The Review at the End of the Universe
“Designated Driver” Thunderbirds Are Go gives Alan his first driving lesson as a couple of criminals try to rob Lady Penelope while her Aunt Sylvia (Sylvia Anderson) is visiting. This show is good at a great many things but comedy definitely isn’t one of them. I don’t know how young kids react to the use…
“The Husbands of River Song” Merry Christmas everyone. Christmas Day means many things to people and one of those is the annual Doctor Who Christmas Special. This episode marks the Peter Capaldi incarnation meeting recurring character River Song (Alex Kingston) for the very first time. I mentioned in my review of the special from last…
“Comet Chasers” Thunderbirds Are Go has a proper space adventure when Alan and Scott have to rescue two people stuck in the tail of Haley’s Comet. It’s been a good while since Thunderbird 3 has been the focus of an adventure and Alan has been pretty underused of late so doing an episode where he…
“Hostile Takeover” Supergirl closes off 2015 with the return of Astra in the midst of a hacking scandal involving Cat Grant leaving Kara stretched trying to deal with everyone. Astra’s return feels a little overdue considering she has been absent since the second episode. I like that Supergirl has taken some time to establish that there…
“The Hexpert” Thunderbirds Are Go focuses on Parker as his master safe-cracking expertise are needed to free a trapped scientist from an antimatter vault. Parker’s abilities as a safe-cracker were a present element in the original series but I don’t have a clear enough memory of it to do a meaningful comparison. For the purposes…
“O Brother Where Art Thou” Supernatural ends its 2015 run with a more philosophical take on the concepts of good and evil as well as religion and how that relates to us as human beings. Broaching the subject of religion is always a tough one as you risk annoying a lot of people who have…
“Dark Waters” Arrow closes out 2015 by publicly outing Damien Darhk in an attempt to bring him down by taking him out of the shadows that he so loves to hide in. A few episodes ago, Oliver defied Darhk by refusing to cooperate with him on a project that he wanted to do and that…
“Legacy” Star Wars Rebels deals with the lingering question of what happened to Ezra’s parents when he has a vision giving him clues to their fate. The fate of Ezra’s parents has been a mystery that has been in the background since the show began. It has heavily informed his character development and created interesting…
“Maveth” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD closes off 2015 by bringing all of the established stories so far this season to a head. For the most part this episode is really focused on telling the story that it has. The characters are all separated and broadly dealing with their own missions but it’s all in service…
“Cape Town” iZombie rounds out its 2015 run by throwing a spanner in the works of Liv’s life and potentially upsetting her status quo completely. I’ll start by saying that the case of the week was comparatively the dullest part of the episode. I know I say this almost every week but it’s also completely…
