STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.5 – ‘Choose Your Pain’
This fifth episode did a lot of good things, furthering our understanding of these characters, while using the theme of pain to interesting effect...
OUTLANDER, 3.5 – ‘Freedom & Whisky’
With “Freedom and Whisky”, the fifth episode of this season of Outlander, the narrative viewpoint shifts back to Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and her daughter...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.4 – ‘The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry’
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 a better...
OUTLANDER, 3.4 – ‘Of Lost Things’
“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”, that Jamie...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.3 – ‘Context is for Kings’
There’s a short sequence in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s pilot, “The Emissary”, which is a flashback to the Federation’s famous battle against the...
LETHAL WEAPON – Season One
Television adaptations and remakes of Hollywood movies are a risky move, especially when it comes to beloved franchises. Sometimes lazy and often unnecessary, the...
OUTLANDER, 3.3 – ‘All Debts Paid’
When we return to Boston in 1956 it’s clear, from the title alone, “All Debts Paid”, that this episode of Outlander is going to...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.1 & 1.2 – ‘The Vulcan Hello’ & ‘Battle at the Binary Stars’
On the face of it, Star Trek: Discovery isn’t offering much that’s new. We’ve had a darker, serialised Trek series with a black lead...
THE WALKING DEAD – Season Seven
It feels like only yesterday horror fans were excited by news of AMC adapting Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore’s beloved comic-book series The Walking...
OUTLANDER, 3.2 – ‘Surrender’
The new season of Outlander continues steadily on its course, with “Surrender” building on themes and subplots established in “The Battle Joined” and proving...
BOJACK HORSEMAN – Season Four
It can’t be overstated that BoJack Horseman is one of the best television shows currently airing, animated or otherwise. Netflix’s comedy about a washed-up...
TRUST ME (BBC, 2017)
Cath Hardacrre (Jodie Whittaker) is an overworked and underpaid ward sister in a Sheffield Hospital. She’s also mother to a young daughter with a...