Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 Ends With A Satisfying Sendoff to Clone Force 99
It has been obvious throughout Season 3 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch that the ending would revolve around Mount Tantiss. After weeks spent escaping the...
The Ending Of ‘Fiasco’ Is Fittingly Ridiculous
It’s fitting that the ending of Fiasco is, as the title implies, a fiasco. Episode 7 features a meta flourish in the reveal of the...
‘Fiasco’ Review – Netflix’s French Farce Is A Reminder Of the Lost Art Of the Mockumentary
The mockumentary is a fine thing when done right. This Is Spinal Tap and The Office aren’t just classics of the genre but bona fide...
Who Was The Killer In ‘Them: The Scare’? Let’s Answer Some Key Questions
Them: The Scare is Season 2 of Prime Video’s anthological horror hit Them, and it has left viewers with more questions than they started with. While originally...
In Episode 16, Queen of Tears Gets The Happy Ending It Deserves
Yes, of course, Queen of Tears has a happy ending. What were you expecting? It isn’t about the destination anyway, but instead the journey, and...
Hae-in Regains Her Memories in Queen of Tears Episode 15
There are a lot of expectations on a penultimate episode, especially one for a series that is among the most popular K-Dramas of all time....
The Ending of ‘Goodbye Earth’ Is Happier Than You Think
The cleverness of Goodbye Earth is exposed by its ending, which refuses to cop out in the way a great many stories would. The premise...
Goodbye Earth Review – A Deeply Human Exploration of Impending Calamity
Imagine an asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. You have 200 days to live, at best. What do you do? This is the question Netflix’s Korean...
The Ending of Them: The Scare Connects Back to Season 1
Them is ostensibly an anthology series, and yet the ending of The Scare connects Season 2 back to the first. Episode 8 is particularly guilty...
Them: The Scare Season 2 Review – Improvement Over Its Predecessor Still Lacks Identity
Prime Video’s Them was never intended to please everyone, and Season 2 of the anthology series, subtitled Them: The Scare, isn’t either. This is perhaps...
The Ending Of ‘Deliver Me’ Provides A Hollow Justice
Deliver Me is not a happy series, and, predictably, it doesn’t have a happy ending. It doesn’t have a happy beginning or middle, either, for...
‘Deliver Me’ Review – An Unrelentingly Bleak Netflix Crime Drama
Children, like animals, are an easy way to manipulate an audience. We’ve all seen hundreds of shows about crime and drugs, and rarely do we...
The Bad Batch Approaches Its End With Season 3 Episode 14
“Flash Strike” is the penultimate episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and it’s starting to feel like it now. There have been plenty of...
The Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 13 Is The Last Obstacle To Clear
“Into the Breach” provides one more obstacle in the way of Clone Force 99 finally getting to Mount Tantiss. That has been their objective throughout...
Industry Season 2 Recap: Every Key Moment Explained
When it debuted in 2020, Industry was something of a surprise. It came out of the gates as another darkly funny workplace drama about a...
The Ending Of ‘Brigands: The Quest for Gold’ Sets Up Season 2
The ending of Brigands: The Quest for Gold Season 1 isn’t especially happy, but this being a show about morally fluid bandits streaming on Netflix,...
Brigands: The Quest for Gold Can’t Quite Stand Out In A Saturated Market
Brigands: The Quest For Gold opens with a quote about the ambiguous definitions of the word “rich”, which is probably fair enough. In a monetary...
Shogun’s Ending Is A Masterful, Powerful Conclusion
“War is inevitable,” says Ishido to the Council of Regents in Shogun Episode 10. And he’s echoing a sentiment that has been obvious since the very beginning...
The Captain Is Caught Between Two Worlds In The Sympathizer Episode 2
The Captain clearly doesn’t want to be a spy anymore, which is easy enough to accept since the premiere of The Sympathizer never made clear...
Eun-sung Makes His Scummy Move In Queen of Tears Episode 14
So, here’s the thing – I don’t think Queen of Tears is going to have a sad ending. I can’t say how yet, but I’m...