THE X-FILES, 11.7 – ‘Rm9sbG93ZXJz’
There was much to enjoy about this episode, not least how it’s an hour The X-Files couldn’t have done during its original run. It...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.15 – ‘Will You Take My Hand?’
Underwhelming is the best way to describe Star Trek: Discovery’s finale, which brought this first season to a mediocre resolution, or sorts. The extended...
THE X-FILES, 11.6 – ‘Kitten’
Since the show’s 2016 revival, Mitch Pileggi has been featured in The X-Files’ famous opening credits, joining David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson with a...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.14 — ‘The War Without, the War Within’
This season’s warping to a close, and “The War Without, the War Within” began what’s essentially a bonus two-parter after the Mirror Universe arc....
THE X-FILES, 11.5 – ‘Ghouli’
The situation with Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) having a child together, which they gave up for adoption, formed part of The...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.13 – ‘What’s Past is Prologue’
The climax of Star Trek: Discovery’s extensive foray into the Mirror Universe ended on an explosive high, with levels of action and nail-biting drama...
THE X-FILES, 11.4 – ‘The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat’
Darin Morgan was always a name to look out for in the credits of 1990s The X-Files, having penned many of the show’s funniest and...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.12 – ‘Vaulting Ambition’
A great magic trick is all about misdirection. While many had spotted the groundwork going into Star Trek: Discovery’s mid-season twist (that Ash Tyler...
BLACK MIRROR, 4.6 – ‘Black Museum’
This final episode was longer than usual, although there were less feature-length instalments compared to the last series. “Black Museum” reminded me of 2014’s...
THE X-FILES, 11.3 – ‘Plus One’
Chris Carter delivers his first decent X-Files script in years, by doing something that doesn’t involve the tangled mythology and was instead a simple...
BLACK MIRROR, 4.5 – ‘Metalhead’
Episode 5 is a bit of a departure for the current series of Black Mirror and feels more like a standalone short movie. Within...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.11 – ‘The Wolf Inside’
The signposted twist with Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif), that he’s actually Klingon “torchbearer” Voq, surgically altered to infiltrate the Federation, didn’t land its blow...