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What a fitting end to a disappointing series. In fact, it was such a disappointing ending that I genuinely didn’t realize it was the end of the episode until the credits began rolling – that’s how anticlimactic and messy the episode was. We were robbed of the true showdown between Moon Knight and Harrow/Ammit that […]
This was the first episode of this season of Picard that felt wholly of what fans are terming “Old Trek*” – you know, classic Next Generation or Voyager where the good guys manage to fight against seemingly insurmountable odds while battling inner demons to reach a key moral by the close of the episode. And, […]
The third season of Derry Girls has reached the obligatory travel episode with “Strangers on a Train.” This time the gang and the Quinn household face some awkward situations when on the train to Portrush. It’s the annual trip to Barry’s Amusement Park in the seaside town of Portrush. A simple hour-long train trip quickly goes pear-shaped […]
Shining Girls, a psychological thriller coming to AppleTV+ that is based on the novel by the same name, is a curious television series. After watching the entire eight episode first season provided for critics, I know I enjoyed what I saw, but I also have far more questions than answers – and I’m at a […]
Well, the penultimate episode of Moon Knight was far more concerned with explaining just what turned Marc Spector into Steven Grant than it was with taking steps to solve any of the key narrative arcs the show set-up at its outset. Which is all well and good, if you were looking for an MCU series […]
After a disappointing opening episode to Season Three, Derry Girls returns to form with an episode about a Children in Need, ‘90s pop, and a mid-life crisis. Children in Need fever has struck the school and the students and faculty are looking for ways to fundraise. Father Peter (Art Campion) sets up a Stars in Their Eyes style singing competition and the winner […]
This week’s episode of Picard felt, much like Jurati’s mind, fractured in its effectiveness. Some elements worked very well – Jurati Queen’s continued plot to assimilate Earth, Soong’s downward spiral, the revelation that Q is dying and doesn’t seem to know how to go gentle into the dark night – while other pieces felt half-baked […]
This week’s Moon Knight was far and away the most successful of the season – and that’s even with the strange detour into fractured mind of Marc/Steven as he lingered on the brink of death, which brought to mind the very good first season of FX’s Legion*. Why did it work so well? It focused […]
Jodie Whittaker’s time as the Doctor is coming to an end. Her penultimate episode is the Easter special “Legend of the Sea Devils” which aimed to be a swashbuckling adventure. The Doctor, Yaz, and Dan take a trip to ancient China to look for Ji-Hun’s lost treasure. However, the TARDIS takes the trio to 1807 […]
For the first time this season, an episode of Picard felt more like it was spinning its wheels than providing us with something new and worth watching. I certainly don’t begrudge a series the right to take a breath and take stock of just where all the pieces lay on the board as it dives […]