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‘Yellowstone’ Finally Feels Like It’s Going Somewhere In Season 5, Episode 11

November 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

For largely unavoidable reasons, the back half of Yellowstone Season 5 has been complete rubbish. It brings me some pleasure to report that Episode 11,...

‘The Franchise’ Ends With Hope – Though It’s Hard to Tell Who For

November 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ve been convinced for weeks that the ending of The Franchise would be the catastrophic failure of Tecto: Eye of the Storm, since really, how...

‘Dune: Prophecy’ Season 1, Episode 2 Is At Its Best In Conversation

November 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Let’s be clear – Episode 2 of Dune: Prophecy Season 1, “Two Wolves,” is very good. And it’s good in a number of interesting and...

A Serial Killer Comes to Gibsons In ‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 1, Episode 7

November 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Just in time for the finale, a serial killer has come to Gibsons to shake things up and inevitably bring all the core characters together....

Everyone’s Getting Laid In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 1, Episode 8, Including the Elderly

November 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Once you get over the obvious hilarity of the premise – it’s about a sweet old lady who wants to have sex all the time,...

‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Continues To Suffer From Circumstance In Episode 10

November 18 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

“The Apocalypse of Change” is exactly the kind of episode you get when you have to kill off a show’s main character over a contract...

‘Dune: Prophecy’ Pulls No Punches In Season 1, Episode 1, Even If It Takes Its Time

November 18 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Here’s a relevant question: Is Dune: Prophecy the next Game of Thrones? Can it be? Should it be? Season, Episode 1, “The Hidden Hand”, has...

‘The Franchise’ Episode 7 Provides A Last-Minute Change Of Scenery

November 18 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can tell The Franchise is approaching the end since it’s running out of things to make fun of. We’ve already had the big and...

‘Murder in a Small Town’ Makes A Major Mistake In Season 1, Episode 6

November 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I know I’m always getting on Murder in a Small Town’s case for fundamentally misunderstanding its own appeal and occasionally having episodes that feel like...

‘High Potential’ Season 1, Episode 7 Delivers A Strong Midseason Finale and A Standout Lead Performance

November 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Season 1, Episode 7, “One of Us”, is the midseason finale of High Potential, though I’m not sure it necessarily feels like one. A criticism?...

‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 4 Is The Cringiest Yet

November 12 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 4, “School Days”, is definitely the cringiest episode of Poppa’s House thus far. Please, miss me with all the singing and dancing. And this...

‘Brilliant Minds’ Delivers A Poignant Love Story In Episode 7

November 12 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The John Doe subplot comes to a poignant end in Brilliant Minds Episode 7, which all things considered is perhaps the best installment of the...

‘Yellowstone’ Writes Out John Dutton In Season 5, Episode 9 — And There’ll Be Hell To Pay

November 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The big question looming over the back half of Yellowstone Season 5 was how the show would conclude without the involvement of Kevin Costner, who...

Sparks Fly In ‘The Franchise’ Episode 6

November 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s something a bit sad hanging over The Franchise in Episode 6, “Scene 110: Baptism of Fire”. The crew is at a breaking point after...

The Ending Of ‘The Penguin’ Makes Oz One Of The Best Batman Villains Ever

November 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The great achievement of The Penguin is that it has somehow managed to turn a perennial B-league second-stringer into – and I mean this –...

‘Poppa’s House’ Shifts Up The Dynamic In Episode 3

November 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

“Podcast” feels like the episode that Poppa’s House has been building to since it started. The mixed-bag premiere established the premise, and the second episode...

‘The Franchise’ Episode 5 Breaks Eric For the Good Of China

November 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I thought things couldn’t get much worse for Eric after he drove a golf cart onto the set of Centurios 2 in the previous episode,...

‘The Penguin’ Episode 7 Reveals The Horrifying Truth Of Oz’s Past

November 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

On the press tour for The Penguin, Colin Farrell responded to fans saying they had to come like the complex nature of Oz Cobb with...