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‘Earth Abides’ Finally Introduces Some Danger In A Dark Double-Bill, But Also Gets A Lot Stupider

A few hours ago, by Jonathon Wilson

Earth Abides Episodes 4 and 5 aired together, and I can see why. In many ways, this double-bill is a two-part lesson in why you...

‘Earth Abides’ Is Too Risk Averse In Episode 3 And It’s Getting Dull

December 15 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 3, “World Without End”, moves the timeline further along and introduces a few new characters, but things still seem to be going too right too often for any real edge to take root in the setting.

‘Earth Abides’ Introduces A Little Hope In Episode 2

December 8 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The premiere of Earth Abides was, in a word, bleak. And that set my expectations for Episode 2, “The Space Between”, which to be fair...

‘Earth Abides’ Has A Grim Post-Pandemic Premiere

December 2 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I hope you haven’t forgotten about the COVID-19 pandemic, because contemporary entertainment isn’t about to any time soon. And what better to help us collectively...

The Ending of ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Keeps Billy and His Story Alive

June 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of Billy the Kid Season 2 revolves around a peace agreement, which is a pretty hilarious concept when you consider how many people...

Despite Being Rooted In Miami, ‘Hotel Cocaine’ Was Not Filmed There

June 18 2024, by Louie Fecou

Hotel Cocaine tells the partially true story of Roman Compte and the Mutiny Hotel and has its roots firmly in the cocaine scene in Miami in the...

‘Hotel Cocaine’ Is Fiction, But Its Setting and Backdrop Are Very Real

June 18 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Hotel Cocaine is not based on a true story. But it is based on real history, a real place, and a very real vibe of...

Recap: ‘Hotel Cocaine’ Gets Off To An Energetic Start In A Drug-Fuelled Premiere

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not sure I’d describe Hotel Cocaine as prestige TV, even though it’s tempting to put every hour-long drama with real actors in that bracket...

Recap: Peace Goes Up In Flames In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 7

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

With Lincoln under military lockdown and a strict, permanent curfew imposed, Billy and the Regulators are confined to their HQ in the McSween house in...

Recap: Tensions Boil Over In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 6

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The war for Lincoln County begins in earnest in Episode 6 of Billy the Kid Season 2, which is a flurry of gunfights and testy...

Recap: Billy the Kid Is Back With Multiple Bangs In Season 2 Episode 5

June 2 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

After a very long wait since Episode 4, MGM+’s most underrated original, Billy the Kid, is finally back for Episode 5 of Season 2, “A...

Beacon 23 Season 1 Episode 4 Recap – What is Milan looking for?

November 26 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 4 of Beacon 23 Season 1 leaves Aster and Halan to fend for themselves for a week, instead wheeling back 180 years for a...

Beacon 23 Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – Aster crosses another line

November 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

Beacon 23 is, to use the technical term, a weird show. Like the book on which it’s based, this MGM+ adaptation is kind of all over...

Beacon 23 Season 1 Review – Refreshingly uneven science-fiction

November 12 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

The lighthouse is a pretty universally understood symbol for being kept on the right track, so it’s a bit ironic that Beacon 23, which is...

Billy the Kid Season 2 Episode 4 Recap – There’s a new Sheriff in town

November 6 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s the Regulators versus the uncreatively named Jesse Evans Gang in Billy the Kid Season 2, with the opening salvo of the Lincoln County War...

The Winter King Season 1 Ending Explained – How does Arthur save Derfel and Nimue?

November 5 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

The Winter King Season 1 comes to something of an underwhelming end in Episode 10, which finds Arthur trying to battle predicaments on two fronts....

‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – What Happened In “The Agony”?

October 30 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

In easily the best and most bombastic episode of Billy the Kid Season 2 thus far, the Lincoln County War officially starts, the Regulators are...

‘The Winter King’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap and Breakdown

October 30 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

War is on the horizon in The Winter King Episode 9, and Arthur’s ability to meet it head-on is increasingly coming into question. Season 1...