The Walking Dead is continuing to impress with its ability to defy viewer expectations and to craft realistic characters in nightmarishly implausible situations. The first half of the fifth season was as engaging as anything found on television. Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple, Greg Nicotero, and the writing staff should be applauded. They have managed to […]
Despite bad news for the production, the Hellblazer maintains a cocky grin and soldiers on. For the first time since the pilot, I felt this episode was distractingly predictable. Possessed kid, tough-guy dad and mom that will do anything to save her son, John’s haunted past, etc. All of which amounts to a kinda disappointing episode. Zed’s absence—she […]
Second for second, ‘Gathering Forces’ packs a punch. Not only do we learn more about Ezra’s parents but we also see Ezra experience significant growth as a character and as a Padawan. On the run from Imperial forces with Tseebo—an old friend of Ezra’s family’s and harbor of countless Imperial secrets—the Ghost‘s intrepid crew is forced […]
On this week’s episode of The Flash titled, “Power Outage,” Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) runs into an electrically charged foe who has the ability to drain The Flash of his super-speed. Allen’s loss of powers results in a crisis, since he is unable to protect his friends from a villain on a murderous revenge spree. […]
After a few weeks of seeing what life is like on the road, this week’s episode brought the entire cast back into the fold. Glen and Maggie deal with the after effects of Eugene revealing his heart-breaking secret. Carl and Michonne tend to baby Judith and the childlike preacher, who is on the edge of insanity. Meanwhile, Rick’s […]
The gang heads to New Orleans to get to the bottom of some unexplainable deaths, but ends up crossing paths with an old, dangerous acquaintance in this week’s episode, and, while the episode is entertaining overall, it still dangles the “rising darkness” mystery in our faces without any sort of pay-off. New Orleans, Louisiana is […]
Gotham is a perplexing show. Just when it seems to get everything right it manages to stumble at the least opportune times. At least they know how to keep their audience’s attention. If this show doesn’t end up working, it won’t be because they were they weren’t trying to go big. The audience has already […]
The hyperdrive was on full-blast this episode as malevolent Imperial forces go head to head with our rag-tag band of Rebels in ‘Empire Day.’ In this apparent two-parter, we get a peek into Ezra’s distressing past as the Empire tears through Lothal in search of a Rodian, whom Ezra knows, named Seebo. All of the […]
The past episode of The Walking Dead partnered up Carol and Darryl in a team-up that has been seasons in the making. Fans of the characters are treated to an hour long exploration of their past, present, and glimpses of where they are headed next as they search for Beth. These are two of the […]
Addiction, literal demons, and Machiavellian choices permeate this week’s episode of Constantine. This week, an old friend of John’s brings a hunger demon to his doorstep, and John isn’t too thrilled about it. A severe heroine addict, John’s old friend Gary Lester (who was at Newcastle when Astra was dragged to Hell by the demon John […]
The Flash was back after a break from action last week and the show continued right in stride with where it had left off. The reason that the show works is because while it boasts extraordinary special effects, the series has more heart than you would expect. On the outside it understandably looks like a […]
This week Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) investigates an underground fight ring that leads him to a world of pain. The episode titled “The Mask” was largely a filler episode with some key characterizations and personalities thrown in for fans of DC Comics mythology. The fact that the show is set in the world of Batman […]
