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The Broken Pen Episode 5 of Start-Up begins with Chul-San desperate to find out what happened the previous night with Do-San and Dal-Mi’s date. Do-San sighs, telling him to speak to Dal-Mi about it. Her comments about him being her “first love” have clearly hit home. While he’s stuck thinking the worst about what happened, Dal-mi by comparison is invigorated by their encounter and remembers how cool Do-San was. This gives her hope – and confidence – going forward....

Juxtaposing Fates Inspired by true events, episode 1 of Stateless begins with a woman named Sofie rushing through the desert, breathless. As she collapses to her knees, a red balloon floats lazily past. This mysterious start paves way for a character drama that follows three different sets of characters amidst the ongoing, volatile discussion surrounding immigration. Sofie Sofie happens to be working as an air hostess and she leaves the airport, returning home with gifts in hand....

Dr. Chaudhary Episode 9 of Station Eleven begins almost a year into the viral outbreak. We’re back in the frozen tundra, and Jeevan is with Kirsten, out hunting together. They’re no longer snowed in either, courtesy of a snowplow passing, which opens up the road for them to leave. While Jeevan wants to go out scavenging, Kirsten has her doubts. She doesn’t want to leave the cabin just yet. The pair have trouble connecting, especially following Frank’s death....

Out of the Deep Woods Episode 1 of Sweet Tooth Season 1 begins before The Great Crumble, with Doctor Singh working tirelessly, noticing a lot of people growing sicker. What begins as a simple cough soon grows to become the deadliest virus seen in our lifetime – the H5G9 strain. Even worse, Singh’s partner Rani falls ill too. In the wake of all this, hybrid babies are born. No one really knew which came first but our attention soon turns to a hybrid out at Yellowstone National Park called Gus....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66gfLgCq9fM Episode Guide Underworld The Demon Tree The End Mountains Departure Ocean Turtle Project Alicization Swordcraft Academy Swordsman’s Pride Nobleman’s Responsibilities Taboo Index Central Cathedral The Sage of the Library Ruler and Mediator If you’ve got this far with Sword Art Online you’ll likely fall into one of two categories. Either you’ve loved the fantastical blend of time-jumping storytelling and big fights from before or you’re itching for Sword Art Online to finally live up to its promise with a better paced story and less formulaic plotting....

The Dragon King We begin episode 3 of Tale of the Nine Tailed 12 hours before Ji-A grabbed Lee Yeon’s throat. A thirsty fisherman is desperate to drink, deciding to quench his thirst with toilet water. Only… he actually drowns himself with so much water. When Ji-A and Lee-Yeon show up, they find a clump of black hair that seems to have the scent of Pyung-Hee attached. With the survivors from The Galaxy being picked off one by one, Jin-Shik tries to save himself by hiding inside a tent....

End Of The Road Episode 16 of Taxi Driver begins with Sung-Chul speaking to Chul-Young in prison. This convict is excited about starting a new writing gig and vows to publish his book no matter what. While he smirks, outside the prison Do-Ki pays his respects to his Mother. He’s enraged, and Sung-Chul eventually catches up and tells Do-Ki he needs to finish what they’ve started. The whole team is there too, and they all show up to plan their next move....

Cleave Or Whatever The School Project Episode 7 of Teenage Bounty Hunters begins with Sterling and Blair down at to the shooting range where Sterling squeals in glee at hitting her target. Only, this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. As we saw in episode 1, she shot the tyres of a speeding car effortlessly with a shotgun. Speaking of shotguns, Blair then turns the attention to their Mother and questions Sterling over what the gun may mean....

Change of Plan Episode 2 of Tehran Season 2 starts with Israel rocked over the death of Arezoo and the other prisoners. Tamar rings Milad, telling him to come outside and meet her. Unfortunately Faraz happens to be in the streets, and he spots Milad leaving. He hurriedly phones Ali, giving him instructions on where their man is. Ali chases Milad through the streets, hopping over rooftops to try and track him down....

A Simple But Effective Short Movie In the last year or so, the world has been turned upside down. Lockdown has been the new norm, theatres and cinema chains balance precariously on a knife-edge while the travel industry has been upended over night. Through all this doom and gloom though, there are positives to be had. Short movies like Terminus are a perfect example of this; a 13-minute film that proves that you don’t need a massive budget to make a movie....

Just A Spot Of Gardening Terrorarium feels like a nightmarish mash-up between a babysitting sim and an early Playstation 1 title. The result is something that’s far more cumbersome and frustrating than it should be. With some wonky AI, cheap deaths and Kamikaze Moogu that require constant hand-holding, this title has some serious problems at its core. Terrorarium will ultimately live or die by its community and this Indie has a chance of finding a loyal fan-base thanks to its surprisingly robust level creator and community-driven projects....

Labyrinth The Alienist returns this week with a deepening of the mystery as all the pieces start to slot together. While most of the episode revolves around the investigation, there’s some nice bites of characterisation that help tease toward some dramatic confrontations to come in the future. Episode 3 of The Alienist Season 2 begins with Laszlo hypnotizing Sara but he reminds her that this will only work if she fully embraces it....

Episode Guide Gwyneth Paltrow / Bill Burr Avengers Atlanta Chef Film Recipes Remembering Jonathan Gold Robert Rodriguez / First Friday David Chang Aaron Franklin Hot Luck Cooking shows are like sandwiches. There’s a lot of variety, all kinds of different ideas on how it should and shouldn’t be done but few manage to execute on simplicity to make it stand the test of time. Netflix’s latest cooking series The Chef Show may have one of the most generic names, but don’t let that fool you; this is surprisingly one of the most refreshing cooking shows released this year....

Episode Guide Missionaries of Death – | Review Score – 3.5/5 Science’s Faith – | Review Score – 3/5 The Relic – | Review Score – 3/5 Love Thy Enemies – | Review Score – 3.5/5 Holy Refuge – | Review Score – 3/5 Gift of Death – | Review Score – 3/5 Faith VS Science. It’s one of those universal rivalries that will almost certainly be debated as ferociously in 100 years’ time as it is today....

The Cleaning Lady Season 2 Episode 7 It’s certainly rare to find Fox renew a recently premiered show, so this one must have done some good numbers for the network. And it’s easy to see why. Exciting and with some nicely worked twists, The Cleaning Lady is one of the more bingeable thrillers in recent years. Season 2 is set to pick up with Thony desperately trying to locate her son Luca after he was kidnapped by Marco....

A Volcanic Eruption Of Emotion After yesterday’s dramatic cliffhanger, we return to The Crowned Clown right where it left off from before. After a short recap on So Woon confronting Ha Sun over his identity, he return to see the Queen leaving the palace in disgust; tear-soaked eyes and a broken heart in tow. Most of the episode sees the ripple effects of this encounter with plenty of dramatic tension and sadness woven throughout....

A Sombre End To A Wonderful Trilogy Following the colossal success of The Dark Knight with a bigger sequel was always going to be a difficult task and in many ways The Dark Knight Rises doesn’t even try to outdo what’s come before. Instead, The Dark Knight Rises feels much more sombre with its tone; almost a hangover of sorts following the breathless action that consumed large portions of the previous film....

Judgment Day For Young-Min Episode 3 of The Devil Judge begins with Ga-On awakening at Yo-Han’s after surviving the bomb blast. The real question is – who’s responsible? Who tried to kill Yo-Han? Regardless of this though, the live court show will still continue. Furthermore, reckless driver Lee Young-Min is going to be the one to face the public’s wrath. As Young-Min’s family deal with the gravitas of this situation, Yo-Han greets Sun-A in the hallway, taunting her over the bomb blast and pointing out how interesting it is that the blast was just enough to rile the people up but not enough to kill him....

Richard is still intent on taking down Elizabeth, becoming obsessed to the point where it destroys his marriage. He calls Wall Street Journal news reporter John Carreyrou to convince him to investigate Theranos. John says Richard needs a better source, someone who has worked there. Erika Cheung starts as an intern at Theranos. She’s partnered with Tyler when she gets to the lab, and she immediately notes the intimidating and tense atmosphere....

Matters of the Heart Episode 2 of The Essex Serpent starts with Cora awakening from a bad dream about the serpent. Part of this seems to stem from memories involving her ex, Michael. Martha reassures her when she awakens in the middle of the night, claiming that “Michael can’t hurt you anymore.” We said in the last recap that there could have been physical abuse in their relationship, and this seems to confirm it....