“Because they realized if all the slaves dressed the same, they would see how many of them there were, and they'd rise up and kill their masters.” If we know one thing about Logan Roy, it’s that he always wins. We’ve heard this repeated idea countless times...
This without question my favourite post of the year. It's another chance to celebrate the best television had to offer. 2021 was another strong year. Standouts It's a Sin, Mare of Easttown, Only Murders in the Building and the long-awaited third season of Succession....
There's a lot to unpack in the penultimate episode of the season as Jackson Maher breaks down what might be the best episode of this season. When a TV show is operating at its apex, it has the ability to move us—like, physically. I touched on this in my recap of “The...
It's another BIG News Roundup*Amazon Prime Video has set the return date for their award-winning comedy-drama The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The long-awaited fourth season will begin on Feb. 18, with two episodes debuting each week for four weeks. The fourth...
Jackson is away this week so, I've stepped in to cover the seventh episode of Succession's third season, Too Much Birthday. I've had a nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach over the last few episodes, that one or more of the Roy Family won't make it to the end of...
“My hunch is that you’re going to get f***ed because I’ve seen you get f***ed a lot. And I’ve never seen Logan get f***ed once.” Contributed by Jackson Maher. Sometimes in Succession, there’s a weirdly sexual subtext to everything that’s going on. Tom pulls Greg’s...
*To mark 100 years of the BBC in 2022, the Corporation has announced a bumper year of sports, events and landmark commissions for TV, Radio, and Online to inform, educate and entertain the nation, under the banner BBC 100. In 2022 special content will range from the...
“I just do what my dad tells me” Contributed by Jackson Maher. Well, that was the most stressful episode of Succession I’ve ever sat through. Scratch that, I was pacing for most of the episode. At one point I hid behind my couch, curled up, peeking over the...
Contributed by Jackson Maher. Is he losing his grip? But like, with a question mark at the end. Since his stroke in the first episode, Logan Roy’s mortality has loomed over Succession. It is a looming existential dread that backgrounds every character’s decision....
Contributed by Jackson Maher. Humiliation is the key to much of Succession’s commentary. It avoids supporting the billionaire class by humiliating them—cutting them down to size as they’re failed by their bodies, watching them embarrass themselves in the most...
Episode 2: Mass in Time of War’ Recapped by Jackson Maher.Succession is a show about many things, but one of its central ideas, with its endless obsession over who will be Logan’s successor, is to compare modern-day corporatism and capitalism to monarchy. With each of...
The truly agonising wait for the third season of Succession is over. The Roys are going to war and we couldn't be happier. Contributed by Jackson Maher. Season 3 of Succession, the dramedy following the wealthy, powerful, and despicable Roy family picks up...
Another BIG News Update...*It has been announced that seven of the UK's biggest soap operas and continuing dramas will be uniting to help highlight climate change. Casualty, Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Holby City and Hollyoaks have each filmed...
From Logan's stroke, Kendal's crash, Boar on the Floor to the nail-biting cliffhanger Jackson Maher recaps the key points of Succession to refresh your memory before the third season.It’s been almost two years since we last saw Succession on our TV screens. The world...
It's time for another BIG News Update. *HBO has released the first trailer for Game Of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon which is expected in 2022. The highly-anticipated series bsed on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,”is set 300 years before the events...
It's another BIG news Update*Channel 4 has commissioned an eight-part crime thriller Suspect (w/t) which is an adaptation of the original Danish series. The 8 x 30’ drama stars James Nesbitt, Joely Richardson, Anne-Marie Duff, Richard E....
The following piece contains spoilers of Mare of Easttown including all six episodes that have aired to date.Mare of Easttown is a compelling, heart-rending mini-series that everyone is talking about. The story follows Mare: our no-nonsense, no makeup, exhausted and...
I have to confess I started Sky Atlantic's new HBO miniseries Mare of Easttown with a degree of trepidation. This is mainly down to the fact that I had done something that I don't ordinarily do and read some of the early reviews coming from America. They branded the...
It's fair to say that 2020 didn't turn out the way anybody had hoped. I don't think I've ever come been in a time where literally everyone everywhere was affected by one issue. In all honesty, I don't think the true full-scale nature of the pandemic hit me properly...
I loved the first Euphoria special when it aired recently on Sky Atlantic. Now, the channel, in conjunction with HBO, has announced when the second part of the special will air. Part Two: Jules will debut on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV on the 25 January 2021.The...
Euphoria finished in August in 2019. Over the course of eight episodes, the series redefined the teen drama. It was flashy, loud, in your face but incredibly tender and sweet. It shone a light on the pressures of being a teen in 2019 and however uncomfortable...
When you start a new TV show you're plunged into a new world. Often that world is familiar, the crime drama with all its tropes, the family drama with the relatable characters at the centre, but occasionally TV takes you into a world you've not seen before. Industry,...
I watched The Undoing on Now TV catch-up during a really busy week; as busy you can get in a Tier 2 lockdown. It was an awkward stop/ start way of doing things, which sometimes you've just got to do, to squeeze some prestige TV into your week, and I ended up...
I've never gotten over Channel 4 axing Dennis Kelly's masterpiece Utopia. Raved about by critics and fans, the first series arrived to little fanfare in January of 2013. Bold, colourful and telling a story that was twisty and utterly unpredictable, I fell completely...