‘Here and Now’ Finale: HBO’s Spectacular Failure Deserves Some Recognition After a Stupefying Ending
When the crazed eyes of Buffalo Bill are staring into your soul, it’s hard to shake off what he’s saying. Ted Levine, who played that role in “The Silence of the Lambs” and was a recurring guest star this season on “Here and Now,” never lost that look. The one he gave Clarice Starling back in 1991 isn’t far off from what his character, Ike Bayer, plants on Tim Robbins in the Season 1 finale of HBO’s ambitious-but-flawed drama.
“Don’t you feel like something’s wrong?” Ike asks. Robbins’ frustrated philosophy professor, Dr. Greg Boatwright, says, “I do,” and then again, with more conviction, “I do.”
“I’ve always felt that way,” Ike continues. “But it’s gotten worse. It’s outside of me.”
“Yeah,” Greg says, utterly transfixed. “It’s everywhere.”
This, in a nutshell, is what “Here and Now” has been saying for 10 episodes. The...
“Don’t you feel like something’s wrong?” Ike asks. Robbins’ frustrated philosophy professor, Dr. Greg Boatwright, says, “I do,” and then again, with more conviction, “I do.”
“I’ve always felt that way,” Ike continues. “But it’s gotten worse. It’s outside of me.”
“Yeah,” Greg says, utterly transfixed. “It’s everywhere.”
This, in a nutshell, is what “Here and Now” has been saying for 10 episodes. The...
- 4/16/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Did you know Tim Robbins has never been nominated for an Emmy? The Oscar winner hasn’t been as much of a fixture on television screens as he has been on the big screen, but now he could be recognized by the television academy with a Best Drama Actor bid for “Here and Now.” Created by Alan Ball (“True Blood,” “Six Feet Under,” “American Beauty”), this freshman HBO series centers on a multi-racial family whose bond is fractured when one of their children starts seeing things the rest cannot. Robbins plays Greg Boatwright, a philosophy professor and the family patriarch. In honor of his latest small-screen achievement, let’s take a look back at some of his best big-screen outings. Tour through our photo gallery above of Robbins’s 10 greatest films, ranked from worst to best.
Robbins won his Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for playing a former child abuse...
Robbins won his Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for playing a former child abuse...
- 3/25/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
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