To think, through the entire episode of “Divorce” and everything that we saw Robert and Frances go through this time, we ended up getting the most emotional over the sight of the dog. Maybe this shouldn’t come as too great of a surprise (we do love dogs), but that was the part of all this […]
It feels like every episode of “Divorce” contains some sort of new revelation that makes the character of Robert all the more unseemly, whether it be locking Francis out of the house, admitting to having an emotional affair (even if he refused to call it that) with an old friend, or tonight’s new episode, where […]
Three episodes now into “Divorce,” we will give the show credit for being one of television’s most emotional shows. The irony here is that this is a show we foresee the Emmys nominating in the comedy category, and that makes sense given that this is probably how HBO would classify it as well. However, it’s […]
“Divorce” remains in some ways a frustrating comedy, largely because it’s barely a comedy at all. There are funny moments throughout the first two episodes, but in watching them you suddenly feel washed away more in the depression and some of the heartbreaking things that happened to these people. Frances and Robert both came across […]
When we first saw the trailer for “Divorce,” the initial thought that entered our mind was that maybe this would be a tongue-in-cheek comedy, a chance to see Sarah Jessica Parker break away from Carrie Bradshaw into a different sort of character study. Our feeling was that of excitement. After watching the debate play out, […]
