Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Barbarians’ Season 2 Ending Explained
So, after the shocking revelation in Barbarians Season 2, Episode 5 that a seemingly endless supply of Roman ships is about to arrive, the tribes are...
‘Barbarians’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – “Doomed”
It’s just like the Romans to launch even a surprise attack against unarmed opponents from a safe distance. As we discovered at the very end...
‘Barbarians’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – “The Oath”
In Barbarians Season 2, Episode 3, Ari named Marbod the king of the united Germanic tribes. It’s not quite official yet — there needs to be...
‘Barbarians’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – “Fathers”
After his entirely unsubtle escape from the Roman camp in Barbarians Season 2, Episode 2, Ari is being pursued by a cadre of soldiers, which...
‘Barbarians’ Season 2 Review – An Enjoyably Bloody Historical Escapade
Barbarians, a German Netflix series dramatizing the famed Battle of the Teutoburg Forest fought between the barbarian tribes and the Roman Empire, was a pretty...
‘Barbarians’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – “Captured”
After Marbod’s betrayal in Barbarians Season 2, Episode 1, Ari has been captured by Flavus and dragged back to the Roman camp, much to the jubilation...
‘Barbarians’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – “New Legions”
It has been a couple of years since the first season of Barbarians, so for once, Netflix’s recap of the previous season is actually quite...
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2 Ending Explained
The finale of Gangs of London Season 2 begins with a lot of bad news and decisions. Following the shenanigans of Gangs of London Season 2, Episode...
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Special Delivery
There has been a lot of backstabbing and scheming in the last couple of episodes, so it’s refreshing for this one to open with some...
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – Bad Breakup
In Gangs of London Season 2, Episode 5, Sean Wallace made himself a king, essentially. And in Episode 6, he gets to enjoy it for about...
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Fight or Flight
After the absolute chaos of Gangs of London Season 2, Episode 4, London is still smoldering in Episode 5, and the characters are still reeling....
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – London’s Burning
Luan’s wife, Mirlinda, is being buried alive, which is hardly a cheery opening to an episode, but then again, little about Gangs of London is cheery...
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – The Enemy of My Enemy
After the bombshell revelation at the end of Gangs of London Season 2, Episode 2, the show has a lot of explaining to do, not just...
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Oh, Brother
In all the commotion of Gangs of London season 2, episode 1, I forgot all about Billy, who at the start of this episode we see...
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – Take Me Back to London
A year has passed since the events of the first season. Some things have stayed the same, but more things have changed. This applies to...
‘Gangs of London’ Season 2 Review – A Violent, Ambitious Continuation
Gangs of London was an extraordinary hit for Sky Atlantic. Combining the weirdly balletic insanity of Gareth Evans‘s action with an operatic scope, the first...
‘Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Strange But Entertaining
By the end of the episode, it looked like the trouble with Thomas‘s father was over. But will there be any more surprises for them?...
‘Notre-Dame’ Review – An Earnest Miniseries Too Adherent to Formula
Directed by Herve Hadmar and based on the book La Nuit De Notre-Dame, written by the Paris Fire Department and Romain Gubert, Netflix’s new limited...
Less Scary Horrors for Those of a Nervous Disposition
Halloween often makes us want to join in with the spooky atmosphere, whether that’s watching horror movies, dressing up as our favourite ghostly character, or...
‘Andor’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – “The Announcement”
After the all-action heist of the Imperial garrison on Aldhani in Andor Episode 6, Episode 7 settles into a slower rhythm to deal with the...