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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Review – A Tremendously Fun Time
It’s difficult to tell whether A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is for Game of Thrones fans who are still smarting about how badly it...
‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 2 Recap – A Truly Demented Hour Of TV
Blimey, where to start? Industry doesn't do episodes like "The Commander and the Grey Lady" very often, since it's usually too firmly rooted in the real world -- albeit the grimmest corners of it -- to indulge in visions and metaphor.
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Episode 1 Recap – A Charming Introduction
Let's be totally clear here -- despite being set in the same brutal universe, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms really is nothing like Game of Thrones. And that's a good thing!
‘The Night Manager’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – You Can’t Trust Spies After All
After three episodes of The Night Manager’s second season gradually morphing back into its first, Episode 4 makes that cycle of renewal feel complete.
‘Landman’ Season 2 Ending Explained – As Good As This Show Has Ever Been
You can say a lot of things about Landman. In my coverage of Season 2, I’ve probably said most of them already. It’s weird. It’s sometimes...
‘The Rip’ Review – Joe Carnahan’s Slick, Muscular Thriller Is Old-Fashioned Fun
Netflix has several bad ideas, but giving Joe Carnahan (Boss Level) $100,000,000 is a pretty good one. That was reportedly the budget of his new...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Outsider Art
I’ve always said that The Hunting Party does a good job of coming up with eerie concepts for its killers, and I’m glad to see this hasn’t diminished in Season 2.
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – I Hope That Was A Prosthesis
If there’s anything The Pitt consistently makes me think about – and, to be clear, it generally makes me think about a lot of different things, not least “is that a prosthesis?!” – it’s how hospitals are even able to run at all. The intake is never-ending.
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Review – To Boldly Go… Back to School
Star Trek has been around since 1966, and the San Francisco campus from which this spin-off takes its name has somehow never been depicted on-screen...
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Premiere Recap – In At the Deep End
I was fairly sure I was going to hate Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Who can blame me? In Episode 1, “Kids These Days”, first impressions aren’t great, and kids these days seem to be the problem.
‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ Ending Explained – The Great Unmasking
At just three episodes, Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials doesn’t have the most complicated mystery in the world. Truth be told, you can probably figure out...
‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ Review – Cozy Whodunnit Is A Star-Making Turn For Mia McKenna-Bruce
You don’t need me to tell you this, given the provenance of Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, but it’s a whodunnit. Someone is murdered – a...
‘Best Medicine’ Episode 2 Recap – A Slight Step Above the Premiere
Good news! I think Episode 2 of Best Medicine is definitely better than the premiere, which is a good sign.
‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – A So-So Return to Formula
As predicted, High Potential Season 2 has returned to its standard case-of-the-week procedural format, with most of Episode 9, “Under the Rug”, proceeding as if the events of the solid second half of the art thief two-parter never happened.
‘Fallout’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Who Wrangles the Wranglers?
Who’s being wrangled in “The Wrangler”? It’s more a case of what’s being wrangled, honestly, and the answer is pretty much every knotty plot thread that Fallout has been untangling in Season 2.
‘Palm Royale’ Season 2 Ending Explained – A Truly Brilliant Finale
Palm Royale is good, there’s no doubt about that. Season 2 has had its misteps, but for the most part, it has been a consistently entertaining...
‘Hijack’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – All Aboard For A Long Journey
Let's be clear -- the premiere of Hijack Season 2 only works because it's called Hijack and, after the first season, we know what to expect.
‘Hijack’ Season 2 Review – Too-Serious Sequel Is A Case Of Diminishing Returns
You might be thinking it’s a bit of a stretch for the same guy to be caught up in two separate hijackings. And you’d be...