Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Sara — Woman in the Shadows’ Ending Explained – The System Remains Unchanged, But the People Don’t
Sara – Woman in the Shadows is pretty explicitly about institutional corruption and moral decay, which is precisely why its ending is less about revelations...
‘Sara – Woman in the Shadows’ Review – A Grounded Thriller With An Unconventional Hero
We’ve all seen our share of spy shows, but Sara – Woman in the Shadows wants to be a bit different. The clunky title should...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 7 Recap – And Enough Of the Love Triangle, Thankfully
I wasn’t keen on Tastefully Yours across its last couple of episodes, which seemed to miss the point of the show’s breezy small-town charm a little bit.
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Two Dumb Deaths Don’t Improve Things
With Episode 5, Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City reaches a clear turning point.
‘MobLand’ Ending Explained – The Real War Is Only Just Beginning
And here I was thinking that the ending of MobLand was going to be a showpiece for Harry Da Souza, the moment when he played...
‘Lost in Starlight’ Review – A Beautiful Animated Romance Treads New Ground
Lost in Starlight is something of a first. It has been branded as Netflix’s first Korean animated feature, which is technically accurate, despite the prevalence...
‘Murderbot’ Episode 4 Recap – Confident and Conceptually Audacious
Murderbot still has the usual problems in Episode 4, namely being too rushed and clipped for its own good, but “Escape Velocity Protocol” brings everything together well despite those quibbles.
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Provides Some Big Emotional Payoffs
The ending of Your Friends & Neighbors hinges on one key question — is Coop going to prison? From the very beginning of Episode 9, contemplatively titled...
‘Mad Unicorn’ Review – Thai Netflix Series Tells A Lively True Story
A unicorn in a business context refers to a privately owned startup company valued at over a billion dollars. Whether it’s mad or not seems...
‘Dept. Q’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Provides A Lot Of Well-Earned Payoff
The ending of Dept. Q is all about payoff, which is perhaps just as well given how long it took us to get here. The mystery of...
‘Dept. Q’ Review – Netflix’s Answer to ‘Slow Horses’ Is A Little Too Long For Its Own Good
The comparison to Slow Horses is unavoidable and unfortunately does Netflix’s Dept. Q no favours. An adaptation from Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) of the...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – Expected Developments Lose Some Small-Town Intimacy
Ladies and gentlemen, Tastefully Yours has reached the stage of any self-respecting romantic K-Drama where the giggly first-date awkwardness permeates the whole thing, which is coming a little earlier than expected after the ending of the previous episode.
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – This Show Isn’t Going to Commit to Its Most Daring Idea
There’s a kernel of a good idea in Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City, but the chances of the show committing to it are so slim as to be virtually non-existent.
‘Heavenly Ever After’ Ending Explained – A Slightly Random Conclusion Caps Off A Mixed-Bag Season
It’s probably fitting that a show as mixed as Heavenly Ever After has an ending to suit, with Episodes 11 and 12 providing some answers...
‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 Ending Explained – A Messy But Mostly Effective Finale
The Last of Us already peaked in Season 2. It was in the penultimate episode where some minor storytelling changes improbably improved the original version.
‘MobLand’ Episode 9 Recap – There’s A Rat In the Kitchen (And Armed Police)
The games are very much afoot in MobLand, and it’s beginning to seem like Harry holds many more cards than he has let on.
‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Review – Standalone Slasher Fails to Live Up To Its Title
Hey, remember the Fear Street trilogy? What a surprising success that was for Netflix. At least partially a consequence of an unprecedented global health crisis...
‘Fountain of Youth’ Review – An Uninspired Forgery Of Countless Better Treasure-Hunting Classics
There’s a moment in Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth when treasure hunter Luke Purdue (John Krasinski, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) steals a Rembrandt painting from...
‘Murderbot’ Episode 3 Recap – The Tight Runtime Continues To Feel Too Limiting
I’ve identified a key issue in Murderbot. To be fair, I mentioned it in my recap of the two-part premiere, and nothing has changed; it’s just twice as noticeable because Episode 3 is obviously half as long.
‘Sirens’ Review – Crackling Class Satire Gives Way To A Truly Moving Family Drama
In Greek mythology, sirens were creatures who lured sailors to their deaths with beautiful singing and a fetching feminine top half, hiding some sort of...