I was worried, going into this episode, that spending an hour within Negan’s realm might be enough to put me off The Walking Dead for good. Instead, the show did something incredibly smart. Rather than spending additional time learning just how awful Negan can be (although there was some of that- and it was the […]
On this week’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., many burning questions from the beginning of the season were answered. It was also revealed that “The Good Samaritan” might just be the devil. The line between good and evil sure has been blurred this season. This episode had two main parts, the present and “back in the […]
This week’s episode of The Flash may be entitled “Monster” but to paraphrase the old saying: you shouldn’t judge an episode by its title. The monster-that-wasn’t (more on that later) is hardly the focus of the episode, let alone the most formidable opponent Barry Allen has to contend with. After last episode’s supervillain-centric focus, Julian […]
In my review for last week’s episode, “Welcome to Earth,” I remarked that the alien amnesty storyline allowed Supergirl to pointedly address a contemporary social issue by dressing it in the cloak of allegory. “Survivors” ups the allegorical ante with its sci-fi infused references to historical atrocities like American slavery and the Holocaust. The episode […]
I’m not sure what to make of Westworld. On one hand, it’s a series that is allowing a number of actors (Jimmi Simpson, Thandie Newton, and Evan Rachel Wood chief among them) to give interesting and nuanced performances on a level we haven’t seen from them previously. On the other, the show seems content to […]
After last week’s disaster of a premiere, “The Well” did a lot right, focusing on character rather than blood, guts, and violence. Now, I will say that I wish the episode had a bit more action, but I’ll take an overly talky episode that introduced an intriguing new character and relied heavily on the brilliant […]
Last week’s episode of The Flash featured one primary metahuman antagonist, so the showrunners decided to up the stakes with a few villains from Flash’s Rogues Gallery. Thus “The New Rogues” features the small-screen debut of two of the Flash’s most venerable foes: Mirror Master and The Top. Like most folk with powers on The […]
On this week’s episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., some ghosts were busted and some of our team got bested. This episode, titled Lockup, unlocked a bunch of doors and let out some not-so-nice secrets that were hiding behind them. Most of the episode was dedicated to rescuing Robbie’s uncle, Eli. Now that Lucy has […]
After a two–episode visit from the Man of Steel, Supergirl gets down to brass tacks by establishing the core themes for the show’s second season. Those themes are instantly familiar to anyone who’s followed the recent news cycle, except they come with a sci-fi twist—alien refugees come to this planet seeking asylum but don’t declare […]
First up, a bit of housekeeping. Apologies for this review being so late- I’m currently on vacation in South America, and it was a bit hard to find a copy of the episode to watch. But, now that I’ve had a chance to check out how Scott Gimple and company decided to work their way […]
