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‘The Rainmaker’ Episode 1 Recap – A Solid Start For The Latest Grisham Adaptation

August 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

John Grisham’s novel The Rainmaker has always been popular as an indictment of the legal system at every level, and it’s probably telling that it...

‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 2 Recap – (Chest-)Bursting With Xenomorph Goodness

August 13 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I get that it’d be a stretch to say the Xenomorphs are the good guys in Alien: Earth, but it’s a possibility we should probably consider. The upside of relocating this franchise to terra firma is that it provides a much broader sample buffet of extraterrestrial entrées.

‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 1 Recap – The Future Is Terrifying Again

August 13 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s amazing that there hasn’t been an Alien TV show until now. It seems so obvious.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Well, That Was Legendarily Terrible

June 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Look, I’m a reasonable man, so there’s no way I was expecting the ending of The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 to be any good. Too...

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – It Was All A (Bad) Dream

June 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

One of the most pernicious zombie media tropes is seasoned survivors suddenly becoming brain-dead to allow some drama to happen.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – This Show Has Become A Parody Of Itself

June 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You know what The Walking Dead: Dead City needed to rejuvenate a flagging Season 2? Spoiler alert: It wasn't a one-eyed CGI bear.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Two Dumb Deaths Don’t Improve Things

June 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

With Episode 5, Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City reaches a clear turning point.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – This Show Isn’t Going to Commit to Its Most Daring Idea

May 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a kernel of a good idea in Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City, but the chances of the show committing to it are so slim as to be virtually non-existent.

‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 Ending Explained – A Messy But Mostly Effective Finale

May 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Last of Us already peaked in Season 2. It was in the penultimate episode where some minor storytelling changes improbably improved the original version.

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – For Once The Changes Improve the Original Story

May 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m one of those insufferable fans of The Last of Us Part II who thinks it’s a work of towering genius, and I’ve done nothing throughout these recaps but moan about all the ways in which Season 2 of the HBO adaptation has made changes to it.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Still Stupid, But Now Pretty Weird Too

May 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Good news, those few remaining viewers who consume The Walking Dead: Dead City out of choice instead of professional obligation -- Episode 3 isn't quite as stupid as the previous installment was.

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – They’re Getting This Story Completely Wrong

May 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It was always going to be difficult to adapt The Last of Us Part II, which is a game that relies on the fundamental expectations of video games as a medium to tell a pretty complex story about grief, revenge, and various other attendant matters, none of them particularly positive.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Impressively Stupid Television

May 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I've never been on board with the idea of hate-watching something. It seems like a waste of time to me.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2 Premiere Recap – A Man and His Bat

May 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Conceptually, The Walking Dead: Dead City was supposed to capitalize on the unresolved and oddly sexually charged relationship between Maggie and Negan.

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Introducing Bonkers Bad Guy Jeffrey Wright

May 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Last of Us, as a game and a TV show, is bleak to an extent that borders on parodical, like a social experiment designed to psychologically break huge swathes of people with their so-called entertainment.

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – The Calm After The Storm

April 28 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There's usually a calm before a storm, but The Last of Us Season 2 provided enough storm in its previous outing that everyone spends Episode 3 reeling from it.

‘Suits LA’ Episode 9 Recap – Even Harvey Specter Can’t Prevent This Becoming Tedious

April 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I must confess to being slightly sick of Suits LA. I feel like the writers have grossly overestimated the appeal of the Pellegrini subplot and the impact of repeated Harvey Specter cameos.

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – A Remarkable Hour Of Television Full Of Curious Changes

April 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Only rarely will you see pre-release hype for a single hour of television as vigorous as what HBO was pushing for "Through the Valley".