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Reviews of TV series available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 15 (Granite State)
September 23, 2013 | Andrew JonesPhoto: © 2013 Sony Pictures Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Ozymandias was the king of Breaking Bad episodes. It was full of tension, upping the ante and getting to the point where Walter White’s last stand became a close inevitability. … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Copper Season 1 Episode 2 (Husbands and Fathers)
September 18, 2013 | David FarnorCopper wastes no time in shaking things up in its second episode. After last week’s predictable opener, which saw Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) investigate the death of a young girl and find – much to shock of everyone in … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 14 (Ozymandias)
September 16, 2013 | Andrew JonesPhoto: © 2013 Sony Pictures Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand / Half sunk, a shattered visage lies…” – Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Everything … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Copper Season 1, Episode 1
September 13, 2013 | David FarnorMeet Copper. He’s a maverick. A wild card. A guy not afraid to break the rules. He has messy hair. He wears a hat – but damn it, he always gets results. Sound familiar? Good. Because while BBC America’s TV … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 13 (To’hajiilee)
September 9, 2013 | Andrew Jones
The 13th episode of Breaking Bad Season 5 and what a finale it almost is. Emotions running high, big budget sequences, a light touch or two, Huell getting his own big scene. What Breaking Bad fan wouldn’t like To’hajiilee? … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Vikings Season 1, Episode 5 (Raid)
September 8, 2013 | David FarnorFirst Trial, now Raid: the shorter Vikings’ episode titles are, the better the show seems to be. It continues its direct approach with Earl Haraldson assaulting Ragnar’s home: a swift, loud reaction to his acquittal for the death of Earl’s … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: The Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 6 (TS-19)
September 6, 2013 | David FarnorEpisode 5 of The Walking Dead Season 1 ended on a note of hope: the opening of the doors to the CDC, where Dr. Jenner (Noah Emmerich) can provide a safe refuge from the dead-ridden world outside. But as we’ve … Read More
Netflix review: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 12 (Rabid Dog)
September 2, 2013 | Andrew JonesPhoto: © 2013 Sony Pictures Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Fire in the disco, fire in the Taco Bell.
We left Jesse and Walt at a pretty harsh point last week, with the walls tumbling down around them. Much like … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 11
August 26, 2013 | Andrew JonesPhoto: © 2013 Sony Pictures Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.
We wait a week for the big moment and what happens? Well, everything we thought would happen… didn’t. Even in Episode 11 of the final season, Breaking Bad still finds … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Vikings – Season 1, Episode 4
August 21, 2013 | David FarnorThe last episode of Vikings ended on a surprisingly nuanced note, a stylish wave of blood that washed out any lingering suspicion of poor quality. Episode Four of Season One continues in the same vein, with a large dose of … Read More