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Supergirl Season 4 Episode 18 Review – ‘Crime and Punishment’

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Martin Carr reviews the eighteenth episode of Supergirl season 4… High minded wannabes will jump on the Dostoyevsky reference considering the Russian connection but there comparisons should stop. Supergirl may gain the moral high ground through a careful choice of ethically and morally thematic storylines but still needs to retain its audience. Alien amnesty acts, […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘Treasure of the Sun’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of American Gods season 2… Reincarnation, immortality and mythology converge in this penultimate episode which digs deeper into the ideas of tradition versus progress. War is coming, weapons are ready and combatants are converging while others rebel. Flashbacks are rife while an atmosphere of ruination and alcohol dominate throughout. […]

Gotham Season 5 Episode 11 Review – ‘They Did What?’

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Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of Gotham season 5… Rather than being engaging this penultimate episode feels calculated. Key characters never feel in abject danger, situations however frenetic never raise collective pulses, while Gotham feels strangely unthreatening. Whether that perceived danger comes from al Ghul’s daughter, a pneumatically enhanced Bane or the conspicuously absent […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 13 Review – ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’

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Martin Carr reviews the thirteenth episode of The Orville season 2… Second chances are something we all wish for whether educational, emotional or professional. Yet rarely do people consider the repercussions of that hypothetical as self-interest and nostalgia cloud judgement calls or rose tint recollections. Physics aside The Orville thankfully focuses on just those elements […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Donar the Great’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of American Gods season 2… Aside from a chuck away reference to Fredrick Nietzsche there is little of philosophical depth in Donar the Great. Flashback heavy and no more obscure than normal this vaudevillian segue into music hall politics with Velvet Underground undertones shows much but achieves little. Narrative […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘Sanctuary’

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Martin Carr reviews the twelfth episode of The Orville season 2… Ethical and moral quandaries are the lifeblood of this sci-fi soap opera with added topical relevance. Seth MacFarlane has been using The Orville as a sounding board slash soapbox since its inception and with notable success. With issues of gender equality front and centre […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Ways of the Dead’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of American Gods season 2… Carnal coupling New Orleans style awaits the seasoned watcher and newbie alike as Nordic folklore combines with a smattering of voodoo infused racial histrionics. Flaming heads talking in present day moments of acid trip clarity sit alongside bullet wound imagery, laughing lynch mobs and […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of American Gods season 2… Rarely do you see a synchronicity of thematic and visual styles so seamlessly fused as in the first ten minutes of episode four. Technological cues used to time stamp particular decades combine effortlessly with classical concertos and ever changing entertainment while a metronome ticks […]

Supergirl Season 4 Episode 16 Review – ‘The House of L’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixteenth episode of Supergirl season 4… This is the episode we have been waiting for. Backstory, character arcs and Jon Cryer dominating everything. Taking a leaf from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and giving it a Kryptonian spin season four takes a next level leap as Luthor’s scheme gets fully revealed. Flashback court […]