Mystery & Thriller
‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap – “Body in Bags”
In stark contrast to Unsolved Mysteries Season 3, Episode 2, which used expert testimony to add credence to the story of a UFO sighting, Episode...
‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – “Something in the Sky”
The smartest thing about Unsolved Mysteries Season 3, Episode 2 is that it anticipates the usual reactions to stories about UFO sightings. In fact, the...
‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap – “Mystery at Mile Marker 45”
The first episode of the third season of Unsolved Mysteries digs into the case of Tiffany Valiante and asks an essential question – why would...
‘American Gigolo’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – “Sunday Girl”
“Sunday Girl” is an interesting episode of American Gigolo because it essentially hits pause and forces its characters and the audience to look back on...
‘The Walking Dead’ Season 11, Episode 19 Recap – “Variant”
You know what “Variant” reminded me of? I really can’t stand Eugene. I know, I know, he has been around a long time, and he’s...
‘Black Butterflies’ Ending Explained – What Was The Connection Between Adrien and Albert?
The hook of Black Butterflies is a good one – it’s about a struggling writer, Adrien, agreeing to ghostwrite the memoirs of a dying man...
‘Halloween Ends’ Review – An Absolute Disgrace to Michael Myer’s Legacy
Will Evil finally die? That’s the main question facing Halloween Ends. We saw the return of Michael Myers in 2018 with an incredible film, Halloween,...
‘Black Butterflies’ Review – An Intriguing French Thriller
Butterflies in popular media always symbolize life’s delicacy, the susceptibility of fate to even the faintest wingbeats. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise,...
‘Shantaram’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – “Strange Bedfellows”
Twice now, Lin (played by Charlie Hunnam) has tried to escape Bombay, but something has kept drawing him back to this place. At the end...
‘Shantaram’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – “Down and Out”
The first episode of Shantaram introduced viewers to the dangerous and dizzying delights of Bombay as our leading man Lin Ford (played by Charlie Hunnam), attempted...
‘Shantaram’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – “The Three Nos”
Charlie Hunnam (The Gentlemen) stars as fugitive Lin Ford in this Apple TV+ original drama series. Episode 1 of Shantaram, “The Three Nos,” introduces audiences...
‘The Watcher’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Who Is The Watcher?
What does “the end” even mean, in a situation like the one Nora and Dean Brannock are going through? Initially, it was about security, or...
‘The Watcher’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – “The Gloaming”
Following directly from the end of the previous episode, as well, it should, Episode 6 opens with Dean and Nora pursuing the mysterious figure through...
‘The Watcher’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – “Occam’s Razor”
So, we have a new theory put forward by Nora at the beginning of “Occam’s Razor”: That Dean himself is the Watcher. Here’s how she...
‘The Watcher’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – “Someone to Watch Over Me”
There’s really no wonder that Dean Brannock is frustrated. He’s deep in a financial hole, he’s been passed up for a promotion at work, he’s...
‘The Watcher’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – “Götterdämmerung”
Well, let’s recap, since that’s exactly what Dean and Theodora are doing at the start of “Götterdämmerung” anyway. (If you’re wondering, the title refers to...
‘The Watcher’ Review – Ryan Murphy and Netflix Deliver Another Bizarre True-Crime Story
Ryan Murphy is currently on a roll at Netflix, though I suppose you could quibble about whether “roll” is exactly the right term. His last...
‘exception’ Season 1 Ending Explained
With the fate of the traveling sleeping crew in the hands of their reprints, there’s a lot at stake in the finale of season 1...
‘exception’ Season 1 Review – Anime Series Raises Important Questions
Space travel is often visualized as humanity’s greatest soon-to-be adventure. However, in fictional form, it challenges people to consider the ethical and moral threshold that...
‘The Watcher’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – “Blood Sacrifice”
What do home security, private investigators, and motels all have in common? They all cost money, and money is something that the Brannocks are pretty...