Queen Sugar: Season 1/ Episode 4 "The Darker Sooner" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Ralph Angel takes a back seat as the focus is on Charley’s business acumen and Nova’s journalism.
Atlanta: Season 1/ Episode 5 "Nobody Beats the Biebs" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Atlanta has its own unique quality of weird. Be it what Darius brings with his stoner persona, Earn who is the one with so much potential who hit rock bottom and is trying to climb his way back up, or even Al who is the man who, most of the time, is all bark…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 25 “That’s All This Story Is About” [Season Finale] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview And so it ends. It ends without some questions being answered and some plots being resolved. But we knew this wouldn’t be like Naruto or Bleach and go on way past its expiration date. Yet, there is material left to cover so maybe there just maybe a bit of a time gap between seasons…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 24 “The Self-Proclaimed Knight and the Greatest Knight” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview With there only being an episode left, prepare to watch Subaru quickly fix his mistakes from the last round and be sort of left indifferent because you know this story isn’t going to wrap up all he has gone through.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 23 “Nefarious Sloth” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Recap Things were going too well. Betelgeuse was defeated, Julius and Subaru were getting along, but it wasn’t clear what would ruin this feel good train. Well, we get our answer.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 22 “A Flash of Sloth” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Recap With the White Whale dead, the next focus is the Witch’s Cult. But while finishing them off maybe the main goal, it seems Subaru may have to make time to fully reconcile with Julius.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 21 “A Wager That Defies Despair” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Recap The battle comes to an end, but not everyone is going onto Subaru’s true mission.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 20 “Wilhelm van Astrea” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Recap The battle against the White Whale is a bloody one filled with the occasional flashbacks, but let it be known: The battle doesn’t end here.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 19 “Battle Against the White Whale” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Recap Using everything he knows, and with a little luck, Subaru may finally have an answer as to how to save Emilia. With her rivals help.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 18 “From Zero” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Recap It is often said that in order for a person to move forward, they must look back. I think Peace From Broken Pieces says it best: “[…] lives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt. Lives fall apart when the foundation upon which they were built needs to be relaid. Lives fall apart,…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 17 “Disgrace in the Extreme” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Recap Imagine some of the worse things which could happen to Subaru, outside of him dying. Two of those things happen in this episode, and then something quite surprising happens.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 16 “The Greed of a Pig” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview The key thing Subaru has to learn in this episode is the art of negotiation. Something he can’t do well with the aristocrats, but does awesome with when it comes to the common merchant.
Alderamin on the Sky: Season 1/ Episode 1 “A Stormy Encounter” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview At 18 years old, were you ready to command an army? At 12 were you preparing to rule a nation at war? Well, that is what these young people are preparing for in this series. Though in the first episode they find themselves forced to end their theory training and actually participate. Rating: Stick…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 15 “The Outside of Madness” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce the newest villain, the leader of the Sloth sect of the Witch Cultist, Betelgeuse.
91 Days: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Day 1: Night of the Murder” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview 91 Days is perhaps the most compelling anime I’ve seen in a while. Be it because it isn’t focused on a bunch of kids or teens or isn’t in some foregone era or way in the future, If anything, it might just be because it seems like your general HBO show in animated form….
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 14 “The Sickness Called Despair” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview After quite a confrontation, Subaru is now just focused on getting stronger. That is until Rem picks up some sort of clairvoyant message from Ram.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 13 “Self-Proclaimed Knight Natsuki Subaru” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview It has all been coming to this. Emilia being put up for selection, Subaru watching on, and then the prejudice of Lugnica rearing its ugly head. Thus leading to Subaru reacting and, well…
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 10 “The Winds of Winter” [Season Finale] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview There is just so much that happens here. Most of which is jaw drop worthy in both beautiful and horrible ways. Trigger Warning(s): Blood (Branding)
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 12 “Return to the Capital” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Emilia is called to the capital castle and with this change of scenery comes a new arc. One which surprisingly doesn’t end with Subaru facing death.
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 8 “No One” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview With such a long history between many characters, and backstabbing happening as is seen fit, it is sometimes hard to know who is on whose side. Something which gets the slightest bit more complicated as some go, return, and sometimes even say goodbye. Trigger Warning(s): Murder (Hanging), Blood Major Characters Mentioned Arya | Daenerys…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 11 “Rem” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview In an episode which largely focuses on the twin demons’ backstory, we learn much about them, as well as Roswaal.
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 9 “Battle of the Bastards” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview The Battle of Bastards certainly doesn’t disappoint, but neither does Daenerys’ retaliation against the masters. Overall, just prepare for blood, guts, and gore. Trigger Warning(s): Blood (gore), Death (Animals) & Body Horror Major Characters Daenerys | Jon Snow | Sansa | Tyrion | Theon | Yara
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 7 “The Broken Man” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview With a tease of death, the return of a familiar face, and the buildup to the remaining Starks taking Winterfell back, Cersei and the High Sparrow, and Jamie against the Blackfish, the episode rebounds from the mundane nature of the last one. Trigger Warning(s): Blood
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 10 “Fanatical Methods Like a Demon” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview While Subaru awakens, hopefully setting a new checkpoint, the fight against the mabeast is far from over.
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 9 “The Meaning of Courage” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Subaru finally discovers what cursed him before but, unfortunately, it seems he wasn’t the only victim.
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 6 “Blood of My Blood” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview After a rather action packed and traumatic episode, Game of Thrones decides to premiere a rather mundane episode with little in the way of shocks and surprises, even when it comes to Arya and Margaery. Trigger Warning(s): Blood (gore)
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 8 “I Cried, Cried My Lungs Out, and Stopped Crying.” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Progress seems to be finally made as it seems Subaru wins everyone equally over and finally gets a lead on what outside force may have killed him and Rem before.
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 5 “The Door” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview With us reaching the halfway point of the season, comes the beginning of everyone revealing their plans and leaving us wondering who will have their major battle showcased likely between episode 7 and 9. Though while many are planning, one finds themselves retreating. Trigger Warning(s): Blood (gore), Bodies/ Corpses, and Rape/ Abuse (Discussion)
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 7 “Natsuki Subaru Restart” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Dying over and over again isn’t the sole thing which haunts Subaru. What also haunts him are the memories he obtained before dying which are his alone. Making it where each death in itself isn’t painful due to his own dying, but the relationships lost in the process. Leading to the question of, how…
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 4 “Book of the Stranger” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview While one could complain about the massive amount of characters killed off more so on whim than with fervor, what else can you do with a show which holds a lot of fat. So with an episode presenting a more tighter, a more focused storyline, perhaps all the past complaints came without vision. Well,…
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 3 “Oathbreaker” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A few steps forward and a few steps back. Progress in the world of Westeros is a tricky thing. Some use power and unsavory means to push their agendas, others try diplomacy, and yet no matter the strategy there is never a guarantee for you never know how someone may react. Much less, what…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 6 “The Sound of Chains” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Even though it hasn’t been established if Subaru only has a limited amount of retries, he figures he needs to once more switch things up in order to solve this latest puzzle. Something which leaves him finally coming face to face with the person trying to kill him.
Captain America: Civil War – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Marvel formula is back for another round and this time the focus is on a hero’s responsibility when it comes to collateral damage, especially when it comes to the innocent lives lost as they fight for the greater good. After all, what breeds villains more than the desire for revenge?
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 2 “Home” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview It is believed that when a plant is dying you must prune off the dead clippings in order to get new life. Well, it seems with a handful of more deaths Game of Thrones is preparing to bring new life to the show. Though, of course, what is death without renewed life? Episode…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 5 “The Morning of Our Promise Is Still Distant” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview With less people to focus on, things for Subaru you’d think would be easier, in terms of doing a productive loop. But even with him being nicer to nearly everyone, it seems he still has done something wrong. Episode Rating: Maintaining Trigger Warning(s): Blood and dismemberment
Keanu – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Plot Overview Keanu seems like a running gag on Key & Peele which, with their show ending, got a grand sendoff. Rating: TV Viewing Review Summary Let me begin by saying that I wasn’t necessarily a fan of the stars back during their Mad TV days, and have pretty much since then only saw them…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 4 “The Happy Roswaal Mansion Family” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Episode Overview As the setting changes, a new obstacle presents itself for Subaru to overcome. Episode Rating: Maintaining Review Summary With a new setting, new characters, and a new obstacle, the ever lovable Subaru has to use his wits, and pray for some luck, to once again survive a new challenge. Thankfully though, between the…
Game of Thrones: Season 6/ Episode 1 “The Red Woman” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Episode Overview Game of Thrones returns in all its brutally violent glory with one battle and betrayal after another. Episode Rating: Maintaining Review Summary One of the biggest shows around the world returns, and mostly just reminds us of the state of most of the characters after the events of last season. But with us…
Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 3 “Starting Life from Zero in Another World” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Episode Overview We reach our first milestone as the Elsa battle finally doesn’t end in Subaru’s death. Episode Rating: Getting Better Trigger Warning(s): So much blood Review Summary With Subaru finally reaching a milestone comes some celebration, especially after an epic battle with Elsa. However, with Elsa deposed for now, so comes the question of…
