Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Widow’s Bay’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – A Raging Storm, And A History Lesson
As Widow’s Bay hurries towards its finale, it’s running out of mysteries to solve. We’ve been reliably told that Season 1 will complete the story, and Episode...
‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Nailed It
If we’re being honest, things haven’t been going especially well for Paula since the very beginning of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed. But they’re definitely going worse for...
‘Criminal Record’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Sometime The Bad Guys Get To Win
I’m not a soothsayer, but I could have told you weeks ago that Criminal Record wasn’t going to have a happy ending. The signs were there....
‘Norway: The Dark Horse’ Examines the 2026 World Cup’s Most Compelling Underdog Story
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again — there is no better storytelling medium than high-level professional sports. All the mechanisms are built...
‘Not Suitable for Work’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – The Mature Approach
It was, of course, pretty obvious that most of the promising-looking subplots developed in the previous episode of Not Suitable for Work were going to get a...
‘Not Suitable for Work’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – Work-Life Imbalance
After a fairly chaotic three-part premiere in which all manner of things went wrong for the residents of Murray Hill, it has taken until Episode...
‘Alice and Steve’ Season 1 Ending Explained – It’s All Going Up in Smoke
While Alice and Steve doesn’t seem like the kind of show that would necessarily need a second season, the ending of Season 1 makes a...
Nicola Walker Carries ‘Alice and Steve’, Introducing A National Treasure to A Global Audience
While Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement both top the billing of Alice and Steve, an unconventional “wrong-com” about long-time besties finding their friendship torn apart...
‘Alice and Steve’ Season 1 Review – A Sharp, Unconventional “Wrong-Com”
As far as elevator pitches go, there are few as inherently icky as the one underpinning Alice and Steve. But is it that bad, really?...
Netflix’s Multimedia Strategy Means to Dominate 2026 World Cup Coverage
Evidently not content being the premier film and TV streaming service on the planet, Netflix is stepping up its game around coverage of global sporting...
‘USA 94: Brazil’s Return to Glory’ Review – A Conventional Sports Doc Hides A Touching Tribute
With Netflix currently milking the 2026 World Cup for all its worth, a documentary like USA 94: Brazil’s Return to Glory is likely to be...
‘From’ Season 4, Episode 7 Recap – The Truth Comes Out, and the Dead Wake Up
A lot of people have been complaining about Season 4 of From taking too much time to set things up, and I can kind of...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 10 Recap – The Best Outing Yet?
For much of Season 1, My Royal Nemesis has kind of flitted between genres and tones, shifting focus between each of its constituent parts. Sometimes...
What’s In Tom’s Basement? Let’s Explore Some ‘Widow’s Bay’ Theories
Widow’s Bay will undoubtedly end up being one of the best shows of 2026, and a large part of its appeal is that nobody can...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – Mun-do’s Meddling Hogs Focus
My Royal Nemesis started getting pretty serious as Season 1 approaches its latter stages, and that trend continues in Episode 9, “That’s First Love for...
‘Office Romance’ Review – An R-Rating Can’t Elevate A By-the-Numbers Rom-Com
Maybe it’s my familiarity with him playing bumbling sad-sack figures in stuff like Ted Lasso and Shrinking, but I must confess to never having imagined...
‘Star City’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – The Mole Is Identified
There’s something oddly sexless about Soviet Russia, isn’t there? This very much isn’t the point of Star City, which is an alt-history spin-off about the...
‘Cape Fear’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – Is This The Best Version of the Story Yet?
It’s difficult to build sympathy for a man who kills people with gym equipment, but then again, I’m not sure that Cape Fear is trying...
‘Dutton Ranch’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Beth and Rip Get To Work (Literally)
It occurs to me that despite this show being titled Dutton Ranch, there isn’t a great deal going on at the titular ranch. Frankly, it has...
‘Cape Fear’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – Javier Bardem Makes the Best Villains
There are many first impressions made by Apple TV’s take on Cape Fear, the third adaptation of John D MacDonald’s 1957 psychological thriller The Executioners. It’s...