Synopsis of 5×08: The backstories of literally everyone are filled in as part of a midseason episode that should have been the second episode. Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Now that’s more like it! After last week’s half of this here two-parter gave some undue hope that Heroes Reborn may be able to […]
Heroes Reborn: June 13th – Part 1 Recap
Synopsis of 5×07: Noah and Hiro journey back in time to June 13th to uncover the mysteries of the attack on the Evo summit. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Heroes Reborn has done the impossible. After managing tasks as varied and fruitless as out-crazying itself and being incomprehensible, Heroes Reborn has topped itself […]
Heroes Reborn: Game Over Recap
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 […]
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 […]
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 Walking Dead: Spend Recap
Synopsis of 5×14: Abraham finds a new purpose, Glenn struggles to control a supply run, Carol and Rick aren’t going to be friends with Pete, and Father Gabriel pulls a Judas. Rating: ★★★★☆ Hey, we haven’t seen Father Gabriel in a while! Bet he’s making all sorts of friends and returning to […]
The Walking Dead: What Happened and What’s Going On Recap
Synopsis of 5×09: After the loss of Beth, Rick takes a group with him to fulfill her mission of getting Noah back to his family in Richmond, Virginia. Unfortunately, things just go from bad to worse. Rating: ★★★★☆ We’re back with the second half of the fifth season of The Walking Dead […]
The Walking Dead: Coda Recap
The Walking Dead: Coda (5×08) Synopsis: The Ricktatorship is alive and well, Abraham’s group makes a triumphant return, and the group loses one of their own… Rating: ★★★★☆ We open on the Ricktatorship alive and well, as he’s chasing down still-zip-tied Lamson in a police vehicle. After repeatedly telling him to stop […]
The Walking Dead: Consumed Recap
The Walking Dead: Consumed (5×06) Synopsis: Carol and Daryl head back into the heart of Atlanta in search of Beth. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ What little progress was made last week was brought to a grinding halt once again with this hospital side-plot. We last saw Daryl coming back to the church, roughed up […]
The Walking Dead: Slabtown Recap
The Walking Dead: Slabtown (5×04) Synopsis: An entire episode focusing on Beth and a creepy hospital full of (potential) rapists. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ This Beth-centric episode serves as something of a pause to the forward momentum of the season. There wasn’t a good conveyance of time, but it has to have been a […]
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