Drama

‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Tyler Posey Has Turned Up

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Every week, I make a joke about how many murders can happen in a small town before they stop being noteworthy, so I feel fairly vindicated by “Strangers Among Us.”

‘Gen V’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Well, That Was Easier Than Expected

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not sure I’d consider the climax of Gen V Season 2 to be a “good” ending in the traditional sense of the term. Sure,...

‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – The Obligatory Halloween Special

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Just in case you needed a reminder that we were firmly in Spooky Season, High Potential Season 2 delivers its obligatory Halloween episode.

‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 6 Recap – UBN’s Second Major Departure

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

We're just past the halfway point of The Morning Show Season 4, and we've already had two major departures from UBN.

‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap – We’re All In This Together

October 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

"Circus" is a very good episode of Slow Horses, in all the ways we've come to expect. It's laugh-out-loud funny in places, effectively tense in others, and moves along at a real clip.

‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – A Heartbreaking Outing With No Easy Answers

October 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It occurred to me during "Once Upon A Time In America" that Brilliant Minds has spent so much time building mystery in Season 2 that it has kind of skimped on the emotion a little.

‘Task’ Ending Explained – We May As Well Give Mark Ruffalo His Emmy Now

October 20 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Task ended with Robbie’s death, in many ways. I don’t mean literally, obviously, because Episode 7 devotes another epilogue-style hour to tying up loose ends...

‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 4 Recap – Things Are Looking Up (Then Down Again)

October 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Tae-poong has a lot of admirable qualities in Typhoon Family, but the guy’s pretty unlucky.

‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – Billy Reaches the End Of the Road

October 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It was only a matter of time. Even Billy the Kid can’t run forever, and if nothing else, Season 3 has been a consistent reminder of that.

‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 3 Recap – Predictability Delivered With Pace and Energy

October 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Typhoon Family is the quintessential example of a show with very familiar constituent parts – a real-life period of turbulent history, a wayward son forced to grow up at pace, a burgeoning romance, and so on – that feels fresh and distinct through its basic underlying quality.

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Now We’re Getting Somewhere

October 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Is it just me, or is Dwight’s double-agent routine in Tulsa King Season 3 feeling a little distracting?

‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 3 Ending Explained – Young Love’s Dream

October 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

So, Daryl and Carol’s tour of Spain is going to continue, since the ending of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 throws a pretty...

‘Boston Blue’ Episode 1 Recap – A Reassuringly Comfortable Pilot

October 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Halfway between the continuation of Blue Bloods and the introduction of a completely new show, the premiere of Boston Blue has that classic “same but different” quality you probably expect from a spin-off to a beloved procedural.

‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 1 Recap – The Law Is the Least Of A Sheriff’s Problems

October 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The hook of Sheriff Country is that it’s about a sheriff for whom the law is the least of her problems.

‘The Rainmaker’ Ending Explained – A Needed Win For the Little Guy

October 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There are few things more satisfying than a legal drama that lets the good guys win. In the case of The Rainmaker, I don’t use...

‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review – The Year’s Best Horror Movie Is A True-Crime Documentary

October 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Perfect Neighbor is an engaging and quite uniquely constructed true-crime documentary that, at about the midpoint, morphs into one of the most harrowing films...

‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap – Things Are Finally Picking Up

October 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Invasion Season 3 has been all over the place, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise since the first two seasons weren't exactly coherent either.

‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Can’t Say I Didn’t Tell You So

October 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Not to say I told you so, but, well, I told you so. It isn’t like Gen V Season 2 had been especially subtle about what was really going on with Cipher and Thomas Godolkin, but it’s nice that Episode 7 clarifies it – and with immediately chilling effect.