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‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 14 Recap – The Finals Turn Explosive (Literally)
The final episodes of Cobra Kai Season 6 have been surprisingly light on karate, but Episode 14, "Strike Last", makes up for that tenfold with not one but two bouts to determine the male and female champions of the Sekai Taikai.
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap – William Zabka Absolutely Steals the Show
It was always a double-edged sword bringing the original cast of The Karate Kid back for Cobra Kai. Sure, it makes a lot of sense, but these weren't exactly award-winners at the time, and you can't say their careers took off wildly between the late '80s and the show's debut in 2018.
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 12 Recap – It’s All Coming Full Circle
Everything's coming full circle in Cobra Kai Season 6. The Sekai Taikai is coming to the Valley.
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 11 Recap – The Morning After The Night Before
Things are getting serious in Cobra Kai, or at least as serious as they ever get. Season 6 is, lest we forget, the show’s swansong, and...
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 6, 7, & 8 Recap – Things Are Starting to Go Badly for Peter
The classic line that has always summed up Peter Parker’s life is reworked in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, but Episodes 6, 7, and 8 nonetheless...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – Formula Is Already Beginning to Creep In
Is anybody there? Has the gap between the decent premiere of The Hunting Party and Episode 2, “Clayton Jessup”, been so needlessly big that everybody has forgotten this show exists?
How the Ending of ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Messes Up the Source Material
Netflix’s animated spin-off The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is based on one of Andrzej Sapkowski’s most beloved short stories, “A Little Sacrifice”, from the...
‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Review – Serviceable Spin-Off Proves Netflix Don’t Witcher Have a Clue
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is mostly fine, from a casual point of view, but it also serves as a reminder that Netflix don’t...
Paradise Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Another Major Twist Caps Off A Solemn But Brilliant Outing
The title of Paradise Episode 5 is taken from a line in Darkness, the hauntingly beautiful Lord Byron poem that bookends this solemn chapter of what is becoming the best TV show of a still-young year.
‘Unmasked’ Episode 7 & 8 Recap – Good Character Work Still Can’t Quite Make Things Cohere
Unmasked continues to be a confounding show in Episodes 7 & 8, and it remains difficult to know what to make of it
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 3, 4, & 5 Recap – Hey, This Is Pretty Damn Good
It was obvious from the double-bill premiere that Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was a pretty good show, but Episodes 3, 4, & 5 really make it clear.
‘Unmasked’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – A Late Twist Livens Things Up a Bit
I haven’t exactly been coy about not knowing quite what to make of Unmasked, and I was more undecided than ever throughout most of Episodes 5 and 6 until a late twist at the end of the latter gave the Disney+ K-Drama a jolt of energy.
‘The Recruit’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Double Crosses Galore in An Exciting Finale
If you thought the first season of The Recruit built to a chaotic conclusion, you haven’t seen anything yet. The Season 2 finale is absolutely...
‘The Recruit’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – All in and All Aboard as We Sail Towards the Finale
“W.S.T.W.T.P” very much has the feel of a penultimate episode, which is a nebulous thing but has a distinct flavor.
‘The Recruit’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Owen and Jang Kyun Try to Negotiate with the Yakuza
I have no idea if Owen Hendricks is a good lawyer because in two seasons of The Recruit, he hasn’t practiced any law. I don’t even think he has slept for more than five minutes, but he’s so utterly indispensable to the CIA that it’s amazing how often they keep trying to kill and/or discredit him.
‘The Recruit’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – The Scale and Severity of the Threat Are Revealed
Episode 3 of The Recruit Season 2, “H.H.I.I.T.K.A.L.”, finally makes the scale and the severity of the threat against the CIA clear. Now that it’s...
‘The Recruit’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – The Plot Gets Much Wider and More Complex
After laying the appropriate groundwork in the premiere, The Recruit Season 2 ping-pongs all over the place in Episode 2, “Y.A.R.A.C.O.T.D.O.P.”, roping just about every...
‘The Recruit’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – Owen’s New Mission Takes Him to South Korea
The Recruit Season 2 picks up minutes after the first season finale, which is perhaps just as well since the Noah Centineo-led thriller hasn’t lost...
‘The Recruit’ Season 2 Review – A More Adrenalized Follow-Up with the Same Frantic Charm
Have you ever set off running too quickly and realized that you’re falling? The Recruit is like that. It lives in the space between realizing...
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – It’s the Same, but Different
It’s fair to say that every human on Earth knows that Peter Parker became Spider-Man after being bitten by a spider, so it’s a mercy...