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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Orville Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Old Wounds’

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The Orville… This looks and feels like a flagship network show. Seth MacFarlane stands front and centre taking on full creative responsibility for The Orville. An affectionate and none to subtle pastiche of The Next Generation, J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek and of course Star Trek: The Original Series. High […]

Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Gods Who Fall’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Mr. Mercedes… There are no blood and guts, nothing particularly thrilling or even risky this week in Mr. Mercedes. Instead the episode is riddled with backstory, character expansion and a little white supremacist laptop baiting. Dennis Lehane of Shutter Island fame wrote the teleplay for ‘Gods Who Fall’ […]