MINDHUNTER – Season One
[usr 4.0] The work of former FBI special agent John Douglas revolutionised the Bureau, and by extension crime fiction. Douglas was a pioneer of...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.9 – ‘Into the Forest’
[usr 4.0] There’s a risk mid-season finales will disappoint because the narrative hasn’t built up enough steam, but “Into the Forest I Go” felt...
OUTLANDER, 3.8 – ‘First Wife’
[usr 3.5] By taking young Ian (John Bell) back to Lallybroch, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) may have assumed their troubles were...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.8 — ‘Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum’
[usr 3.5] While Star Trek: Discovery was initially keen to differentiate itself from previous Star Trek series, recent episodes have been more customary. And...
OUTLANDER, 3.7 – ‘Crème de Menthe’
[usr 3.0] Outlander is often a curious beast. After six episodes of well-crafted, character-driven drama, full of resonance and emotion, its makers suddenly realise...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.7 – ‘Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad’
[usr 4.0] I’m sure a lot of people were overjoyed with this episode, which epitomised classic Star Trek in many ways. It’s only right...
OUTLANDER, 3.6 – ‘A. Malcolm’
[usr 4.0] After a short break, Outlander returns and finally relieves the pressure from the teasing climax of “Freedom and Whisky”, in which Jamie...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.6 – ‘Lethe’
[usr 3.5] It’s been interesting to consider other opinions of Star Trek: Discovery, now we’re deeper enough into the first season to make some...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.5 – ‘Choose Your Pain’
[usr 3.5] This fifth episode did a lot of good things, furthering our understanding of these characters, while using the theme of pain to...
OUTLANDER, 3.5 – ‘Freedom & Whisky’
[usr 4.0] With “Freedom and Whisky”, the fifth episode of this season of Outlander, the narrative viewpoint shifts back to Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.4 – ‘The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry’
[usr 3.5] Now that Star Trek: Discovery’s up and running, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry” delivered an hour that’s probably...
OUTLANDER, 3.4 – ‘Of Lost Things’
[usr 4.5] “Of Lost Things” initially returns us to 1968 and the aftermath of Roger Wakefield’s discovery in Outlander season 2’s finale, “Dragonfly in Amber”,...