Screw started with a strong opening episode, and the second episode had the task to build on this solid foundation. Leigh believes one of the prisoners is being bullied and sets out to find out why, leading Leigh to make a surprising discovery. Rose gets the unenviable task of dealing with a wheelchair-bound prisoner who is a […]
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Screw Episode One Review
Screw is a prison drama Channel 4 has been promoting heavily. The first episode of the series focuses on the day of the life of the prison guards and the prisoners at Long Marsh Prison’s C Block. The first episode has three major storylines. The first focuses on Rose Gill (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell), a young woman who […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Episode #19: Derry Girls
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan shared their love for Derry Girls.
The Best Show You Aren’t Watching: Derry Girls (An American Perspective)
Traditionally, stories about The Troubles aren’t comedies. But, aside from its historical setting in the early to mid-1990s, there isn’t much traditional about the exquisite Derry Girls, a series that follows four Catholic school girls in Northern Ireland (and one English school boy – I’ll get to that explanation later) as they navigate their teen […]
Derry Girls – President Review
The second season of Derry Girls finishes with important visitors coming to the Northern Irish city. It’s Christmas in Derry and the city is excited because Bill Clinton coming to the province. Despite Sister Michael stating that the school would be open as normal the girls decide to skip school and watch history. Closer to home an […]
Derry Girls – The Prom Review
Whenever there is a show about high school aged characters there has to be an episode about prom. And the Derry Girls go to their prom in their latest episode. A new student joins the school from the far off lands of Donegal. The girls immediately attempt to befriend Mae (Aoife Hinds), mainly because she’s ethnically Chinese. Mae accepts them because […]
Derry Girls – The Curse Review
There is a wedding, a funeral, and mishap with drugs, it is the usual array of shenanigans for the Derry Girls in “The Curse.” An old family feud reignites when Erin’s family go to a wedding. It is made worst when Erin’s mother (Tara Lynne O’Neill) tells her aunt to drop dead and she promptly […]
Derry Girls – The Concert Review
Boy bands were all the rage back in the ’90s, including Take That. The latest episode of Derry Girls looks at the Take That phenomenon in a wacky adventure. The girls and James are excited to go to the Take That concert in Belfast. Their families refuse to let them go when news breaks that a polar bear has escaped […]
Derry Girls – Ms. De Brún and the Child of Prague Review
Following a strong opening episode, the second season of Derry Girls continues with another hilarious outing. A new English teacher joins Our Lady Immaculate College, Ms. De Brún (Judith Roddy). She quickly inspires the students, including Erin and her crew. Whilst this is going on Erin’s family become obsessed with The Usual Suspects after their night at the cinema is cut short. “Ms. […]
Derry Girls – Across the Barricade Review
The Derry Girls (and the wee English Fella) are back for a second season of Channel 4’s popular comedy. The first episode sees the teenagers go on a Friends Across the Barricade weekend where Catholic and Protestant teens partake in group activities. Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) and Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) want to hook up with a […]