2020 Summer TV Binge

Five Thoughts on Westworld’s “Crisis Theory”

By Laura Merrill | Dec 14, 2020 | Television

Beep boop hello, fellow humans who are definitely not robots who just think you’re humans, and welcome to our review of HBO’s science fiction series, Westworld. This is a season finale full of twists that make absolutely no sense at all, and a couple of twists that are really cool and interesting. There will be […]

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Five Thoughts on Westworld’s “Passed Pawn”

By Laura Merrill | Dec 7, 2020 | Television

Beep boop hello, fellow humans who are definitely not robots who just think you’re humans, and welcome to our review of HBO’s science fiction series, Westworld. To put it bluntly, this episode makes very little sense. Halores gets revenge on the wrong ‘Lores, Bernard and Stubbs rescue William for no reason, and Dolores puts all […]

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Ten Thoughts on Dark‘s “Paradise”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Dec 4, 2020 | Television

Welcome to this week’s installment of the Summer TV Binge of Netflix’s Dark, analyzing the final episode of the twisted German time travel series, released June 27, 2020. “Paradise (Das Paradies)” Written by Jantje Friese Directed by Baran bo Odar September 25, 2053: Claudia reveals the true Origin to Adam, informing him their world and […]

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Five Thoughts on Westworld’s “Decoherence”

By Laura Merrill | Nov 30, 2020 | Television

Beep boop hello, fellow humans who are definitely not robots who just think you’re humans, and welcome to our review of HBO’s science fiction series, Westworld. This episode emphasizes Westworld’s Marxist view of religion, explores Halores’ complicated sense of identity, and features the number one worst group therapy session ever. There will be spoilers for […]

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Nine Thoughts on Dark‘s “In Between Time”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Nov 27, 2020 | Television

Welcome to this week’s installment of the Summer TV Binge of Netflix’s Dark, analyzing the penultimate episode of the twisted German time travel series, released June 27, 2020. By the way, this episode is listed on Netflix’s English version as “Between the Time,” but that’s an overly literal translation of the titular German phrase — […]

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Five Thoughts on Westworld’s “Genre”

By Laura Merrill | Nov 23, 2020 | Television

Beep boop hello, fellow humans who are definitely not robots who just think you’re humans, and welcome to our review of HBO’s science fiction series, Westworld. This episode is all about the failures of capitalism, how it picks winners and losers, how it harms them all to varying degrees, and how revolution is possible through […]

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Five Thoughts on Dark‘s “Light and Shadow”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Nov 20, 2020 | Television

Welcome to this week’s installment of the Summer TV Binge of Netflix’s Dark, analyzing season three, episode six, of the twisted German time travel series, released June 27, 2020. “Light and Shadow (Licht und Schatten)” Written by Jantje Friese & Marc O. Seng Directed by Baran bo Odar September 26, 1888/2020/2053: what happened to the […]

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Five Thoughts on Fire Force‘s “The Burning Past”

By Rowan Grover | Nov 17, 2020 | Television

We reach the end of season one of Fire Force with a well-structured finale that delivers exciting battles, genuinely surprising and intriguing reveals, and some good old tom-foolery. And what better descriptors could you use to describe this infectiously fun anime? It’s been a blast these past twenty-four weeks, folks, so let’s not waste a […]

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Five Thoughts on Westworld’s “The Mother of Exiles”

By Laura Merrill | Nov 16, 2020 | Television

Beep boop hello, fellow humans who are definitely not robots who just think you’re humans, and welcome to our review of HBO’s science fiction series, Westworld. This episode delves deep into guilt, identity, and escapism. It delivers a strong mid-season twist that is sure to surprise and delight, and underlines the ultimate question that is […]

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Five Thoughts on Dark‘s “Life and Death”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Nov 13, 2020 | Television

Welcome to this week’s installment of the Summer TV Binge of Netflix’s Dark, analyzing season three, episode five, of the twisted German time travel series, released June 27, 2020. “Life and Death (Leben und Tod)” Written by Jantje Friese Directed by Baran bo Odar September 25, 1987/2020/2053: Katharina attempts to break Ulrich out. Peter and […]

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Five Thoughts on Fire Force‘s “Smile”

By Rowan Grover | Nov 10, 2020 | Television

The penultimate episode is upon us, dear readers! Fire Force season one is heating to a final climax and we are starting to see the culmination of Shinra’s journey with 8th Company and how his search for his brother is coming to a close. There’s plenty of high emotional beats that especially hit hard for […]

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Five Thoughts on Westworld’s “The Absence of Field”

By Laura Merrill | Nov 9, 2020 | Television

Beep boop hello, fellow humans who are definitely not robots who just think you’re humans, and welcome to our review of HBO’s science fiction series, Westworld. This episode is mostly about Charlotte Hale, or rather, it’s about whoever is driving that Charlotte-Hale-shaped body discovering surprising things about the original Charlotte Hale. So figure out what […]

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