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Five Thoughts on Doctor Who: Flux‘s “Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse”

By Kate Kosturski | Nov 2, 2021 | Television

Welcome back, fam! It’s time for another season of Doctor Who, and since the last time we checked in with Thirteen and the fam, a lot has changed. “Revolution of the Daleks” in January saw the departure of the grandfather and grandson team of Graham and Ryan. Six months later, word broke that Jodie Whittaker was taking […]

Five Thoughts on Y: The Last Man‘s “Ready, Aim, Fire”

By Laura Merrill | Nov 2, 2021 | Television

Welcome, remaining living creatures, to our review of FX’s inappropriately named science fiction drama Y The Last Man. This episode delivers Roxanne’s long-awaited origin story, Sam’s long-earned fresh start, and Nora’s calculated/chaotic approach to career advancement with a uniquely catlike quality. Spoilers ahead, so let go of that lover who doesn’t deserve you, and if […]

Five Thoughts on Star Trek: Prodigy‘s “Lost & Found”

By Christopher Egan | Nov 1, 2021 | Television

The first episode of Star Trek: Prodigy has so much story to tell. Picking up approximately five years after Star Trek: Voyager and one year after the most recent events of Star Trek: Lower Decks, this series has been placed in a very specific spot in the timeline. It isn’t the most recent part of […]

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Five Thoughts on Stranger Things 3‘s “The Flayed”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 29, 2021 | Television

Welcome to this week’s installment of the TV Binge of Stranger Things, looking back at season three, episode five, released July 4, 2019: “Chapter Five: The Flayed” Written by Paul Dichter Directed by Uta Briesewitz On this episode, Joyce and Hopper kidnap Alexei from a Soviet safehouse, and take him to someone who can translate […]

Five Thoughts on Just Beyond’s “Which Witch?”

By Christopher Egan | Oct 29, 2021 | Television

Fiona, a teen that comes from a long line of witches, is starting to feel that her genetic identity as a witch is over-powering who she is as a person. Spoilers Ahead 1.Confusing World Building When the episode starts we are thrown into a world that feels akin to something like Sabrina the Teenage Witch […]

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Five Thoughts On Batwoman‘s “Freeze”

By Joe Skonce | Oct 29, 2021 | Television

Welcome back to Gotham! Ryan and the Batfamily are finally starting to get something of a groove as they continue to track down the lost artifacts of Batman’s famous foes, but not everything is running smoothly. They have to deal with a deranged team member, family drama, and personal trauma, all while having the looming […]

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Five Thoughts on Aquaman: King of Atlantis‘s “Chapter 3: Tidal Shift”

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 28, 2021 | Television

After two weeks of pleading, Aquaman: King of Atlantis sticks the landing in its final (for now) episode. Let’s not waste any time. 1. Synthesis Each episode of Aquaman: King of Atlantis has had some great stuff in it, but it always felt like the show wasn’t using all of its best elements together. Well, […]

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Five Thoughts on Legends of Tomorrow‘s “WVRDR_ERROR_100 Oest-of-th3-Gs.gid30n notFound”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 28, 2021 | Television

On the 100th episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gideon collapsed while helping Astra and Spooner find their way to Gwyn Davies. Astra cast a spell to enter her mind, where she and Spooner met a subconscious representation of Jax, who directed them to repair Gideon’s fractured psyche with a trip down memory lane. 1. […]

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Five Thoughts on Stargirl‘s “Summer School: Chapter Twelve”

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 27, 2021 | Television

As Stargirl barrels towards its season finale next week, we start to see the season’s endgame emerge. Initially, I had written that this episode felt a little bit like a pause before the finale, but upon further review, the episode actually does quite a lot. It just does all the stuff we expected it to […]

Five Thoughts on Supergirl‘s “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 27, 2021 | Television

Of all the things to have happened in the lead up to the season finale, Lex Luthor getting character growth is not something I would have predicted. What’s next? Livewire becoming a SuperFriend? ...Actually, I’d be super down for that.

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Five Thoughts on Locke and Key‘s “The Head and the Heart”

By Alexander Manzo | Oct 26, 2021 | Television

Episode two of Locke and Key introduces a few new characters for the Locke family. It’s also a chance to share the themes that will stick with the season and go back to a loose end storyline left from last season. Spoilers ahead 1. New History Teacher We’ve got a new character that seems like […]

Five Thoughts on Y: The Last Man‘s “My Mother Saw a Monkey”

By Laura Merrill | Oct 26, 2021 | Television

Welcome, remaining living creatures, to our review of FX’s inappropriately named science fiction drama Y The Last Man. Episode seven takes seriously the difficulty of teamwork, and the harm the patriarchy has caused that has outlived the Y chromosome. So beware of non-daughters-in-law, and put on your eighteenth century nightgown like the grounded trustworthy individual […]

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Five Thoughts on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe‘s “Chapter 2: The Power of Greyskull”

By Henry Finn | Oct 26, 2021 | Television

Welcome to season 1, episode 2 of the re-imagined world of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Episode 1 ended with Prince Adam wielding his power sword to morph into the hulking He-Man and smashing his first droid with the POWER OF GREYSKULL! Spoilers ahead. 1. He-Man, now young and…self-aware? There’s a moment early […]

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “The Deconstruction of Falling Stars”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 25, 2021 | Television

22 weeks ago, peace seemed so distant, so impossible. 22 weeks ago, there was hope, yes, but also knowledge that it was a tenuous hope, surrounded on all sides by death, terror, and violence. 22 weeks ago, the future was uncertain...it isn’t anymore.

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Five Thoughts in Batwoman‘s “Loose Tooth”

By Joe Skonce | Oct 24, 2021 | Television

Welcome back to Gotham! Some of the tools of Batman’s worst foes are on the loose, making new versions of these fiendish rogues, and it’s up to Ryan to keep the streets safe by getting them back to the Batcave. Unfortunately, Ryan is s forced to team up with an old foe or face the […]

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Five Thoughts on Stranger Things 3‘s “The Sauna Test”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 22, 2021 | Television

Welcome to this week’s installment of the TV Binge of Stranger Things, looking back at season three, episode four, released July 4, 2019: “Chapter Four: The Sauna Test” Written by Kate Trefry Directed by Shawn Levy On this episode, the kids concocted a plan to lock Billy in a sauna and drive the Mind Flayer […]

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Five Thoughts On Locke and Key‘s “The Premiere”

By Alexander Manzo | Oct 22, 2021 | Television

Welcome back to the second season of Locke and Key the Netflix tv show based on the IDW Publishing comic. It has been three months (in the show) since the last season ended, and the Locke kids unknowingly threw their friend behind the Black Door rather than the echo known as Dodge. The finale also […]

Five Thoughts on Just Beyond’s “Parents Are From Mars, Kids Are From Venus”

By Christopher Egan | Oct 22, 2021 | Television

Moving into the second episode, we get a great balance of humor and real horror. Confused teen boys and alien rituals shake two families to their cores. Spoilers Ahead 1. What’s Happening To My Body?! Set up as a puberty allegory with very clear and apparent themes. Two young teen boys, best friends Jack and […]

Five Thoughts on Titans‘s “Purple Rain”

By Michael Mazzacane | Oct 22, 2021 | Television

Titans‘ third season comes to a close, and it largely worked. After several finales and pseudo-finales “Purple Rain” manages to just be a solid season finale that sticks the landing and teases what is to come in the fourth season of this new HBOMAX original. 1. As Far As Finale’s Go I was kind of […]

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Five Thoughts on Aquaman: King of Atlantis‘s “Chapter 2: “Priomordius”

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 21, 2021 | Television

For its second episode, Aquaman: King of Atlantis made the tragic decision to, once again, not let Thomas Lennon do more as Vulko. If I can forgive that, I’ll review the rest of the episode. 1. More music! The theme song was one of the highlights of the first episode that I forgot to mention, […]

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Five Thoughts on Legends of Tomorrow‘s “The Need for Speed”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 21, 2021 | Television

This week on Legends of Tomorrow, Nate kept up the ruse that J. Edgar Hoover was still alive by impersonating him on a train bound for New York. While he, Behrad and Gary contended with a plot to kidnap Hoover, Astra and Spooner tried to help Gideon adjust to her new body, and Ava and […]

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