Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 5 Recap – A Welcome Course-Correction Recreates A Classic
I've never been more thankful for a flashback episode. Usually, such things are the lowest common denominator of flat-pack TV storytelling, but after whatever was going on in the previous episode, I’m just thankful for a reprieve from Boy Kavalier.
‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Part 2 Review – A Convoluted Back Half Still Delivers Where It Counts
Wednesday is about werewolves and zombies and death; about Gorgons and Sirens and mad scientists. But it’s mostly about friendship and family, especially in Part...
‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Part 2 Ending Explained – Until Next Time, Nevermore
Wednesday is pretty good at endings. It’s the done thing these days to never really end a show, but this one has always been good at...
‘The Paper’ Review – Peacock’s Spin-Off From ‘The Office’ Stands On Its Own
It says a lot that even in 2025, twenty years after it first debuted, simply being a spin-off of The Office is enough to constitute...
‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – An Addams Family Party
Wednesday Season 2 peaked with its Freaky Friday body-swap episode, so it was inevitable that Episode 7, "Woe Me the Money", would feel like a bit of a step down.
‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – A Freaky Friday Send-Up (With Added Lady Gaga)
The lingering questions of what Wednesday was doing with its Season 2 storylines after that midseason premiere are answered pretty much immediately in Episode 6, so don't worry about it.
‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Day of the Dead Festivities
There are two major selling points of "Hyde and Woe Seek", beyond the obvious fact that it's the Part 2 premiere and follows on directly from the Part 1 mid-season finale.
‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ Episode 4 Recap – Getting Our Bearings
If The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is proving anything, it’s that joint CIA/Mossad black ops are a little bit tumultuous, which, to be fair, probably shouldn’t come...
‘The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox’ Episode 4 Recap – Anything For A Good Story
The truth is a fluid thing, wriggly and uncertain. It’s time-sensitive, open to interpretation, and matters less than the story it’s wrapped in. When you...
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – In Which Will Finally Realises He’s An Idiot
I can’t think of anything worse than spending ages locked in a car with Will from Platonic, which is a bit of an obstacle since...
‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Episodes 3 & 4 Recap – These Runtimes Are Much Too Long
How long is too long? I ask because Bon Appetit, Your Majesty runs for nearly 90 minutes every episode, and it feels like the story is moving slowly to accommodate that in Episodes 3 & 4.
‘Twelve’ Episode 4 Recap – A Dull Outing Relying On Hints Instead Of Answers
Twelve leaves us with a lot of questions after Episode 4. On some level, this isn’t a terrible thing, since it wouldn’t do for a show to give all of its secrets away out of the gate.
‘Beyond the Bar’ Episode 10 Recap – An Improved Outing With More Challenging Ethics
Once again I’m confronted with the possibility that Beyond the Bar might be responding to these recaps directly.
‘Twelve’ Episode 3 Recap – Things Are A Little Too One-Sided
Good TV conflict always creates the impression that the villains have the upper hand, only for the heroes to rally and save the day in the end, but I do wonder if Twelve might be going a bit far with it.
‘Beyond the Bar’ Episode 9 Recap – Splitting the Difference
It took until Episode 9, but Beyond the Bar fiddles with its structure a little bit here, splitting its time between two cases, one of which isn’t entirely resolved by the end.
‘The Winning Try’ Ending Explained – A Brilliant, Emotional, and Satisfying As Expected
There was never a doubt in my mind that The Winning Try would stick the landing and deliver a satisfying ending, but even I was surprised by the sheer quality of its finale.
‘The Rainmaker’ Episode 3 Recap – This Relationship Isn’t Going to Last
The Rainmaker has been a pretty good adaptation so far, different enough from the 1997 film to justify its existence but not so out-there as to feel like a different story entirely.
‘The Winning Try’ Episode 11 Recap – This Is the Best Show of the Year, Right?
I struggle to think of a TV show in recent years that has charmed and delighted me quite as much as The Winning Try.
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – This Show Is Very Funny, But Also Deeply Sad
For a comic book show, Peacemaker is becoming surprisingly character-driven in Season 2, and for such a funny comedy, it’s also deeply sad at its core.
‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 9 Recap – It Finally Happened, But How Do We Feel?
Living a lie is a difficult thing to do, especially when you're living several at once, but this is precisely the predicament that Dexter has found himself in all throughout Dexter: Resurrection.