Annabeth Gish

The title of this week’s Sons of Anarchy episode refers to a speech from Act II of Hamlet, in which the Prince of Denmark confesses his general malaise and depression to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. While outlining his outlook on life, he commiserates about how many accomplishments and abilities mankind is capable of in which he cannot bring himself to take part, for lack of purpose and motivation. This lack of interest in the general goings on or excitement of the world can surely be applied to the club throughout much of this season of Sons, but is also accurate meta commentary on the way the show is spurning narrative opportunities left and right over its final stretch.

      Sons of Anarchy, Season 7, Episode 3, “Playing With Monsters” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Craig Yahata Airs Tuesday at 10pm ET on FX Lying is a difficult thing to get away with. Once the first lie is told, the only option to successfully maintain a falsehood is to continue lying ad …

Sons of Anarchy, Season 7, Episode 2, “Toil and Till” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Bill Gierhart Airs Tuesday at 10pm on FX After multiple seasons spent on the sideline contributing minimally to any actual plot, Unser finally has the opportunity this week to get out from under the thumb of the club and do …

Parenthood has had an uneven season. After starting the year out promisingly, odd and unexamined character choices started to take over the show, leaving the audience to connect the dots to understand the extreme reactions (or lack of reactions) demonstrated by several characters. Joel, swamped at work (except when he isn’t), reacts poorly to Julia’s indiscretion and leaves. Hank’s back, but he’s not with Sarah, and no one knows why. Kristina runs for mayor, because remission? , and Adam, inspired by her, convinces Crosby to start their own label. Several of these storylines overstayed their welcome, stretched too thinly over the 22-episode season, but fortunately the finale draws more heavily from the narratively energetic start of the season than the slog that was much of its second half.

Once Upon a Time, Season 2, Episode 7: “Child of the Moon” Written by Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss Directed by Anthony Hemingway Airs Sundays at 8pm (ET) on ABC Who wants to go to Happy Hour at Granny’s? Pretty much all the dwarves do, except for Grumpy that is. After informing the other dwarves …