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‘Task’ Episode 6 Recap – Watching TV Shouldn’t Be This Painful, Should It?

October 13 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

People die. This is true in real life and even truer in television shows, since drama needs conflict, and conflict is invariably kicked off and concluded with violence.

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – It’s A Family Affair

October 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Jeremiah Dunmire’s goons stealing the Montague 50 seemed like a much bigger deal than it ends up being in Tulsa King Season 3, Episode 4.

‘The Rainmaker’ Episode 9 Recap – Rudy’s Day In Court Doesn’t Go To Plan

October 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

That excitable, itchy feeling of a penultimate episode definitely creeps into The Rainmaker here, and it’s perhaps just as well, since it hasn’t always been...

‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Checkmate, Salvation, and the DCU

October 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

In many ways, the ending of Peacemaker Season 2 is exactly the opposite of what audiences have come to expect from the finale of a...

‘The Resurrected’ Ending Explained – The Cost Of Revenge Comes Due

October 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Resurrected is an exercise in endurance from beginning to end, but the ending itself is particularly guilty of compounding one awful revelation on top...

‘The Resurrected’ Review – A Unique, Twisted Take On The Revenge Drama

October 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If there’s a right month to resurrect a person, it’s probably October. Netflix is certainly banking on this, anyway, since their nine-part Taiwanese original The...

‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Trouble In Paradise

October 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You can’t say I didn’t warn you. It was only a matter of time before the cracks started to emerge in Karl and Cassandra’s relationship.

‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Family Feud

October 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I don’t have much hope for the future of Karl and Cassandra’s relationship, if I’m being honest.

‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – A New Threat Emerges (Maybe)

October 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

One murder is usually enough for High Potential, but Episode 4 of Season 2, “Behind the Music”, has two to worry about.

‘Task’ Episode 5 Recap – Now That’s How You Do A Cliffhanger

October 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If there’s a better show in 2025 than Task, I’d be interested to see it. You can always rely on HBO to just ride into town and drop extremely high-quality prestige TV on a semi-regular basis, to an extent that it almost feels unfair to other networks and platforms.

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap – Tyson Remains A Liability

October 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m getting a bit sick of Tyson. To be fair, I was sick of him throughout most of Tulsa King’s second season, too, but I thought he might have learned his lesson in time for Season 3.

‘The Rainmaker’ Episode 8 Recap – The Good Guys Finally Get Some Wins

October 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You can tell we’re getting to the end of The Rainmaker now, since there’s a real fist-pump quality to Episode 8 as the tables finally begin to meaningfully turn.

‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – I Don’t Think He Was A Nazi

October 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It might have taken ages for Peacemaker Season 2 to finally get good, but now that the ball’s rolling, it has quickly generated enough speed to carry right through into the finale.

‘The Game: You Never Play Alone’ Ending Explained – Who Else But the Creepy Dudes?

October 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You could have predicted the ending of The Game: You Never Play Alone after the first couple of episodes. I’ll provide a bit more clarity,...

‘The Game: You Never Play Alone’ Review – Timely Cautionary Fare Gets Predictable

October 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Coming as a surprise to precisely nobody, the video game industry is pretty aggressively male-dominated. That’s a reality that is, thankfully, beginning to change, but...

‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Listen To Your Heart

October 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

As predicted, High Potential Season 2 is losing a bit of steam after wrapping up the Game Maker storyline so quickly.

‘Task’ Episode 4 Recap – Ingelsby Continues To Put Us Through The Wringer

September 29 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Watching Task really is an exercise in being put through the wringer. Here are a bunch of people who are mostly well-intentioned but all deeply traumatised, trapped in a situation beyond their control that just keeps escalating.

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – Things Are Already Looking Bad For Dwight

September 28 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If the premiere of Tulsa King Season 3 felt like a bit of a corrective to a lacklustre second season, Episode 2, “The Fifty”, feels...

‘The Rainmaker’ Episode 7 Recap – Rudy Takes The Law Into His Own Hands

September 27 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Rainmaker takes something of a turn in Episode 7, largely abandoning the main plot for the equivalent of a side quest that neatly ties up Rudy’s ongoing involvement in Kelly’s love life.

‘Mantis’ Ending Explained – A Three-Way Fight Settles Some Difference

September 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

And of course, it all comes down to a fight. This seems fitting for the ending of Mantis, which is about the battle for leadership...