Category: Directed by Michael Uppendahl

  • Fargo (2014) s04e09 – East/West

    East/West does not make up for the previous episode but it does call the whole shark-jumping into question. Because East/West is director Michael Uppendahl and writers Noah Hawley (I really want to know how much he does on these episodes where he’s co-credited) and Lee Edward Colston doing a big ol’ Barton Fink homage. A…

  • Hunters (2020) s01e10 – Eilu v’ Eilu

    So when I thought “Hunters” was going to use the tenth episode to set up next season… turns out I was mistaken. There’s some setup for next season, complete with some betrayals and cast changes and very big surprise surprises, but it’s mostly a resolution to this season. To things the show never established needing…

  • Hunters (2020) s01e08 – The Jewish Question

    Well… while this issue has some great stuff for Carol Kane and Saul Rubinek, pretty much everyone else is at the other end of the stick, which seems like a mixed metaphor but basically there’s some not great acting this episode. The Nazis blowing up a subway was the final straw to convince Logan Lerman…

  • The Hot Zone (2019) s01

    I don’t get to make this statement very often anymore and even less about bestsellers and TV miniseries but I’ve read the book. The Hot Zone. I’ve read the book by Richard Preston (who is sadly not this guy, Robert Preston). Well, okay, I haven’t read the book. I listened to the book. It’s a…