Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Earth Abides’ Ends As Pointlessly As It Began In A Dreary Episode 6
It should come as a surprise to nobody that the ending of Earth Abides is as dreary, pointless, and drama-averse as the rest of it...
Tommy’s Problems Are Mounting In ‘Landman’ Episode 8
Episode 8 of Landman, “Clumsy, This Life”, is one of those outings in which very little of note happens but the show mysteriously doesn’t suffer as a result.
‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3 Delivers An Exciting, Multiversal Ending Full Of Possibilities
I must confess to being extremely impressed by the Season 3 finale of Marvel’s What If…?. Given the relatively small canvas it had – it...
It’s Sa-eon vs Sa-eon in ‘When the Phone Rings’ Episode 10
Things are heating up in When the Phone Rings, aren’t they? And once again it seems to be Hee-joo in the firing line more than anyone, right after ending the previous episode in quite the predicament.
‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3 Begins Its Two-Part Finale In Episode 7
The first half of Season 3’s two-part finale, ends up being really great despite being by far the most serialized that the show has been thus far.
‘When the Phone Rings’ Episode 9 Has The Show’s Biggest Reveal Yet
You can feel When the Phone Rings approaching the end in Episode 9. We’ve reached the point where certain key questions start being answered while some mysteries linger unsolved.
The Lies Are Finally Catching Up To Martian In ‘The Agency’ Episode 6
“Spy For Sale” feels like The Agency operating at its peak. It hasn’t been a smooth ride to get to this point, and Episode 6 isn’t perfect either.
‘Silo’ Season 2 Sags A Touch In Episode 7 But Is Kept Afloat By Juliette’s Deep Dive
It only seems like two minutes since Juliette last ventured into the flooded bowels of Silo 17, and yet an extended high-pressure diving sequence is once again the highlight of Silo Season 2, Episode 7.
‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3 Reaches A High Point In Episode 6
Episode 6 of Marvel’s What If…? Season 3, which teams Shang-Chi up with Kate Bishop in a Wild West setting, is my favorite of this run by quite a margin.
‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3 Gets Very Bleak In Riri Williams-Focused Episode 5
Right after Marvel’s What If…? Season 3 reached its lightest, silliest note, Episode 5, “What If… The Emergence Destroyed the Earth?”, flips things on their...
‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3, Episode 4 Is A Lovely (If Demented) Christmas Gift
Episode 4, “What If… Howard the Duck Got Hitched?”, plays out like a dare to come up with the weirdest MCU premise possible and then contort it into even stranger shapes as it goes.
‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3, Episode 3 Feels Like A ‘Thunderbolts’ Trailer
If I have a persistent criticism of What If…? it’s that it rarely feels “what if” enough. The limitless possibilities of a speculative anthology should make this kind of thing really easy.
‘Get Millie Black’ Smartly Resists A Happy Ending
What constitutes a happy ending in a crime drama? Is it the bad guys getting their comeuppance? A case being satisfyingly solved? The detective at...
The Ending Of ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 Is About As Good As Anyone Could Have Expected
Bad Sisters didn’t need Season 2, so the least it could do was end with a bit of finality so that nobody would be tempted...
‘Shrinking’ Season 2 Ends With A Predictably Beautiful Finale
Somewhat embarrassingly, I let out an audible gasp of relief at a certain point in Shrinking’s Season 2 finale that was so loud and dramatic...
‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Revisits Hollywood’s Golden Age In Season 3, Episode 2
Episode 2 of What If…? Season 3, “What If… Agatha Went to Hollywood?”, reinvigorates that godforsaken movie and some of its concepts by pairing Agatha Harkness – very much Marvel’s flavor of the month after Agatha All Along – with Kumail Nanjiani’s Kingo.
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Delivers An Action-Packed Season 1 Finale That’s Far From An Ending
Everything that happens in Episode 6, “The High-Handed Enemy”, is in service to the kind of big-picture multi-season storytelling that HBO was doubtlessly looking for in a Duniverse project.
‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3 Gets Off To A Cracking Start In Episode 1
What if… the MCU had a baby with Godzilla and the Power Rangers? I have no idea how that would work genetically speaking, but the offspring would probably look a lot like the Season 3 premiere of Marvel’s What If…?
‘Landman’ Disappointingly Grinds To A Halt In Episode 7
“All Roads Lead to a Hole” sidelines the overarching storylines for a bit to focus completely on the Cooper clan as they adapt to life on the patch.
‘Earth Abides’ Finally Introduces Some Danger In A Dark Double-Bill, But Also Gets A Lot Stupider
In many ways, this double-bill is a two-part lesson in why you shouldn’t see the best in people, which is the mistake that all of the survivors in this show have been getting away with constantly.