CHERNOBYL: EMOTIONAL MELTDOWN IS THIS THE BEST TV SHOW OF THE YEAR?
Everything about HBO and Sky Atlantic's Chernobyl is a breath of fresh air. The five part mini-series from American Craig Mazin and directed by Swede Johan Renck
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WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE: THE BEST STAR TREK: DISCOVERY EPISODE SO FAR
Star Trek: Discovery, why can't you be like this all the time? This episode was thrilling, breathless, warp factor 10 ride through everything Star Trek should be every week.
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COUNTERPART PILOT COMBINES THE NOSTALGIA OF A SPY THRILLER WITH SCI-FI
One day Howard Silk awoke to find himself transformed into... Howard Silk for Starz’s intriguing new drama, Counterpart.
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OMG! RUNAWAYS IS AMAZEBALLS: IS THIS BUFFY FOR THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION?
If you're bored of superheroes, you're bored of stories but perhaps Marvel's latest offering, Runaways will snap you out of your ego trying to make you sound all cool and alternative, you little emo punks.
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DAMNATION S01E04: A GOD-DAMNED NEAR PERFECT EPISODE OF TV
Tony Tost's depression-era series about strikebreaking in Iowa had me at hello but now, just four episodes into its freshman season, Damnation has delivered a near perfect hour-long.
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USA NETWORK’S DAMNATION:IS THIS THE NEW DEADWOOD?
Tony Tost's depression-era series about strikebreaking in Iowa had me at hello but now, just four episodes into its freshman season, Damnation has delivered a near perfect hour-long.
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WTF JUST HAPPENED IN TWD?CAN I HAVE THOSE 41 MINUTES BACK PLEASE?
USA Network's new show, Damnation takes the oldest story in the book - the man against The Man - and updates it to depression-era Iowa.
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THE EXORCIST’S HOLY TRINITY: IN THE NAME OF CHRIST, I COMPEL THREE
In the week that I wrote that Mr Robot has finally died a death, The Walking Dead has proven it's kicked the bucket. Unlike an immortal Highlander, the series had been fadig away not burning out for an arguable amount of time, but S08E02 was the proof in the undead pudding.
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THE EXORCIST SEASON TWO:SINKS ITS TEETH INTO NEW STATES
The Exorcist S02E02 fixes the main problem with last week's otherwise great season opener, but gets bogged down in its own ecto-placanta.
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BBC’S RELLIK IS ARSE ABOUT FACE:MONDAY NIGHT MOMENTO MORI & MASS MURDER
While not without its flaws and a serious mid-season dip in quality, I really enjoyed Fox's The Exorcist - now the series is back and it up sticks across The States to deal with a wholly different God-fearing, gun-toting, rootin'-tootin' society.
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ITV’S LIAR HAD ME AT HELLO:PSYCHO THRILLER IS BROADCHURCH’S SUCCESSOR
After watching ITV's Liar, written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams, I was eager to get my teeth into their BBC series Rellik, which (unfortumately for the writers) airs in the same Monday 9pm timeslot.
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD S03E12:FROM CAIN AND ABEL TO OF MICE AND MEN
With Chris Chibnall jumping ship to showrun Doctor Who and ending his Dorset coast-set detective series Broadchurch earlier this summer, ITV were looking for a natural successor.
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD S03E11: LA SERPIENTE IS THE RECIPE FOR A PERFECT HOUR’S TV
I say it every week, but considering how low it set the bar when it started two years ago, it astounds me how Fear The Walking Dead has become one of the best shows on television...
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD DOUBLE MINOTAUR & THE DIVINER SHINE BUT CONFUSE
While not without its flaws and a serious mid-season dip in quality, I really enjoyed Fox's The Exorcist - now the series is back and it up sticks across The States to deal with a wholly different God-fearing, gun-toting, rootin'-tootin' society.
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THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT! J.K. ROWLING’S MUST-SEE BBC DETECTIVE SERIES
Fear The Walking Dead arrived back with a bang last night after a hiatus and the feature-length, back to back episodes named Minotaur and The Diviner didn't disappoint...
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AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT IS PERFECT AUTEUR TV TO RING IN THE FALL SCHEDULE
Strike is a rather jolly good three-hour, BBC adaptation of J.K. Rowling (under the nom de plume Robert Galbraith) as Cormoron Strike - imagine a Charlie Brooker was a divorced, alcoholic detective with the voice and mannerisms of Kenneth Branagh.
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REVISITING LIFE ON MARSHEAVENLY HERO’S JOURNEY STORYTELLING
It's 04:00 hrs, A.M. in the morning and I haven't got time to write up a real review of American Horror Story: Cult but just need to tell you that the season opener is a sublime piece of television!
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THE DEFENDERS SEASON REVIEWOR, HOW NOT TO WRITE THE MARVEL WAY
Tony Tost's depression-era series about strikebreaking in Iowa had me at hello but now, just four episodes into its freshman season, Damnation has delivered a near perfect hour-long.
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TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL WRITING ABOUT CAUSE, EFFECT & COINCIDENCE
USA Network's new show, Damnation takes the oldest story in the book - the man against The Man - and updates it to depression-era Iowa.
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BINGEWORTHY OZARK PROVES THERE’S MONEY IN THAT BANANA STAND!
If you're bored of superheroes, you're bored of stories but perhaps Marvel's latest offering, Runaways will snap you out of your ego trying to make you sound all cool and alternative, you little emo punks.
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THE MIST’S “THE WAITING ROOM”A LESSON IN HOW & WHEN TO USE FLASHBACKS
Star Trek: Discovery, why can't you be like this all the time? This episode was thrilling, breathless, warp factor 10 ride through everything Star Trek should be every week.
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SYFY’S BLOOD DRIVE IS DELICIOUSA MASH-UP HOMAGE TO EXPLOITATION MOVIES
With Chris Chibnall jumping ship to showrun Doctor Who and ending his Dorset coast-set detective series Broadchurch earlier this summer, ITV were looking for a natural successor.
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HBO’S THE DEFIANT ONESMUST SEE TV IF YOU FORGOT ABOUT DRE
USA Network's new show, Damnation takes the oldest story in the book - the man against The Man - and updates it to depression-era Iowa.
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MAYBE DON’T WATCH GLITCH SINGLE SEX WRITERS’ ROOMS & DIRECTORS
After loathing episode one, it took me a week to dive into the subsequent episdoes but I ended up thoroughly enjoying Top of the Lake: China Girl.
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WATCH GLITCH ON NETFLIX IT’S AN AUSTRALIAN “LA REVENANTS”
After a compelling start, the final few episodes of Glitch went downhill faster than a long-haired flaming galah in a Cheeto-flavored cheese wheel.
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD FINALÉZOMBIE-LITE BUT ULTIMATELY ENLIGHTENING
I just discovered the Australian show, Glitch and it injects a real breath of fresh air into the back from the dead genre which was so popular a few years back.
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SNOWFALL ARRIVES IN TIME FOR A CRACK COCAINE WHITE CHRISTMAS
After a compelling start, the final few episodes of Glitch went downhill faster than a long-haired flaming galah in a Cheeto-flavored cheese wheel.
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THE CIRCLE FLAWED, FEATURE-LENGTH BLACK MIRROR
I just discovered the Australian show, Glitch and it injects a real breath of fresh air into the back from the dead genre which was so popular a few years back.
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD’S LIESCREATING LAYERS OF DECEIT ADDS TENSION
I know, I know... couchpotato is a website for TV but Emma Watson's latest vehicle, The Circle is so like an episode of Black Mirror that I just had to put pen to paper...
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S10 FINALÉ “THE DOCTOR FALLS”DOCTOR WHO AND THE EMOTIONAL WRECK
After Travis' death, Madison finally proves she will go to any lengths to protect Nick and Alicia and Fear the Walking Dead is much improved because of it...
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THE MIST S01E02 & E03 TWO WAYS THIS SHOW MIST TRY HARDER
I know, I know... couchpotato is a website for TV but Emma Watson's latest vehicle, The Circle is so like an episode of Black Mirror that I just had to put pen to paper...
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WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME THOUGHTS ON DR WHO’S “SPOILERS”
After Travis' death, Madison finally proves she will go to any lengths to protect Nick and Alicia and Fear the Walking Dead is much improved because of it...
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THE PILOT EPISODE OF THE MIST UNMISTABLE TO UNWATCHABLE IN TWO SHOTS
Doctor Who season 10's penultimate episode would have been great, could have been great if we hadn't seen it all already...
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BETTER CALL SAUL FINALÉ DELIVERS UNPREDICTABILITY (AGAIN!)
A confused man wakes in a forest with a dog. He doesn't know where he is or how the hell he got there. Not a bad way first shot for the pilot of The Mist. My favorite show of all time, Lost began with the self-same opening...
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD S03E04 “100” TIMES AS GOOD AS THE WALKING DEAD
Doctor Who season 10's penultimate episode would have been great, could have been great if we hadn't seen it all already...
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FARGO S03E09 “APORIA” FINALLY ALLOWS ITS STARS TO SHINE
A confused man wakes in a forest with a dog. He doesn't know where he is or how the hell he got there. Not a bad way first shot for the pilot of The Mist. My favorite show of all time, Lost began with the self-same opening...
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THREE GIRLS HEART-BREAKING, HARROWING, MUST-SEE TV
After writing last week that previously unknown star of The Leftovers, Carrie Coon was criminally underused in Fargo, the penultimate episode of Noah Hawley's brilliant anthology series finally gathered its stars in a series of one-on-one scenes which allowed them to shine...
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BETTER CALL SAUL S03E09 “THAT’S A BINGO!”
From the realism of Basil Wright's early documentaries through 1960's kitchen sink dramas to this unmissable, harrowing, must-see, BBC three-part miniseries, Three Girls proves British film and TV has never been one to duck serious issues.
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AMERICAN GODS S01E07 C21ST AMERICANA MEETS C18TH LONDON
After writing last week that previously unknown star of The Leftovers, Carrie Coon was criminally underused in Fargo, the penultimate episode of Noah Hawley's brilliant anthology series finally gathered its stars in a series of one-on-one scenes which allowed them to shine...
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TWIN PEAKS S03E05 THERE ARE NO ANSWERS WITHOUT QUESTIONS
From the realism of Basil Wright's early documentaries through 1960's kitchen sink dramas to this unmissable, harrowing, must-see, BBC three-part miniseries, Three Girls proves British film and TV has never been one to duck serious issues.
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THOUGHTS ON FARGO S03E08 “WHO RULES THE LAND OF DENIAL?”
Even though I couldn't make it through the first episode when I tried to watch it again a few years ago, no one was looking forward to Twin Peaks: The Return more than me...
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD NEVER THOUGHT I’D SAY THIS BUT…
Season three of Fargo has been an enjoyable romp, but never does it reach the dizzy heights of season two, which was incredibly tense and near-perfect storytelling.
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DR WHO S10E05 “OXYGEN” TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO METAPHOR HAS GONE
Even though I couldn't make it through the first episode when I tried to watch it again a few years ago, no one was looking forward to Twin Peaks: The Return more than me...
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DOCTOR WHO S10E04 RUTHLESS STORYTELLING EFFICIENCY
Season three of Fargo has been an enjoyable romp, but never does it reach the dizzy heights of season two, which was incredibly tense and near-perfect storytelling.
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BETTER CALL SAUL S03E04SHOW, DON’T TELL
The past few years have seen a formula to the kind of episodes we're treated to - one haunted house story, one zombies in outer space with a space-walk adventure, so it was no surprise that Doctor Who S10E04 revisited the haunted house genre.
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AMERICAN GODS S01E01 LATIN: AMERICANA VISCERA
From the realism of Basil Wright's early documentaries through 1960's kitchen sink dramas to this unmissable, harrowing, must-see, BBC three-part miniseries, Three Girls proves British film and TV has never been one to duck serious issues.
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THE LEFTOVERS S03E03:IS THIS THE MOST POWERFUL TV EVER MADE?
Doctor Who season 10's penultimate episode would have been great, could have been great if we hadn't seen it all already...
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IT TOOK A WHILE BUT… I FREAKIN’ LOVE BILL POTTS
The Leftovers S03E03 is one of the most beautiful hours of television I have seen in a long time, and this show is well on its way to becoming the most powerful the small screen has ever seen.
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