The Review at the End of the Universe
“Anaconda” The 100 takes a break from the main plot of the season and turns the clock back to the time of the first Apocalypse in order to set up a potential spin-off. Backdoor pilots are a strange beast. They are episodes of a TV show designed to set up the major elements of a…
“Jack In The Box” Supernatural marches towards the season finale by continuing the tension around Jack’s unpredictability and how different parties try to deal with that. There is one scene in this episode that sums up Jack’s mental state at this point in time. It’s the scene where he sits alone with his thoughts -and…
“Byzantium” Supernatural continues with the scramble to save Jack as Heaven comes under attack from the entity that runs the Empty. Last week was a really moving exploration of how people deal with the inevitable loss attached to a terminal illness. The overriding message was enjoying the time left and preparing for life without a…
“Funeralia” Supernatural brings back Rowena who tries to cheat death itself and Castiel learns just how bad things are for the Angels when he visits Heaven. Readers of this site will know that I’m always going to struggle with a Rowena episode simply because the character irritates me. Bringing her back at this point makes…
“War of the Worlds” Supernatural moves more pieces around and starts to ramp up the tension between the various factions on the lookout for Jack. Jack’s disappearance last week is something of a curveball for Sam, Dean and Castiel who are working to deal with the fallout of this. Finding Jack is top priority but…
“Perverse Instantiation – Part 2” Clarke goes into the City of Light in the final episode of The 100 season 3 while the others fight off the legion of people faithful to A.L.I.E. The first part of the two part finale set the stage for a conclusion well and the situation seemed desperate at the…
“Perverse Instantiation – Part One” Season 3 of The 100 is coming to an end and everything is looking hopeless with the increasing dominance of A.L.I.E. making stopping her nearly impossible. Can you believe we’re at the final episodes already? It really has felt like a quick season for this show. Unfortunately it has also…
“Red Sky at Morning” The 100 explores Luna’s people and with it an alternative way of life that hasn’t been seen before while Raven discovers a potential way to defeat A.L.I.E. for good. Luna’s introduction last week was great. Her soft spoken yet confident nature left an impression and her flat refusal to accept the…
“Join or Die” Pike starts to receive some punishment while Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia and Jasper search for the mysterious Luna (Nadia Hilker) as The 100 starts to bring all the divergent plots together. Pike has been offscreen for a while and that is definitely a good thing considering how problematic a character he has been…
“Demons” Now that Raven has been cured of the influence of A.L.I.E., The 100 begins to focus on building up to the season finale but not before telling a broadly standalone story that plays around with a more horror based style. This episode feels a lot like a slasher horror film in a lot of…
