Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘The 8 Show’ Review: When You Have ‘Squid Game’ At Home
Whenever I write about a K-Drama, I typically avoid played-out comparisons to Squid Game, which seems to be the only Korean show Western critics have...
Outer Range Makes No Sense, Which Is Probably Why It Has Been Cancelled
After two seasons, Outer Range has been canceled at Prime Video, nixing any possible plans for Season 3. After the ending of Season 2, there was...
Outer Range Season 2 Barely Ends At All
For such a deliberately complex series, the ending of Outer Range Season 2 is simple enough. In fact, Episode 7 could be described – uncharitably,...
Review: Outer Range Season 2 Is Boring Nonsense
Outer Range has one of the best elevator pitches in the business. What if Yellowstone, but it’s a bit like Lost? Genius! And while Season...
‘Dark Matter’ Episode 3 Slows To A Crawl
Dark Matter was better when it was bonkers. I think that’s fair to say after Episode 3, “The Box”, which settles down to a glacial pace...
Dark Matter’s Premiere Is Too Familiar For Its Own Good
These days, the word “multiverse” is pretty inexorably tied to Marvel, since we’re all simpletons. But Dark Matter on Apple TV+ hopes to fix that...
The General Has A Plan in The Sympathizer Episode 5
The Captain’s adventures in moviemaking in Episode 4 of The Sympathizer were, in a word, unsuccessful. But the deviation into outright parody was a somewhat...
The Captain Makes A Movie In The Sympathizer Episode 4
I imagine when The Captain left Vietnam, he didn’t imagine he’d find himself on a movie set. And yet that’s where he ends up in...
The Sympathizer Episode 3 Makes A Mess Of Murder
It’s no secret that Robert Downey Jr. has been a key selling point of The Sympathizer, and for those who tuned in specifically for his...
‘Bodkin’ Season 2 Needs A New Mystery, But Not New Characters
You can’t solve a mystery twice, which is the primary obstacle standing in the way of Bodkin Season 2. The first season’s ending seemed to tie up...
Episode 4 of ‘The Atypical Family’ Is One Of The Best In The Series
If nobody knew quite what to make of The Atypical Family throughout its first three episodes, I imagine Episode 4 is where undecided viewers will...
Nikki Glaser Roasts Herself In HBO Special ‘Someday You’ll Die’
Things are going pretty well for Nikki Glaser. She was once again the clear stand-out in The Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix, which shouldn’t...
The Atypical Family Episode 3 Still Felt Like Something Was Missing
Nobody I’ve spoken to about The Atypical Family knows whether or not they like it. I doubt Episode 3 will help them decide either way....
The Ending Of ‘Bodkin’ Brings Things Full Circle
The ending of Bodkin ties multiple plot threads together in a mystery spanning back two and a half decades, so there’s a lot to unpack...
‘Bodkin’ Review: A Darkly Comic Take On Our True-Crime Obsession
These days having a true-crime podcast is the best career move you can make. If it’s popular, there’s a streaming series in your future. And...
The Atypical Family Gets Off To A Mixed Start in Episode 1 & 2
Everyone has superpowers these days, don’t they? It’s pretty played out as a hook to hang a TV show on, but The Atypical Family takes...
A Man In Full’s Ending Goes Way Off the Rails
It was inevitable that the ending of A Man in Full would see the bad guys winning — and ultimately losing. Episode 6, “Judgment Day”, its...
‘A Man in Full’ Review – Netflix’s Answer to Succession Is Another Morally Bankrupt Delight
Succession made moral bankruptcy cool, and it was only a matter of time before streaming platforms threw their hat in the bleakly comic corporate drama...
Recap: What Happened in ‘Typewriter’ Season 1?
Typewriter is a unique ghost story following three young friends who venture out to Goa to track down ghosts in an old villa. However, when a...
‘Quicksand’ Full Recap: The Drama and Key Plot Points Explained
Quicksand is a crime/drama thriller that has all the right ingredients to keep audiences engaged. The limited series follows a tragedy at school in a...