The Toad's Burrow

      The Sopranos season two is for the most part the same quality television that you've come to expect from watching season one. Would I call it more boring? I suppose depending on your perspective on how TV shows operate it could be disappointing how self-contained it felt. Season 1 had clear ramifications, Tony was almost assassinated, and in one fell swoop he retaliates against his uncle, finally culminating in a satisfying finale where Tony alone sits at the top of the DiMeo family. His uncle basically neutered, his mother in a stroke, and life is good for him. In season two the ramifications of what happened feel more self-contained, Richie joins and dies pretty unceremoniously, Janice does much of the same ultimately leaving for the final episode, and the Big Pussy storyline almost feels cut short when it happens in the very final episode. Not to say that I disliked this season, just to say that I am interested to see what ramifications this season has upon the n...

      Respectfully, and I do mean this respectfully because people have some very  strong opinions on this show, I simply never understood the hype around Arcane . The modern miracle that is a video game adaptation around League of Legends  that is not only watchable, but amazing has not been able to replicate all of the magic from season one. That's not to say that I did not enjoy watching this show, I think this show is worth watching for the animation alone, I think visually it is that pretty. However, I'd be remiss to mention that overall I think this season is a step down from season one in terms of storytelling. In only nine episodes, they expect you to follow around six storylines, all of which never actually receive enough breathing room, and in the end it's all messily shoved into one giant tube. A very pretty tube at that, but not pretty enough that it magically fixes all of the issues with the multi-headed beast that is the plot of this show.   ...