Articles by Jonathon Wilson
The Ending Of ‘Good News’ Makes A Mockery Of Fact And Fiction
Good News (2025) opens with a disclaimer that, while the story is based on real events, most of it is entirely fictional. And this largely...
‘Good News’ (2025) Review – A Witheringly Funny and Visually Inventive Retelling
It takes some real stones to pitch a movie like Good News (2025). Sure, retellings of vital historical events are ten-a-penny, so the idea of...
‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 3 Recap – That’s What You Call A Sightseeing Tour
Alaska is full of amazing sights. Caribou roaming the tundra.
‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap – Things Are Finally Picking Up
Invasion Season 3 has been all over the place, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise since the first two seasons weren't exactly coherent either.
‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Never Visit Gibsons, You’ll Die
Most people, I suspect, watch Murder in a Small Town for the murders.
‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Can’t Say I Didn’t Tell You So
Not to say I told you so, but, well, I told you so. It isn’t like Gen V Season 2 had been especially subtle about what was really going on with Cipher and Thomas Godolkin, but it’s nice that Episode 7 clarifies it – and with immediately chilling effect.
‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Ugh, It’s Always Influencers
A culture is defined by the stories it tells, so I’m not sure what it has to say about our current climate that you can’t turn the TV on these days without having to endure something about influencers.
‘Loot’ Season 3 Premiere Recap – Apple TV+’s Billionaire Comedy Hasn’t Lost A Step
The thing about Loot, which remains as true in Season 3 as it was in the previous two, is that it’s funny enough to not really need much of a plot.
‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap – Nicole Beharie, Take A Bow
I was just about ready to declare Episode 5 of The Morning Show Season 4 a bit of a dud.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 4 Recap – It Was Just An Accident
Slow Horses is a very smart show about people who're indescribably stupid or much cleverer than they look.
‘Watson’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – How Glad Are We That This Show Is Back?
The worst thing that ever happened to Watson was Brilliant Minds. Both shows are similar enough that the comparisons are unavoidable; medical procedurals with a focus on very strange, often brain-related cases of the week.
‘Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead’ Has The Bleakest Ending Imaginable
Look, nobody, least of all me, thought that Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead was going to have a happy ending. But I didn’t expect...
‘Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead’ Review – A Dark, Violent Thai Thriller
There’s no such thing as a victimless crime, which seems to be the underlying point of Netflix’s demented, bleak, hyper-violent Thai thriller Everybody Loves Me...
‘DMV’ Episode 1 Recap – CBS’s New Workplace Sitcom Gets Off To A Funny, Familiar Start
DMV seems built on the question of what a single-camera workplace sitcom looks like when everyone hates the workplace.
‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Is Basically A Sequel To ‘Chaos Theory’
The latest in an increasingly long list of Netflix animations adapting recognisable video game IP, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch joins stuff like Castlevania, Tekken, Onimusha, and...
Breaking Down Every Episode In ‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Season 1
Across eight episodes, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch tells the closest thing we’ve had to an original Splinter Cell story since 2013’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist. It’s appropriately on-brand in its global scope...
‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Ending Explained – How The Netflix Series Sets Up Season 2
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch has a pretty conclusive ending, let’s be frank about that. Theoretically, there’s no need to continue it any further. The bad guys are...
‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Review – Sam Fisher’s Long-Awaited Return Feels Trapped Between Worlds
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is pretty good, and it’s also likely to annoy almost everyone who watches it. At this point, Ubisoft’s edging of long-time franchise fans...
‘Chad Powers’ Episode 4 Recap – The Most Slapsticky Chapter Yet Has The Most Humanity
Truth being told, I don't know what people don't like about Chad Powers. As far as comedies go, it does more or less everything right.
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – I Said We Couldn’t Trust Him
Brilliant Minds has always been good, and sometimes it has been very good, but in Season 2, it really might be at its peak.