Category: Television Reviews
REVIEW: Carnival Row – Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2, “Fight or Flight” and “New Dawn”
After a four-year break, Carnival Row returned on Amazon Prime last Friday. Season 1 wasn’t very good, aside from some of the performances, and I forgot this show existed. But here we are, four years and a pandemic later. Back on the Row, where mythical creatures like pixies and fauns are di...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 6, “Kin”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 20, 2023 | 0
The turn, the twist, the revelation, and the unmasking of HBO’s The Last of Us has finally occurred. The creatives’ disdain for the source material and all its characters is now evident. This week’s episode, “Kin,” is not only as poorly written and CW-esque as all its predecessors, but the...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 9, Episode 2 “Hear No Evil”
“Hear No Evil” is a big stumble for The Flash after a good premiere, and it bodes ill for the show’s final season. While there are some good themes of personal choice and weighing human lives, one of the main characters is treated with shocking callousness, a new character fails to impress, an...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch Season 2, Episode 9, “The Crossing”
***SPOILERS*** “The Crossing” finds Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, and Omega preparing to excavate a mine Cid purchased. Tech and Hunter go in, and Hunter orders Wrecker to act as a lookout with Omega. The team successfully obtains the ipsium from the cave, but someone steals their ship. As a st...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 5, “Endure and Survive”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 11, 2023 | 0
Any marginal increase in quality in last week’s episode of The Last of Us was eradicated and regressed in this week’s episode 5, “Endure and Survive.” The justifications and explanations that episode 4 required of “Endure and Survive” are not explained or developed cohesively. The one re...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2, Episodes 10, 11 and 12, “The Killbox”,”Belly of the Beast”, and “The Hope Devourer”
***SPOILERS*** “The Killbox” opens with Keyleth, Vex, Vax, and Percy arriving in Whitestone and discovering that Alura and Gilmore have found a way to keep it hidden. Alura uses a spell to check on the others, alarming the team by informing them that Grog is in great danger. Meanwhile, G...
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