Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘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.
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Worse Than the Worst Case
I've never worked in a hospital, but I have seen one and a bit seasons of The Pitt, which I reckon is the next best thing. So, I can tell you with a reasonable degree of authority that 10:00 A.M. is where things start getting a bit nuts.
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Episode 4 Recap – Something To Chew On
The Klingons are one of the few alien races that even non-Star Trek fans have generally heard of. But the pop understanding is generally pretty simplistic – big-headed, angry warmongers, lots of makeup, deep voices.
‘The Beauty’ Episode 4 Recap – Containment Procedures and Naked Wrestling
I know it has been a while since the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic gripped the world, but The Beauty clearly hasn’t forgotten the panic and paranoia...
‘Best Medicine’ Episode 4 Recap – Things Are Definitely Improving
It’s fair to say that Best Medicine was starting to show some worrying signs in its previous episode. Nothing major, granted, but a bit of repetition was starting to creep in, which isn’t ideal so early in the show’s run.
‘Best Medicine’ Episode 3 Recap – Haven’t We Seen This Before?
Best Medicine is proceeding… oddly, I think it’s fair to say. On the one hand, it’s doing a very solid job of fleshing out Port Wenn as a setting, and several of its inhabitants not named Doc Martin, and these two aspects both power Episode 3, “Take Me Out of the Ballgame”.
‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 11 Recap – A Love Triangle Is Emerging
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I do wonder sometimes if High Potential is filmed out of order and assembled into a loose chronological order after the fact.