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The Orville Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘About a Girl’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Orville…Online entertainment sites seem more concerned with the impact of Thursday night football on The Orville than anything else. Fox also re-launched Gotham against the Star Trek pastiche which is another reason why ratings may have bottomed out for MacFarlane’s creation. Whatever their arguments for moving it […]

Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Willow Lake’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Mr. Mercedes…Harry Treadaway lurks under the bed of your collective unconscious hacking into those thoughts we prefer people keep to themselves. Brady Hartsfield is the culmination of sexual congress, incestuous transgressions and borderline foster care upbringing. Blessed with a high IQ, limited social skills and a psychotic nature, […]

The Strain Season 4 Episode 10 Review – ‘The Last Stand’

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Martin Carr reviews the season four – and series – finale of The Strain… That things come to an end is a fact of life. Most serials never have a best-selling source material or guaranteed audience, relying solely on the fickle nature of television audiences. Others are lucky enough to have someone like Guillermo del Toro […]

Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘People in the Rain’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Mr. Mercedes…Darkness seeps between the cracks ushering in another kink this week as back story, dark fantasy and parental manipulation are all on show. Weakness in character is always more interesting than strength just as friction represents more entertainment than serenity. It becomes most watchable when the weak […]

The Orville Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Command Performance’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Orville…Critical opinion over Seth MacFarlane has always been split. With no skeletons in his closet, a genuinely affable persona and creative carte blanche he has been the target of jealous detractors for years. However with The Orville it’s time they cut him some slack and let MacFarlane […]

The Strain Season 4 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Traitor’

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Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of The Strain season 4…As we near the end of a four-year odyssey there are layered dialogue scenes, moral questions on both sides about bearing the blame and slicing and dicing aplenty. As we watch ‘The Master’s final trump card being played, disciples being interrogated and megaton bombs being […]

Preacher Season 2 Episode 13 Review – ‘The End of the Road’

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Martin Carr reviews the season 2 finale of Preacher…Preacher has redeemed itself with a season closer brimming over with invention, heart wrenching emotion and caustic cultural reference. Meandering, concise, far-fetched and theologically challenging, Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy are back on point while Herr Starr is gloriously dry witted and indifferent. Whether choreographing fist fights to […]

Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Suicide Hour’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Mr. Mercedes…This slowly gets under your skin. Working its way through open pores, seeping into sweat glands, tear ducts and every open orifice. Between the high-tech surveillance talk, on-line harassment and seedy conversations over webcam there are darker elements at play. Alcoholics, liars, incestuous couples and torture porn […]