DOCTOR WHO, 9.4 – ‘Before the Flood’
[usr 3.0] The TARDIS feeling grumpy about temporal anomalies, and the tolling of the Cloister Bell, do not prepare you for the mind-scrambling deconstruction...
THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Winter’
[usr 4.0] Breaking up is hard to do. Or at least that’s what The Carpenters told us. And if this was the break up...
YOU, ME & THE APOCALYPSE – ‘Episode Two’
[usr 4.0] Things kicked up a gear this week, as the effects of the on-coming apocalypse became clearer and we were introduced two new characters:...
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL – ‘Checking In’
[usr 2.5] I skipped American Horror Story’s first season at the time because it looked like hot garbage. I wasn’t entirely wrong—I checked it out...
THE LEFTOVERS, 2.1 – ‘Axis Mundi’
[usr 5.0] The first season of HBO fantasy drama The Leftovers was a hit with critics, but audiences were less receptive. It’s easy to...
DOCTOR WHO, 9.3 – ‘Under the Lake’
[usr 3.5] The strongest opening for a series of Doctor Who in a while continues with Toby Whithouse’s “Under the Lake”. Series 9 may...
THE X-FILES – Examining the ‘Essential Episodes’
With The X-Files returning next year, over a decade since it closed the door on its cabinet of weirdness in 2002, creator Chris Carter...
OUTLANDER – Season One
[usr 3.5] Starz Network, wanting in on HBO’s success with Game of Thrones among others, has invested heavily in adapting Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander book...
YOU, ME & THE APOCALYPSE – ‘Episode One’
[usr 3.5] So what kind of a show is this anyway? Good question. Initial reactions to Sky1’s You, Me and the Apocalypse (which we...
THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Autumn’
[usr 5.0] Sunday night, 9pm, is a TV timeslot made for the warm bubblebath that is Downton Abbey. It’s a time of the week...
DOCTOR WHO, 9.2 – ‘The Witch’s Familiar’
[usr 4.0] Perhaps it was inevitable that Missy (Michelle Gomez) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) would escape the ‘maximum extermination cliffhanger’ by using those vortex...
THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Summer’
[usr 4.0] It couldn’t last, could it? The relative breeze that was the opening episode of This is England 90 has proved, as expected,...