Articles by Jonathon Wilson
The Richmond Hill Explosion: The Real Insurance Fraud Plot Behind ‘Worst Neighbor Ever’
There are bad neighbors, and then there are neighbors who blow up an entire Indiana subdivision. The second episode of Worst Neighbor Ever, “Midwest Meltdown”,...
“She Finally Snapped”: The Shocking True Story Behind Frances Zaayer from ‘Worst Neighbor Ever’
Netflix’s reputation as the go-to spot for salacious true-crime documentaries was only reiterated with the release of Worst Neighbor Ever, the third in a trilogy...
‘Enola Holmes 3’ Ending Explained – How A Bit of Pirate Plunder Sets Up A Sequel
For a brief moment, the ending of Enola Holmes 3 feels like the ending of the entire franchise, which, based on this most recent effort,...
‘Enola Holmes 3’ Review – This Formula Is Wearing A Little Thin
Enola Holmes is one of the strange streaming curios that sprang up during the pandemic and felt like a novel distraction more than the beginning...
‘Summer of 36’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Who Killed Jacquart and Edgar?
With Summer of 36 having already bogged itself down in a lot of competing subplots and ideas, the finale finds itself in a tough spot....
‘Summer of 36’ Season 1 Review – A Messy Mystery That Fails to Capitalise On Its Premise
Lots of shows are described as “messy”, and it’s usually a meaningless catch-all to describe the odd decision that audiences disagree with. But Summer of...
‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – A Tale Of Two Lawyers
Lawyers are like buses, apparently -- you wait ages for one to turn up, and then two come along at once. This is the predicament that Paula finds herself in here in Episode 8 of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, which is just the latest in a long string of predicaments that include being arrested for a double-murder and locked up on Rikers Island.
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Season 2 Casting Continues to Stoke Toxicity and Body Shaming
Fandoms really do suck, don’t they? They’re impossible to please at the best of times, especially when it comes to extremely beloved masterpiece properties like...
‘Citizen Vigilante’ and the Streisand Effect: A Loss For Art Is A Win For Cult Marketing
Citizen Vigilante shouldn’t be successful if you think about it. It’s a deeply terrible movie on a technical level and a wildly irresponsible one morally,...
Waiting It Out: A Timeline Of Louis C.K.’s Shrugging Return to the Mainstream in ‘Ridiculous’
While he wasn’t the first, and he certainly won’t be the last, Louis C.K.’s cancellation and subsequent career renaissance is one of the more instructive...
Emma D’Arcy’s Emmy-Worthy Performance Is the Secret Weapon Of ‘House of Dragon’
I watch House of the Dragon for the dragons. I watch for the swords and the pitched battles and the kind of CGI that only...
Armie Hammer’s Role In ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Is The Latest In A Long Line Of Post-Cancellation Comebacks
While the selling point of Citizen Vigilante, at least for its target demographic, is undoubtedly all the Muslim murdering, it’s undoubtedly a fascinating case study in...
‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Is Off To A Racing Start Among K-Drama Fans: “Very Exciting, Very Fun”
There is arguably no audience more passionate than die-hard K-Drama fans, which means that first impressions are unusually important when it comes to new releases....
How ‘House of the Dragon’ Tweaked Rhaenyra’s Coronation — And Why It Worked
Season 3 of House of the Dragon continues to be about big moments almost exclusively. The premiere, which revolved around the Battle of the Gullet, killed off...
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – There Might Be Too Many Characters In This
Giant battles full of dragons and destruction are all well and good, but the heart of a story like House of the Dragon lives in the aftermath. It beats to the rhythm of bodies washing up against the rocks of a shoreline and hides in the wreckage of naval fleets razed to matchsticks.
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Ending Explained – Why the Climax Is an Explicit Call to Arms
As obviously dreadful a film as Citizen Vigilante is, its cult success has become impossible to ignore (and has perhaps even spawned a sequel already)....
Is Fatima Gone for Good? Survival In ‘From’ Comes At A Cost
The finale of From Season 4 killed off several main characters, some of them in messy circumstances, but of everyone’s outcomes, it was definitely Fatima’s ambiguous fate...
Bones and Bottles: Is ‘From’ All Just A Big Game Between Gods?
Quite a lot happened in the finale of From Season 4, including several major character deaths. But the big long-term takeaway is how it reshapes the overarching...
‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Premiere Recap – Getting Back to Work
You know exactly where Agent Kim Reactivated is going in Episode 1 and 2, but this isn’t a criticism. It’s one of those stories – think John Wick or Nobody – that hinges on the catharsis of a seemingly ordinary, run-of-the-mill guy secretly being an all-action killing machine, so the premiere is about fostering that vibe.
‘From’ Season 4 Ending Explained – Well, That Didn’t Go So Good
Okay, folks, we’ve got a lot to go over. Even though it can’t be said that the finale of From Season 4 was full of surprises, since...