***SPOILERS*** “The Martyr’s Hand” opens on Tourmaline as he learns Dahlia’s fate. The police arrive at the scene and merely mock the victims, insinuating they deserved it. Millworthy asks Philo to hold off on his plan while he enacts one of his own, seeing weakness in the Ch...
Read More“Rogues of War” should be a lot better than it is. The Rogues used to be cool; they were an outlaw band of thieves led by Captain Cold, and their episodes were fun. Now, they’re a bunch of losers who should’ve been one-off villains (and not even that, in some cases), spouting corny lines and...
Read More***SPOILERS*** In the aftermath of “The Crossing,” the Batch repair a speeder and track their Gonk droid in hopes of locating the Marauder. Meanwhile, Benny, the thief, hands his catch off to his boss, Mako. Mako’s crew sets to stripping the Marauder for parts. The Batch finds Benn...
Read MoreAfter 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 More***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 MoreAny 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...
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