The Review at the End of the Universe
“The Book of Resurrection: Chapter Two: Closure” Black Lightning delivers its last ever episode with a final showdown with Tobias and a look ahead to the future for the Pierce family. I’ve repeatedly said that endings are hard. It’s difficult to wrap something up in a way that makes sense for the involved characters and…
“The Book of Resurrection: Chapter One: Crossroads” Black Lightning begins its final chapter with the Pierces scrambling to find a way to stop Tobias as he continues to accrue power. In many ways this show doesn’t feel like it’s building to a series end given how many different plots are still on the go. It…
“The Book of Reunification: Chapter Two: Trial and Errors” Black Lightning details the efforts to clear the Pierce name as Tobias continues to have things work in his favour. As the episode begins things look bleak for the Pierce family. They are powerless, being framed for crimes they didn’t commit and have considerable resources working…
“The Book of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi” Black Lightning continues the runaway teen tail as Jefferson, Anissa and Gambi use all of their resources to find them before more dangerous people do. First of all I’m very aware of how late this review is. Life got in the way which meant I…
“The Book of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus” Khalil and Jennifer go on the run with Tobias and Jefferson scrambling to find them in a chaotic episode of Black Lightning. I’ve always said that flawed characters are far more interesting than those written as if they always make the right decision. Jennifer is a great example…
“The Book of Blood: Chapter 3: The Sange” Black Lightning continues its excursion to the world of South Freeland as Khalil makes a very risky decision that could have severe consequences for him. The introduction of South Freeland last week was a great opportunity to expand the world of the show by establishing two compelling…
“The Book of Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi” Black Lightning expands its world by introducing South Freeland while the characters process the consequences of the events of the previous episode. TV shows with worlds that feel like they continue to exist outside of the perspective of the main characters are often stronger than those who…
Supergirl recently completed its third season and our team had to have a discussion about it with their usual obsessive attention to detail. Craig and Chris get together to discuss the season as a whole, cape tricks, eclipses, life size action figures and ask the burning question; “where is Superman?”. Listen out for the continuation…
“Battles Lost and Won” Supergirl ends its third season by wrapping up the Reign plot and looking ahead to what the show will cover next season. The past few episodes have been problematic to say the least with a focus on story over character making it difficult to emotionally invest in anything that was going…
“Make it Reign” Supergirl gears up for the season finale by starting to pay off the established arcs that have developed over the course of the season. This season has been a bit of an enigma in that so much has happened while so little has happened. I refer to life changing events in the…
