Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘The Glory’ Season 1 Review and Episode 8 Recap – A Solid, Sometimes Uncomfortable Revenge Drama
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, or so Gandhi would have it, but try telling that to victims of bullying –...
‘The Mosquito Coast’ Season 2, Episodes 9 and 10 Recap – Will Dina Return to Casa Roja?
In The Mosquito Coast Season 2 Episode 8, Dina essentially escaped Casa Roja with reluctant help from Adolfo. Interestingly enough, Episode 9 starts with the young...
‘The Mosquito Coast’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap – What are Guillermo’s Men Doing?
Goodness, this is a bland show, isn’t it? I watch a lot of TV, obviously, but it’s very rare that I sit down to write...
The Fate of Adam in Netflix’s ‘Treason’ Explained
Treason is a five-part Netflix espionage thriller written by Bridge of Spies scribe Matt Charman. Its protagonist is Adam Lawrence, an MI6 agent who, under circumstances, is...
‘Willow’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – Who Betrayed Madmartigan?
If my memory serves me, Airk has only appeared in Willow once since he was kidnapped way back in the premiere, and it was in a brief...
‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – Who Betrayed Jess to Billie?
I don’t like the term “Mary Sue”, since its original definition has long since been contorted to mean, essentially, “a woman is the protagonist and...
‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3 Ending Explained – How Is Metatron Defeated?
Despite being released before Christmas for fans in the UK thanks to BBC iPlayer refusing to play by the rules, U.S. audiences have had to...
A Breakdown of All the Deaths In ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’
Set 1200 years before the events depicted in The Witcher Season 1 and Season 2, both streaming on Netflix along with another spin-off, the animated feature...
‘Treason’ Season 1 Review – A Succinct Spy Thriller
You’re under no obligation to take a show as seriously as it takes itself, which in the case of Treason is good news. This new...
‘Treason’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Who Is Dorian?
Before we get into the specifics of this climactic episode and Treason‘s ending, allow me to give you a quick mission briefing for context. So,...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – Who Is the First Witcher?
For a show named after a sect of mutant monster hunters, The Witcher: Blood Origin has been pretty light on monsters thus far. Luckily, “Of Warriors,...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Ending Explained – What Causes the Conjunction of the Spheres?
It all comes back toXin’treain the finale of The Witcher: Blood Origin, which is probably fitting since so much political and magical power is concentrated...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – What Do the Monoliths Do?
The second episode of The Witcher: Blood Origin begins by introducing another member of “The Seven” — though technically two. You might have recalled, in the...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – What Is Ithlinne’s Prophecy?
“Of Ballads, Brawlers and Bloodied Blades” begins by introducing the show’s framing device and its most explicit connection to the two seasons of The Witcher also...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Season 1 Review – Average Fantasy on Fast-Forward
Ask anyone what they love about the Witcher universe – a fantasy world inspired by Polish folklore, created in the literary works of Andrzej Sapkowski...
The Survivors of ‘Alice in Borderland’ Season 2
The Japanese battle royale series Alice in Borderland is based on the Haro Aso manga series and has thus far enjoyed two seasons on Netflix, both of...
‘Alice in Borderland’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – How Is the King of Spades Defeated?
We’ve reached the big – and long! – penultimate episode of Alice in Borderland Season 2, and it’s a doozy. Beginning with a largely forgotten-about...
‘Alice in Borderland’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – How Is the Queen of Spades Beaten?
It occurs to me that a lesser show than Alice in Borderland – dare I say it, perhaps even Squid Game – would do the...
‘Alice in Borderland’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – What Happened to Akane?
As we enter the back half of the season, Alice in Borderland season 2 begins to divide its cast even further, taking the world in...
‘Alice in Borderland’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – How Does Chishiya Survive the Game?
Let’s get the first order of business out of the way — the culmination of the Solitary Confinement game, which in Episode 3 saw Chishiya...