Posts

Episode Guide Luke Gurki Lex Leonard Sarah Mila I hate dating. From tripping and headbutting my date to spilling meatball sauce down my face and onto my white top, I’ve come to the conclusion that me and dating are just not compatible. Thankfully, Netflix’s latest reality series Dating Around is here to show all the highs and lows of the dating scene instead. Split across 6 episodes, this Netflix Original doesn’t really reinvent the wheel but what it does do is make for some incredibly compelling and binge-worthy TV that’s sure to get people talking....

Tram Lines As a big fan of Alex Garland’s work, episode 4 of Devs perfectly encapsulates everything I love about his style of storytelling. With a great blend of music, plot progression and some really intriguing character work, after several episodes of clearing its throat, Devs finally starts to hit the high notes. The episode itself opens with the guys at Devs sitting together and doing their best to ignore the alarms wailing overhead....

Paintballing With only a few weeks to go, Dinner Mate serves up some crucial back-story for Keanu and Jae-Hyeok through this episode while also managing to deepen the emotional connection between Hae-Kyung and Do-Hee. There’s some decent bits of humour thrown into this too and the relationship between Keanu and A-Young is arguably the most heart-warming part of the whole drama so far. Episodes 21 and 22 of Dinner Mate begin with Jae-Hyeok eating the strawberry cake....

Episode Guide Horizons Lost & Found Rogue Wall Enthusiasts Watkin Very Erectus Fix Everything Weaponized Soul Two Sane Guys Doing Normal Things Based on the books of the same name, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is a frenetic, witty, intelligently paced show with a great mystery at its heart. As the show progresses over time, so too does the tone which evolves from an outright comedy to a comedic drama that manages to nail the feel of both sub genres perfectly....

Episode Guide Episode 1 -| Review Score – 4/5 Episode 2 -| Review Score – 4/5 Episode 3 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 4 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 5 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 6 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 7 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 8 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 9 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 10 -| Review Score – 3....

What Is Dead Can Never Die Out of all the Doctor Who monsters through the years, there’s something timelessly chilling about the Cybermen. Ever since their first arrival at the end of the First Doctor’s reign, these creatures have become a main-stay in the Who-Universe and for good reason. While not all of their stories have hit the right notes, Chris Chibnall’s latest epic is as close to menacing as the Cybermen have been in quite some time....

Survivors of the Flux Episode 5 of Doctor Who: Flux begins with the Doctor freeing herself from stone. She’s inexplicably no longer a Weeping Angel and her friends are lost. When the Doctor awakens, she finds an Ood scanning her down. She’s in Division. Anyway, Yaz is in Mexico with Dan and Professor Jericho. The year is 1904 and they drop into a temple and uncover a special pot. And the next scene, they’re in Constantinople....

East New York Season 1 Episode 2 East New York follows the recently promoted police captain of East New York, Regina Haywood, as she leads a diverse group of officers and detectives forward to protect the community. With family in the area, Regina is determined to deploy creative methods to protect those around her. Some of her fellow officers are understandably resistant to change, but our protagonist is steadfast and determined to make a real change....

East New York Season 1 Episode 4 East New York follows the recently promoted police captain of East New York, Regina Haywood, as she leads a diverse group of officers and detectives forward to protect the community. With family in the area, Regina is determined to deploy creative methods to protect those around her. Some of her fellow officers are understandably resistant to change, but our protagonist is steadfast and determined to make a real change....

Episode Guide 20 Hours Missing – | Review Score – 3.5/5 34 Hours Missing – | Review Score – 3/5 36 Hours Missing – | Review Score – 3.5/5 59 Hours Missing – | Review Score – 3.5/5 63 Hours Missing – | Review Score – 3.5/5 66 Hours Missing – | Review Score – 3.5/5 84 Hours Missing – | Review Score – 4/5 0 Hours Missing – | Review Score – 3/5 Picking up where it left off from before, Elite Season 2 unashamedly doubles down on its melodramatic elements, as Marina’s death sends shock-waves rippling through the school....

The Hunt For Piper Emergence and Prodigal Son started the same week back in September last year but their trajectory couldn’t be more different. The latter started off pretty weakly and has grown into something far more engrossing and engaging over the weeks whereas Emergence has suffered some pretty poor plot twists and pacing across its own run-time to reduce it to something that lacks a real identity and energy, despite some promising signs last week....

An Urgent Lunch Episode 4 of Emily In Paris begins with Emily buying some flowers and meeting a new girl called Camille. She gives her some tips for where to visit next and tells Emily to relax. She works for an art gallery and there’s a big opening which Emily is invited to. For now though, she receives a big delivery from the States which Gabriel helps her with up the stairs to her apartment....

During a dramatic opening sequence on the Eiffel Tower, episode 1 of Emily in Paris season 3 sees Emily stuck between Sylvie and Madeline, with her two employers circling and pressuring her for answers. Emily moves backward when the two women approach her, falling from the roof and waking up from her nightmare thereafter. While going off to work alongside Mindy, Emily runs into Camille who is collecting croissants for Gabriel since she broke her promise to Emily and has not only patched up with her boyfriend but has also moved in with him within the same apartment complex....

Euphoria Season 2 Episode 7 Euphoria is finally back, and boy does this show know how to make an entrance! The enthralling, heady cocktail of solid cinematography and gritty teen drama makes for a fascinating watch. Depicting the trials and tribulations of “Gen Z”, Euphoria mixes drugs, sex and teen issues into a volatile cocktail of drama. If you’ve been following this one over the weeks, you may be curious to find out when the next episode is releasing....

The Final Curtain As a kid, I used to read Spider-Man and Sonic The Hedgehog comics. I distinctly remember sitting at my desk reading and the final few pages were always the most agonizing, knowing I’d have to wait another month before the next issue was posted through my letterbox. With that in mind then, Extraordinary You brings back those same feelings as our self-aware characters prepare for the worst with the end of the comic book looming on the horizon....

Tempting Fate I have a confession to make. I became so engrossed watching Extraordinary You, I managed to blitz through two and a half episodes before I realized I hadn’t written up recap notes for this drama, hence the gap between episode reviews on the site. Between the dazzling effects, drama and light comedy, Extraordinary You has evolved into one of the better Korean dramas of the year and certainly one of my favourites of 2019....

The Monstrous Rush of Hormones Episode 3 of Fanta G Spot starts with Hee-jae learning that she is on her period. She starts experiencing all the PMS symptoms including acne, mood swings as well as sweet cravings along with painful stomach cramps. Coincidentally the episode of the Fanta G Spot podcast is talking about PMS and the different symptoms women have during the onset of their monthlies. Hee-jae and Mi-na read comments from their women who all talk about the different PMS symptoms they deal with during that time of the month and some talk about bloating, sweet cravings as well as breast pain....

Despite some amazing creative endeavours with the beasts and world building in 1926 New York, Fantastic Beasts never quite hits the high standards the Harry Potter universe set. The characters are never as endearing as Potter and co. and despite some really good action scenes and a plethora of beasts on show, it just never hits the same magic that Harry Potter spurned in children and adults alike. After completing a global excursion of discovering and collecting an array of magical beasts, Newt Salamander (Eddie Redmayne) arrives in New York and crosses paths with no-maj (American for muggle) Jacob who inadvertently lets loose the magical beasts who cause havoc around New York....

Farzar on Netflix is an adult animated show that is set on the titular planet somewhere in space. Chief characters are Renzo, the planet’s hunky Czar, his son, Fichael, and the supposed antagonist, Bazarack. Creators Roger Black and Waco O’Guin are the showrunners for season one. If the first episode is any indication, it seems like a “keep your brains in a box” kind of show without cultural or moral depth....

Fear Morgan’s Walking After last week’s bizarre ending to the episode featuring a beer bottle hot air balloon, Fear The Walking Dead returns for another slice of undead shenanigans. We begin with Alicia staring at a whole swarm of walkers while out looking for Max and Andy. She decides to cut the intestinal binds and fight them off, except one which happens to have an eye hanging from its socket and looking especially grotesque....