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Sabotage To add to that, the ship has shut some systems down, as Dr Rush (Robert Carlyle) realises that Destiny is preparing to cross some barren space between two galaxies. However, the ship still does not have the power to complete the trip and drops out of FTL not long after, leaving the ship defenceless and dead in the water. The ancient communication stones are used to send Lt James (Julia Benson) in a swap with a hyperdrive genius back on Earth, but there’s a catch....

Fans only want to know one thing when searching for a spoiler-free review like this one: “Is Stranger Things season two as good as or better than the first run?” The truth is nothing could equal the sense of discovery and nostalgia that the first season captured, but this new instalment beautifully expands upon the existing tale, adding a few additional characters and answering some lingering questions. Although Will somewhat supplants Mike as the emotional core of the show, the existence of parallel storylines, including both familiar pairings and unexpected allies, reminds us of the best storytelling from season one....

Supergirl Season 3 Episode 16 Supergirl has really hit their stride with Winn’s character this season. Even though he was sidelined with a mysterious illness for most of the episode, he still managed to be the emotional core of the episode, with the writing doing a great job of tying in the one-off episode with his mom, and finding some reasonable explanation for why a guy that smart lives in the shadow of everyone around him....

Jensen Ackles and Jared Padelecki spoke to reporters during a set visit about a myriad of topics, including the latest episode, “Tombstone.” Jensen was certainly a fan of the episode, since he’s as big into cowboys and Westerns as his character Dean Winchester. Jared pointed out that it was fun to see Dean “geek out” and also “As Sam,” he said, “It’s fun to see Dean as childish.” “I like those episodes,” Jensen said....

Supernatural Season 13 Episode 7 This season’s episodes like to start going in one direction and then take a left turn. This is a compliment, being that I felt I had the Supernatural formula down pat. A little surprise goes a long way when you’re this deep into a show’s mythology. Asmodeus’ character is finally more developed in this episode, where he got a few scenes to sink his teeth into....

For the entire season they have had a bit of forethought, forward planning and have been pulling the strings, trying to clean up the mess they have created and to make the best of it. It seems they are the ones that hold the proverbial best hand in the game, able to position and bargain for the things they desire (such as an anti-viral for the pandemic), while the ‘goodies’ of the show, the hapless survivors, are just doing that – surviving, going from crisis to crisis fumbling along and ‘winning’ out of pure luck rather than judgement....

5.1 Creatures Of The Night That trend continues in the fifth season opener. There’s plenty of cast turnover behind the scenes; Coach isn’t returning for the fifth season, thanks to Orny Adams wanting to concentrate more on his comedy. Tyler Hoechlin’s dreamy Derek Hale is getting downgraded to series regular, owing to an urge to pursue movies. The fates of Peter Hale and Kate Argent are as yet unknown. However, Peter’s cellmate, Dr....

2.1 The 48 It’s good that this premiere more than lives up to expectations, then, with a fast-paced, action-packed hour that introduces a bevy of new things for our protagonists to face up against. It’s also proving itself again and again to be on the same level as Lost in terms of deliciously-enticing WTF moments, following off from how we left in season one and continuing right up until those final moments of the episode....

And so it proved in episode two of The Apprentice, when Sralan Sugar fired Shazia, when surely a far more obvious candidate for the chop was sat just to the side of her. Granted, there were understandable reasons for the decision, but you can’t help thinking that the choice would have been different had their not been a bank of television cameras in the room at the same time. It didn’t take long to work out that the boys team was going to win....

11.5 The Collaboration Contamination Well calling it ‘new’ is a bit of a stretch, but then nothing is exactly new or fresh on a show that’s been running for more than a decade. At this stage, most viewers are happy to settle for something they don’t see week in week out and, despite the familiar residual emotional impact on Sheldon and Raj, this apparently ongoing storyline (it doesn’t resolve) is going to offer that....

4.15 Deception Deception, is such an episode. Moralo Eval, a criminal mastermind has been captured and imprisoned by Republic forces, but the Jedi discover he is behind a Separatist plot to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine. And so a daring plan is hatched… (As a sidenote, just how cruel are the Jedi? First they drag little Ani away from his mother and now they’re letting him think his mentor and BF is dead....

Advertised as being with David Jason and Sean Astin, Terry Pratchett actually took the stage too – hat and squeaky voice and all – and it was hosted by director Vadim Jean. So here’s the full text of the session, which contains quite a few juicy secrets, including which huge star made a cameo as The Patrician, and which Discworld book is going to get the TV treatment next… David Jason (DJ)Well, the man himself, sitting there!...

The Exorcist Season 1 Episode 3 There were a lot of harsh words to be said about last week’s episode of The Exorcist but I still had a little bit of hope. Maybe, I considered, they are just getting their bearings. It’s not easy to step into something so iconic. But now I am a little bit hopeless and well, frankly, disturbed. Last week left off with the demon’s “posse” harvesting organs from a low income neighborhood....

2.3 Family Of Rogues Shared universes are hard. Of course, they’re fun for those of us who have enough spare time to actually watch everything DC TV is putting out right now, and the present commitment to crossovers is pretty darn unprecedented, but it also means that we’re currently watching two series set up a third that won’t even premiere until January. For anyone excited for Legends Of Tomorrow, that’s great but, for everyone else, I’d wager it’s pretty distracting....

3.7 Killer Frost There are simply so many ways that they’ve managed to nail the Killer Frost transformation, but there’s one key here: patience. Comic book fans knew what was in store for Ms Snow from the minute we met her in the first episode, and everyone else caught on eventually, mostly because comic book fans never know when to shut up. But it was the revelation that she had an evil doppleganger on Earth 2 last season that really brought things to the forefront....

2.9 Unmasked The takeover’s been pretty obvious from the beginning. Joe’s been kind of obvious about it with the way he got Micah’s ear, Emma’s in on the game, and while Mandy has been off screen for a few episodes, she probably knew it was coming too despite being kept in the shadows pretty consistently by her father figure. However, when Joe finally made his move on Micah, it was really satisfying....

OFFICER JOHN MARLOTT and his boss SIR ROBERT PEEL are standing by the capital’s latest crime scene: another mutilated and stitched body has washed up on the bank of the Thames. I don’t want any mistakes on this case, Marlott. I’m gonna be watching you so close you’ll think we’ve been stitched together. Peel stalks away, leaving Marlott gazing into the grey city gloom. Okay, Sir Robert… Marlott turns and puts on an era-appropriate hat....

Mother of three Laura Peterson (Sheila Kelley) is still grieving over the loss of her son Caleb, who died while fighting in Afghanistan. So when David tells Laura that he served with Caleb and wanted to drop by to pay his respects, it’s easy to see why she’d be so keen to invite him to stay over for a couple of days. Laura’s boozy husband Spencer (Leland Orser), 20-year-old daughter Anna (Maika Monroe) and teenage son Luke (Brendan Meyer) are less easily swayed, but as David beguiles each of them in turn, he soon becomes another member of the family....

If you agreed with that fairly major criticism, rest assured that it doesn’t apply to The Desolation Of Smaug, which, after a brief trip to a pub to get audiences up to speed with the story, accelerates to a sprint and seldom stops. In essence, The Desolation Of Smaug is a two-and-a-half-hour chase, with Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and the rest of The Hobbit’s heroes continuing their journey to the Lonely Mountain with an army of Orcs in hot pursuit....

I’ve been away, as they say. Always good for a spot of rumination. And it aids the digestion too! After a not so brief sojourn in the hills surrounding, if not actually infiltrating to the point of ‘fundamental to the structure of ‘, St Leonards; it crossed my mind that Queen Victoria either had a mischievous streak the width of St Leonards sea-front itself or had a right royal bone to pick with Burton – brikkie to the queen....