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‘Platonic’ Season 2 Ending Explained – And The Cycle Continues
I can’t help but think that Sylvia and Will aren’t very good for each other. The point of Platonic is supposed to be the opposite, even though...
‘Chad Powers’ Premiere Recap – Very Funny, Oddly Charming, and Totally Conventional
I can totally see why someone might not like Chad Powers, the Hulu comedy co-created by Glen Powell and Loki’s Michael Waldron that relies on a latex mask and a bad wig for a good percentage of its laughs.
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – We’re Getting Meta Already
Brilliant Minds got off to a chaotic start in Season 2, so it benefits from a narrower episode like “The Contestant”. But there’s still plenty...
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – There’s A Lot To Catch Up With
A lot has changed in the world of Brilliant Minds. This was inevitably going to happen after the dramatic events that capped off the first...
‘Nightmares of Nature’ Review – A Genius Idea Feels Frustratingly Stuck in the Middle
I’ve often criticised Blumhouse for treating the horror genre as a conveyor belt of lowest-common-denominator cliches, and as we enter October, I’m sure I’ll have...
The Story Of Ellen Greenberg Is Uniquely Suited To Our True Crime Moment
Another day, another true-crime docuseries on a streaming platform. You could set your watch by it. Unless you’re an ardent amateur sleuth, your eyes are...
‘Task’ Episode 4 Recap – Ingelsby Continues To Put Us Through The Wringer
Watching Task really is an exercise in being put through the wringer. Here are a bunch of people who are mostly well-intentioned but all deeply traumatised, trapped in a situation beyond their control that just keeps escalating.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap – Going Through the Motions
Billy the Kid’s back for Season 3, still free and clear after his escape from custody in the second season finale, and becoming an enormous thorn in the collective backsides of the House.
‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Ending Explained – The Happily Ever After Everyone Wanted
Don’t let me keep you in suspense. Yes, Bon Appetit, Your Majesty has the happy ending everyone wanted. Episode 12 isn’t about historical realism or...
‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – A Surprising Spectacle
Daryl Dixon is a walking marketing exercise. The hair, the long Blade-style trench coat – dude, you’re in Spain, unbutton that thing – and the shifting signature weapon.
‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – Things Are Already Looking Bad For Dwight
If the premiere of Tulsa King Season 3 felt like a bit of a corrective to a lacklustre second season, Episode 2, “The Fifty”, feels...
‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Episode 11 Recap – A Suitably Dramatic Penultimate Outing
It’s Episode 11, aka the penultimate instalment of Bon Appetit, Your Majesty, and finally, the K-Drama is starting to act like a show with some pretty significant threads to wrap up that can’t afford to waste three episodes on a cooking contest.
‘The Rainmaker’ Episode 7 Recap – Rudy Takes The Law Into His Own Hands
The Rainmaker takes something of a turn in Episode 7, largely abandoning the main plot for the equivalent of a side quest that neatly ties up Rudy’s ongoing involvement in Kelly’s love life.
‘Mantis’ Ending Explained – A Three-Way Fight Settles Some Difference
And of course, it all comes down to a fight. This seems fitting for the ending of Mantis, which is about the battle for leadership...
‘Mantis’ Review – Netflix’s Spin-Off Boasts Fun Action But Is Lacking Character
2023’s Kill Boksoon became one of the most successful South Korean Netflix Original Films ever, somewhat unexpectedly. It was good, an action-packed assassin thriller with...
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – In Which Everything Happens All At Once
I’ve been waiting ages for Peacemaker Season 2 to really get going. I thought the process might be incremental, but in Episode 6, it happens all at once.
‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – Information We Probably Didn’t Need to Know
Invasion Season 3's clear turning point was the reveal that Infinitas weren't just some anti-government hacker collective, but an alien-worshipping death cult.
‘The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox’ Episode 7 Recap – Another Kind Of Prison
And just like that, Amanda Knox is free. But there’s a difference between “free” and “not in prison”.