Episode titles are a funny thing. While their primary purpose is to explicate the primary theme or conflict of a given segment of television, they can also often serve as indicators of a show’s metaphorical trajectory. With that in mind, “Wake Up” feels like a rousing call to arms after what has largely been a […]
“eXodus,” the third episode of The Gifted, is the one that shows some of the limitations of the network TV format for an X-Men property. Still reeling from Reed Strucker’s arrest by Sentinel Services, his wife and children leave the safety of the Mutant Underground to find political help to release him. Meanwhile, Reed makes his own […]
Season 4 of The Flash has been a blast thus far, so it’s only fair that you get the occasional dud. Such is the case with “When Harry Met Harry…,” an episode whose title references a popular 80s romantic comedy but won’t have you screaming “YES!” in ecstasy. In fact, “When Harry Met Harry…” leaves […]
This season of Supergirl hasn’t been successful when focusing on present events, so why not experience a blast from the past? At least that’s the theory at work in the flashback episode “Midvale,” named after the town where Kara and Alex grew up. The Danvers sisters revisit the old burg so that Alex can lick […]
The first half of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery concluded with an episode that is a microcosm of the good, the bad, and the ugly of the series as a whole. For those who are reading these reviews in the hopes of my advocating that every Trek fan give the series a look, […]
I’ve been ragging on Star Trek: Discovery a lot over the course of these last seven episodes, so I’m delighted to say that “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum” (Latin for “If you want peace, prepare for war”) gets a whole heck of a lot right. From giving Saru a chance to shine (and giving us […]
As someone who watched and reviewed every episode of Season 3 of The Flash, I’m astounded by the 180-degree turn the show has made in Season 4. A show formerly obsessed with dour navel gazing, The Flash is now fun and fresh without being cloying. The positive environment makes it an ideal time for the […]
Religious imagery and subtext (particularly from the Judeo-Christian tradition) has long been a central aspect of the Superman mythos. So it stands to reason that a system of belief would form around a beatific savior from above who figuratively and literally rescues humanity. This concept that informs the fourth episode of Supergirl, “The Faithful,” is […]
Now that’s more like it. After six hit or miss episodes, Star Trek: Discovery finally hit on the right balance of character and story with “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad” and delivered a really good, fun, and memorable episode. Harvey Mudd returned, this time along with a plot worthy of bringing the […]
I was a bit hesitant to head back into Hawkins, Indiana, and the world of the Upside Down because, unlike so many, I wasn’t particularly taken with Stranger Things when it premiered last summer. Sure, I recognized the strong performances, and I was happy to see Winona Ryder back on top after fading from view […]
