The Review at the End of the Universe
“Love is a Battlefield” The Flash delivers a Valentine’s themed episode with relationship strife both in the criminal underworld and within Team Flash. I’m sure it’ll be apparent to those who regularly read these reviews that I don’t like Katee Sackhoff’s Amunet Black. It’s very much personal taste on my part as she is written…
“Take Your Choice” Batwoman sees Kate faced with a difficult choice and very little time in which to make it. The previous episode focused on a Beth from another universe stranded on Earth Prime. This gives Kate everything she wants as she now has a well adjusted version of her sister that never went down…
“The Haunting of Villa Diodati” Doctor Who brings a haunted house story, another historical celebrity and the return of an old enemy to challenge The Doctor. Haunted house stories have become a staple of this show with an example almost every season in one form or another. It’s easy to see why it’s a well…
“The Fiery Cross” Outlander returns for a fifth season with a lavish wedding and the promise of difficult times ahead for the extended Fraser family. Relationships are everything on this show. Even in the tensest of situations time is always taken to celebrate the connections between the people attached to those events. For me, this…
“Back From the Future – Part 1” Supergirl welcomes back an old friend as a psycho killer threatens National City using very familiar means. It’s often the case that I don’t realise how much a character is missed until they come back. Winn was part of the core cast for three seasons and was a…
“Absolute Candor” Star Trek: Picard begins Picard’s mission with a visit to a planet he once had a strong connection to in order to recruit another member to his band of misfits. In the previous episode, Picard was in no doubt about where he belonged and what gives his life meaning. Everything in his life that…
“Slay Anything” DC’s Legends of Tomorrow takes a stab at delivering its own take on the slasher genre when the team deal with a serial killer escaped from Hell. It was only a matter of time before this show tackled the Slasher genre given its love for all things meta. Slasher films lend themselves to…
Sir Patrick Stewart recently returned to his iconic role of Jean Luc Picard and that could not go undiscussed. The conversation covers synthetic life, the inner workings of technology in Star Trek and the practical cost of running a transporter. Craig can be found on this very site. Laura can be found on her website…
“Can You Hear Me?” Doctor Who explores the power of nightmares and how they can fuel insecurities while the reality of travelling with The Doctor starts to occur to the companions. Nightmares have been a common fixture in Doctor Who stories whether something that people thought was a nightmare actually exists, some external force causes…
“The End is the Beginning” Star Trek: Picard finishes assembling the necessary pieces for Picard to head into space and begin his mission. Pacing is a difficult thing to master in TV and film as there has to be the perfect balance between making a narrative meaningful to the characters experiencing it while keeping the story…
