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‘Get Millie Black’ Smartly Resists A Happy Ending
What constitutes a happy ending in a crime drama? Is it the bad guys getting their comeuppance? A case being satisfyingly solved? The detective at...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Delivers An Action-Packed Season 1 Finale That’s Far From An Ending
Everything that happens in Episode 6, “The High-Handed Enemy”, is in service to the kind of big-picture multi-season storytelling that HBO was doubtlessly looking for in a Duniverse project.
‘Creature Commandos’ Gets Back On Track In Very Good Episode 4
Now this is more like it. I was worried about Creature Commandos, I must admit, especially after it got so bogged down in simplistic political...
‘Get Millie Black’ Gives Janet A Voice In Episode 4, But She Has Surprising Things To Say
Get Millie Black gives Janet a voice in Episode 4, but in a smart touch, she isn’t quite the victim we thought.
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Finally Gets Going In Episode 5, But It Might Be Too Little Too Late
It’s fair to say that Dune: Prophecy hasn’t exactly resonated with viewers the way HBO probably wanted.
‘Creature Commandos’ Episode 3 Gets Bogged Down In Obvious Messaging and Silliness
I still like Creature Commandos, and I still think it has a lot of potential, but Episode 3 made me wonder if the concept was...
‘Get Millie Black’ Reveals The True Villain In Episode 3
It might be a bit of a cliché that the white guy has turned out to be the villain in Get Millie Black, but this...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Gets A Bit Too Dense For Its Own Good In Episode 4
Dune: Prophecy is a lot better when Desmond Hart is around, isn’t it? I suggested that in my recap of the previous episode, which brushed...
‘Creature Commandos’ Makes The Necessary Introductions In Its Two-Part Premiere
Welcome, says the two-part premiere of Creature Commandos, to the new DC Universe. Well, new-ish, I suppose. Episodes 1 and 2 of Max’s adult animated...
‘Get Millie Black’ Offers A Smart Change Of Perspective In Episode 2
It’s official – Get Millie Black is really good. It was obvious after the premiere but Episode 2, which valuably switches perspective to better hone...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Finally Shows Some Weakness In Episode 3
It had to happen eventually, and it finally does here in Episode 3 – Dune: Prophecy shows some weakness in its storytelling. The midpoint is...
‘Get Millie Black’ Is Immediately Captivating in Episode 1
Get Millie Black had me in the first two minutes of Episode 1. It’s not just the narration, which is compelling. It’s the show’s entire...
‘The Franchise’ Ends With Hope – Though It’s Hard to Tell Who For
I’ve been convinced for weeks that the ending of The Franchise would be the catastrophic failure of Tecto: Eye of the Storm, since really, how...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Episode 2 Is At Its Best In Conversation
Let’s be clear – Episode 2 of Dune: Prophecy, “Two Wolves”, is very good. And it’s good in a number of interesting and specific ways...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Pulls No Punches In Episode 1, Even If It Takes Its Time
Here’s a relevant question: Is Dune: Prophecy the next Game of Thrones? Can it be? Should it be? Episode 1, “The Hidden Hand”, has enough...
‘The Franchise’ Episode 7 Provides A Last-Minute Change Of Scenery
You can tell The Franchise is approaching the end since it’s running out of things to make fun of. We’ve already had the big and...
Sparks Fly In ‘The Franchise’ Episode 6
There’s something a bit sad hanging over The Franchise in Episode 6, “Scene 110: Baptism of Fire”. The crew is at a breaking point after...
The Ending Of ‘The Penguin’ Makes Oz One Of The Best Batman Villains Ever
The great achievement of The Penguin is that it has somehow managed to turn a perennial B-league second-stringer into – and I mean this –...