Drama
Let’s Hear It For The Villains In ‘Missing You’ Episode 2
All good mysteries need a bad guy, a killer, a weirdo, someone to imperil the leads and create conflict. Episode 2 of Missing You, titled...
‘Missing You’ Gets Off To A Compelling (If Slightly Silly) Start In Episode 1
The first episode of Missing You is all about introducing various plot threads that seem entirely disconnected but will turn out not to be in...
‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’ Review – Colin Firth Can’t Quite Save This Dense Drama From Itself
I’m not sure Lockerbie: A Search for Truth quite constitutes a Christmas show, despite beginning on December 21, 1988. You might recognize that date. It...
‘Missing You’ Is Another Deeply Silly But Highly Bingeable Harlan Coben Thriller
It’s becoming something of a tradition to bring in the new year with a deeply silly series from Harlan Coben, whose partnership with Netflix continues...
‘Earth Abides’ Ends As Pointlessly As It Began In A Dreary Episode 6
It should come as a surprise to nobody that the ending of Earth Abides is as dreary, pointless, and drama-averse as the rest of it...
Tommy’s Problems Are Mounting In ‘Landman’ Episode 8
Episode 8 of Landman, “Clumsy, This Life”, is one of those outings in which very little of note happens but the show mysteriously doesn’t suffer as a result.
It’s Sa-eon vs Sa-eon in ‘When the Phone Rings’ Episode 10
Things are heating up in When the Phone Rings, aren’t they? And once again it seems to be Hee-joo in the firing line more than anyone, right after ending the previous episode in quite the predicament.
‘When the Phone Rings’ Episode 9 Has The Show’s Biggest Reveal Yet
You can feel When the Phone Rings approaching the end in Episode 9. We’ve reached the point where certain key questions start being answered while some mysteries linger unsolved.
The Lies Are Finally Catching Up To Martian In ‘The Agency’ Episode 6
“Spy For Sale” feels like The Agency operating at its peak. It hasn’t been a smooth ride to get to this point, and Episode 6 isn’t perfect either.
‘Silo’ Season 2 Sags A Touch In Episode 7 But Is Kept Afloat By Juliette’s Deep Dive
It only seems like two minutes since Juliette last ventured into the flooded bowels of Silo 17, and yet an extended high-pressure diving sequence is once again the highlight of Silo Season 2, Episode 7.
‘Get Millie Black’ Smartly Resists A Happy Ending
What constitutes a happy ending in a crime drama? Is it the bad guys getting their comeuppance? A case being satisfyingly solved? The detective at...
The Ending Of ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 Is About As Good As Anyone Could Have Expected
Bad Sisters didn’t need Season 2, so the least it could do was end with a bit of finality so that nobody would be tempted...
‘Shrinking’ Season 2 Ends With A Predictably Beautiful Finale
Somewhat embarrassingly, I let out an audible gasp of relief at a certain point in Shrinking’s Season 2 finale that was so loud and dramatic...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Delivers An Action-Packed Season 1 Finale That’s Far From An Ending
Everything that happens in Episode 6, “The High-Handed Enemy”, is in service to the kind of big-picture multi-season storytelling that HBO was doubtlessly looking for in a Duniverse project.
‘Landman’ Disappointingly Grinds To A Halt In Episode 7
“All Roads Lead to a Hole” sidelines the overarching storylines for a bit to focus completely on the Cooper clan as they adapt to life on the patch.
‘Earth Abides’ Finally Introduces Some Danger In A Dark Double-Bill, But Also Gets A Lot Stupider
In many ways, this double-bill is a two-part lesson in why you shouldn’t see the best in people, which is the mistake that all of the survivors in this show have been getting away with constantly.
The Mystery Deepens In ‘When the Phone Rings’ Episode 8
Episode 8 proves that very capably by shaking up the mystery even further, with new twists and questions complicating what was already a deeply intriguing narrative.
Romance and Mystery Are Afoot In ‘When the Phone Rings’ Episode 7
Romance makes an interesting pairing with anything. You can graft a bit of kissing and canoodling onto any other genre and it morphs instantly. Some...
‘The Agency’ Spreads Itself A Little Too Thin In Episode 5
The Agency is a strange show, it has to be said. It was wildly off-putting initially, really improved when it cohered a bit, and here...
Mechanical Rises Up In ‘Silo’ Season 2, Episode 6
Mayor Holland’s grip on Silo 18 continues to slip in Episode 6 of Season 2, which is imaginatively titled “Barricades” and finds Mechanical rising up...