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Ignition Episode 3 of The Nevers begins with Bonfire Annie heading down to the docks to find The Beggar King. However, Amalia and Penance both show up and manage to stop her burning the place. Annie admits she doesn’t know where Maladie is, and shrugs off Amalia’s suggestion that she join their ranks. In the morning, Doctor Horatio arrives to check up on Amalia. He’s concerned about her recklessness and comments solemnly on how many times she’s been brought in to be patched up....

Episode Guide Episode 1 -| Review Score – 4.5/5 Episode 2 -| Review Score – 4/5 Episode 3 -| Review Score – 4.5/5 Episode 4 -| Review Score – 5/5 Episode 5 -| Review Score – 5/5 Episode 6 -| Review Score – 4.5/5 Episode 7 -| Review Score – 4.5/5 The Old Man on FX has finished airing its season one. Seven pulsating episodes, each woven with intricate care and perfection, offered us a peek into Dan Chase’s life....

Each of the members have taken up a task in the operation. Like Frank is the one responsible to wash and launder the money by going into casinos; Myrna is responsible for delivery and so on. Rani and Ben head it and oversee the “staff”. Business is booming and Rani discusses recruiting more people to handle the workload. Ben is naturally disinclined. The entire operation has taken an emotional toll on the two....

Episode Guide Los Angeles Mexico City Costa Rica Costa Rica Part 2 Vienna Florence Switzerland Paris London USA Combining elements of The Amazing Race and trashy reality TV, The Pack is a series designed to test the limits of human and dog bonds. With 12 different owners (called partners here) and their canine companions, The Pack whisks these men and women up for a globe-trotting adventure to find the best dog and owner....

While Baldwin and Cho prepare to sell MENTOR, Ken and Reilly are trapped. Reilly explains further about how she is part of the Pentaverate. The secret society recruited her out of college. She was excited to be a part of an organization that was enacting positive change. However, she soon learned that it was five old, white men making all the decisions, and they didn’t listen to the more diverse voices that worked for them....

The Campaign Begins The Politician is Ryan Murphy’s first series after signing a lucrative deal with Netflix. Boasting an impressive cast, The Politician is an enjoyable satirical drama and although the first episode does take a while to get going, the dark comedy makes for a really enjoyable watch. The episode starts with Payton being interviewed to get into Harvard. He starts by saying he has always wanted to be President of the USA and most of his answers sound very well-rehearsed....

Gun Control Episode 3 of The Politician begins with a flashback one year ago, with Payton about to attend a debate. River comes to see him and gives him words of encouragement. This takes us back to the present where Payton is about to meet with the Harvard admission committee again. He tells them that he’ll be President of the United States one day and it’s up to them if they want Harvard to be known as the university that turned him down....

Listening The finale of The Politician brings a decent conclusion to this season as it sets things up for a third one quite nicely. With more twists along the way, it resolves most of its big plot points and offering up some great scenes between our characters in the process. The season 2 finale of The Politician starts with Astrid and Alice living and working in a farm with other pregnant women....

The Privilege Plot Synopsis The Privilege feels like a whole bunch of horror cliches and tropes thrown together and blended up into a German flick. The story centers on a young boy called Finn, who’s haunted by the memories of his older sister’s death after she died after being seemingly possessed. Fast forward to the present and Finn finds himself consumed by what happened to him in the past. It seems there’s something going on in town, typified by some strange pills he’s been prescribed, along with supernatural events that begin plaguing both him and his friends....

Hunting Season When Until Dawn released back in 2015, it brought with it a brand new genre of horror narrative adventure. Sure, The Walking Dead and Life Is Strange had their own spin on this before, but Until Dawn really tested its players with a simple hook that’s been with us since the early days of horror on the big screen – would you survive in a horror movie? Following Until Dawn’s success, there have been a number of different games under the Dark Pictures moniker, starting with Man of Medan and with The Devil in Me releasing later this year....

The HBO Original series follows Fielder as he creates multiple bizarre social experiments, called “rehearsals.” To help people prepare for upcoming scenarios in their real lives, Fielder constructs a copy of their reality for them to practice in. From fake trivia night in a life-size construction of a real bar, to a simulation of childhood, age 0 to 18– no rehearsal is the same. If The Rehearsal’s premise intrigues you, you’ll likely want to know the release date for the next episode....

The Lines Between Us Episode 3 of The Republic of Sarah begins with Greylock completely cut off. The townsfolk are confused, unsure how the US can do this “legally”. Sarah confirms there are two steps to becoming a country. The first includes simply calling yourself independent, the other includes other countries agreeing to their independence. I guess we’re going to see more of our 194 countries across the world right? No....

The Chimera Episode 7 of The Resident season 6 starts with AJ and Conrad heading to a correctional facility to treat an inmate. AJ smoothly asks Conrad how he feels about Billie after their dance at Kit and Randolph’s wedding. Conrad doesn’t exactly deny, clarify or answer the question directly. The patient AJ and Conrad are going to treat at the correctional facility is Janaya’s brother. You may remember her as the nurse who took care of AJ’s mom during her final days....

The Rookie Season 5 Episode 4 The Rookie is a show based on a man named John Nolan, who decided to be a cop at 40 years old. He makes it through the rigorous training and becomes the oldest rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department. If you’ve been following this one over the weeks, you may be curious to find out when the next episode is being released. Well, wonder no more!...

Episode Guide Episode 1 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 2 -| Review Score – 3/5 Episode 3 -| Review Score – 2.5/5 Episode 4 -| Review Score – 3/5 Episode 5 -| Review Score – 2.5/5 Episode 6 -| Review Score – 3/5 The School Nurse Files is bizarre. It’s a confusing, unnecessarily obfuscated 6 episode fantasy series that never quite settles into its rhythm. Much like the jelly-creatures this show depicts, there’s no consistent form or explanation to anything going on....

Henry has a problem. Since he was 7 years old, he’s been randomly pulled out of his own timeline and transported to a different time and place. It’s this quirk that leads him to meet Clare essentially out of order. Romance and marriage follow suit, but become infinitely complicated by Henry’s tendency to disappear. If you’ve an interest in romantic time-travel shenanigans, you’ll likely want to know the release date for the next episode of The Time Traveler’s Wife....

A Disappointing Horror Based on the 1898 serial novella Turn Of The Screw, The Turning wastes what promising potential it has with a film that descends into a jump-scare laden disappointment. It’s a particularly bitter pill to swallow because there’s a lot of promise here, both in the stylistic cinematography and some decent performances from the main cast. The score is suitably creepy and all of this is promising enough to keep this one afloat until the film stumbles through its ill-conceived screenplay into its spectacularly bad ending....

A Human Face Episode 7 of The Twilight Zone Season 2 begins with Robert and Barbara getting ready to move house while the radios buzz with news that a cosmic flare will be flying overhead. Suddenly, the radio crackles to life and the house shimmers as they realize they’re not alone. Creeping downstairs, they find a strange glowing creature gnawing on the table. Locking themselves in the cupboard, Barbara is convinced that the alien creature is their daughter, Maggie....

Tennessee – Proverbs After a long journey, episode 6 of The Underground Railroad begins with Cora brought to Ridgeway’s family estate. Ridgeway promises he won’t stay long, as Mack is there to greet them. Given the incident with the well several episodes ago, Ridgeway is quick to remember the ghosts of his past – and put them behind him. Cora is locked inside the farmhouse while he himself heads back to the familiar grave of Emma....

The Dramatic Crescendo We begin this week’s episode of The Village with Sarah sneaking out in the middle of the night. Determined to do more painting, she’s caught leaving by Patricia who, after some pursuasion, tags along and walks the streets with her. As they talk about their situations, they both share a touching moment, commenting on what’s growing inside them both. Despite painting a pretty decent portrait of a bunny, it’s not enough to impress Liam when he sees her the next morning....