THE X-FILES, 11.8 – ‘Familiar’
byIronically, this episode felt very familiar. A small town’s community rocked by a spate of strange murders? Creepy kids? A thick forest full of…
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ATTACK ON TITAN – Season Two
byAttack on Titan isn’t for the faint-hearted. The enormously popular anime can be hard to recommend to the uninitiated, on account of just how…
THE X-FILES, 11.7 – ‘Rm9sbG93ZXJz’
byThere 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?’
byUnderwhelming 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’
bySince 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’
byThis 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’
byThe 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’
byThe 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’
byDarin 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’
byA 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’
byThis 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’
byChris 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…