First look review: Orange Is the New Black Season 2 (Episode 1)

This review contains mild spoilers for the end of Orange Is the New Black Season 1.

Season 2 of Orange Is the New Black definitely hits the ground running. Thirsty Bird opens on Piper in SHU, reminding us how she … Read More

UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7 Episode 7

Guidance is internal. Three. Two. One.

In the mid-season finale of Mad Men, three Americans are on their way to be the first men on the moon. People crowd around their television set for a worldwide event unlike any … Read More

VOD TV recap: Game of Thrones Season 4 Episode 8 (The Mountain and the Viper)

This recap contains spoilers.

Over its four seasons, Game of Thrones hasn’t exactly been squeamish about killing off characters. Until The Mountain and the Viper, The Red Wedding had so far been the grimmest event. Murder of women and unborn … Read More

VOD TV recap: 24: Live Another Day Episode 5

This recap of Live Another Day Episode 5 contains spoilers

24 has always been a show about action and reaction. Jack Bauer, of course, is the man of action, chasing terrorists and torturing people to get what he wants and … Read More

Sky Atlantic TV review: Penny Dreadful Episode 3

Death is not serene. This is the truth young Frankenstein learns, looking down at a dog, its body emaciated, its eyes crawling with fat, white maggots.

In Episode 3 of Penny Dreadful we get some of the most explicit … Read More

Community: Looking back at Season 1

When Dan Harmon (The Sarah Silverman Show) debuted his single camera sitcom in September 2009, it was sold as a slacker hang-out comedy. It starred The Soup’s Joel McHale as a sarcastic, cynical jerk studying with a group of roughly … Read More

VOD TV finale review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 22 (Beginning of the End)

What a way for Marvel’s TV show to end. Episode 22 – Beginning of the End – has everything: heart, emotion, laughs, action, and moments that will have you jumping out of your chair and pumping your fist in the … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2, Episode 4 (Takiawase)

Given the slight, erm, miscarriage of justice that occurred at the end of last week, Will’s trial is understandably delayed to give way to a more sombre episode of Hannibal; arguably the most sombre, and definitely most saddening, we’ve ever … Read More

Sky Atlantic TV review: Penny Dreadful Episode 2

It’s not often that TV is genuinely scary. Whether it’s the small size of the screen or the relative lack of time to build up a spooky atmosphere, horror shows (that aren’t about zombies) seem few and far between. Penny … Read More

VOD TV review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 21 (Ragtag)

Channelling iconic TV show Lost, this week Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. features Ward flashbacking to how he and Garrett came together, with the former becoming the puppy dog in the latter’s handbag.

This does break up the flow of the … Read More