Why The West Wing is the greatest TV show of all time

The beginning of the 2000’s was, in the eyes of many, a dark time in American politics. The attacks on 9/11 made the country increasingly isolationist and paranoid. President George W. Bush had dragged the US into illegal wars in … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 15 (Granite State)

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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)

Copper 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)

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“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

Meet 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)

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)

First 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)

Episode 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)

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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

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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