Mystery & Thriller
‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 1 Recap – Now That’s How You Do A Premiere
If nothing else, The Last Frontier is going to be another hit for Apple TV+.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 3 Recap – What Have The Penguins Ever Done?
Most of Slow Horses Season 5, Episode 3 takes place in two rooms. One of them is a dingy basement at Regent's Park, where Roddy Ho has been taken for interrogation by Lady Di herself.
‘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.
‘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...
‘Mantis’ Review – Netflix’s Spin-Off Boasts Fun Action But Is Lacking Character
2023’s Kill Boksoon became one of the most successful South Korean Netflix Original Films ever, somewhat unexpectedly. It was good, an action-packed assassin thriller with...
‘Alien: Earth’ Ending Explained – Oh, How the Tables Have Turned
It only took all season, but I finally learned the technical term for “Species 64”, otherwise known as the “creepy tentacled eyeball octopus”, which is...
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 1 Recap – Someone’s Trying To Kill Roddy Ho
Season 5 of Slow Horses is based on Mick Herron's 2018 novel London Rules, so it's arriving seven years late but right on time given the U.K.'s currently combustible political climate.
‘Billionaires’ Bunker’ Ending Explained – Even The Filthy Rich Aren’t Safe
There has long been a cliché about rich people and buying immortality. Popular tropes involve cryogenic freezing, downloading consciousnesses into AIs, and so on, and...
‘Billionaire’s Bunker’ Review – A Dynamite Premise Devolves Into Tedium
Some shows get people in the door with a premise alone, and such is the case with Billionaire’s Bunker, another effort from beloved Spanish creative...
‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 7 Recap – An Hour Of Truly Demented Fun
In many ways, we’ve all been waiting for the Lost Boys to turn on Boy Kavalier and Prodigy and facilitate some kind of escape, possibly aided by Kirsh for bonus catharsis points.
‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ Episode 6 Recap – We Finally Know Who the Shepherd Is
It has taken a while, but The Terminal List: Dark Wolf really gets going in Episode 6, fittingly titled "Pawns & Kings".
‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 6 Recap – A Corporate Hell With No Way Out
Earlier in this season, I said half-jokingly that the Xenomorphs were the good guys in Alien: Earth, but frankly, I’m starting to believe it more and more.
‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ Episode 5 Recap – Torture Is Bad (And Other Lessons)
I've realised what The Terminal List: Dark Wolf reminds me of. It isn't a show, funnily enough, but the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, specifically the reboot from 2019.
‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review – Big-City Spike Lee Joint Runs A Little Too Long
You can always tell a Spike Lee joint, even if those very words didn’t reliably pop up in the opening credits every time. There’s always...
‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Ending Explained – A Fitting Climax With No Surprises
Anyone expecting any major surprises from the ending of Dexter: Resurrection is likely to leave “And Justice For All…” a little disappointed. But, based on that title...
‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 5 Recap – A Welcome Course-Correction Recreates A Classic
I've never been more thankful for a flashback episode. Usually, such things are the lowest common denominator of flat-pack TV storytelling, but after whatever was going on in the previous episode, I’m just thankful for a reprieve from Boy Kavalier.
‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ Episode 4 Recap – Getting Our Bearings
If The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is proving anything, it’s that joint CIA/Mossad black ops are a little bit tumultuous, which, to be fair, probably shouldn’t come...
‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 9 Recap – It Finally Happened, But How Do We Feel?
Living a lie is a difficult thing to do, especially when you're living several at once, but this is precisely the predicament that Dexter has found himself in all throughout Dexter: Resurrection.
‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Ending Explained – We’re Not Done With This Show Yet
The final round of the Twisted Metal tournament performs as advertised. Episodes 10, 11, and 12 are carnage from top to bottom, killing off the...
‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 4 Recap – An Uncharacteristically Dull Chapter
I’ve been a bit sceptical of Alien: Earth hinging so much of its drama on the idea of kids in adult bodies, but Episode 4, “Observation”, makes me think it might have been in service of one thing in particular.