Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘The Recruit’ Season 2 Review – A More Adrenalized Follow-Up with the Same Frantic Charm
Have you ever set off running too quickly and realized that you’re falling? The Recruit is like that. It lives in the space between realizing...
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – It’s the Same, but Different
It’s fair to say that every human on Earth knows that Peter Parker became Spider-Man after being bitten by a spider, so it’s a mercy...
‘High Potential’ Season 1, Episode 11 Recap – Is This Show Getting a Little Too Clever for Its Own Good?
Episode 11, “The Sauna at the End of the Stairs”, could go either way. It isn’t like the previous episode, which just seemed to pivot to a different genre entirely, but it has a similar try-hard quality that I found off-putting.
‘Prime Target’ Episode 3 Recap – Just as Unlikeable, But Now Also Boring
Episode 3, “The Sequence”, rids itself of the advantage of Taylah’s charisma and energy by saddling her with Ed, as the two of them are forced on the run together.
‘Paradise’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – Hulu’s Thriller Continues to Deliver Game-Changing Twists
“The Architect of Social Well-Being” widens the scope a little more to reveal more about Tarabi, provide some illuminating background on Collins’s relationship with his father, and once again deliver a game-changing last-minute twist.
‘Paradise’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – More Characters and Mysteries Are Revealed in An Illuminating Chapter
Paradise already upended the entire show at the end of its premiere, so it’s no surprise that Episode 2, “Sinatra”, doesn’t have quite the same wow factor.
‘Paradise’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – A Last-Minute Twist Utterly Reinvents an Already Compelling Show
Dan Fogelman has a thing for flipping a premiere on its head, and the last-minute twist of Paradise is an absolute doozy.
‘Watson’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – Turns Out Watson Isn’t Very Interesting Without Sherlock
CBS is hoping the Sherlock well hasn’t run dry after Elementary, but crucially that show had Holmes in it. The premiere of Watson opens with his apparent demise after a tumble down a waterfall in pursuit of James Moriarty (who else?).
‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 9 Recap – Junior Is One of the Worst Characters in Anything, Ever
Returning in Episode 9 after a hiatus of several weeks, Poppa’s House abides by the principle that a dog makes everything better.
‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 8 Recap – Eve and Ryong Finally Do the Dirty Deed
Well, Ryong’s extraterrestrial isolation didn’t last long, did it? There I was thinking that When the Stars Gossip might improve a little after taking a fairly major swerve.
‘Mayfair Witches’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – An Intriguing Last-Minute Development Is Too Little Too Late
The most interesting thing that happens in Episode 4 of Mayfair Witches Season 2 happens at the very end, and then “Double Helix” ends before doing anything with it.
‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 7 Recap – A Drastic Climax Might Be Just What This K-Drama Needs
It’s the script, isn’t it? I think that’s what’s irking me about When the Stars Gossip. We’re on Episode 7 now and the K-Drama still hasn’t really improved in any meaningful sense.
‘Shafted’ Ending Explained – French Comedy Doesn’t Take the Easy Way Out
The ending of Shafted resonates because it doesn’t take the easy way out. It isn’t especially happy, either, though Episode 6, “Heartbreak”, at least ends...
‘Shafted’ Review – A Surprisingly Funny Exploration of Masculinity, Romance, and Friendships
We’ve seen a lot of shows like Shafted, especially on platforms like Netflix. The French comedy series is a knockabout exploration of masculinity, especially the...
‘The Agency’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Martian’s Mission Takes An Unexpected Turn to Set Up Season 2
Given how much I didn’t like The Agency when it started, it’s kind of remarkable how good the first season’s ending is. Season 1, Episode...
‘Severance’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Offering A Different Point of View
After an excellently mysterious premiere reintroduced viewers to the world of Severance in its much-anticipated Season 2, “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig” does the same thing from the opposite angle.
‘Unmasked’ Episodes 3 & 4 Recap – Disney+ K-Drama Is Coasting on Shock Value
I said in my recap of the premiere that Disney+’s K-Drama Unmasked is unusually forward about sex and violence, and if nothing else Episodes 3 and 4 prove me right.
‘The Night Agent’ Season 2 Review – Netflix’s Underdog Hit Completes Another Mission in Style
It isn’t as easy as it looks to make something generic, especially on a streaming platform. A lot of hacks take shelter in genre, believing...
‘The Night Agent’ Season 2 Ending Explained – They Think It’s All Over
Given the immense popularity of The Night Agent, it was virtually inevitable that its ending wouldn’t really be an ending. Just like how the first...
‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – Coming to the End of the Road
With the end in sight, The Night Agent Season 2 pulls no punches in Episode 9. There’s at least one major death here, several hair-raising set-pieces, an out-of-nowhere turnaround in the Iranian subplot, and some genuine emotional catharsis to seal the deal.