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Helen is concerned about the consequences if one of the free books in DIY libraries is the Kamasutra or any other erotic written material. An argument ensues, and indistinct chatter buzzes through the hall. That’s when poor Homer gets up and suggests keeping all the books in one building open to everybody. He meant library without saying library. A wave of laughter erupts in the hall with people making mean-but-true comments about Homer being a dum-dum personality....

Episode Guide Episode 1 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 2 -| Review Score – 4.5/5 Episode 3 -| Review Score – 4/5 Episode 4 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 5 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 6 -| Review Score – 4/5 Episode 7 -| Review Score – 4/5 Episode 8 -| Review Score – 4/5 The Peterson case was a mystery shrouded in perception, like all famous trials....

Killane’s Confession Episode 6 of The Stranger begins with Killane being taken into custody where he reveals details about his wife and how she gave him purpose in life. She was going to leave him, which caused him to lash out and kill her with his bare hands. Him mentioning “I’m sorry” outside his house was simply a reference to the way he’s been manipulating Adam. As our protagonist hears the full story, it’s all too much for him and he leaves the room, asking to speak to Johanna again....

The remarkable human spirit to endure The Thai cave rescue became one of the most talked about events in mass media after it happened. Such was the peculiarity of the situation, the whole world came together to rescue the boys. Since then, many filmmakers have taken on the challenge to dramatize the retelling. While some have used the structure of a documentary to enthrall us, others have taken the more dramatic route of a feature....

MENtal Problems To say The Twilight Zone has been a mixed bag of quality this year would be an understatement. Back for another episode of sci-fi madness, The Twilight Zone returns with arguably its worst episode since it came back on air during this reboot, stooping to new lows in a nonsensical 40 minutes of chaos. The episode itself begins with a man named Dylan plucking up the courage to ask his long-term crush at work out on a date....

Barrier Episode 13 of The Uncanny Counter begins at Jahye Children’s Centre, an abandoned patch of land which Cheong-Sin drives up to with his demons. He heads in alone and now we see why. As a child, Cheong-Sin was a labourer and recruited by a man who adopted him as his own. This man whom he called Father caused the scar across his face. As Cheong-Sin visits his Father now, he telepathically turns the shotgun on him and fires, severing the tie to the only thing left binding him to this world....

Another Level 3 Spirit Episode 5 of The Uncanny Encounter picks up right where we left off, with Mo-Tak making his call as Mun answers. The Noodle Bar residents realize who his parents are and look at Mun with affection as he heads in to greet them. While he’s sweeping the floor outside, the group deliberate over how to tell Mun about his parents being murdered. Only, a new territory suddenly appears outside while they talk....

Episode Guide An Invisible Father The Magician In His Labyrinth Extradition The Echoes of Absence A New Family Toccata and Flight Easy to Get Into On paper, The Unremarkable Juanquini’s synopsis is actually pretty funny; a mediocre magician makes someone important disappear at a birthday party and struggles to bring them back, bringing with it a whole wave of hilarity and awkwardness as this man is thrust into a world of uncertainty and danger....

Breathing new life into metal music takes immense bravery and skill, and there are many metal acts trying to claim the prize, to be a model outfit for the upstarts, the bands that want to bridge between making it or failing. To be perfectly honest, the genre is bloated, like many others are, and the freshness has gone somewhat stale over the years. The Veer Union, though, delivers a balance that many of these acts can’t bring to the table, and that’s says a lot about the band....

In This Life We begin the season 1 finale of The Walking Dead: World Beyond with Leo missing his girls while sitting with Dr. Lyla Bellshaw. He chuckles, believing that his girls are getting into trouble. Well, that trouble comes in the form of Hope holding Huck up at gunpoint and asking just who the hell she is. Huck eventually admits that she’s “one of them” and remains adamant that she’s on her side....

Shadow Puppets We begin Episode 6 of The Walking Dead: World Beyond with a history lesson courtesy of some shadow puppets, complete with zombies taking over the world as we once knew. Eventually we cut back to the present where a stranger arrives with a large stick. He’s blindsided by Felix who manages to stop the boy in his tracks. While Iris searches him, Silas and Elton head off to search the perimeter to make sure he’s alone....

A Visual Delight From alien invasions and earthquakes through to volcanoes and sharknados, disaster movies have been about since the 70’s and yet continue to draw mainstream appeal. Chinese blockbuster The Stranded Earth is the next in this long line of disaster movies, mixing a heady blend of gorgeous visuals, simple storytelling and a sci-fi aesthetic to great effect. The film itself begins with a brief prologue showing the Earth on the brink of devastation in the face of a disaster with our Sun....

Your Sister Is Dead Episode 5 of The Woods begins with Pawel trying to get to the bottom of his sister-in-law’s arrest, phoning Kuba and leaving a voicemail, revealing he thinks he knows who’s doing this – Dunaj-Szafranski. Leon and Laura meanwhile, watch the scenes unfold on TV as Leon comments that there’s nothing they can do to help. Back in 1994, Pawel’s father heads out to the woods in the middle of the night and starts digging....

Episode Guide Episode 1 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 2 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 3 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 4 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 5 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 6 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 7 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 8 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 9 – | Review Score – 3/5 Episode 10 – | Review Score – 3/5 Ever since Jordan Peele’s Get Out, there’s been a swarm of racism-related horrors – and for good reason too....

Thirty-Nine Episode 10 Thirty-Nine is a romantic K-drama following the story of three best friends who met in high school and are now getting close to the big 4-0. Cha Mi-Jo comes from a wealthy family and is a successful dermatologist. Jung Chan Young always wanted to be a famous actress but ended up having a career as an acting coach instead. Shy Jang Joo-Hee works in a department store as a cosmetic manager....

The Cabin In The Woods This Is Us returns this week with emotions running high and tensions bubbling over into several messy bouts of drama. It’s all about the cabin this episode and the aforementioned drama crescendos into a really beautiful and emotional climax that’ll almost certainly shed some tears. Before we get there though, episode 14 of This Is Us begins in the past with Jack speaking to the Big Three up at the cabin about something to put in a toolbox (their very own time capsule to open when they’re 18)....

Finding The Door After 17 episodes and plenty of sadness and heartache along the way, This Is Us delivers a heart-wrenching finale that brought this reviewer to tears. It’s an episode that answers some pretty big questions hanging over the series whilst leaving the door wide open for the fourth season to take the show in a completely new and interesting direction. We begin the episode in the past. Rebecca is driving a car, happily humming along to the radio when she suddenly winds up in a nasty car accident....

Ghosts From The Past Episode 2 of Three Days Of Christmas begins with the usual dose of narration. As we soon learn, the girls arrived at the lake every day for weeks in a bid for Valentina’s Father to come back but as the seasons passed, they gave up hope as Valentina became a bigger part of their family. Driving up with her daughter Lorena, we return to the house to see Juan is now a doctor and as we soon learn, Isabel is not well....

Push Comes To Shove Bette’s threatening calling card matches her handwriting, which is why she was arrested. Episode 10 of Tiny Pretty Things begins with Katrina showing up at the interview room, telling Bette she needs to come up with a good story to get out of this situation. As her Mother leaves, Matteo arrives and introduces himself to her. It’s a frosty reception, to say the least, but one that sees Matteo bring his own Mother into the fold to fight for Bette....

Class Act Neveah awakens at the beginning of episode 3 of Tiny Pretty Things in hospital next to Cassie. With her dorm-room out of the question, she’s decided sleeping in the seat next to Cassie in hospital is the better option. Cruz is there too and tells her that Nabil may be the one who’s after her, claims that she’s his new obsession. Auditions continue and Selena arrives to inform the girls that the season opener is that evening....