This week, the Arrow-verse group of DC television shows returns with their season openers. How is this season starting out for our heroes? (Episode descriptions below the cut.)
Category Archives: TV Series
The Gifted Review: “rX”
The Gifted‘s second episode, rX, promises a prescription to save Blink from her overexertion, while Polaris stars in a Mutants in Prison movie (complete with shower scene!), and Reed gets hassled by Sentinels after his capture last week.
The Gifted Review: “eXposed”
Marvel’s latest series doesn’t take place in their vast shared crossover universe. Instead, we have a timely television spin on the X-men. A leader of the mutant underground gets captured, while a man who helps prosecute mutants learns his children carry the X-factor gene.
Inhumans Review: “Behold… The Inhumans” / “Those Who Would Destroy Us”
Many critics have been calling The Inhumans the Marvel Mainstream Media Universe’s first real failure, even before its first episode toured select IMAX theatres. Now that it has made its small-screen debut, it’s time to discuss whether Lockjaw and his pals will fetch a television audience.
TV Review – “The Defenders”
Marvel’s latest Netflix series has been out for just over 48 hours. How does it hold up? Note: there is a scene after the credits of the final episode.
Orphan Black Review: “To Right the Wrongs of Many”
Orphan Black Review: “One Fettered Slave”
We’ll have a more detailed review next week, when the series concludes. Meanwhile, the Bureau considers Orphan Black‘s penultimate episode. What rough beast slouches towards Toronto to be born?
Orphan Black Review: “Guillotines Decide”
As the blade is about to drop on this show, the Neolutionists’ crimes are downloaded, and three significant characters are down for good.
12 Monkeys Review: “Masks,” “Thief,” “Witness”
While 12 Monkeys does a good job of telling a story in each episode, the series relies heavily on the story arc, and so the final three episodes of the penultimate season are being considered as a piece.
We learn the truth about the Witness, with one season left.
We’re all frakking witnesses!
Trailer Park – SDCC 2017 Edition
San Diego Comic Con, one of the biggest gatherings of geekdom every year, always gets us good previews of coming attractions. Check out our round-up: