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...
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...
PREACHER – Season Two
Preacher almost feels like a completely different show at the start of season 2. Its debut year meandered with inconsistent pacing and a lack of...
OUTLANDER, 3.1 – ‘The Battle Joined’
It’s been a long wait for the third season of Outlander. It was well over 12 months ago that second 2 concluded with “Dragonfly...
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 17 & 18’
So, David Lynch thought it would be ironically perverse to end Twin Peaks: The Return with just as traumatic a cliffhanger that concluded the...
THE FLASH – Season Three
The Flash is often bursting with promising ideas, but it risks running them into the ground through repetition. Time travel and the consequences of...
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 16’
I confess I had to eat humble pie — probably a cherry pie would be most appropriate — after watching Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 16” this week....