Category: Television Reviews
REVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 1, Episode 5, “Rampage”
*SPOILERS* In “Rampage,” episode 5 of The Bad Batch, our titular weirdos find themselves reduced to accepting mercenary work. Echo tells the others he knows where they can find Cid, an old Jedi informant who may be able to help them. They find Cid’s shop, but the proprietor denies ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 7 “Man of Steel”
While “Broken Trust” focused mostly on the Kent family drama, “Man of Steel” kicks the season’s plot into high gear with a couple of big reveals that put a new perspective on Captain Luthor’s mission. Jon and Jordan aren’t sidelined completely, though, and Superman & Lois proves on...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 11 “Family Matters Part 2”
“Family Matters Part 2,” the maddeningly uneven follow-up to last week’s cliffhanger, has some wonderful moments and a great thematic structure but dilutes that with awful dialogue, a shockingly bad subplot, and an overcomplication of the Forces and their natures. In the end, it’s a muddle o...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 1, Episode 4, “Cornered”
Following a trio of phenomenal episodes that kicked off a surprisingly emotional series, “Cornered” slows things down in the series’ first real filler episode. It’s been said that you can judge the quality of a show by how it handles its filler, so let’s see how “...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 10 “Family Matters Part 1”
Last week, The Flash took this season’s stalling story in a welcome new direction, but “Family Matters Part 1” warns us not to count our chickens before they’re hatched. It simplifies a complicated theme, wastes time with a tired plot point, and has characters make strange and, in some cases...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 6 “Broken Trust”
After an almost two-month hiatus, Superman & Lois is finally back. Although I was reluctant to try it out given the state of the CW’s DC shows (does this one count as part of the Arrowverse?), I greatly enjoyed the first five episodes. The series captures the essence of Superman better than pr...
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