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Industry has always been good, but in Season 3 it’s exceptional. Episode 1, “Il Mattino ha L’Oro in Boca” — an Italian phrase meaning “the morning...

I don’t know about anyone else, but I expected it might take an episode or two for Big Alice to catch up to Snowpiercer. Lo...

You can take the man out of the train, but you can’t take the train out of the man – or something like that, anyway....

After the season premiere barely featured the titular Snowpiercer at all, Episode 2 of Season 4, “The Sting of Survival”, is set aboard it almost...

One of the main talking points around the first season of House of the Dragon was that it was just setting up for all the...

One of the appeals of historical fiction is that knowledge of real-world events can do a lot of dramatic heavy lifting. It’s easy to fret...

There was a time when the dystopian thriller series Snowpiercer looked canceled, so it’s a miracle that Season 4 has made it to our screens...

Dragons are like buses – you spend ages waiting for one, and then several come along at once. Not since the series-best episode “The Red...

“Death of a Prince” finally introduces Minnie Driver’s Queen Elizabeth I, which is a big-ish deal since The Serpent Queen Season 2 has in large...

It has been more than two years since we last saw Snowpiercer, and the show has been through a lot since then, including an untimely...

Episode 6 of House of the Dragon Season 2, “Smallfolk”, lacks spectacle but is stuffed with significant little character moments, which to be fair is...

Season 2 of The Serpent Queen got off to a wild start by burning down a Protestant church that may or may not have contained...

You can’t have an episode like “The Red Dragon and the Gold” without some consequences, and that goes for the characters and the audience both....

Blessedly, Season 2 of The Serpent Queen opens with a minutes-long recap of the first season. Episode 1, “Grand Tour”, is a reminder of two...

The excitement about House of the Dragon was never due to the quality of the novel it’s based on, Fire & Blood, a slightly dusty...

A misunderstanding. That’s what it all boils down to in House of the Dragon Season 2, Episode 3 – a devastating civil war is about...

You know House of the Dragon is a grim show because in the Season 2 premiere a child got his head cut off. But you...

House of the Dragon Season 2 begins with some reassurances. It’s still good, for a start. Episode 1, “A Son for a Son”, is actually...