Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Supergirl season 4… There is nothing connecting this episode to the John Milton classic Paradise Lost. Hate groups, alien alienation and a spiralling increase in internet abuse towards immigrant interlopers seems the closest you get. Between the faith healers, fringe groups and lack of humanity shown by humans […]
Kidding Season 1 Finale Review – ‘Some Day’
Martin Carr reviews the season 1 finale of Kidding… As finales go this is a curveball, but then nothing about Kidding has ever been straightforward. Borne out of tragedy, defined by dysfunction and shot through with abstract notions of sexual deviancy it remains staggeringly original. From episode one the ground work for an emotionally stunted […]
Supergirl Season 4 Episode 6 Review – ‘Call to Action’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Supergirl season 4… Once again the segregationist attitude which pervades Supergirl leads to conflicting tonally shifts which deviates away from important topics appeasing audience expectations. Underlying themes are becoming less and less subtle as these programme makers explore, examine and dissect native sentiment versus immigrant influence. Not so […]
Supergirl Season 4 Episode 7 Review – ‘Rather The Fallen Angel’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Supergirl season 4… Beyond the Ellis Island references, vigilante tactics and ethical undercurrents around human experimentation Supergirl discusses something else this week. ‘Rather The Fallen Angel’ proposes that human duality and your ability to balance both sides of this equation are more ambiguous than others may think. Our […]
Supergirl Season 4 Episode 8 Review – ‘Bunker Hill’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Supergirl season 4… This episode belongs to Manchester Black. Sub-plots revolving round sleep deprivation and the incarceration of Agent Liberty might work effectively, but ‘Bunker Hill’ is all about that grey area inhabited by our own home grown vigilante. Between that and the hat tip to Joe and […]
Supergirl Season 4 Episode 9 Review – ‘Elseworlds Part 3’
Martin Carr reviews part 3 of The CW’s crossover event Elseworlds… Taken in isolation rather than part of the larger whole part three of this trilogy is both refreshing, exciting, action packed and inventive. Watching Grant Gustin, Stephen Amell and Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman is an adrenaline shot for Supergirl which complements her extended ensemble massively. […]
The Orville Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘Ja’loja’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The Orville season 2… Few writers can imbue the puerile with pathos, make micturition both emotive yet amusing and create forty minutes of engaging drama using bodily functions as their inspiration. Few that is apart from Seth MacFarlane who uses nothing more substantial to give us an opening […]
Gotham Season 5 Episode 1 Review – ‘Year Zero’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Gotham season 5… Post-apocalyptic Gotham is not as was hoped full of odious surprises, cryptic villains and heavy fire power. Instead territories are carved up and ruled by influence, muscle, economics or sheer numbers. Cut off from civilisation and mustering forces in a constant battle for food, medicine, […]
The Orville Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘Primal Urges’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Orville season 2… There is a sensitivity, skill and structural balance at work here which demonstrates what continues to make The Orville so special. Multiple story threads, taboo subjects and same sex unions explored with consideration within a plausibly dramatic set of scenarios. MacFarlane starts from a […]
Daredevil Season 3 Episode 7 Review – ‘Aftermath’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Daredevil season 3… As Fisk continues to tighten his noose there is an emotional circling of wagons, interrogations which cast aspersions and psychological mind games running rampant. Aside from the restricted opulence which Wilson Fisk surrounds himself with this episode allows us a closer look into his methods […]
