Picnic at Hanging Rock: Season 1/ Episode 5 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While Mrs. Appleyard’s past is illuminated, and why Irma’s mom is upset with her, the fate of Sara becomes the first noteworthy mystery of the mini-series.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock: Season 1/ Episode 4 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With a shift to focusing on Sara’s life, Picnic at Hanging Rock finds its heart and something which should carry you through the remaining episodes.
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Season 1/ Episode 3 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
To sum up the episode, Irma hates Miranda, has probably always hated Miranda and likely was only friendly towards her because she had to be.
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Season 1/ Episode 2 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Picnic at Hanging Rock continues, the mystery becomes more about why this production was handled as it was than anything dealing with the characters.
Magical Girl Site (Mahou Shoujo Site): Season 1/ Episode 8 “Last Summer” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
What begins as a peaceful day off devolves into us learning about two pending tragedies. One of which is right around the corner.
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Picnic at Hanging Rock may, at best, be a slow burn of a show which hopes you’ll stick around till the end rathen than judge its merits strictly on the first episode.
Magical Girl Site (Mahou Shoujo Site): Season 1/ Episode 7 “Joint Strategy” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As the girls from the other site meet Aya and co., so increases the sisterhood and the unfortunate seeming rather blissful.
Magical Girl Site (Mahou Shoujo Site): Season 1/ Episode 6 “Fake” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The purpose of Nana creating magical girls gets revealed, alongside so much more.
Magical Girl Site (Mahou Shoujo Site): Season 1/ Episode 5 “Revenge and Resolve” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Multiple characters have their life on the line and it seems someone we may know, Game of Thrones style, might actually die.
Magical Girl Site (Mahou Shoujo Site): Season 1/ Episode 4 “The Successor and the Transfer Student” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
We finally learn why Sarina and friends bullied Aya as well as who, or what, is inside Yatsumura’s home.
Magical Girl Site: Season 1/ Episode 3 “The Princess and the Poisoned Apple” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While we don’t learn more about the Tempest, we do learn about Yatsumura’s past and meet another magical girl with a very weird object.
Magical Girl Site: Season 1/ Episode 2 “Tempest” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
After a very memorable introduction, we are now introduced to what Aya and even Yatsumura have to worry about. Making it seem this series might actually be good.
Kokkoku: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Kokkoku ultimately is like walking down a dead end street, reaching the end, and continuing to walk forward, into an empty lot, hoping to find something valuable.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 12 [Season Finale] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Kokkoku comes to a uninspiring end that decides to push a character who, at the last minute, could give Juri hope.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 11 “The Eleventh Moment” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
It’s a rather strange episode as Sagawa being humanized continues and Juri comes to terms with the inevitable.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 10 “The Tenth Moment” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
What could have been the final battle and end of Sagawa segues into talking about his childhood… yeah.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 9 “The Ninth Moment” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Juri does something drastic, we discover someone else in her family has a power which may shift who has the upper hand.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 8 “The Eighth Moment” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Sagawa tests the possibility of being a human with Herald like abilities, Juri and co. struggle on how to combat their disadvantage.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 7 “The Seventh Moment” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Majima receives the happiest bit of news ever, Sagawa might have gone too far with his disciples and hired help.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 6 “The Sixth Moment” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Majima forces the Yazuma family to help her rescue her family and it leads to interesting results.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 3 “The Third Moment” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
A lot of information about specters are dropped but, with only Majima even having an inkling of a clue of what is happening, we’re mostly left in the dark.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 2 “The Second Moment” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As some of the rules of the stasis are established, there are tests to see what the overseers may and may not allow.
Beatless: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Contract” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Beatless faces a uphill battle if it doesn’t want to seem like another show which only cares about girls in revealing outfits and lots of explosions.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The First Moment” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Kokkoku presents an oddly satisfying opener which makes the death of Anime Strike something to celebrate.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel does stumble a bit in its first season, but ultimately its charm sees it through.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1/ Episode 8 “Thank You and Good Night” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Ladies and Gentlemen, coming to the stage, at last, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel!
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1/ Episode 7 “Put That On Your Plate!” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
If you were perhaps wondering what would slow down Midge’s career so that she had something to work for in the second season, we get our answer.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1/ Episode 6 “Mrs. X at the Gaslight” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Susie finds herself having to adapt more to midge as it becomes clear she isn’t the only one who recognizes her talent.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1/ Episode 5 “Doink” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
What’s a word Midge doesn’t often associate with herself? Failure. One she gets a huge heaping of this episode.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1/ Episode 4 “The Disappointment of the Dionne Quintuplets” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In order to take a step forward, you gotta take a step back and Midge pretty much leaps back to where she was in life before she met Joel.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1/ Episode 3 “Because You Left” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Midge makes a firm decision on the direction her life is going in, and it sure as hell isn’t being the so thankful wife anymore.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1/ Episode 2 “Ya Shivu v Bolshom Dome Na Kholme” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel officially begins and after being haunted by the idea of being single, she realizes how much better off she’ll be without Joel.
Sea Oak: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sea Oak doesn’t seem like it could last more than a few seasons but Glenn Close and company make it seem it’ll be good for at least 3. Creator George Saunders Director(s) Hiro Murai Writer(s) George Saunders Noted Cast Bernie Glenn Close Cole Jack Quaid Min Jane Levy Jade Rae Gray Ma Linda Emond Angela Sarah…
Will vs. The Future: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Commentary (with Spoilers)
When I think of sci-fi shows appropriate for kids, all I can come up with are animated stories. Ones which usually star white kids and, at most, may feature a token person of color. Will vs. The Future changes that. It is both live action, starring an Asian (?) and a Black character trying to…
American Playboy – The Hugh Hefner Story: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Before the Bunny: Marilyn Monroe” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
With a strong focus in using archival video when possible, and using actors to fill in the blanks, American Playboy – The Hugh Hefner Story, finds a rather interesting way to liven up the documentary genre.
Fleabag: Season 1 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Awkward, quirky, and cringe-worthy has become a norm for female comedians. It is like Black comedians telling jokes about white people. It pretty much has become the basic go to. However, in Fleabag Season 1, you get the sense that while Phoebe Waller-Bridge is likely embellishing and making up a few things she has gone…
Oasis: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Oasis reminds you of why Amazon has a pilot season in which they test to see if audiences would even like the show before they invest in full seasons of them.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is probably one of the few shows Amazon has put on their slate, besides Mozart in the Jungle which makes you believe they are serious about producing compelling, funny, and original productions.
The Last Tycoon: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Last Tycoon” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Last Tycoon, while likable, doesn’t have that certain hook or spark to make it something you want to put on your watchlist for when, or if, the full first season is released.
