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Recap: ‘Land of Women’ Finds Its Groove In Episode 3

July 3 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

So, the Land of Women premiere wasn’t very good, but luckily Episode 3 is quite a bit better. As predicted, the show needed to settle in a...

Recap: ‘Land of Women’ Is Dull Through Episodes 1 & 2, But There’s Hope Yet

July 2 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

After hobbling through Episodes 1 and 2 of Land of Women, I have a concise summary: It’s pretty dull. This shouldn’t be the case. It...

A So-So Ending Can’t Salvage A Disappointing Adaptation Of ‘Dark Matter’

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the ending of Dark Matter is neither as exciting as it should be nor as clever as it...

‘Trying’ Season 4, Episode 7: What Happens When Nikki Meets Princess’s Mom In Spain Special?

June 26 2024, by Daniel Hart

The key plot point in Trying Season 4 has been Princess’s desperation to meet her birth mom, Kat, to get answers about her upbringing. This...

Recap: Rusty Reaches His Lowest Ebb In ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 4

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Every episode of Presumed Innocent thus far has depicted Rusty Sabich as a deeply selfish and arrogant man at best and a hopping madman at...

Recap: Rusty Is His Own Worst Enemy In ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 3

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Rusty Sabich is his own worst enemy. This has been obvious since the beginning of Presumed Innocent, which made him look terrible in Episode 1...

Recap: Things Go From Bad To Worse For Rusty In ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 2

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Presumed Innocent premiere made a real point of depicting Jake Gyllenhaal as a detestable psycho, and Episode 2, “People vs. Rozat Sabich”, gets right...

Recap: ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 1 Inverts The Thriller Genre

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Legal thrillers are usually built around guilt, in one way or another, but it tends to be the accused whose true nature is mysterious. The...

‘Trying’ Season 4 Review: “I Love This Series, Even With Its Flawed View On Adoption”

June 23 2024, by Daniel Hart

No word of a lie, when I started writing this review, I wrote: “If someone told me that Esther Smith and Rafe Spall were together...

Recap: In Episode 8, ‘Dark Matter’ Finally Gets Good

June 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Okay, fine, I’ll give Dark Matter this – Episode 8, “Jupiter”, is pretty decent. It feels like the chickens coming home to roost on a...

Recap: ‘Dark Matter’ Episode 7 Is Even More Boring Than Usual

June 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The last thing Dark Matter needed was an even slower-paced breather to get the pieces into place for the big finale, but that’s exactly what...

Nikki Proves To Be The Best Mother In The World In ‘Trying’ Season 4, Episode 6

June 19 2024, by Daniel Hart

Sometimes, when you ignore a problem, it grows into something bigger, and that’s precisely what happens in Trying Season 4, Episode 6, which ends with...

‘Trying’ Season 4, Episode 5: Nikki Learns a Big Upsetting Secret on Mother’s Day

June 12 2024, by Daniel Hart

It’s Mother’s Day in Trying Season 4, Episode 5, and Nikki still suspects something is wrong with her adopted daughter Princess. But despite a big...

Recap: ‘Dark Matter’ Episode 6 Finally Focuses On Jason2

June 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

To be fair, I can see why someone who has really bought into the characters and plot of Dark Matter might have liked Episode 6,...

Recap: In Episode 5, ‘Dark Matter’ Remains A Challenge to Sit Through

June 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not one to moan all the time, but Dark Matter is a challenge to sit through, let alone write about. Given there are nine...

Princess Goes On A Road Trip To Find Her Birth Mom In ‘Trying’ Season 4, Episode 4

June 5 2024, by Daniel Hart

While I understand that Princess wants to find her birth mom, I do feel uneasy that she’s not being truthful to her adoptive parents. They...

‘Trying’ Season 4, Episode 3 Is A Filler Episode Making Us Feel Sorry For Scott

May 29 2024, by Daniel Hart

“Murder at Slaughterbridge Manor” is a grim title, but do not worry. Trying Season 4 hasn’t suddenly turned the series dark. No, Episode 3 is...

Trying Season 4 Premiere Sees Princess Desperate To See Her Birth Mom

May 22 2024, by Daniel Hart

In case you didn’t know, as the series does not exactly tell you from Episode 1, Trying Season 4 is set six years later, with...