Synopsis of 5×06: Noah joins forces with Miko and Ren to release Hiro Nakamura; Luke gets wet; Carlos is still around. Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ How can it possibly be that we are six episodes into Heroes Reborn and there are still fundamental concepts of the show that remain a mystery? Heroes […]
The Flash: Family of Rogues Recap
Synopsis of 2×03: Barry must help Captain Cold and Golden Glider contend with their father; Joe comes clean about Iris’ mother; Caitlin and Jay construct a big gate dealy. Rating: ★★★★1/2 At this point in my life, if I were Iris West, I would probably throw away my phone, lock […]
Heroes Reborn: The Lion’s Den Recap
Synopsis of 5×05: Luke flashes back; Miko attacks; Carlos punches. Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ It has been five episodes, and Heroes Reborn is struggling to become a show with any form of identity whatsoever. It’s not an action show, as Reborn only manages about thirty seconds of action sequence per episode. It […]
The Flash: Flash of Two Worlds Recap
Synopsis of 2×02: Barry’s newfound trust issues are tested as a Flash arrives from a parallel Earth; Joe is pursued by a promising newcomer. Rating: ★★★★☆ “Flash of Two Worlds” is The Flash attempting to return to a sort of status quo, albeit in a very The Flash kind of […]
Heroes Reborn: The Needs of the Many Recap
Synopsis of 5×04: Luke comes out; Noah finds the precogs; Milena’s powers somehow get even more vague. Rating: ????? There exists somewhere in the infinite swirling randomness of the multiverse a universe where Heroes Reborn is good. In this strange world, Tim Kring never went so fully, completely off the […]
The Flash: The Man Who Saved Central City Recap
Synopsis of 2×01: Six months after the Singularity appeared over Central City, Barry has struck it out on his own to protect those he loves, even as the city itself has come to revere him. But when a new Atom-Smashing villain appears, Barry may be out of options and out […]
Heroes Reborn: Under the Mask Recap
Synopsis of 5×03: Each of the show’s many plots inch forward as new villains come into the light, a deadly app is revealed, we meet an invisible eskimo, and the subtitles go insane. Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ (This could be a one hundred star rating system and my score would be the […]
Fargo: Morton’s Fork Recap
Synopsis of 1×10: The forces of blue collar good and otherworldly evil come to a head in Bemidji, MN as everyone from the FBI to Lorne Malvo guns after one man: Lester Nygaard. Rating: ★★★★1/2 Fargo as a show has long outgrown the film that inspired it. Not in quality, […]
Heroes Reborn: Brave New World Recap
Synopsis of 5×01 and 5×02: Picking up a few years after the original series skidded to a flaming halt, a new story begins with new heroes, some old haunts, and whichever original cast members would answer Tim Kring’s phone calls. Rating: ?1/2 Heroes, as it existed once, was a hugely […]
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