Category: Television Reviews
REVIEW: Stranger Things – Season 4 Part 1
In the three years since Stranger Things season 3 aired, interest in this Netflix series has waned in parallel to the waning quality of the series since season 1. Continuing that trend, the recent release of Stranger Things season 4 part 1 has been met with an altogether underwhelming response from ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2, “Part I” and “Part II”
***SPOILERS*** Obi-Wan Kenobi begins in the midst of Order 66 in the Jedi temple on Coruscant. This flashback shows a group of Padawans who escape the slaughter. Ten years later, a triad of Inquisitors descends on Tatooine in search of Jedi. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi etches out a meager existence wo...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 8 Episode 16 “The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen”
“The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen” is a stand-alone episode… or is it? It mostly is, but parts of it will be important down the road. The plot has a big inconsistency that makes the middle feel like filler to kill time till the climax, but it’s offset by some terrific character work, pa...
Read MoreREVIEW: Young Justice Season 4: Phantoms Episode 24, “Zenith and Abyss”
*SPOILERS* In “Zenith and Abyss,” Lor-Zod is on Oa searching for the Kaizer-Thrall. Green Lantern Tomar-Tu tells him that the object is on its way to Earth. Lor tells him he hopes he turns out like his father, Tomar-Re. In the Phantom Zone, Dick and the others have found Conner. They offer to ta...
Read MoreREVIEW: Young Justice – Season 4: Phantoms Episode 23, “Ego and Superego”
*SPOILERS* “Ego and Superego” opens in Markovia as a young metahuman is confronted by citizens who want to do away with his kind. He’s saved in the nick of time by Brion and his Infinitors, but one gets away and is revealed to be Brion’s ally, Everyman, in disguise. Meanwhile...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 15 “Into the Still Force”
Iris’ disappearance at the end of “Funeral for a Friend” takes center stage in “Into the Still Force,” a building block episode that inches Barry closer to saving his wife without closing out the storyline yet. It’s a bit more unfocused than The Flash has been this year, with a couple of...
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