TV Recap: July 31-Aug. 6, 2022

NEW SHOWS
Reservation Dogs
“The Curse” (A-) / season premiere
“Run” (B+)
This was already one of my favorite shows of last year. As soon as the creepy dude picked up Elora and Jackie and started playing Pat Green’s “Wave on Wave,” I knew it was going to be one of my favorites of this year too. Both of these are typical second season “reintroduction” episodes, but there’s no show on TV more pleasurable than this. Even when times are tough for these characters, there aren’t any I’d rather spend time with.

Beavis and Butt-Head
“Escape Room/The Special One” (A-) / season premiere
“Boxed In/Beekeepers” (B+)
As sublimely stupid as ever.

BINGEING
The Bear – Season 1 (A- average)
A pretty monumental achievement, especially given how challenging it is to begin with. FX and Hulu may submit this as a comedy, but it’s pretty clearly a drama, and a heavy one at that. Most of these actors I’ve never seen before (including the lead, since I never watched Shameless), and they all knock it out of the park. It may have raised my blood pressure, but it also raised the bar for shows in an already great year.

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