Drama

Recap: Underdogs Unite In ‘The Penguin’ Episode 2

September 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 2 of The Penguin, “Inside Man”, is as good as the premiere was, which got me thinking. Why? That isn’t a trick question. There...

‘Industry’ Season 3 Ends At Its Best – By Showing The Worst Of Everyone

September 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Industry Season 3 was never heading to a happy ending, but even I didn’t expect one quite so cynical as this. Episode 8, “Infinite Largesse”,...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 14 Tees Up One Final Obstacle

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s nothing like a brush with death to put things in perspective, and that’s where Seung-hyo is at in Love Next Door Episode 14. Predictably,...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Spins Its Wheels In Episode 13

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door is falling off a bit, right? It might just be me. But Episode 13 felt like a show that should have already...

Recap: ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Raises Some Worrying Questions

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is subtitled The Book of Carol. I don’t like that for several reasons – “Book Of” sounds...

Recap: ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 Livens Up In Episode 3

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Tulsa King hasn’t been in a rush to get going in Season 2, but that changes slightly in Episode 3, “Oklahoma v. Manfredi”. Quite a bit...

Recap: ‘Grotesquerie’ Episode 2 Might Have Introduced the Killer

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The pilot episode of Grotesquerie was fittingly grotesque, and Episode 2, “True Crime Catholics”, doesn’t exactly become a comedy. In fact, it might be even...

Recap: ‘Grotesquerie’ Has An Impressively Grim Pilot

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can’t have a spooky season without a Ryan Murphy show, and Grotesquerie fits the bill. Episode 1 introduces a couple of complicated protagonists, an...

Review: ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Season 2 Is A Disappointing Step Down

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I think we can all admit now that Gyeongseong Creature was a weird show. It aired needlessly in two parts separated by two weeks and...

Recap: ‘The Old Man’ Season 2, Episode 4 Claims A Couple Of Bodies

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Old Man feels different in Season 2; at this point, that’s undeniable. But in Episode 4 is starts to feel a bit more like its...

The Ending Of ‘A True Gentleman’ Is A Bit Of A Cop-Out

September 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A True Gentleman is not a happy movie, so it shouldn’t have a happy ending. Because of this, I can’t help but feel like its...

Review: ‘A True Gentleman’ Takes A Bleak View On Romance and Relationships

September 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I worry that some people might go into A True Gentleman incorrectly assuming it’s a rom-com, which would be a mistake since it isn’t funny...

Recap: ‘Agatha All Along’ Episode 3 Claims Its First Casualty

September 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Witches’ Road is the kind of nebulous idea that can essentially be whatever the writers want it to be at any given time. And...

Recap: ‘Brilliant Minds’ Has A Mixed-Bag Pilot But Plenty of Potential

September 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The pilot of NBC’s Brilliant Minds is a mixed bag, but I’ll say this for it – it has a superb opening sequence. And in...

Recap: ‘High Potential’ Episode 2 Provides Some Welcome Emotion

September 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The premiere of High Potential had everything a show like this needs, but if it was missing anything, one might suggest it was a streak...

Recap: ‘High Potential’ Has A Near-Perfect Pilot (For This Kind Of Thing)

September 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

ABC’s High Potential has a cracking elevator pitch – what if Good Will Hunting, but the janitor ends up being a police officer instead of...

Recap: ‘Murder in a Small Town’ Episode 1 Starts With The Wrong Case

September 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It might just be me, but I think it was a mistake for the premiere of Fox’s Murder in a Small Town to be 90...

Recap: ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 2, Episode 5 Made Me Feel Physically Sick

September 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I love the title of Tell Me Lies Season 2, Episode 5 — “Evil, Ornery, Scandalous, and Evil”. It’s perfect. It applies to every character and every...

Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4, Episode 4 Pins the Blame On MI5

September 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 4 of Slow Horses Season 4, “Returns”, begins with a pretty significant revelation. Frank Harkness — Hugo Weaving’s finally getting a bit of direct...

Recap: Rosa Goes Undercover In ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 8

September 25 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Bad Monkey is back in form in Episode 8, “The Russian Mob Is Very Active in Key West”. And this is good news since we’re...