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Star Trek: Discovery – The Hope Is You, Part Two Review
Remember everything I wrote about how I hoped Discovery‘s writers were planning a long and complex arc for Osyraa and the Emerald Chain? Yeah, definitely missed the mark on that. And I’m definitely pretty miffed at how Michelle Paradise (the co-showrunner and writer of the episode) opted to end season three – and how utterly […]
Call Me Kat Review
Towards the end of the pilot in the new Fox show “Call Me Kat,” the title character turns to her mother and says that she’s 39 and single so her life “is going to be messy.” “Messy” is indeed the best–or at least the nicest word–to describe the garbled, poorly written new Fox sitcom about […]
The Masked Dancer Review
Beautiful, showy costumes. Silly banter from the judges. Entertaining performances. Clues to the secret performer so the audience watching live at home can outsmart the judges and post their thoughts on social media. What makes The Masked Dancer fail is what makes The Masked Singer great. First time’s a charm. The second time is just […]
Star Trek: Discovery – Su’Kal/There is a Tide Review
The writers of Star Trek: Discovery were given a monumental task for season three. With the series now set in the 32nd century, they had to spend a significant amount of time on world building to get audiences (and their core characters) up to speed on the political, technological, and societal situation at this point […]
Doctor Who – Revolution of the Daleks Review
Series 12 of Doctor Who closed with a cliffhanger where the Doctor got arrested by the Judoon. What was surprising about “Revolution of the Daleks” was it continued a few storylines from the Chris Chibnall era. After the events of “Resolution” GCHQ comes into the procession of a Dalek battle suit. The battle suit gets […]
The Flight Attendant (Spoiler-Free) Review
Upon finishing the second episode of HBO’s newest dramatic thriller, The Flight Attendant, I tweeted that the show was triggering my particular brand of lawyer anxiety, as the series’ protagonist Cassie (an excellent Kaley Cuoco) was ignoring the incredibly sound advice of her lawyer friend Annie (a perfectly cast Zosia Mamet) and making some seriously […]
Motherland Christmas Special Review
Christmas has come and gone, but it doesn’t stop us from watching Christmas related programming. One of the few shows to get a Christmas this year was BBC Two’s Motherland. Christmas is upon the mums. Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) has to prepare the Christmas meal and look after her in-laws, Kevin (Paul Ready) plays Minecraft […]
LGBTQ representation in animated series in 2020 and beyond
In the past year, various series have premiered on broadcast television and streaming platforms with LGBTQ characters and diverse casts. While there is still progress going forward, as every single major studio had failing, poor, or insufficient ratings for LGBTQ-inclusive films in 2019, according to the recent Studio Responsibility Index released by GLAAD, there were […]
Star Trek: Lower Decks Review
This article will contain spoilers for the first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, so turn back now if you do not want to be spoiled. Yes, I know I’m several months late to the party here, but at least I got in. If you’re all familiar with me, you know I’m a Star Trek […]