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