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Recap: Angela Makes A Choice In ‘The Old Man’ Season 2, Episode 3

September 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Emily/Angela/Parwana is a woman of many names and many fathers, all of whom rally around her in Episode 3 of The Old Man Season 2, titled with...

Recap: ‘English Teacher’ Episode 4 Tackles The School Shooting Debate

September 17 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

English Teacher Episode 4, “School Safety”, deals with two important issues — the responsible use of firearms in the well-armed State of Texas, and the fact...

Recap: ‘Industry’ Gets More Honest Than Ever in Season 3, Episode 6

September 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

In some hypothetical future where Marisa Abela wins an Emmy for her work on Industry, it’ll be for the show overall – but I think...

Recap: ‘The Old Man’ Swaps Mystery For Family Drama In Its Season 2 Premiere

September 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The brilliant first season of The Old Man was a slowly unfurling collection of secrets and mysteries, with occasional bursts of brutal violence. Not having...

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 9 Drops A Late Bombshell

September 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The previous episode of Snowpiercer Season 4 ended amid a frustrating cliffhanger, so it’s appreciated that Episode 9, “Dominant Traits”, wastes no time by picking up from...

Recap: Evan Makes A Fool Of Himself In ‘English Teacher’ Episode 3

September 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The brilliance of English Teacher — and I’m ready, I think, even after three episodes, to say the show is brilliant — is how it handles potentially...

Recap: ‘Industry’ Season 3, Episode 5 Is An Enlightening Trip

September 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Henry Muck might be insistent that he’s not a pervert in Episode 5 of Industry’s rather wonderful third season, but I, for one, beg to...

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 8 Builds Big Tension and Resonant Emotional Stakes

September 7 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s coming on the back of the season’s best episode, but “By Weeping Cross” still manages to impress, albeit in slightly different ways. Snowpiercer Season 4 has...

Recap: The ‘English Teacher’ Two-Part Premiere Gets A Passing Grade

September 3 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

English Teacher doesn’t make things easy for itself. In its two-part premiere – comprising Episode 1, “Pilot”, and Episode 2, “Powderpuff” – it establishes itself...

Recap: ‘Industry’ Season 3, Episode 4 Is A Disasterclass In Stress

September 2 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’d like to make it clear that I despise Rishi Ramdani and everything he stands for to a degree that causes me to physically bristle,...

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4 Ups The Stakes Considerably In Episode 7

August 31 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Snowpiercer has never had a shortage of villains. In Season 4 the Big Bad honors have vacillated between Milius and Wilford, but Episode 7, “A Moth...

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 2 Ending Explained – A Bloody and Brilliant Climax

August 31 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The reason the Red Wedding became such a cultural phenomenon is that nobody really saw it coming. Sure, anyone who had read the books –...

Recap: Harper’s Back To Her Old Tricks In ‘Industry’ Season 3, Episode 3

August 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Like Succession, there’s a particular sense of excitement about an Industry episode that takes the cast abroad. There’s something about being freed from Pierpoint’s London...

Recap: Catherine Lives Up To Her Name In ‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 2, Episode 7

August 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s fair to say that Episode 7 of The Serpent Queen Season 2, “A House Divided”, is not a pleasant one for Catherine de’ Medici....

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Gives Mr. Wilford A Spotlight In Season 4, Episode 6

August 22 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I wouldn’t say that “Bell the Cat” is entirely Mr. Wilford-centric, but it’s close enough. Episode 6 splits its focus more than any prior installment...

Recap: In Episode 2, ‘Industry’ Season 3 Is Already Getting Very Weird

August 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The genius of Industry has always been that it can build knuckle-whitening tension without the audience requiring any knowledge of the financial world it depicts....

Recap: ‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 2, Episode 6 Is The Best Yet

August 17 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I have little hesitation in declaring Episode 6 of The Serpent Queen Season 2, “Courting the Valois”, the best thus far. Most of the problems...

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 5 Says Goodbye To A Key Character

August 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Things are starting to heat up in Snowpiercer Season 4, though perhaps that isn’t exactly the right word given at the end of Episode 5 a major...