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Review: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Episode 6

December 26, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

The final episode of Heated Rivalry, which – in a span of only five weeks – has become an international sensation, is upon us!

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Filed Under: Heated Rivalry, Queer TV Tagged With: Christina Chang, Connor Storrie, Dylan Walsh, François Arnaud, Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams, jacob tierney, Rachel Reid, Robbie G.K.

Review: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Episode 5

December 19, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

The penultimate episode of Heated Rivalry  dispenses with the show’s signature time jumps to focus on a relatively specific window as Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Rozanov (Connor Storrie) finally acknowledge their feelings for each other.

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Filed Under: Heated Rivalry, Queer TV Tagged With: Christina Chang, Connor Storrie, François Arnaud, Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams, jacob tierney, Rachel Reid, Robbie G.K., Sophie Nelisse

Review: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Episode 3

December 5, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

A week after the Internet melted down over the two episode premiere of Heated Rivalry, the show makes the bold decision to sideline Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) to highlight the budding romance between another pair of men.

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Filed Under: Heated Rivalry, Queer TV Tagged With: Connor Storrie, François Arnaud, HBO, Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams, Robbie G.K.

The Borgias review – 3×10: ‘The Prince’

June 17, 2013 by couchpotato

Courtesy of Showtime

“Winter is coming.” No wait…I’m confused about what show I’m reviewing. Ironically during this final episode of The Borgias, Caterina Sforza (Gina McKee) says it. Perhaps she’s a Game of Thrones fan. Unfortunately for viewers, this line sadly foreshadows the end of the series.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: The Borgias, TV Tagged With: François Arnaud, Gina McKee, Jeremy Irons, Julian Bleach, Sean Harris, Sebastian De Souza, Series Finale, Showtime, Thure Lindhardt

The Best of The Borgias

June 15, 2013 by couchpotato

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The Borgias is coming to an end this weekend, with the final episode airing on Sunday. Since it pains me to think that the show has been cancelled, I prefer to look at it that the actors, writers and crew are graduating to go work on new projects. So in that vein, I have put together my thoughts on some series superlatives for the show.

Check out our thoughts and then sound off with your own rankings! [Read more…]

Filed Under: The Borgias, TV Tagged With: Charlie Carrick, François Arnaud, Gina McKee, Holliday Grainger, Jeremy Irons, Sean Harris, Showtime

The Borgias review – 3×09: ‘The Gunpowder Plot’

June 10, 2013 by couchpotato

borgias 3.9 photo

After this week’s announcement that there will be no 4th season of The Borgias, this is now officially the penultimate episode of the series. In my humble opinion, this episode proved that it shouldn’t be.

Let’s bitch it out…

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Filed Under: The Borgias, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: Brendan Cowell, Charlie Carrick, François Arnaud, Gina McKee, Holliday Grainger, Jeremy Irons, Luke Allen-Gale, Sean Harris, Showtime

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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