Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Episode 5 Recap – A Coming Of Age Tale With Real Reverence for DS9
If there has been a persistent complaint about modern Star Trek, it’s that it doesn’t feel very much like Star Trek of old. This accusation has been levelled at Starfleet Academy with great gusto, so it’s probably no surprise that Episode 5, “Series Acclimation Mil”, seems designed to be a deliberate counter to it.
‘The Beauty’ Episode 5 Recap – Of Course It’s the Billionaires
Of course it’s the billionaires! If you were going to sell an experimental trial drug that radically rewrote your DNA for an unfeasibly large amount of money, it’d make complete sense to pitch it directly to people with more money than sense, those to whom small matters like FDA approval – you know, the rules that the plebs are bound by – are small concerns.
‘Hijack’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Things Are Continuing to Improve
The hook of Hijack has always been a claustrophobic setting. In Season 1, it was a plane, while in Season 2, it’s a train, but ironically, this season has started to improve by expanding its viewpoint.
‘Shrinking’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – Growing Up (And Old) Gracefully
I’ll be the first to admit that Shrinking Season 3 started so well that it’s basically impossible for the remaining episodes to consistently hit those heights.
‘Fallout’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Setting the Stage For Season 3
People haven’t been especially keen on Season 2 of Fallout, for some reasons that make a degree of sense and some that don’t, but it’s...
‘Mo Gilligan: In the Moment’ Review – An Evolved Musical Special That’ll Be Difficult to Top
Mo Gilligan is a very good comedian. It’s worth reminding people of this out of the gate, since when a very specific act makes their...
‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – These Guys Are Growing Up (Sort Of)
A themed party, a drinking game, and a lot of questionable decision-making -- at first blush, "I Don't Cry When I'm Sad Anymore" is Tell Me Lies performing precisely as advertised.
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 14 Recap – Gas Leaks and Imaginary Friends
You can always tell when Brilliant Minds is due to go on hiatus, since that’s when it wheels out the big guns. Season 2 hasn’t had very...
‘Vanished’ Episode 1 Recap – I Mean, the Red Flags Were There, Right?
You can tell that Vanished is keeping its cards pretty close to its chest, since after Episode 1, “Rosefinch”, I still couldn’t say with any real certainty that I know more about what’s going on than when I started.
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Episode 3 Recap – And There’s the Big Twist
And there it is, ladies and gentlemen. The big reveal of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms finally arrives in Episode 3, "The Squire", and it's about time, too, since virtually everyone watching the show will have figured it out already.
‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 4 Recap – It’s All Going Badly Wrong
Industry is about the worst people in the world, partaking in an endless stream of deplorable and immoral activities. This is as true now as it...
‘Return to Silent Hill’ Gets A Few Things Dead Wrong About ‘Silent Hill 2’
Unlike Christophe Gans’s first cinematic foray into the world of Silent Hill, which wasn’t based on any of the games in particular and instead pulled...
‘Return to Silent Hill’ Review – A Dreadfully Dull and Nonsensical Adaptation
Back in the halcyon days when it was generally understood that every live-action adaptation of a video game would be unforgivably terrible, Christophe Gans’s 2006...
‘The Wrecking Crew’ Review – This Is Way Better Than You Probably Expected
When I first heard tell of a straight-to-streaming action movie starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, I feared the worst. And it’s on Prime Video,...
‘The Night Manager’ Season 2 Ending Explained – That Isn’t What Was Supposed to Happen!
Isn’t it funny how, when Season 2 began, nobody really expected or wanted a sequel to The Night Manager, and now that it’s ending, the...
Wait, So How Is ‘Wonder Man’ Connected to the MCU?
Wonder Man is proudly disconnected from the broader MCU, but make no mistake about it – this is set in the same universe as the...
‘Wonder Man’ Ending Explained – The MCU’s Most Atypical Show Ends Ambiguously
As if it wasn’t obvious that Wonder Man isn’t your typical MCU show, the ending should make it pretty clear. No mid-credits tease? No proper...
‘Wonder Man’ Review – A Marvel Series Without Any Superheroics… And It Works
What if a Marvel series had none of the things that people have come to expect from a Marvel series? Before Wonder Man, that didn’t...
‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ Episode 9 Recap – Well, I Guess the Marriage Is Off
I think it's fair to say that you don't come to Spartacus: House of Ashur looking for depth of character. It's a show about copious amounts of blood and guts, full-frontal nudity -- I see you, Pompey -- and ridiculous quasi-Shakespearean dialogue.
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunting Party has been a little male-dominant in Season 2, so Episode 4 already wins some novelty points by revolving around a female spree killer. Thankfully, "Amanda Weiss" has a bit more going for it than that.