Cloak and Dagger

Five Thoughts On Cloak & Dagger’s “Ghost Stories”

By Tom Baker | Jul 20, 2018 | Television

The problem with digging into the past is you might find something you don’t like. I don’t mean, you know, a disco-era photo of your dad on roller skates and short-shorts with a huge perm, I mean something even more profoundly disquieting than that. This week on Cloak & Dagger, Tandy learns some things are […]

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Five Thoughts on Cloak & Dagger‘s “Lotus Eaters”

By Tom Baker | Jul 13, 2018 | Television

In the most conceptually ambitious episode of Cloak & Dagger yet — which, admittedly, is not a particularly high bar to clear — takes us inside the head of Ivan, father of Roxxon engineer Mina, Hess. Ty and Tandy’s fantastic voyage finally moves towards some answers by going straight to the source, and in “Lotus […]

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Five Thoughts On Cloak & Dagger’s “Funhouse Mirrors”

By Tom Baker | Jul 6, 2018 | Television

Is there such a thing as a “normal” life? In this sixth hour of Cloak & Dagger, its teen protagonists Tyrone and Tandy try to ingratiate themselves with individuals they assume to be on a more even keel to themselves…only to discover they’re not the only ones with hidden traumas. Let’s take a look at […]

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Five Thoughts On Cloak & Dagger’s “Princeton Offense”

By Tom Baker | Jun 29, 2018 | Television

We’re at the halfway mark of this inaugural season of Cloak & Dagger, the only show currently airing that’s brave enough to juggle the topical hot potatoes of police corruption, the dark side of Instagram, and what I can only assume is a new designer drug called “chilli spaghetti” because no way is that a […]

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Five Thoughts On Cloak & Dagger’s “Call/Response”

By Tom Baker | Jun 22, 2018 | Television

We’re back with our recap of episode four of Cloak & Dagger, the Marvel show hip to hot teen trends like bath bombs, faking bike thefts and Snapchat; we’re yet to see hide or hair of Fortnite, but surely it can only be a matter of time. This week, “Call/Response” brings Tyrone and Tandy together […]

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Five Thoughts on Cloak & Dagger‘s “Stained Glass”

By Tom Baker | Jun 15, 2018 | Television

Welcome back to our coverage of Cloak & Dagger, the show that tackles the hot button issues faced by today’s teens: bullying, substance abuse, voodoo and developing superpowers thanks to a near-fatal accident you suffered as a child. This week I’ll be looking at the third episode of this inaugural season, “Stained Glass!” 1. Reunited, […]

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Five Thoughts On Cloak & Dagger’s “First Light” and “Suicide Sprints”

By Tom Baker | Jun 8, 2018 | Television

Welcome to our coverage of Cloak & Dagger! Freeform’s second televisual entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe combines soap opera, Shameless and superheroics, a combination that…mostly works. This week I’m going to take a first stab at the show’s double-bill premiere, which introduces us to troubled teen metahumans Ty and Tandy, and a middle-aged screenwriter’s […]

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