It’s time to face facts: Mon-El is sucking the oxygen out of Supergirl. Frankly, it would’ve been for the best for both the character and the series if he had left Earth with his Daxamite parents—a Mon-El striving to rehabilitate his planet’s caste culture would’ve served as the perfect conclusion to his character arc from […]
Penultimate episodes are tricky things, as they often end up turning into setting things up for the season finale without much, if any, important plot movement. And while some things certainly did happen in “Something They Need,” the episode was one of the weaker of the back half of this season of The Walking Dead, […]
For fans of shows like Game of Thrones and Vikings looking for a show to hold their attention, The Last Kingdom might be able to give them that fix with its second season (that just began airing), which picks up where its first season left off. After the battle of Edington, the Kingdom of Wessex has repelled the Danish invaders and […]
“Kapiushon” is another excellent episode of Arrow in what is rapidly becoming one of the show’s best seasons to date. Each year we’re treated to an episode primarily focused on the flashback storyline of the season, and each year that episode manages to provide a stellar look at Oliver’s past and how it relates to the […]
Just when I was starting to think that “Chapter Seven” was going to be all about recapping how our heroes got into this predicament and a quick review of David’s origin story, Legion went and flipped the script to give us one of the coolest sequences I’ve seen on television this year. There was a […]
“Duet” has been hyped for weeks as a musical episode of The Flash—of course, this isn’t the first time such a thing has been attempted on a superhero network show. The gold standard remains Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Once More With Feeling,” an Emmy-nominated episode that was a standout in an exemplary series. I’m sad […]
Mon-El’s integration into the main Supergirl storyline has been both good and bad for the overall health of the series. On the good side of the ledger, his journey from callow royal scion to fledgling hero has been interesting to watch, aided in no small part by Chris Wood’s charming performance. On the bad side, shipping […]
I’m not entirely sure what to make of “The Other Side.” On the one hand, it was nice to see some character development for both Rosita and Jesus, after both characters existed as blank slates for too long. But on the other, why did it take the show so long to give us insight into […]
Rejoice! Arrow is good again! Seriously, I can’t stress enough how the show has really turned things around this season. “Checkmate” shows that if you bring forth a thoughtful and well presented plot, coupled with compelling and believable characters, you can easily avoid some of the biggest problems this show has faced in seasons past. This […]
A lot of strange things have happened throughout the first five episodes of Legion, but “Chapter Six” kept the narrative bells and whistles to a minimum while working through a well-worn TV trope. Throwing the show’s main characters into Clockworks (albeit an Astral Plane version of Clockworks) made for a fun twist on the “throw […]
