Now, just to be clear, this isn't a total paradigm shift in the way that, for example, X-Men: First Class in 2011 jolted life back into the corpse of that series after two increasingly dire entries (leading to one of its strongest installments yet just a few weeks ago).
Goldman described the episode as an "especially strong installment, which delivered on a lot of fronts".
"Strong!," Thursday's installment of "Independent Lens" on PBS (check local listings), is a very different film with a very different result.
In the latest installment, Strong Rain Falling, the story begins in Texas, 1919 when a young boy wanders out of the desert, near dead and sacred out of his wits.
John Keegan from Critical Myth gave the episode a 7 out of 10, and wrote "Overall, this episode was not as strong as the previous installment, largely due to the shift from in-depth character exploration to a rehashing of earlier elements of the mythology.
It's just a shame that in its entirety, it wasn't as strong as preceding installments.
Still, if there wasn't yet a strong narrative about influence in this first installment of Manifest Legacy, there were strong performances of magnificent works, and sometimes that can be enough.
TV Guide's Matt Mitovich was favorable to the guest appearances of Reubens, Rossellini, and Will Forte, but said that Reubens's role "served up a memorable majesty on a very strong, very laugh-out-loud funny installment" of this episode.
They just released an NBA draft combine DLC for their NBA basketball series that not only extends the interest in the title through the off-season, but helps keep the franchise's awareness strong leading up to the next installment.
The show starring Kerry Washington has enjoyed strong numbers this season, with Thursday's installment up 19% from its comparable year-ago telecast in 18-49. .
