Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap – Another Trip to Paradise Commences
The White Lotus isn’t getting predictable, but it is getting more familiar, which you can tell writer/director Mike White is playing with intentionally in Season 3.
‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 14 Recap – This Is Spectacularly Rubbish TV
The weekly death of When the Stars Gossip is becoming quite a thing to behold, with Episode 14 hammering yet another nail into the coffin of a woeful drama that has, through sheer force of its ineptitude, begun tanking the South Korean TV market altogether.
‘Mayfair Witches’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – An Impressive Lack Of Tension And Drama
A relatively big deal was made of Rowan, Moira, Cortland, and Lark making their way to Scotland for what one assumes will be a confrontation with Ian Mayfair and the rest of the pagan side of the family.
‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 13 Recap – A Show Trying (And Failing) To Justify Its Continued Existence
I’m not exactly a soothsayer, but as soon as When the Stars Gossip returned to Earth, I just knew it had nowhere else to really go.
‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 Premiere Recap – We’re Not Off to the Best of Starts
Are we being lured into a false sense of security? That’s the vibe I get from the Season 3 premiere of Yellowjackets, which debuts in Episodes 1 & 2 with the vibe of a soft reboot after Season 2 went a little off the rails.
‘Severance’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Things Are Starting to Feel a Little Sinister
If there’s a word to describe Episode 5 of Severance Season 2, it’s probably “sinister”. This isn’t entirely new for the show – the previous episode ended with someone almost being drowned in an icy river – but it usually comes in fits and starts.
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6 Part 3 Ending Explained – As Perfect An Ending As We Could Have Hoped For
Ending a show is no easy feat, and ending a beloved, long-running show is harder still. It brings me enormous pleasure to report, then, that Cobra...
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 14 Recap – The Finals Turn Explosive (Literally)
The final episodes of Cobra Kai Season 6 have been surprisingly light on karate, but Episode 14, "Strike Last", makes up for that tenfold with not one but two bouts to determine the male and female champions of the Sekai Taikai.
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap – William Zabka Absolutely Steals the Show
It was always a double-edged sword bringing the original cast of The Karate Kid back for Cobra Kai. Sure, it makes a lot of sense, but these weren't exactly award-winners at the time, and you can't say their careers took off wildly between the late '80s and the show's debut in 2018.
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 12 Recap – It’s All Coming Full Circle
Everything's coming full circle in Cobra Kai Season 6. The Sekai Taikai is coming to the Valley.
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 11 Recap – The Morning After The Night Before
Things are getting serious in Cobra Kai, or at least as serious as they ever get. Season 6 is, lest we forget, the show’s swansong, and...
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 6, 7, & 8 Recap – Things Are Starting to Go Badly for Peter
The classic line that has always summed up Peter Parker’s life is reworked in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, but Episodes 6, 7, and 8 nonetheless...
‘High Potential’ Season 1 Ending Explained – It Doesn’t Take Morgan’s IQ to Detect A Second Season On the Way
The fact that High Potential has already been renewed for Season 2 informs the ending of Season 1, Episode 13, “Let’s Play”, which is quite...
‘Prime Target’ Episode 5 Recap – Who’d Have Thought A Show About Math Could Be This Dumb?
If nothing else, Prime Target has a sense of irony about it. The Apple TV+ "thriller" has been dumb from the beginning, but it is perhaps the most stupid in Episode 5, "House of Wisdom", which is the closest Season 1 has come to a joke.
‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 11 Recap – A Brilliant Case Study Of Why This Show Sucks
If you asked me to design an episode of Poppa's House that perfectly exemplified all of the show's myriad issues, it'd look a lot like Episode 11, "Dirty Laundry".
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – Formula Is Already Beginning to Creep In
Is anybody there? Has the gap between the decent premiere of The Hunting Party and Episode 2, “Clayton Jessup”, been so needlessly big that everybody has forgotten this show exists?
How the Ending of ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Messes Up the Source Material
Netflix’s animated spin-off The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is based on one of Andrzej Sapkowski’s most beloved short stories, “A Little Sacrifice”, from the...
‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Review – Serviceable Spin-Off Proves Netflix Don’t Witcher Have a Clue
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is mostly fine, from a casual point of view, but it also serves as a reminder that Netflix don’t...
Paradise Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Another Major Twist Caps Off A Solemn But Brilliant Outing
The title of Paradise Episode 5 is taken from a line in Darkness, the hauntingly beautiful Lord Byron poem that bookends this solemn chapter of what is becoming the best TV show of a still-young year.
‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 12 Recap – It’s Just Impossible to Care at This Point
Given I’m professionally obligated to persist with shows long beyond their expiration dates, it isn’t a new feeling to be almost resentful of the time I spend with When the Stars Gossip.