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The Ending Of Netflix’s ‘The Elixir’ Is Bravely Bleak, And That’s A Good Thing

October 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s very hard to come up with a happy ending in a zombie movie, which is probably why The Elixir doesn’t even try. This, I’d argue, is...

‘The Elixir’ Review – Half Zombie Flick, Half Dysfunctional Family Drama

October 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You can’t make zombies interesting in 2025. It’s impossible. The shambling undead in Kimo Stamboel’s Netflix streamer The Elixir are nothing you haven’t seen before. They...

Harlan Coben’s ‘Lazarus’ Ending Explained – Twist After Twist After Twist

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Predictably, Harlan Coben’s Lazarus has one of those endings that seem to go on forever, delivering twist after twist just for the fun of it....

Harlan Coben’s ‘Lazarus’ Review – Too Ridiculous By Half, Even For This Author

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The work of Harlan Coben is perfectly suited to our current era of relentless home entertainment, where audiences swallow stories wholesale and barely have time...

‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Tyler Posey Has Turned Up

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Every week, I make a joke about how many murders can happen in a small town before they stop being noteworthy, so I feel fairly vindicated by “Strangers Among Us.”

‘Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia’ Doesn’t Make Enough Use Of Its Best Feature

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

At first blush, Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia is a fairly run-of-the-mill Netflix docuseries. It’s littered with talking heads, packed with detail and important...

‘Gen V’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Well, That Was Easier Than Expected

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not sure I’d consider the climax of Gen V Season 2 to be a “good” ending in the traditional sense of the term. Sure,...

‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – The Obligatory Halloween Special

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Just in case you needed a reminder that we were firmly in Spooky Season, High Potential Season 2 delivers its obligatory Halloween episode.

‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 6 Recap – UBN’s Second Major Departure

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

We're just past the halfway point of The Morning Show Season 4, and we've already had two major departures from UBN.

‘Loot’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap – England Really Isn’t Like This

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I don't know if someone at Apple TV+ is trying to subtly tell us something, but it's a bit of a coincidence that two very different shows are both releasing episodes revolving around AI on the same day.

‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap – We’re All In This Together

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

"Circus" is a very good episode of Slow Horses, in all the ways we've come to expect. It's laugh-out-loud funny in places, effectively tense in others, and moves along at a real clip.

‘Michelle Wolf: The Well’ Review – Sharp Writing Wasted On Overly Familiar Material

October 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

This is perhaps a controversial thing to say, but having children tends to ruin comedians. This is not a unique phenomenon, nor is it a...

‘DMV’ Episode 2 Recap – Turning the Heat Up In More Ways Than One

October 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

DMV turns up the heat in Episode 2, both literally and otherwise. "Stay in Your Lane" is a significantly more chaotic episode than the premiere was.

‘Chad Powers’ Episode 5 Recap – Fine Cringe Comedy Hiding A Dramatic Shift

October 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 5 of Chad Powers begins with two back-to-back moments of excruciatingly awkward cringe comedy, but it ends with serious, unexpected character drama, and that's probably Hulu's comedy in a nutshell.

‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – A Heartbreaking Outing With No Easy Answers

October 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It occurred to me during "Once Upon A Time In America" that Brilliant Minds has spent so much time building mystery in Season 2 that it has kind of skimped on the emotion a little.

‘The Chair Company’ Episode 2 Recap – Oh, This Is Brilliantly Ridiculous

October 20 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

All the comedy in The Chair Company lives in the space between how other people see Ron Trosper and what he’s actually like.

‘Task’ Ending Explained – We May As Well Give Mark Ruffalo His Emmy Now

October 20 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Task ended with Robbie’s death, in many ways. I don’t mean literally, obviously, because Episode 7 devotes another epilogue-style hour to tying up loose ends...

‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 4 Recap – Things Are Looking Up (Then Down Again)

October 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Tae-poong has a lot of admirable qualities in Typhoon Family, but the guy’s pretty unlucky.