Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 15 Recap – The Blood Moon Killer Is Revealed
I feel like I’m always singing the praises of Sheriff Country, but it keeps delivering episodes that justify all the enthusiasm. Episode 15, “The Lost...
‘Boston Blue’ Episode 15 Recap – A Crossover Crossroads for Danny and Baez
The network procedural crossover is a thing of occasional beauty, but also one of often confusing annoyance, especially when it isn’t technically a crossover. Such...
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – It’s All Going Wrong
It’s kind of impressive that Coop managed to keep his side hustle a secret for the entirety of Your Friends & Neighbors’ first season, since...
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Coop’s Getting Sloppy
The best joke of Your Friends & Neighbors has always been the idea of stealing from people who’re so rich that they don’t even realise...
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap – Choose Your Fighter
If the previous episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 was all about the character-driven emotional payoff, Episode 8, “Separate Ways”, is all about...
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Lessons from the Future
The best episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 thus far does (almost) everything you want from a show like this. A woo-woo sci-fi...
‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Ending Explained – I’m Not Crying, You Are
Well, the second shift at The Pitt has finally ended, and it’s time to release that giant lungful of bated breath we’ve all been holding. Truthfully, I...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 10 Recap – You’ve Got A Friend In Me
Now this is more like it! The Hunting Party slipped into Season 2’s familiar holding pattern last week, with a decent enough case that just didn’t feel...
‘Balls Up’ Proves Paul Walter Hauser Improves Anything
A while ago, I reviewed the movie Train Dreams on Netflix – don’t worry, this is going somewhere – and said that it was basically...
‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Premiere Recap – Sneakily Brilliant, Already
It takes all of Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ three-part premiere to get to the premise, which revolves around a struggling single mother starting an OnlyFans...
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Back From the Dead
The good news — or bad news, I suppose, depending on where you’re sitting — is that, despite getting a shard of glass wedged in...
‘The Testaments’ Episode 4 Recap – Nobody Likes Going to the Dentist
Generally speaking, tea parties are about as fun as they sound. This, it turns out, is especially true of The Testaments, wherein tea parties are the...
‘Imperfect Women’ Episode 6 Recap – This Is Getting Surprisingly Dark
If there’s a better argument for giving a show a chance than Imperfect Women, I struggle to think of one. Apple TV+’s female-focused murder-mystery started out...
‘Rooster’ Episode 6 Recap – There Are Some Things You Can’t Unsee
The secret to most Bill Lawrence shows is that you want to spend time with their characters. You like them, as you would your own...
‘Euphoria’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap – What Even Is This Show Anymore?
Euphoria has always been many things – salacious, provocative, stupid, lurid, occasionally brilliant, and so on, and so forth – but chief among them was...
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Episode 4 Recap – Better Late Than Never
Lightsaber fights are like buses. You wait ages for one, and then several come at once. As it turns out, Devon’s little stand-off with Maul...
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Episode 3 Recap – An Unconventional Job Interview
Well, it took until Episode 3, but Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord finally included a lightsaber duel. And it was fine! Not a patch...
‘DTF St. Louis’ Ending Explained – This Is A Tricky One To Unpack
I have a sneaking suspicion that people aren’t going to love the ending of DTF St. Louis. And I can see why, honestly. I’m about to...
‘The Audacity’ Episode 2 Recap – The Gift of the Gun
I’ve always hated the naive – and, frankly, entirely incorrect – idea that characters in stories have to be “likeable” or “relatable”. There are all-time-great...
‘The Audacity’ Episode 1 Recap – Lifestyles of the Rich and the Stupid
Jonathan Glatzer’s TV résumé is tough to argue with, but it’s difficult to watch his Silicon Valley satire The Audacity and not feel like the...