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1.9 The Battle Everyone hold up! It’s the return of the Ferengi! And after their disastrous introduction as crazed troll-men a few episodes ago, they’ve calmed down substantially. The episode begins with the Enterprise meeting a Ferengi vessel while Picard suffers a not at all suspicious headache (much to the surprise of Doctor Crusher, who claims that she rarely encounters them. As Star Trek‘s predictions about the future go, “no headaches” is a pretty weird position to take....

The season four opener of Scandal sets Olivia (her new alias is Julia Baker) on the beach, Marvin Gaye’s, “Sunny” setting the relaxed tone of the scene, with her hunky new beau, Jake coming up beside her. Both are sun kissed, unstressed and Olivia has finally let her curls go wild. The weather is perfect, her relationship is perfect, and the wine is perfect. Back home, it looks like Quinn is the only one who has kept to her gladiator ways....

Scandal Season 7 Episode 7 Olivia borrowed a hairpin from a museum two episodes ago for Quinn to wear on her wedding day. In tonight’s episode, it wasn’t clear what was borrowed. Is it meant to be Quinn? Unspoken dialogue and unseen action from Rowan, “Hey Olivia, I’m going to borrow your friend and blackmail you to get what I want.” If that’s the case, then yes, the episode title works....

Scorpion is back, you guys! And surely you’ve all been eagerly waiting with frothy maws open for when Scorpion was going to return from its winter break, and that time is now. Those wacky, implausible geniuses are back. It’s a wise decision on the show’s part to focus on Ralph for this episode, and it brings an interesting focus to it all. I always think it’s illuminating to see what shows like this do in their 13th episode—what was designed to be their finale before their order got extended—with what sort of message they want to go out on....

Well, blimey. Never fear, though, friends. In lieu of our own words on Scream 4, we’ve gathered up a collection of views that have popped up over the channel, where there’s been no unfortunate incident with movie projectors and Swan Vestas. So, here’s what people are saying about Scream 4… “Updated for 2011 with ad nauseam cellphone app and webcam references – none of which are integrated into the narrative with any savvy – the unengaged and overlong fourth Scream plops its self-awareness on a new generation, who must endure a late-’90s flashback that has aged as well as the Nu metal songbook Moviehole The Hollywood Reporter “A scattering of amusing bits and clever twists can’t forestall the terminal self-deconstruction that dominates Scre4m....

New to the world of SKAM Austin? Here’s everything you need to know about how to get Facebook Watch’s adaptation of SKAM into your eyeballs. SKAM was told in a transmedia format, which means that, while the story was primarily told through video clips released on the NRK website and channel, the story was also played out over social media via in-character accounts. The clips and social media posts were released in “real time,” which means, when they happened in the fictional world of the Skam characters, fans could follow along....

This review contains spoilers. All of that considered, this sixth series premiere, the second for the current generation of Roundview students, does a fairly decent job of reintroducing the characters while throwing in a game-changing ending that’s sure to alter the dynamic and structure of the rest of the series. I’ve always felt that individual episodes show Skins at its very best, but I also understand that ensemble episodes are sometimes a necessary evil....

This review contains spoilers Well, that was a bit strange wasn’t it? What we all expected, and what was presented to us by all of the televised previews and last week’s sneak peak, was nowhere to be seen, with the show opting instead to give us a tale of casual paedophilia over the love story between Mini and, this week’s focus character, Alo. The result is the antithesis of last year’s family-based adventure, with all the innocence and charm of his character wiped away in favour of teen melodrama at its tackiest....

7.8 A Separation Of Crows Well I have to hand it to Kurt Sutter; you succeeded in throwing me an ending I never could have expected. Because, ladies and gentlemen, this week something happened that Sons Of Anarchy can never come back from. This week this show really, truly cemented the kind of series it is in its twilight hours. Because never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that they would end this episode in exactly the same way they ended the previous episode with the situation remaining completely unchanged....

Heading into the screening of Source Code, a similar question was at the front of my mind. How could Duncan Jones, or any new director working in the field of sci-fi, possibly follow up a film debut as stunning as 2009’s Moon? Early trailers all pointed towards a respectable, mid-budget thriller of the Deja Vu variety, a diverting evening’s entertainment, and nothing more. For a director who created an astonishingly personal work like Moon, with its Oscar-worthy performance from Sam Rockwell, its loving references to 60s and 70s sci-fi movies, and emotive story, the decision to take on something as apparently generic as Source Code struck me as somewhat disappointing....

A hilarious episode here, as Mr Garrison gets a nose job and Wendy, the object of Stan’s affections, totally loses it. When Mr Garrison takes some time off work, his substitute teacher turns out to be an irresistible babe, voiced by Natasha Henstridge (she of Species, err, fame). The boys are bowled over by Ms Ellen, which instantly has Wendy in a rage and struggling in vain to impress the boys with new and sexy outfits....

Harper, seen previously in similarly masculine films like The Football Factory, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Screwed, also stars as protagonist Mickey, a London gangster who has built a drug-dealing empire with his cousin, Ray (Craig Fairbrass). While Mickey is still turned on by their nefarious business, Ray is hoping to transition into a more legitimate life after decades of crime. However, when a new shipment – their last before Ray moves on – is lost in the North Sea, they find themselves in debt to the Russian mob, and on the run from a team of tenacious coppers....

Star Trek: Discovery Episode 11 Star Trek: Discovery continues its exploration of the Mirror Universe, a world of glass and shadow, in this week’s twist-heavy episode. We pick up shortly after the conclusion’s of last week’s episode, with Burnham, Tyler, and Lorca all aboard the Mirror Universe’s version of the Shenzhou. For Michael, heavy is the head that wears the crown… or, um, the chest that wears the Captain’s insignia. In the episode’s opening minutes, we see Burnham oversee the deaths of three prisoners, realize that this universe’s Saru is a slave who doesn’t even have the right of a name, and converse with a tortured Lorca....

Opening and closing with Flogging Molly’s Worse Day Since Yesterday really sets the tone for the episode, as it focuses heavily on the dramatic side of things. While the song plays, a montage runs, showing various people across the ship dealing with their life aboard Destiny. Some are dealing with it quite well, while others are beginning to stress out. While medic Johanson holds psychiatric evaluations of the crew, we see Ming-Na’s Camile and Brian J Smith’s Lt Scott head back to Earth for a visit....

11.1 Out Of The Darkness, Into The Fire Heading back into town, the brothers find a dead road crew and the deputy, Jenna, who managed to fend them off. It appears that a zombie-like infection is spreading through the local civilian population. As Sam and Dean try to figure out what’s going on, they take refuge in a hospital with Jenna and the baby Amara, whom they promise to keep safe....

Supernatural Season 12 Episode 21 We prep for the season finale by seeing the tables turned on all of our favorite characters, from the Winchesters to Crowley. No word lately on Kelly Kline and her spawn, but that will certainly come to a head in the finale. I love the hunter who throws his bloody machete into an umbrella stand. Just normalizes the hunter life. The interactions between the Brits seems to indicate a polished system starting to fall apart....

Supernatural Season 13 Episode 5 “Advanced Thanatology” starts off on a light note, with Sam doing things to make Dean happy. After all the troubles Dean has been through, Sam tries to make things easier on his big brother, which leads to some overindulgence and a hangover-fueled continental breakfast. There’s all these amusing little moments between them that can get lost if you’re not paying attention. One such moment is when Sam is talking to Dean outside the hotel, and Dean walks away and impatiently waves his arms in front of a not-automatic door....

9.16 Blade Runners Eschewing the opener of a grisly murder, Blade Runners begins with Sam and Dean in the bunker; Sam clearly appears to be reading up on Cain and Abel on his laptop, despite the fact that it’s one of the more obvious Biblical stories, which I’d expect a geek like Sam to already know. But hey, it works as a foreshadowing of what the episode is going to be about: Cain, the Mark of Cain, and everything related to that....

For weeks I’ve waited to see James Delaney on the back foot – to watch him put under enough pressure that he finally cracks and reveals the human being inside that inscrutable outer shell. Goodbye to that hope. If twelve hours of torture in the Tower of London doesn’t break Delaney, nothing will. Cuts and bruises aside, he remained as in-control and unreadable in the torturer’s chair as he’s been since he landed in London....

Films such as Chicken Little and Bolt had tried, to differing levels of success, to find a role for the studio in the midst of one of the most golden of golden eras for animation, but Disney has nonetheless struggled to get a foothold. Yet, it’s with Tangled where Disney might just have found its way forward. On the one hand, it takes the story of Rapunzel, one that even Walt Disney himself couldn’t crack, and marries it up to some stunning computer animation....