Bored to Death

The HBO comedy series stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictionalized version of series creator Jonathan Ames, a Brooklyn-based writer who moonlights as an unlicensed private detective.

Bored to Death, "Take a Dive": What's my name?

Quick spoilers for last night's "Bored to Death" season finale coming up just as soon as I role-play Nosferatu... "You think we learned anything tonight?

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 9 Nov 2009

Bored to Death, "The Case of the Stolen Sperm": Who's your daddy?

I'm too busy watching the World Series to write much about tonight's penultimate episode of "Bored to Death" season one. After last week'

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 1 Nov 2009

Bored to Death, "The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer": Because they got high

Quick spoilers for tonight's "Bored to Death" coming up just as soon as I dispute my Amazon.com ranking... "The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer&

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 25 Oct 2009

Bored to Death, "The Case of the Lonely White Dove": Who doesn't love Danny Kaye?

Odd-numbered "Bored to Death," which means I didn't like it and have very little to say about it, save that Romany Malco was very funny as

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 18 Oct 2009

Bored to Death, "The Case of the Stolen Skateboard": Hey, big nose!

Spoilers for tonight's "Bored to Death" coming up just as soon as my feet feel really interesting in my shoes... We're even-numbered, and this

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 11 Oct 2009

Bored to Death, "The Case of the Missing Screenplay": Shrink rap

If I'm sticking with my "Star Trek" movies theory for "Bored to Death," where I enjoy the even-numbered episodes but not the odd-numbered ones,

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 4 Oct 2009

Bored to Death, "The Alanon Case": I never drink... white wine

Very quick thoughts on the second "Bored to Death" coming up just as soon as I tell you what upsets me most about the environment... Of the six

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 27 Sep 2009

Bored to Death, "Stockholm Syndrome": Soft-boiled

As I said in Wednesday's Ted Danson column, I found "Bored to Death" to be terribly uneven, and in particular I found the pilot kind of

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 20 Sep 2009

Ted Danson talks 'Bored to Death' - Sepinwall on TV

In today's column, I talk with Ted Danson about his supporting turn on HBO's "Bored to Death," which debuts Sunday after "Curb Your

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 16 Sep 2009