Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Family Feud
I don’t have much hope for the future of Karl and Cassandra’s relationship, if I’m being honest.
‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – A New Threat Emerges (Maybe)
One murder is usually enough for High Potential, but Episode 4 of Season 2, “Behind the Music”, has two to worry about.
‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 4 Recap – A Bumpy Landing
"Love the Questions" is one of those episodes of The Morning Show that has too much going on. Not too too much, not too much to possibly keep up with, but objectively too much, like just enough that a lot of it feels underserved and fleeting.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 3 Recap – What Have The Penguins Ever Done?
Most of Slow Horses Season 5, Episode 3 takes place in two rooms. One of them is a dingy basement at Regent's Park, where Roddy Ho has been taken for interrogation by Lady Di herself.
‘Matt McCusker: A Humble Offering’ Review – The Shaman Finally Arrives On Netflix
We’ve got a lot to thank Shane Gillis for, not least the career of Shane Gillis, but of all his contributions to comedy, the mainstream...
‘Chad Powers’ Episode 3 Recap – The Build-Up Pays Off In Effective On-Field Drama
My worry for Chad Powers is that it's a better, smarter show than its humour sometimes suggests.
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – A Very Good Case Takes Centre Stage
Sometimes, Brilliant Minds only has a so-so case of the week to justify focusing primarily on the characters and their interpersonal drama -- see, for example, the Season 2 premiere.
‘True Haunting’ Review – James Wan Adds Cinematic Flourish To A Familiar Format
Typically, the worst thing about any documentary is the supposedly dramatic re-enactments. Famously terrible, the lot of them. The concise elevator pitch of Netflix’s True...
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – I’m Becoming Slightly Bored
Despite a very cool opening shoot-out, Jesse laying the smack down on a bar full of people, and Billy getting his bloody revenge on Miguel all in the span of Episode 2, “Two Shots”, I still find myself oddly uninterested in Billy the Kid Season 3.
‘Task’ Episode 5 Recap – Now That’s How You Do A Cliffhanger
If there’s a better show in 2025 than Task, I’d be interested to see it. You can always rely on HBO to just ride into town and drop extremely high-quality prestige TV on a semi-regular basis, to an extent that it almost feels unfair to other networks and platforms.
I’m Convinced A Certain ‘Gen V’ Season 2 Theory About Cipher Is Correct
I think I know who Cipher is, or at least who he’s a puppet of. The mysterious new dean of God U has been a...
‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Another Needlessly Good Side Quest
Sorry, but what is going on here? The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon returned for Season 3 with seemingly no idea what it was doing, and then it just got inexplicably good without warning, and continues that trend in Episode 5, “Limbo”.
‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap – Tyson Remains A Liability
I’m getting a bit sick of Tyson. To be fair, I was sick of him throughout most of Tulsa King’s second season, too, but I thought he might have learned his lesson in time for Season 3.
‘The Rainmaker’ Episode 8 Recap – The Good Guys Finally Get Some Wins
You can tell we’re getting to the end of The Rainmaker now, since there’s a real fist-pump quality to Episode 8 as the tables finally begin to meaningfully turn.
‘Steve’ Ending Explained – Haunting Ambiguity Is A Powerful Choice
You’re not supposed to quite know what to make of the ending of Steve, particularly its final frames depicting the titular headteacher climbing a ladder...
‘Steve’ Review – Cillian Murphy’s Remarkable Real-Time Breakdown
Steve is named after Cillian Murphy’s character, a spiralling reform college headteacher who’s in the midst of a substance abuse-accelerated mental breakdown. The movie isn’t...
‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – Taking A Breather At the Wrong Time
Invasion never does itself any favours, does it? After finally injecting some pace into Season 3 with the reveal that Infinitas were really an alien-worshipping death cult, it pumped the brakes immediately for an explanatory flashback episode nobody wanted.
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – I Don’t Think He Was A Nazi
It might have taken ages for Peacemaker Season 2 to finally get good, but now that the ball’s rolling, it has quickly generated enough speed to carry right through into the finale.
‘The Game: You Never Play Alone’ Ending Explained – Who Else But the Creepy Dudes?
You could have predicted the ending of The Game: You Never Play Alone after the first couple of episodes. I’ll provide a bit more clarity,...
‘The Game: You Never Play Alone’ Review – Timely Cautionary Fare Gets Predictable
Coming as a surprise to precisely nobody, the video game industry is pretty aggressively male-dominated. That’s a reality that is, thankfully, beginning to change, but...