Lucifer – Season 1 Episode 10

“Pops” After a stellar episode last week, Lucifer returns to focusing on the procedural elements of the story that hide the more compelling character work. As always the case of the week was really uninteresting to me. This time a chef that Lucifer admires is murdered and the loss to his taste buds compels him…

Lucifer – Season 1 Episode 9

“A Priest Walks Into A Bar” Lucifer explores the ideas of religion and faith when a priest comes to the Devil for help and ends up forging an unlikely friendship. As a show, Lucifer hasn’t really dealt with religion as an idea in any great depth. There’s lots of mention of how it all really…

Fear the Walking Dead – Season 1 Episode 6

“The Good Man” The theme is Family – blood or bond – a group of disparate people coming together in Los Angeles to overcome adversity, willing to do whatever it takes to protect one another.  You’d be forgiven for thinking we were talking about The Fast and the Furious, and in truth, Dominic Toretto would…

Fear the Walking Dead – Season 1 Episode 5

“Cobalt” Episode five of Fear the Walking Dead further entrenches the military (and those whose orders they follow) as the enemy.  Thought you were watching a show about people running from zombies?  Wrong.  The overriding message here is “Don’t trust the government”.  Last week established an uneasy truce between the army and the civilians they…