Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘The Morning Show’ Season 4 Ending Explained – A Surprisingly Tidy Conclusion
Season 4 of The Morning Show has been, let’s face it, pretty all over the place. And while all the disparate character arcs and subplots have yielded...
‘All’s Fair’ Episode 5 Recap – Did Carrington Lane Really Need Humanizing?
Until now, Sarah Paulson's Carrington Lane has been by far the best part of All's Fair. This is largely because she has been an overblown cartoon villain without a trace of redeemability, which puts Episode 5, "This Is Me Trying", in an awkward position.
‘I Love LA’ Episode 3 Recap – A Lesson In Crisis Mismanagement
I’m not the type to ever be caught in the heart of a scandal – unless there’s a group of people somewhere who really care...
‘The Chair Company’ Episode 6 Recap – Misplaced Focus Creates A Step Down
The Chair Company isn’t getting worse in any meaningful sense, but I think Episode 6, “Happy Birthday, a friend”, is the point where it has reached the outer limit of how much great throwaways and weird juxtapositions alone can sustain it.
‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 4 Recap – How Nasty Can This Show Get?
It’s hard to critique It: Welcome to Derry. It has been since the beginning, really. On the level of its broad storytelling, it leaves a lot to be desired, with two pretty ill-fitting concurrent storylines playing out simultaneously, and little overlap as yet.
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 12 Recap – Has This Show Lost Its Way?
Sixteen episodes is too many, isn’t it? I don’t mean all of the time, but generally speaking, especially for a K-Drama running 65-75 minutes per outing.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – We’re Rewriting History
The penultimate ever episode of Billy the Kid feels pretty unmistakably like a side quest.
‘Robin Hood’ Episode 4 Recap – Fleshing Out the Ranks
A pretty big deal is made about the forest in Episode 4 of Robin Hood. Norman military might has no answer for it.
‘Talamasca: The Secret Order’ Episode 5 Recap – Splitting the Difference
When Talamasca: The Secret Order started, it was quite enjoyably serious.
‘Landman’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – And There’s Still No Plot
Landman is the best show in the world at being compelling without anything really happening in it. It managed to get through its entire first...
‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap – Hey, Look, It’s Samuel L. Jackson
“Dead Weight” is the penultimate episode of Tulsa King Season 3, but it doesn’t feel like it.
‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 4, Episode 4 Recap – The Calm Before the Storm
There has been quite a lot of death in Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 thus far.
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 11 Recap – Government Contracts Aren’t Much Fun
The last thing Typhoon Family needed was to get drier, but here we are in Episode 11, “Tomorrow Comes Love”, with Tae-poong trying to secure a government contract.
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 5 Recap – Everything About This Show Works
People are sleeping on Sheriff Country. I’m not suggesting it’s secretly a prestige drama or anything, but as far as procedurals go, it’s really a very fine version of that oh-so-familiar format, and I think you can see it quite clearly in Episode 5, “Expecting Trouble”.
‘Boston Blue’ Episode 5 Recap – Thank Goodness, People Aren’t Getting On
You see how much difference a bit of disagreement makes? For all its strengths as a procedural, this is the one area where Boston Blue...
‘Malice’ Ending Explained – Sometimes the Villains Get to Win
In most shows, the finale of Malice would constitute a happy ending. The pampered, privileged family is taken to task for their selfishness, after all,...
‘Malice’ Review – Somehow, Jack Whitehall’s First Dramatic Role Really Works
Nothing about Prime Video’s Malice should work. It’s very silly, totally implausible, and stars Jack Whitehall, of all people, not as bumbling comic relief but...
‘Pluribus’ Episode 3 Recap – Taking A Breather (And Setting Off Explosives)
Well, I think it’s safe to say that the launch of Apple TV+’s Pluribus was quite the success. Its deeply mysterious two-episode premiere was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews and word of mouth, despite a degree of hype I rarely recall seeing in recent times.
‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 7 Recap – There’s A Pretty Big Problem Here
In many ways, “Change of Time” is the most significant episode of The Last Frontier thus far. It’s the one with the big reveal about Frank’s past, including the meaning behind the gun he’s keeping hidden in that copy of Walter Coates’s Alaska.
‘Last Samurai Standing’ Ending Explained – How the Action-Packed Finale Sets Up Season 2
Nowhere are the intentions of Last Samurai Standing – Netflix’s fusion of Squid Game and Shogun – clearer than in its ending, which completely abandons...