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Alice in Borderland season 3 review: Joker rules, chaos reigns, nobody wins
TL;DR: Alice in Borderland Season 3 is chaotic, uneven, and unsatisfying. Fun in bursts, but the weakest season yet. When Netflix first dropped Alice in Borderland back in 2020, I remember…
House of Guinness review: Peaky Blinders’ creator delivers an Irish Succession
TL;DR: House of Guinness is Steven Knight’s Irish answer to Succession, with Peaky Blinders flair. Messy at times, but compelling throughout, it’s one of Netflix’s better historical dramas in recent years.…
Gen V Season 2 episode 4 review: Cipher’s mind games raise the stakes
TL;DR: Jordan gets ruined by Vought, Marie explodes a goat, Cate slithers back, Emma builds a rebellion, and Cipher shows his true powers. It’s chaos—and it works. Every time Gen V drops…
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf finale review: bromance, betrayal, and an explosive closure
TL;DR: Explosions, bromance, and one very sad divorce email: Dark Wolf ends strong, tees up Season 2, and proves that Taylor Kitsch is still Hollywood’s best sad-eyed action hero. There’s something deliciously…
Doc season 2 premiere review: a shot fired, a memory sparked, and a future teetering on the edge
TL;DR: Doc Season 2 kicks off with a tense hospital shooting, a devastating patient case, and Amy’s first recovered memory. Equal parts thriller and tearjerker, it proves the show hasn’t lost…
Marvel Zombies review: the MCU’s animated apocalypse has heart but little bite
TL;DR: Marvel Zombies has gore, heart, and flashes of brilliance, but its short length and shallow character work keep it from becoming the definitive MCU horror story. Marvel Zombies is…
High Potential season 2 episode 2 review: Morgan wins, but the show loses its best villain too soon
TL;DR: Morgan outsmarts the Game Maker and rescues Maya in an episode that’s clever and tense, but rushes through its best villain’s exit. There are two kinds of television villains: the…
Slow Horses season 5 premier review: MI5 rejects, re-assemble!
TL;DR: Slow Horses season five leans harder on Roddy Ho than ever, but thanks to killer writing and a superb cast, it remains one of the best shows on Apple…
Alien: Earth finale review: Neverland becomes a nightmare of growing up
TL;DR: The Alien: Earth Season 1 finale flips the script by letting the hybrids seize power, with Wendy at the helm of a messy, terrifying revolution. It’s Peter Pan meets Lord of the Flies with…
Brilliant Minds Season 2 premiere review: a thrilling, messy dive into madness
TL;DR: Brilliant Minds Season 2 kicks off with Oliver Wolf locked in a psychiatric facility, setting the stage for a darker, riskier season. The premiere mixes a fascinating Alien Hand…
One Battle After Another review: messy, hilarious, and a modern masterpiece
TL;DR: PTA made a three-hour action-comedy-drama-revolutionary fever dream with DiCaprio as a washed-up stoner dad, Penn as a terrifying authoritarian, and Chase Infiniti as the breakout star you’ll be talking…
Slow Horses season 4 recap: what to remember before season 5 premieres
TL;DR: Slow Horses Season 4 cranked up the chaos with Frank Harkness revealed as River’s father and ultimate villain, Marcus’s heartbreaking death, and a finale that left nearly every storyline…
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 episode 3 review: when Daryl and Carol drift apart, so does the story
TL;DR: Carol flirts with cinema and Antonio, Daryl fixes boats with Roberto, Justina makes a tragic choice, and walkers barely make the call sheet. A serviceable episode, but one that feels…
Task episode 3 review: dark hearts, dark secrets, and deadly consequences
TL;DR: Robbie’s true motive is revealed, Ruffalo finally unloads his emotional baggage, and the Dark Hearts prove they’re more than just leather-clad boogeymen. Task is hitting its stride, and the fallout’s about to…
NCIS: Tony & Ziva episode 5 review: the villains finally step into the light
TL;DR: Episode 5 rips away the romance high of last week, replacing it with betrayal, chaos, and a devastating death. Jonah and Martine step forward as the true villains, leaving…
Peacemaker season 2 episode 5: Back to the Suture brings heart and chaos
TL;DR: “Back to the Suture” gives us betrayal, blood, eagle vengeance, and a heartbreaking choice from Chris — all wrapped in the messy, glorious package that makes Peacemaker sing. Easily the best…
Countdown finale review: cliffhangers, confusion, and unfinished business
TL;DR: Countdown starts strong, peaks early, and limps into a cliffhanger that Prime might never resolve. Good performances, messy storytelling, rough ending. I went into Countdown with my expectations somewhere between “solid mid-tier Prime…
Netflix’s Haunted Hotel review: a ghost comedy that barely leaves a trace
TL;DR: Haunted Hotel is Netflix’s latest ghost comedy, and while it’s watchable and occasionally clever, it’s mostly forgettable. Good cast, decent jokes, but not enough weirdness or heart to make it memorable.…