Drama
‘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.
‘Steve’ Ending Explained – Haunting Ambiguity Is A Powerful Choice
You’re not supposed to quite know what to make of the ending of Steve, particularly its final frames depicting the titular headteacher climbing a ladder...
‘Steve’ Review – Cillian Murphy’s Remarkable Real-Time Breakdown
Steve is named after Cillian Murphy’s character, a spiralling reform college headteacher who’s in the midst of a substance abuse-accelerated mental breakdown. The movie isn’t...
‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – Taking A Breather At the Wrong Time
Invasion never does itself any favours, does it? After finally injecting some pace into Season 3 with the reveal that Infinitas were really an alien-worshipping death cult, it pumped the brakes immediately for an explanatory flashback episode nobody wanted.
‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Supes Don’t Like Being Locked Up
You can’t keep a good Supe down, or so the saying that I’ve just made up goes, and it’s similarly difficult to keep them locked up, too.
‘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.
‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 3 Recap – Loyalty Gets You Nowhere
We’re three episodes into Season 4 of The Morning Show, and someone’s already on their way out the door.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 2 Recap – Ho, What A Tangled Web We Weave
We all know a Roddy Ho, and we all went to kill him, so you can understand why the first order of business in Slow Horses Season 5 has been to determine whether Roddy’s attempted assassination is part of some wider scheme.
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – We’re Getting Meta Already
Brilliant Minds got off to a chaotic start in Season 2, so it benefits from a narrower episode like “The Contestant”. But there’s still plenty...
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – There’s A Lot To Catch Up With
A lot has changed in the world of Brilliant Minds. This was inevitably going to happen after the dramatic events that capped off the first...
‘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.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap – Going Through the Motions
Billy the Kid’s back for Season 3, still free and clear after his escape from custody in the second season finale, and becoming an enormous thorn in the collective backsides of the House.
‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Ending Explained – The Happily Ever After Everyone Wanted
Don’t let me keep you in suspense. Yes, Bon Appetit, Your Majesty has the happy ending everyone wanted. Episode 12 isn’t about historical realism or...
‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – A Surprising Spectacle
Daryl Dixon is a walking marketing exercise. The hair, the long Blade-style trench coat – dude, you’re in Spain, unbutton that thing – and the shifting signature weapon.
‘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...
‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Episode 11 Recap – A Suitably Dramatic Penultimate Outing
It’s Episode 11, aka the penultimate instalment of Bon Appetit, Your Majesty, and finally, the K-Drama is starting to act like a show with some pretty significant threads to wrap up that can’t afford to waste three episodes on a cooking contest.
‘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.
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – In Which Everything Happens All At Once
I’ve been waiting ages for Peacemaker Season 2 to really get going. I thought the process might be incremental, but in Episode 6, it happens all at once.
‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – Information We Probably Didn’t Need to Know
Invasion Season 3's clear turning point was the reveal that Infinitas weren't just some anti-government hacker collective, but an alien-worshipping death cult.