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The following contains spoilers for The Staircase (2022) finale, “America’s Sweetheart or: Time Over Time” (written by Antonio Campos and Aja Gabel, and directed by Antonio Campos). “America’s Sweetheart or: Time Over Time” is an over-bloated final episode that details the events of Michael Peterson’s (Colin Firth) Alford plea. Michael had wanted to avoid submitting an […] More
The following contains spoilers from Episode 4 of The Time Traveler’s Wife (adapted by Steven Moffat and directed by David Nutter) The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 4 begins with Henry (Theo James) posing the idea that no one has agency when they are falling in love. Hence why people use the word “falling.” The show doesn’t […] More
The following contains spoilers for The Staircase (2022) Episode 7, “Seek and Ye Shall” (written by Antonio Campos and Aja Gabel, and directed by Antonio Campos). Another person in the Durham area has died from blunt force trauma to the back of the head. As with Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette), this person’s skull wasn’t fractured, which […] More
Teenage Bounty Hunters premiered on August 14, 2020, and was an unexpected beam of sunshine during that nightmare of a year. It was quietly dropped by Netflix with almost no fanfare or advertising, so it wasn’t that much of a surprise when Deadline broke the cancellation news not even two months later, on October 5. […] More
The following contains spoilers from Episode 3 of The Time Traveler’s Wife (adapted by Steven Moffat and directed by David Nutter) Episode 3 begins with six-year-old Clare’s (Everleigh McDonell) first meeting with Henry (Theo James). It’s a meeting the audience has already seen, but this time, we linger on Clare as a child. When Henry disappears […] More
The following contains spoilers for The Staircase (2022) Episode 6, ““Red in Tooth and Claw” (written by Antonio Campos and Emily Kaczmarek, and directed by Leigh Janiak). “Red in Tooth and Claw” is the long-awaited introduction of the Owl Theory. This theory was excluded in the original 2004 docuseries, but gained prominence because of a series […] More
The following contains spoilers from Episode 2 of The Time Traveler’s Wife (adapted by Steven Moffat and directed by David Nutter) Episode 2 of The Time Traveler’s Wife attempts to explain 28-year-old Henry’s (Theo James) standoffish nature. Now that Henry and Clare (Rose Leslie) have met in the linear timeline, they’re forced to reckon with […] More
The following contains spoilers for The Staircase (2022) Episode 5, “The Beating Heart” (written by Antonio Campos, Aja Gabel, and Emily Kaczmarek, and directed by Leigh Janiak). The Staircase Episode 5, “The Beating Heart,” tells the audience about Michael Peterson’s (Colin Firth) life in jail after the verdict and his developing pen pal relationship with Sophie […] More
The following contains spoilers from The Time Traveler’s Wife series premiere, (adapted by Stephen Moffat and directed by David Nutter) The premiere of HBO’s The Time Traveler’s Wife has quite a lot of work to do. As with any media involving time travel, the rules have to be explained: who can travel through time, how […] More
The following contains spoilers for The Staircase (2022) Episode 4, “Common Sense” (written by Antonio Campos, Craig Shilowich, and Emily Kaczmarek, and directed by Antonio Campos). “Justice is a construct, little more than a game. A game that shapes the outcome of a man’s life,” Sophie Brunet (Juliette Binoche) says at the beginning of the […] More
The following contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of The Wilds, S2E8, “Exodus” (written by Sarah Streicher and directed by Ben Young) For the first twenty minutes of the finale, it feels like The Wilds Season 1 again. The full focus is on The Unsinkable Eight. It’s their show once again, and what a […] More
The fears and shortcomings that emerged in the premiere of The Wilds Season 2 only become more exacerbated as the season progresses. It’s disappointing to see a show that handled mental health, sexual assault, and other heavy topics with grace and nuance devolve into something more akin to a soap opera. Similar intense topics are […] More
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