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‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Part 1 Ending Explained – And The Killer Is…

August 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

As much as I despise Netflix’s new approach of releasing new seasons of key IP in several parts, Wednesday Season 2 is a good example of...

‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Episode 3 – The Camping Trip Chronicles

August 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Allow me to start with something I neglected to mention in the previous episode, since it becomes important here in Episode 3, "Call of the Woe".

‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – The Stalker’s Identity Is Revealed

August 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Wednesday Season 2 started as it means to go on, capably proved by Episode 2, which makes it clear that things aren't going to get any simpler as we go.

‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – Welcome Back to Nevermore Academy

August 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Students invariably spend the summer holidays getting into mischief, so on that level, at least, Wednesday Addams is pretty normal.

‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

August 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 2 of Platonic Season 2 interestingly takes an almost opposite approach to its predecessor, which focused primarily on how Will's self-sabotage was threatening to upend his cozy life with Jenna through the medium of his relationship with Sylvia.

‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same

August 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

At first glance, a lot of things have changed in Platonic Season 2. Sylvia is now a semi-self-employed event planner, she and Charlie are still living in their dream home, and their marriage is more even-keeled than ever.

The Ending Of ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2 Is A Bit Of A Mess

August 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There are many words one might use to describe the ending of The Buccaneers Season 2, but the best one is “messy”. I know that’s part of...

Even As An English Guy, I Loved ‘SEC Football: Any Given Saturday’

August 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You could write what I know about American Football — even calling it football makes me wince — on the back of a postcard, but...

‘Beyond the Bar’ Makes A Much Better Case For Itself In Episode 2

August 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Beyond the Bar makes a better case for itself in Episode 2, which is kind of fitting when you think about it.

‘The Institute’ Episode 5 Answers Many Key Questions

August 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Well, we finally know what the black smoke belching out of the Back Half chimneys is coming from.

‘Beyond the Bar’ Is Immediately Familiar In Episode 1

August 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The opening episode of Beyond the Bar is fittingly titled, since it really is an induction; yes, for protagonist Kang Hyo-min, who gets a job at the prestigious Yullim law firm, but also for the audience, who're being welcomed into another legal K-Drama with its own particular quirks and characteristics.

‘The Winning Try’ Episode 4 Is Another Crowd-Pleasing Outing

August 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Winning Try doesn't have much rugby in it, which is surprising for a show ostensibly about the sport, so it says a lot about the underlying quality of this K-Drama that I'm starting to wonder whether it even needs it.

‘The Winning Try’ Episode 3 Delivers Huge Emotion Out Of Nowhere

August 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Winning Try never ceases to amaze me. After the premiere suggested we had a great show on our hands, and the second episode proved that quality...

‘Eyes of Wakanda’ Breathes New Life Into One of the MCU’s Most Compelling Settings

August 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

For all its considerable flaws, the MCU is a bounty of creative riches. Something like Wakanda, a secretive Afrofuturist wonderland of preserved culture and advanced...

Breaking Down Every Episode Of ‘Eyes Of Wakanda’

August 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It takes an effort to remember this now, but everyone used to keep track of what phase the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in. It used...

‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 5 Suggests Murder Doesn’t Run in the Family

August 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Like father, like son, or so the saying goes, but the point of Dexter: Resurrection is increasingly becoming to disprove that idea.

‘Chief of War’ Episode 2 Features Several Surprising (And Welcome) Turns

August 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Meet Ka'ahumanu. She's a character who is going to be pretty integral to Chief of War, but she's introduced in Episode 2 without a great deal of fanfare in a cold open that left me a bit confused.

‘Smoke’ Episode 7 Features One Of The Very Best Scenes of the Year

August 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I'm not given to hyperbole as a rule, so know this -- there's a long-ish sequence in Episode 7 of Smoke that I earnestly believe is one of the year's very best.