The Rainmaker

My Year in TV Shows Based on Books: Emotional Attachments, and a Very Serious Top 5

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2025, I watched 26 TV shows based on books, which sounds impressive until you realize most of them were selected via a highly scientific method known as chaos clicking. Some were carefully anticipated, others were “oh, hey, that’s based on a book?” discoveries. All of them fed into my ongoing fascination with adaptations as their … Continue reading My Year in TV Shows Based on Books: Emotional Attachments, and a Very Serious Top 5

The Rainmaker (2025) Season 1 Review | Justice, Chaos, and Way Too Many Bad Decisions

A group of people, including lawyers and witnesses, react in surprise inside a courtroom, with the audience members looking on. Under the title The Rainmaker: Season Review.
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There’s a lot to like about The Rainmaker, the new legal drama has sharp dialogue, a great casting, and a courtroom atmosphere thick with tension. But there’s also a fair amount of yelling at the TV from me, especially when Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) decides, yet again, to do something wildly impulsive. The premiere set … Continue reading The Rainmaker (2025) Season 1 Review | Justice, Chaos, and Way Too Many Bad Decisions