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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2 finale (Episode 13, Mizumono)
July 31, 2014 | Jo BromilowAs the net closes tighter around Hannibal and his network of trappers, once again the circle widens to re-admit Kade Purnell (Cynthia Nixon), who, having got wind of Will and Jack’s sting, is coming to stop these two vigilantes in … Read More
Case Notes: A recap of Scandal Season 1 and 2
July 30, 2014 | Jo BromilowThe glossiest, most dramatic Washington-based show is back on our screens. That’s right – after months without her, Olivia Pope – Washington’s premiere fixer – returns for more Scandal with her team of “gladiators in suits”, defending the un-defendable in … Read More
VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 4 (Death Is Not the End)
July 28, 2014 | Jo BromilowAt the rate things are going, this entire season of True Blood could be fitted into a week. Given that a good year has elapsed since the end of Seasons 6, the locals must be desperate for some drama. And … Read More
Why The Honourable Woman should be your next box set
July 27, 2014 | Jo BromilowIt seems fair to call The Honourable Woman the BBC’s answer to Homeland, because there are several crucial elements that are very similar. Identikit opening credit montage? Check. A complex female lead? Check – Maggie Gyllenhaal plays the decorated Baroness … Read More
UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2, Episode 12
July 26, 2014 | Jo BromilowWith just minutes left until we reach the reckoning of Season 2, Hannibal continues with the final few strides of the great chase. But what has been the objective of that chase? For Will to catch Hannibal? For Hannibal to … Read More
VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 3 (Fire in the Hole)
July 21, 2014 | Jo BromilowAs the body count rises thick and fast in the final season of True Blood, it was inevitable that, faced with their own mortality, the show’s characters (and indirectly the show’s writers) would have to contemplate loss. As Season 7 … Read More
UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2, Episode 11 (Ko No Mono)
July 19, 2014 | Jo BromilowAcross the last few episodes, as the supposedly well-meaning, flawed but ultimately ‘good’ Will Graham slips further and further down the path to his own destruction, you have to wonder what his parents must think of him. From taking some … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Hemlock Grove Season 2
July 19, 2014 | Chris BryantA troubled young girl – caught up in mysterious and dangerous goings on – is torn between her love for the rugged werewolf and the tall, blonde vampire in a town that exudes grunge and rains endlessly. Sound familiar? It … Read More
VOD TV recap: 24 Live Another Day Episode 12
July 18, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“One day, I won’t remember any of this anyway…”
That’s President Heller looking back over the previous 24 hours of Live Another Day. That’s right, 24 hours covered in just 12 episodes – because this climactic … Read More
VOD TV recap: 24 Live Another Day Episode 11
July 16, 2014 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
What’s the one thing scarier than foreigners? FOREIGNERS WORKING TOGETHER.
Episode 11 of 24: Live Another Day took the show’s conservative politics to the point of no return by revealing that not only is Evil Chinese … Read More















