Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Nikki Glaser Roasts Herself In HBO Special ‘Someday You’ll Die’
Things are going pretty well for Nikki Glaser. She was once again the clear stand-out in The Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix, which shouldn’t...
The Atypical Family Episode 3 Still Felt Like Something Was Missing
Nobody I’ve spoken to about The Atypical Family knows whether or not they like it. I doubt Episode 3 will help them decide either way....
The Ending Of ‘Bodkin’ Brings Things Full Circle
The ending of Bodkin ties multiple plot threads together in a mystery spanning back two and a half decades, so there’s a lot to unpack...
‘Bodkin’ Review: A Darkly Comic Take On Our True-Crime Obsession
These days having a true-crime podcast is the best career move you can make. If it’s popular, there’s a streaming series in your future. And...
The Atypical Family Gets Off To A Mixed Start in Episode 1 & 2
Everyone has superpowers these days, don’t they? It’s pretty played out as a hook to hang a TV show on, but The Atypical Family takes...
A Man In Full’s Ending Goes Way Off the Rails
It was inevitable that the ending of A Man in Full would see the bad guys winning — and ultimately losing. Episode 6, “Judgment Day”, its...
‘A Man in Full’ Review – Netflix’s Answer to Succession Is Another Morally Bankrupt Delight
Succession made moral bankruptcy cool, and it was only a matter of time before streaming platforms threw their hat in the bleakly comic corporate drama...
Recap: What Happened in ‘Typewriter’ Season 1?
Typewriter is a unique ghost story following three young friends who venture out to Goa to track down ghosts in an old villa. However, when a...
‘Quicksand’ Full Recap: The Drama and Key Plot Points Explained
Quicksand is a crime/drama thriller that has all the right ingredients to keep audiences engaged. The limited series follows a tragedy at school in a...
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 Ends With A Satisfying Sendoff to Clone Force 99
It has been obvious throughout Season 3 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch that the ending would revolve around Mount Tantiss. After weeks spent escaping the...
The Ending Of ‘Fiasco’ Is Fittingly Ridiculous
It’s fitting that the ending of Fiasco is, as the title implies, a fiasco. Episode 7 features a meta flourish in the reveal of the...
‘Fiasco’ Review – Netflix’s French Farce Is A Reminder Of the Lost Art Of the Mockumentary
The mockumentary is a fine thing when done right. This Is Spinal Tap and The Office aren’t just classics of the genre but bona fide...
Who Was The Killer In ‘Them: The Scare’? Let’s Answer Some Key Questions
Them: The Scare is Season 2 of Prime Video’s anthological horror hit Them, and it has left viewers with more questions than they started with. While originally...
In Episode 16, Queen of Tears Gets The Happy Ending It Deserves
Yes, of course, Queen of Tears has a happy ending. What were you expecting? It isn’t about the destination anyway, but instead the journey, and...
Hae-in Regains Her Memories in Queen of Tears Episode 15
There are a lot of expectations on a penultimate episode, especially one for a series that is among the most popular K-Dramas of all time....
The Ending of ‘Goodbye Earth’ Is Happier Than You Think
The cleverness of Goodbye Earth is exposed by its ending, which refuses to cop out in the way a great many stories would. The premise...
Goodbye Earth Review – A Deeply Human Exploration of Impending Calamity
Imagine an asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. You have 200 days to live, at best. What do you do? This is the question Netflix’s Korean...
The Ending of Them: The Scare Connects Back to Season 1
Them is ostensibly an anthology series, and yet the ending of The Scare connects Season 2 back to the first. Episode 8 is particularly guilty...
Them: The Scare Season 2 Review – Improvement Over Its Predecessor Still Lacks Identity
Prime Video’s Them was never intended to please everyone, and Season 2 of the anthology series, subtitled Them: The Scare, isn’t either. This is perhaps...
The Ending Of ‘Deliver Me’ Provides A Hollow Justice
Deliver Me is not a happy series, and, predictably, it doesn’t have a happy ending. It doesn’t have a happy beginning or middle, either, for...