Colm Meaney

Layer Cake always pulls itself up by its bootsraps whenever its energy threatens to flag.

'It's going to get Biblical!'...sets new standards of lunatic plotting as it goes about its smiting.

No Deadwood. Still, AMC's drama series about the people surrounding the 1865 building of the transcontinental railroad proves surprisingly compelling on its own terms...

Under the leadership of head writer Michael Piller...the series broke the mold with the outstanding character piece 'Family.' That episode title would also serve as a pithy summation of the fourth season's primary theme.