilarious at times (which is a good thing for some people), and the plot is kind of ridiculous.  Ok, there's an Asian sex slave ring, an enormous weed business, people burned alive, insanely corrupt cops.  Yeah, ok the plot is really ridiculous.

The star of this show is Vera Farmiga, who is operating on a different level than everybody else.  She plays the mother so well that it's not at all hard to figure out how she helped create Norman Bates.  Which is amazing if you think about it.  She lives up to the mother of Pyscho that we had imagined in our heads.

Freddie Highmore is well cast, if at times a bit awkward in his delivery.  Max Theriot plays the new, invented character of Norman's backstory as the brother.  His role is integral in my mind as sort of lets the audience know this isn't a true origin story.  If we were supposed to think this was a true origin story, this show would suck.  Olivia Cooke plays Emma, the girl with cystic fibrosis, to utter perfection.  She's kind of a hard character to sell on paper seeing as she's literally the perfect girl with no flaws (except the CF thing, which is kind of a cheap flaw in writing), but Cooke makes her into an actual human being instead of a caricature.

I can't mention the acting without giving proper compliments to Jere Burns, who just oozes evil from every scene he's in (this is not a complaint).  Nestor Carbonell plays... well he plays the character he always plays, but he does it so well.  And Nicola Peltz as Bradley could be a character you hate - well you really should hate her - but she makes her sympathetic enough.

One of the things I really like about this show is that it's not really clear when this show takes place.  It's pretty clear it's in some sort of period that combines different aspects.  It mostly takes place in modern day, but if you pay attention, there's a lot of things that would indicate it takes place well in the past.

With that said, I wouldn't exactly recommend this show to people.  It's too inconsistent, it's too utterly ridiculous, and there's quite a few too many scenes where I just don't care what happens.  To be honest, this is almost a show where you have to just completely ignore logic and sort of go along for the ride.  There's a few too many "shocking" moments that failed completely at making any sort of sense and was clear it was just for the sake of being shocking.

The biggest thing keeping me with the show however is probably that it just seems like it could be better.  There's potential in this show to be genuinely entertaining.  Granted, this show will never be one of the great television shows, but it could be pretty fun to watch.  It's not at that point and to be honest it probably never will, but that potential is enough to keep me watching as long as it's mildly entertaining.

I'm going to give this the same grade I gave American Horror Story season one as I pretty much have identical feelings towards this show as I did towards AHS (except for the potential - there wasn't really a sense that AHS was going to be anything more than what it is).  Hopefully, Bates Motel makes a similar jump as AHS did in its second season in quality and enjoyment.

Grade - C+

Playlist
1. "Love is to Die" - Warpaint
2. "Gimme that Money" - Hopsin
3. "Let's Groove" - Earth, Wind & Fire
4. "What It's Like" - Everlast
5. "Halftime" - Nas

American Horror Story S2 Review

*No Spoilers
*In between each paragraph is an actual quote from the season.

American Horror Story is a show which you literally have to see to believe.  In this season, there is a serial killer, the angel of death, a devil nun, a murdering Santa, Anne Frank, an exorcist, deformed mutants, and a Nazi doctor.  Oh yeah, and aliens of course.  (I'm really not kidding about any of that; that is all in this season)  Seriously, if you've never seen this show, you're probably thinking this is the worst show ever or the best show ever.

"Are you purposefully trying to make a murder baby?" - These are real quotes by the way

So, people who've never seen this show, you're not going to believe me when I say I actually liked this season for the most part.  Whether it's surprisingly emotionally affecting, hilariously awful, or bewildering, this show is always entertaining.  I don't know if I like what's going on or if I hate what's going on, but I find myself strangely entertained.  I can confirm though that you will be saying to yourself "What the fuck?" many many times.  Just go with it.

"What do you say we blow this pop stand, savage a few elves, then suck on each other, hmm?" - Delivered by Ian McShane!

American Horror Story is unlike any other show I've ever seen and probably any show I will ever see.  It's daring, it's exploitative, it's beautifully shot, it's got some of the worst dialogue ever, and it somehow gets some of the better actors out there.  It's a show that you pretty much need to watch if you are interested in television.  The first season left me confused on what to think of this show, but this season has sealed it for me.

"You must understand, these so-called Nazi Hunters are nothing but self-loathing, self-seeking, money grubbing JEWS! (Delivered by James Cromwell!)

I bet this is the type of show directors love to work on.  Every episode creates a pretty visually interesting shot.  Sometimes, the show veers to close to show-off directing - in fact, it pretty much does that every episode, but a lot of it works.  The directing pretty much reflects the entire show in general - they are swinging for the park and it's either a home run or a strikeout.  I don't think anything about this show can be described as mediocre.

"I have a rocking body and a titty full of milk, let me help you forget her." - Her being his mom of course

This show remarkably lands pretty great actors.  2-time Oscar winner Jessica Lange basically carries episodes by herself she's so good.  Yes, this show has an actress who has been nominated for six Oscars.  It also has five-time Emmy nominee Frances Conroy, Oscar-nominated and four-time Emmy nominee James Cromwell (including one for this season), Ian McShane, Chloe Sevigny, Zachary Quinto, and Joseph Fiennes.  It also has the lesser known Evan Peters and Lily Rabe who display acting talent comparable to that onslaught of respected and acclaimed actors.  I think great writing can carry mediocre actors, but the is the first time I've seen evidence that great actors can carry a bad script.  (Also, the third season has Kathy Bates and Angela Basset so I'm glad my "How the fuck did they land them?" quota will be filled for next season.)

"Slowly, show me your mossy bank" - He's referring to her vagina just to be clear - didn't want there to be any confusion.

This show is also set in the 1960s so the show can delve into issues of woman's rights, LGBT issues, the treatment of mental patients, and of course have period details.  This show isn't subtle at all so the a lot of the 1960s stuff is "HEY LOOK AT THIS IT'S FROM 1965, DO YOU GET IT?" of course, but I'm a sucker for period pieces.  Also, not particularly subtle, is the show's portrayal of how a lesbian would feel back then - but hey it doesn't really make it any less effective.

"A sexual deviant, a Mexican, and a pinhead won't get far in this storm.  I hope they drown." - This line is said by a fucking nun

Also, this show is actually a good reflection on the treatment of the mentally disabled.  It's remarkably affecting in its portrayal of the hopelessness and mistreatment that the patients suffer.  Undoubtedly, it's probably the best thing the show's ever done.  So hidden beneath the alien plotline and the mutant humans is a touching story on people losing their sanity.

"I'll have to keep you around to breast-feed that baby for at least the first year.  The health benefits are myriad." - There's no way to explain this line without spoiling, but it's even weirder in context.

I could refer to this show as good or poor television, but American Horror Story needs a different grading scale.  If I watch a poor season of American Horror Story - which I haven't yet - it's going to mean a totally different thing than if I watched a poor season of anything else.  This show is fun to watch because one moment it's good, and the next it's awful.  But my requirement for it to be good is simply for it to be interesting and for it to entertain me.  Part of the charm of this show is that even when it's bad - and it's definitely bad at some points - it's still different.  For American Horror Story to be good, it simply has to be not boring.  Well that and the good parts have to at least surpass the bad parts.

"Hey Sister, I have a cucumber in my room, but not because I was hungry." - Oh yeah, there's also a nymphomaniac in this season.

Well, thanks for reading.  I hope you had as much fun reading this as I had writing this.  I'm not going to recommend this show to you - I mean after this review, you're either in or you're out and that was basically my purpose of writing it this way.  You have to have a relatively high tolerance for weird shit though.  I think for my next season review, I will write in an a completely disjointed and nonsensical fashion in the spirit of this show.

Playlist
1. "Young Blood" - Sophia Ellis-Bextor
2. "Who Are We" - Switchfoot
3. "Step Masters" - Step Brothers
4. "Remurdered" - Mogwai
5. "Tracks of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

American Horror Story Season 1

I don't even know how to start this post.  This show is odd.  No, that's not quite right.  Saying it's odd is like if I said Brian Wilson kind of likes attention.  No, saying it is odd is a gross understatement.

Is it good?  Hell no.  This show is disjointed, full of character inconsistencies, fake scares, and worst of all, not at all scary.  I mean it's not scary AT ALL.  

Is it enjoyable?  Hell yeah.  It's unintentionally funny (I think), it's shocking, and you can't help but keep watching what happens next.  I hesitate to recommend this show, simply because it is not a good show by traditional standards of grading television.  I mean I can't even describe the show, that's how weird it is.

I'll attempt.  There's a character named Rubber Man, who is dressed in a skin-tight black latex from head to toe.  It's some kind of weird sex thing.  But that's not the point.  There's a fucking character named Rubber Man on this show.

There's the Harmon family.  The family consists of Dr. Ben Harmon, the world's worst psychiatrist we later find out, Vivien, and their daughter, Violet.  

Connie Britton, who plays Vivien, is given almost nothing in the entire season, so I find it not surprising she left the show.  I'll sum up everything she does in the show.  She is always wanting to leave the house, and she always fails.  There's something else that happens, but I'd consider that a spoiler.  

Dr. Harmon, played by Dylan McDermott, cheated on his wife and the family moves to California for a fresh start.  The daughter is kind of an edgy girl who usually resists doing whatever her parents tell her to.  She inexplicably wants to stay in the house, because the writers need her to want to stay in the house.

The best part of this show, by far, is the history of the house.  I am compelled to figure out the history of the house.  That's the reason I tune in every time.  I want to see the murders, the history, the obvious references to famous murders.  If this show does one thing good, it's giving you a house that you can tell is haunted from the beginning and you want to figure out its history. Unfortunately, the more you figure out about the house, the less interesting the show becomes.

I chose ultimately not to do spoilers, because quite frankly, I can't take the risk that you read on past where I would indicate spoilers.  I am afraid you won't watch the show because of the spoilers or choose to watch it because of it, when those spoilers would be the reason the show is interesting.

Should you watch this show?  I'd at least suggest you watch the pilot.  It'll succeed in one of three ways.  One, you're drawn in to figuring out the history of the house.  (I'll admit no one really gives a shit what happens to the Harmons most of the show - They are the weak link).  Two, you think it's so bad, that you can't stop watching. (My experience) Three, you get to experience one of the worst pilots I have ever seen.  (I think it's one of the worst ever personally)

Whether you watch it, that's up to you.  I'm not going to recommend it though.  I'm not responsible for the actions of the readers.

Unconventional Dramas

Before reading this, I suggest you read the introduction to this site where I say what I'm doing.  

This list is 13 shows and counting.  I say counting because I remain very optimistic about the new series coming out on FX called The Americans.  I will be tuning in to watch the premiere and hopefully the entire first season.  

Shows I've watched

There are only two shows on this list and both lasted a single season before they were cancelled.  Let me assure you they were not cancelled because they were bad shows, but because nobody watched them.  Bad marketing,hard premise to sell, whatever it was, the shows received poor ratings.  (Both were acclaimed critically.)

In 2002, Joss Whedon created his first show that had nothing to do with the Buffyverse tackling a futuristic Western space show.  It starred Nathan Fillion as Captain Mal Reynolds (or Captain Tightpants) as captain of Serenity, the relatively modest space ship.  Reynolds and his crew battle the law, his sometimes adversary and sometimes enemy Badger, and Saffron (played by Christina Hendricks of Mad Men.)

So Fox screwed this up.  One of the best pilots I've ever seen was not aired until it was clear the show would not be renewed.  I cannot for the life of me understand why the pilot was not aired.  So right off the bat, the second episode, which does the first episode an injustice in introducing the characters and the world, gets the show on a bad start.  Then they air the episodes out-of-order throughout the run making it difficult to get any serious serialized storytelling done.  Firefly never stood a chance with ratings thanks to Fox.

Against all odds, the show was able to do a follow-up movie called Serenity, which is phenomenal as an epilogue to the show and I think as a stand-alone movie, though I have no idea.  Anyway, this show is 18 episodes and a movie, all on Netflix and is a good way to pass the time.

Terriers is a very good, short-lived show about two private investigators who run an unlicensed P.I. firm.  I'm going to blame the marketing on this show's lack of ratings.  It's not that I hadn't seen ads when it was released, it's just that the ads revealed nothing about the show.  You see the ad and you don't want to go see the show, you wonder what the show is about.  Most people are not curious enough to see what the show is about.  You have to WANT to see it.  

Anyway, Donald Logue plays an ex-cop and recovering alcoholic and his partner is an ex-criminal.  Between the two of them, they have no problem skirting the law and they are pretty successful at their job despite loads of personal issues.

Shows I am watching

We'll go from shittiest to best.  Dexter is gaining in viewership and declining in quality.  Seasons 1-2 were great TV that did little to nothing with the supporting characters and it has shown in the decline of the show.  Seasons 3-4 were both good, but it was not hard to see the show was starting to lead to the not great Season 5.  Basically, it's hard to create suspense around a criminal who has no consequences for anything he does.  After each season, the writers wipe the slate clean and act like nothing happened.

My advice to anyone looking to get into Dexter is to watch the first four seasons (if only because John Lithgow is amazing in Season 4) and then stop.  Just stop.  (I'm 8 episodes into Season 7 and it's some of the best the show has done since Season 4, but they could easily mess this up.)

Next up his Homeland.  Season 1 was amazing, all the acclaim for the show very deserved.  Season 2 was... ridiculous.  I understand you need to suspend disbelief to watch a show just as this, but preposterous plotline after preposterous plot line made the show borderline unwatchable.  The writers seemingly thought the audiences were watching the show for the thrilling action and surprising twists.  Despite more action in Season 2, Season 1 was more successful in creating tense moments and realistic story lines.  The Season 2 finale fortunately gives me hope they will try a different approach in the upcoming season.  

I've only seen the first season of The Walking Dead and so far it is pretty good. It's obvious the creator forced a season's worth of material into six episodes so the plot moves way too fast.  They introduce a new set on one episode, the next the set explodes.  It would have been nice if they could have taken their time more.  

I'm five episodes into The West Wing and so far I like it.  The cast is excellent with Martin Sheen as the POTUS.  Bradley Whitford playing Josh Lyman and Richard Schiff playing Toby Ziegler are the most interesting characters so far.  As usual, Sorkin has written shitty female characters, but I guess that's why all his shows are nearly all-male.

I'm pretty excited that the so far bland and lone black character (and also seemingly forced) is the main character of Pysch.  Maybe he'll show more personality in later episodes!

Lastly, the wonderful Game of Thrones, which I have little to complain about.  I haven't read the books so I don't care if they are true to the source.  (I kind of plan on reading the books if I ever get in a book-reading mode of my life).  There are three characters on this show that I love: Peter Dinklage, as Tyrion Lannister, Maisie Williams as Arya Stark, and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen.  


The title really says what this show is about: a battle for the throne of the Western kingdom.  It's highly entertaining and I'm greatly invested into seeing who will win this "game."

Shows I will watch
Two people whose opinions I respect strongly recommended The Newsroom so despite not great feedback from my other sources, I will give the first season a watch.  I'm not optimistic about the show, but I'll at least give it a chance.  Plus, I love Jeff Daniels and Sam Wasterson so I don't see a huge downside to watching the show.

Justified is a show that will take a while for me to start.  I might just wait until the series ends so I can buy the entire series.  This show is not on Netflix or on my premium channels at home like most HBO and Showtime shows so it appears I will have to buy this series.  So while I actually am very interested in starting this show now, money and availability are huge impediments. 

I'm interested in Twin Peaks not because I like David Lynch (I did not like Mullohand Drive for instance), but because of how it different it was from anything before it.  It was a creative leap from what I've read at least from any other show and could have paved the way for the shows that changed TV (according to Alan Sepinwall).  

Lastly, Prison Break will be watched well into the future.  I know Prison Break is more or less like 24 in style (not the timeline aspect, but the thrilling action), so I will wait to watch this until I've seen 24.  

Unfortunately, 24 is by far the show I am least interested in watching of the shows that changed TV so that means I will be getting to Prison Break quite a bit later. 

Final Thoughts
Watch Game of Thrones.  Easy choice.  Watch Homeland Season 1.  Whether or not to watch Season 2 highly depends on if Season 3 is good or not.  So you should probably just wait.  So far I'd recommend Sons of Anarchy (through 11 episodes) and West Wing (through five episodes), but neither show has really been watched that much.

Definitely watch Firefly and definitely watch Terriers.  The Walking Dead was good in season 1 (will have season 1 review at some point, but I'll probably re-watch that season to refresh my memory).
There's a few shows I want to watch but the availability of the series is not great.  Shameless with William H. Macy looks awesome, but I just discovered it so I have to figure out a way to watch the first two seasons without paying since I'm a cheap bastard.  The same applies to House of Lies with Don Cheadle, though my interest there is significantly less.  Whereas I'd probably pay to watch Shameless, House of Lies I wouldn't.

I kind of want to watch Girls, but not near enough to add it to my huge list of TV shows.  (Also, a recent description of the show that it was Sex in the City for hipsters is so unbelievably not what I want to watch so probably avoid this.)  I desperately want to watch Boardwalk Empire, I'm just waiting until I can catch a moment where Season 1 will be available on HBO premium.  I want to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm and Eastbound and Down, but I'm incredibly late to the party.

I'm watching Go On on Hulu.  It's good enough for me to not quit, but shitty enough to not write about.  Actually, it's probably really bad, but I just like Matthew Perry.  

The Good Wife and Fringe are shows I'm slightly interested in.  May add to them to the list in the future.  The Americans, Zero Hour, and Cult are shows that are premiering this winter that I will watch the pilots of and decide whether or not to go further. 

I'm at an odd time for posting.  My original intent was to post the eight sections of TV shows that I created, however it appears that will not be my plan.  Whenever I finish a season of a show I'm watching I will post my review of that season.  I already posted my review of Downton Abbey Season 1, I posted my review of Sons of Anarchy Season 1, and later I will post my review of The Walking Dead Season 1.  I also plan to do a season-by-season review of Buffy, though I can't decide if that would be one post or a two-parter.  I'm getting too far ahead of myself though.

(Also I'll mention if I have spoilers or not for the reviews.  Planning on not having spoilers, though it could prove too hard.  I may have a section for non-spoilers and then indicate when the spoilers come.  Hopefully people reading will choose to avoid the spoiler section though I kind of doubt they will.)

I'm planning to watch American Horror Story very soon in conjunction with Sons of Anarchy Season 2.  I have little idea what this is about, but it looks different and interesting.  Connie Britton being on the show certainly makes my acceptance of this show more likely.  I'm not into the horror genre, but a few episodes won't kill me.

Next post: I will review The Americans pilot with Keri Russel and Matthew Rhys