The Inflatable Raft Episode 2 of The I-Land sees us return to our islanders where we left off from before. Chase steps on a broken shard of glass before heading into the water where she finds an inflatable raft and more sharks waiting for her. It’s a pretty dumb move, especially given she’s cut her foot open but she does manage to scramble on-board. There, she finds a bag full of bullets and a medical case....
The Osorio File Episode 6 of The Kingdom begins with a heavy bit of exposition about our shadowy wiretapping agent, Ruben Osorio. He’s an informant and has been on the ground-level since 2001, where he was instrumental in giving information about student riots. This great work continued, right the way through to being promoted up to Level 4. Now though, it seems like he’s set his sights on breaking Julio and Emilio up....
The Law Cafe Episode 4 The Law Cafe revolves around friends that have been close for 17 years since they attended Seoyeon High. Jung-Ho is a landlord and used to be called “Monster Genius” of the prosecution. He’s a cool guy with a mysterious charm. Meanwhile, Yu-Ri is an eccentric lawyer who won the past “Miss Korea” contest for her looks. However, she ended up quitting the firm and starting a law café of her own....
The Siege Episode 4 of The Mandalorian Season 2 begins with Mando trying to guide The Child while it hopelessly fixes their ship. After an amusing red wire/blue wire segment, Mando realizes they need to head back to familiar sights in order to get their bearings. Elsewhere, Cara clears out a bar full of scavengers and packs a bag full of items ready to take back to their rightful owners. She’s the Marshal on Nevarro now and on the way out the door, she and Greef Karga watch Mando and The Child touch down back on the planet....
The Secret Place Episode 5 of The Mess You Leave Behind begins after Raquel’s accident; our protagonist desperately clings to Viruca’s phone as she composes herself and heads back to school. She tells the other teachers she swerved off the road, tellingly omitting the part about potentially being followed. The teachers tell her to take the day off, which she jumps on and eventually goes off with Mauro to visit Tere for answers....
Struggle Episode 6 of The Minions Of Midas begins with Victor heading back home after his horrific evening in the park. He has a shower to try and wash away the shame but it’s no good, he’s too far gone now. Drying up, he rings Monica and tells her he’s paid Midas and the extortion is over. In the morning, Conte looks online and discovers the homicide of Eugenio – the man Victor killed in the park....
Drowning Episode 4 of The Mire Season 2 begins down by the shore. Reporters and officers alike gather as Raptor gets cold feet. He can’t remember what actually happened and doesn’t want to testify. However, Mika is adamant on following through with this alibi and hands him a dummy. Eventually Raptor does reenact scenes from that night, although he’s very clearly uncomfortable with this. Back at the station, Anna watches the tentative reenactment from Raptor....
Wildfires The Morning Show returns this week with a very intriguing episode, offering up some interesting character development between the two main leads as they’re forced to deliver the show in a tough location. Meanwhile Chip and Cory get ready to shake things up at the network, promising some dramatic moments for the weeks to come. We start the episode with some footage of the Californian wildfires devastating the country. Fred, who has to evacuate his house, calls Cory and decides to have the girls go on-location to cover the fires during the show....
The Bloodied Shirt Episode 3 of The One begins 18 months ago in Tenerife. Rebecca meets Fabio, Matheus’ brother, for the first time. He teases his sibling, who eventually encourages Fabio to leave while he sits with our future CEO. As the two grow closer together, James starts to exhibit some concerns, especially when he learns Matheus confessed that he loves her. With the pair packing up to return home, Rebbeca is torn over what to do....
What If? Based on the book of the same name, The Plot Against America is a slickly produced, gorgeously shot historical thriller that gets off to a leisurely start, with a lot of background information for our characters used to pad the hour-long run time out. Our tale takes place in Newark N.J. of June 1940. A group of boys play a game in the street until Selma calls the boys in for dinner....
The HBO Original series follows Fielder as he creates multiple bizarre social experiments, called “rehearsals.” To help people prepare for upcoming scenarios in their real lives, Fielder constructs a copy of their reality for them to practice in. From fake trivia night in a life-size construction of a real bar, to a simulation of childhood, age 0 to 18– no rehearsal is the same. If The Rehearsal’s premise intrigues you, you’ll likely want to know the release date for the next episode....
The Two Strangers Episode 5 of The Stranger sees our mysterious blackmailer working in a cinema. As she returns home to her studio apartment, in the morning the two girls prepare to leave, mentioning they have a bad feeling about their upcoming case. Arriving at a stadium, the stranger talks to a man named Dan and hands him an envelope which holds proof that his son has been taking steroids that could destroy his athletic career....
Saturday – The Son Episode 2 of The Third Day deepens the mystery as Sam tumbles further down the rabbit hole. Something is seriously wrong with this nightmarish island but for now, it remains unclear quite what that is. The episode itself begins with Sam running through the woods and stumbling upon a burning caravan. Locked from the outside, he watches in shock as someone or something tries to rip open the door....
Episode Guide Episode 1 -| Review Score – 4/5 Episode 2 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 3 -| Review Score – 4.5/5 Episode 4 -| Review Score – 4/5 Episode 5 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 6 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Art-house pictures almost always come with an acquired taste. When it comes to HBO’s recent mini-series The Third Day, that couldn’t be more true. With big themes, lots of intriguing symbology and a very moody, atmospheric tone, The Third Day channels that Blair Witch/Wicker Man energy to produce something that’s very different to what’s been released this year....
In Space, No One Can Hear You Question Your Reality To say Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone reboot has been a bit of a mixed bag would be an understatement. Some of the episodes have been among the worst released in an anthology series for quite some time while others have sufficiently managed to scratch that old Twilight Zone-sized itch. Back for another episode, The Twilight Zone returns, plagued by the same issues holding the rest of the episodes back but somehow managing to deliver something that absolutely nails the Twilight Zone vibes of old....
The Swedish Job 1960-1963 – What Happened To Klaus No sooner had we mentioned Klaus hadn’t had much screen-time this season, episode 3 of Umbrella Academy season 2 flamboyantly flaunts on screen. We begin with a look at Klaus through the years, kicked out from a diner and immediately taken under the wing by an upper-class woman. She takes him back home and, with a helping hand from Ben, ascends to prophet status....
Oga For Oga Five – 1982 Episode 7 of The Umbrella Academy Season 2 begins in spectacular fashion. There’s another slick action sequence and this time it involves a meaty axe and a blood-spattered Five. Our time traveler uses the tip-off from the Handler and jumps to 1982. There, he single-handedly kills the entire Board in one swift motion. To finish things off, he destroys AJ and shatters the goldfish bowl....
The Seven Stages Vanya Episode 8 of The Umbrella Academy Season 2 sees Vanya captured and held in an FBI building. Unfortunately with a name like “Vanya” Special Agent Gibbs assume she’s Russian. As the agent speaks the Mother tongue to her, she replies to his questions in Russian too. It certainly doesn’t look good for her and the stress of this sees Vanya suddenly start to use her powers....
The Deepest Cut Episode 9 of The Walking Dead: World Beyond begins with Huck driving away from the group as we cut back in time and see flashbacks of Elizabeth and Huck together. The former feeds her and reminds Huck that she needs to bring “the asset”. Agreeing to do just that, Huck breaks the news to Elizabeth that she’s not alone and that could spell trouble for them later on down the line....
Episode Guide Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 When The Witcher dropped on Netflix 2 years ago, it brought with it a new wave of optimism in the fantasy genre. With many publications still hungover from Game of Thrones, comparing any and all fantasy IPs to the juggernaut that eventually crashed and burned, it was always going to be difficult to persuade fans and critics alike to look at these shows with a fresh perspective....
