The A Word

The A Word: Season 1, Episode 6 – “Lost”

The A Word: Season 1, Episode 6 – “Lost”

There are no good reasons for actions that are selfish, mean and hurtful, a lesson Bowker will hopefully learn before season two.
The A Word: Season 1, Episode 5 – “Goodbye”

The A Word: Season 1, Episode 5 – “Goodbye”

Writer Bowker turns a corner and changes The A Word from a show allegedly about autism to a show actually about autism.
The A Word: Season 1, Episode 4 – “Sleepover”

The A Word: Season 1, Episode 4 – “Sleepover”

The line between realistic moral ambiguity and nihilistic amorality isn't as narrow as "Sleepover" would lead you to believe.
The A Word: Season 1, Episode 3

The A Word: Season 1, Episode 3

Series writer Peter Bowker seems to have created his own post-feminist Madonna/whore complex.
The A Word: Season 1, Episode 2

The A Word: Season 1, Episode 2

The best parts of The A Word are worth putting up with the awful parts, but why does writer Peter Bowker make his audience sit through them?
The A Word: Season 1, Episode 1

The A Word: Season 1, Episode 1

The first episode of The A Word shows a series teetering between pretty decent and downright awful.