Articles by Jonathon Wilson
The Apple TV Show You NEED To See If You Enjoyed Taron Egerton’s Villain In ‘Apex’
I have to say that I’m genuinely surprised by how many people are shocked to see a skinhead Taron Egerton terrorising Charlize Theron in Netflix’s Apex....
‘Apex’ Review – Charlize Theron Survives the Wilderness and a Cuckoo Taron Egerton
Whatever has motivated some of Taron Egerton’s recent career choices, I’ve got to say that I’m into it. He should probably never play a good...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Episode 2 Recap – I Think I See Some Problems Emerging
One of the major selling points of My Royal Nemesis is that it reverses the typical direction of a transmigration gimmick. Generally, especially with an explicit time...
‘Half Man’ Episode 3 Recap – A Bruising Dilemma Puts Niall On the Spot
If you were to make a list of the happiest days of your life, for most people, getting married would be somewhere near the top....
‘Half Man’ Episode 2 Recap – Just as Brilliant, Even More Harrowing
Half Man is a cruel show when you think about it. Sure, it’s about cruelty, but that’s not really what I mean. Just think about...
‘Half Man’ Episode 1 Recap – I Think This Might Be a Horror Show
How do you follow Baby Reindeer? This must have been the question knocking around Richard Gadd’s head when coming up with Half Man, since, at...
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 18 Recap – Boone Gets Friendzoned AGAIN
Blimey, Sheriff Country isn’t kind to Boone, is it? Granted, Mickey directing Boone to the friend zone for the second time in as many episodes...
‘Boston Blue’ Episode 18 Recap – Things Are Not Going Well For Lena
You know how it goes in procedurals. One of the main characters has a major personal revelation, they refuse to talk to the people they...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Episode 1 Recap – I Think We Can See Where This Is Going
Reminiscent of Bon Appetit, Your Majesty, and a smattering of other “out of time and place” streaming K-Dramas, at first blush, My Royal Nemesis is too familiar to...
How the Exotic Ending of “The Hunting Party” Season 2 Sets Up More to Come
The Hunting Party Season 2 comes to a close in Episode 13 by shifting the status quo pretty radically, honestly, in a way that I’m...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 12 Recap – We’re Getting Philosophical
One thing The Hunting Party has always done well – and continues to do well in Season 2 – is having its cake and eating...
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – An All-Time Great Funeral Depiction
As someone who has been to their fair share of funerals and is trying to arrange one as I type this, I think I have...
‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Episode 6 Recap – HungryGhost Is Exposed
One of the best flourishes of Margo’s Got Money Troubles is that it really sells the idea of its title character’s OnlyFans page as a...
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Ending Explained – You Can’t Handle the Truth
Well, we have plenty to discuss here, don’t we? As well as finally bringing the long-simmering conflict between Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk to something...
‘The Testaments’ Episode 7 Recap – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Another day, another Daisy episode of The Testaments. Not for the first time, “Commitment” is framed around the narration and Canadian flashbacks of our favourite Pearl...
‘Criminal Record’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Tick, Tick, Boom
There are two ways of looking at Criminal Record Season 2. One is a more conventional thriller, which is the level that I think it’s slightly disappointing...
‘Euphoria’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – The Toe Is A Metaphor
Euphoria is a very literal show, often too literal for its own good, so the whole enterprise isn’t partial to metaphor. This has been as...
‘The Audacity’ Episode 5 Recap – The Art of the Palo Alto Breakdown
The single best idea of The Audacity is its decision to scale up the breakdown of rich people. Most shows would do the opposite. The...
‘From’ Season 4, Episode 3 Recap – Nobody’s In Much Of A Hurry
From has enjoyed its central themes in Season 4, with the previous hour being very much about how knowledge often comes at a considerable cost....
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 17 Recap – Boone Gets Friendzoned
One of the recurring things about Edgewater is that it feels a bit small and insular, which seems to be a problem for everyone who...