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The Orville Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Into the Fold’

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Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of The Orville season 1… This narrative segue might be old-fashioned, stereotypical and not without a blatant appeal to audience’s heartstrings, but it works effectively to put Doctor Claire Finn and Isaac together. Laying down a foundation of high-ranking, hardworking single mother ‘Into the Fold’ broadens our understanding, gives her […]

Inhumans Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Havoc In The Hidden Land’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Marvel’s Inhumans… As expected things move at a glacial pace and nothing of substance really happens. There is teleportation, regal stand offs and cloak and dagger missions which serve to get us from point A to point B but feel shiny yet flat. Any sense of progression is […]

Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Gentleman’s Name Is Gorgon’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Marvel’s Inhumans… Whoever keeps coming up with these taglines needs reprimanding. Gorgon is not even the central focus of this episode and in fact gets less screen time than he deserves. That the writers have seen fit to bless him with a slightly expanded backstory does nothing to […]

Supergirl Season 3 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Faithful’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Supergirl season 3… This is the most rounded episode of the season so far. Low on saccharine, thoroughly thought-provoking and packed with pathos alongside a good balance of set pieces. Touching on the repercussions of Kara’s actions over the last two years, it taps into back history rewarding […]

The Orville Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Majority Rule’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of The Orville… Written by Seth MacFarlane this episode has more in common with Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror than anything else. Referencing ‘Nosedive’ from season three The Orville passes comment on our smartphone driven way of life, without lessening the impact with levity. Taking a cue from the feature […]

Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Something Inhuman This Way Comes’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Marvel’s Inhumans… It has taken five weeks for Inhumans to amount to more than a fragmented mess of scenes, effects and paper-thin character arcs. Thankfully after trawling through the mire of irrelevance, wasted opportunity and needless segues we reach something positive worth mentioning. This episode has pace, broadens […]

Supergirl Season 3 Episode 3 Review – ‘Far from the Tree’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Supergirl season 3… A lesbian wedding shower might be a first for American network television but that is just a smoke screen for something more contentious. As the tagline suggests family plays a big part either through reconciliation, repressed prejudice or shared memories, as Supergirl taps into emotional […]

Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Make Way For… Medusa’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Marvel’s Inhumans… There is a reason why Inhumans continues to nosedive in the ratings. It fails to engage, lacks logical narrative reasoning and on top of that is frustratingly fragmented. Our king and queen Medusa and Black Bolt are standoffish, stoic, bossy, slightly condescending and two-dimensional, while Maximus, Crystal, […]