If there was a major concern and criticism that we had throughout much of the first season of FX’s “The Bastard Executioner,” it was that for most of the season, it didn’t feel as though the stories were connecting enough for our liking. Luckily, it feels like this changed in a most desirable way on […]
If there is one common thing that has frustrated us over the past few episodes of “The Bastard Executioner,” it is the mass piling-on that the show has received courtesy of the majority of the media. We should preface that by saying that this is not a perfect show; rather, it has many flaws in […]
As we start to get near the end of the first season of “The Bastard Executioner,” the show’s strengths and weaknesses are becoming ever more clear by the day. In its best moments, this is a medieval political thriller where morals occasionally do come into play. Take, for example, Lady Love wanting to do something […]
Through the past six episodes of FX’s “The Bastard Executioner,” Wilkin Brattle has slowly immersed himself in Ventrishire using a false name, a title of executioner, and little other than prophecies and revenge on his mind. Yet, over time the same thing has happened to him that happens often whenever you have a character who starts […]
Through the first five episodes of “The Bastard Executioner,” we learned that despite this being a fairly cut-and-dry world, things are often more complicated still than they seem. Take, for instance, learning that there is a family history between Lady Love and the Wolf, who we are very pleased to see back within the world of […]
Through the past several weeks, FX has presented to us in “The Bastard Executioner” a show that is firmly steeped in both politics and brutality. Interestingly, we find it better when it is focusing on politics. Take, for example, the story this time when it comes to Lady Love that ended with the “accurate” test […]
It is odd to be saying this given how many media-types out there during “Sons of Anarchy” complained about the length of some of the episodes, but with Kurt Sutter’s new show “The Bastard Executioner,” we are actually starting to think that it could benefit from running more than just a few minutes over the hour. […]
We have never come in to writing any of these articles on “The Bastard Executioner” with any false pretense that we know much about Welsh history. We don’t, and therefore the significance of someone losing a nose in public spectacle is something that is a little more lost on us than it would be some […]
Revenge can be a very risky thing. Is it possible that you feel some sort of emotional retribution at the end? Certainly, but it can also lead you with a feeling of emptiness or great sorrow. If it fails, you are either even more miserable or dead. This is the position that we are left […]
While “The Bastard Executioner” is technically airing a two-hour premiere on Tuesday night, this is a little bit different than “Sons of Anarchy,” where you could sometimes have a single episode that lasted for this long. These are technically being viewed as two separate installments, and we will be reviewing them as such. If there […]
