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‘The Winning Try’ Episode 2 Could Be Mistaken For A Season Finale
It's only Episode 2, and yet The Winning Try is already delivering finale-quality drama, with all the big emotional swings and payoffs you'd expect after a full season of development.
‘The Winning Try’ Gets Off To A Winning Start In Episode 1
The Winning Try is one of those from-the-ashes sports dramas that ensnares you immediately.
The Ending Of ‘Trigger’ Is A Little Underwhelming
When you really boil it down, the ending of Trigger, like the show itself, is a conflict over two competing ideologies. This theme is made...
Breaking Down Every Episode Of Netflix’s ‘Trigger’
Trigger has a fascinating and provocative dystopian premise, which imagines Korea awash with free, easily accessible firearms. The only man fighting against the tide is Lee...
‘Trigger’ Presents A Dystopian Korea With Worrying Enthusiasm
The central idea of Trigger is that a lot of people are just waiting for the opportunity to shoot someone. Based on the shooting rates...
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner In ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 4
I suppose there's no invitation more compelling for a serial killer than one to a dinner party full of other serial killers.
‘Smoke’ Episode 6 Is A Phenomenal Hour Of Television
Seriously, how is this happening? Smoke is a truly confounding show. It started out okay, trundled along inoffensively enough, and then took a sudden, severe turn for the worse.
‘Letters from the Past’ Has A Meaningful But Predictable Ending
Letters from the Past has a pretty predictable ending, but it is, in my view, the right one. This kind of coda, which essentially comes...
‘Letters from the Past’ Is Heartfelt But Lacks A Special Quality
You’ll have to forgive me, because I can’t quite articulate what makes Letters from the Past a bit less effective than it would like to...
‘Critical: Between Life and Death’ – Netflix’s Medical Docuseries Provides a Raw Glimpse into Major Trauma Units
Critical: Between Life and Death is a fly-on-the-wall documentary series that follows the UK’s major trauma units, from intensive rehabilitation to life-or-death surgery. It’s a...
‘Stick’ Delivers the Ending You’d Expect, But Takes A Risky Approach
When Santi’s dad turned up in the penultimate episode, I think everyone knew that Stick was venturing into predictable territory just in time for its ending. And...
Lord Seadown Springs A Trap In ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2, Episode 6
Blimey, James Seadown is awful, isn't he? This won't be news to long-time viewers of The Buccaneers, but now we're over halfway through Season 2, he has indisputably emerged as the real villain of the piece.
The Ending Of ‘Red Eye’ Season 1 Is A Bit Too Complicated For Its Own Good
Nobody would argue that the ending of Red Eye Season 1 makes a great deal of sense. You can trace the plot particulars, obviously, but...
Netflix’s ‘Hitmakers’ Reflects the Manufactured Age of the Music Industry
There was a time, and there still are purists today, when musicians were judged for not writing their songs, especially in rap and hip-hop, with...
‘Red Eye’ Season 1 Is A Serviceable Airborne Thriller That Swiftly Loses Altitude
Richard Armitage was built for streaming. Stick this guy in a ropey thriller with any concept you like and he’ll do a halfway decent job...
Breaking Down Every Steamy Twist In ‘The Hunting Wives’
Murder! Affairs! Megachurches! The Hunting Wives has an awful lot going on, and a lot of it is deliberately ridiculous and sensational. Across eight episodes, it weaves...
The Ending Of ‘The Hunting Wives’ Is Crazy, But Annoyingly Inconclusive
Where to even begin? It was obvious from the start that The Hunting Wives was going to take some crazy turns, but following a penultimate...
‘The Hunting Wives’ Is An Unashamedly Trashy And Ridiculous Binge
The Hunting Wives, created by Rebecca Cutter and based on the book by May Cobb, wears its original destiny as a Starz show like a...