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Recaps

November 21, 2019

ARROW “Prochnost” Review: From Russia With Love

Arrow “Prochnost” Review From Russia With Love By Justin Carter The high point of Arrow’s flashback-heavy earlier seasons was its fifth. In those, we finally got to see how Oliver became a member of the Russian mafia. It was both ridiculously stupid — we’re talking about Dolph Lundgren fighting Oliver and... Read More

November 21, 2019

THE FLASH “License to Elongate” Review: A Bond Riff Proves the Highlight of the Hour

The Flash “License to Elongate: Review Barry and Ralph’s Riff on James Bond is the Highlight of the Hour By Justin Carter James Bond is such a popular icon in the world of pop culture that it’s hard to believe The Flash is only just now deciding to do a... Read More

Justin Carter, The Flash

November 6, 2019

THE FLASH “Kiss, Kiss, Breach, Breach” Review: A Mawkishly Sentimental Hour

The Flash “Kiss Kiss, Breach Breach” Review: A Mawkishly Sentimental Hour By Justin Carter Sometimes The Flash is goofy, but sometimes it amps up the melodrama to a degree that proceedings become mawkishly sentimental. Tuesday’s “Kiss, Kiss, Breach, Breach” was such an episode, and an hour, which upon reflection did not offer... Read More

Justin Carter, The Flash

November 6, 2019

ARROW “Present Tense” Review: A Character Piece Spotlights New Blood

Arrow “Future Tense” Review: A Character Piece Spotlights the show’s New Blood By Justin Carter Hats off to Arrow for concluding in such a bizarre and audacious way last week that this week’s episode ends up being the best of the season thus far, and one of the best in the whole series. ... Read More

October 31, 2019

ARROW “Leap of Faith” Review: Suckerpunched

Arrow “Leap of Faith” Review: Suckerpunched By Justin Carter Well, if nothing else, give the writers of Arrow some credit, because that is absolutely an ending I didn’t see coming. As stated time and time again, Arrow has always been the more serious and grounded show of all these CW superhero adventures —... Read More

October 31, 2019

THE FLASH “There Will Be Blood” Review: Cry it Out

The Flash “There Will Be Blood” Review By Justin Carter The Flash is doing a curious thing in these pre-crossover episodes in having Barry forcing the others to deal with his own mortality. It’s not something you see superhero shows really do –usually that comes after and doesn’t dominate a good third... Read More

Justin Carter, The Flash

October 24, 2019

ARROW “Welcome to Hong Kong” Review: Team Arrow Prepares For the End

ARROW “WELCOME TO HONG KONG” REVIEW By Justin Carter When your show runs as long as Arrow, there are some plot lines that deservedly win a second pass. “Welcome to Hong Kong” feels like one of those returns — a nice way to loop back to the events of season three and give... Read More

October 24, 2019

THE FLASH “Dead Man Running” Review: Barry Comes Clean

THE FLASH “DEAD MAN RUNNING” REVIEW By Justin Carter The decision for Flash’s October episodes to prominently feature a blood-controlling villain apparently means the show’s going to lean into the horror movie tropes that come with such a baddie. Or at least, doing as much as they can within the constraints of network... Read More

Justin Carter, The Flash

September 11, 2019

PRODIGAL SON Pilot Review: Does FOX’s New Serial Killer Drama Have What it Takes to Stay Alive?

Like most serial killer dramas on Broadcast TV in recent years, Prodigal Son is profoundly silly. Hannibal, The Following, Dexter, Bates Motel et al revolve around a central notion that it’s ok to kill a whole lot of people if they’re really really bad to begin with. And if you do happen to be of... Read More

BLINDSPOT Season 4 Finale Recap

BLINDSPOT SEASON 4 FINALE RECAP “MASTERS OF WAR 1:5-8” AND “THE GANG GETS GONE” BY PAULINE PERENACK The Final Battle Well, we made it to the end of another season of Blindspot, and this time we get a two-hour finale. After a rollercoaster of a season, we ended last episode with Jane and... Read More

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THE INBETWEEN Pilot Review

The InBetween, a new paranormal procedural, kicks off on NBC tonight. The series follows Cassie Bedford (Harriet Dyer), a young woman with a psychic ability that permits her to communicate with the dead. With the help of her police detective foster father Tom (Paul Blackthorne), and his new partner Damien Asante (Justin Cornwell), a former... Read More

BLINDSPOT “Coder to Killer “Recap

BLINDSPOT RECAP: “CODER TO KILLER” BY PAULINE PERENACK Technical Difficulties Welcome back, Blindspotters! So, our hiatus was a bit longer than we hoped, but at least we have a season five to look forward to! Last time we saw our team, Weller and Jane were looking for Weller’s mother to find out... Read More

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THE FLASH “Legacy” Review

THE FLASH “LEGACY” REVIEW BY JUSTIN CARTER In my review of Arrow’s finale, I made the note that it felt like that show was pulling an Avengers: Endgame with its emotional payoffs and setting, if not a bold, then at the very least an interesting future for its characters ahead of its... Read More

ARROW Review: “You Have Saved This City”

ARROW REVIEW: “YOU HAVE SAVED THIS CITY” BY JUSTIN CARTER To quote one Doctor Stephen Strange: “We’re in the Endgame now.” No matter how this penultimate finale of Arrow shook out, regardless of whether it would rise to the occasion or go completely to hell, there was always going to be an extra... Read More

THE FLASH “The Girl With the Red Lightning” Review

THE FLASH “THE GIRL WITH THE RED LIGHTNING” REVIEW BY JUSTIN CARTER The penultimate episode of The Flash is appropriately fast paced, as if the show is trying to burn through its lingering threads before the big finale next week. We’ve got ourselves Team Flash vs. Cicada II, round two; the metahuman cure;... Read More

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ARROW “Living Proof” Review

ARROW “LIVING PROOF” REVIEW By JUSTIN CARTER Does it feel like this season of Arrow has been disjointed? There have been so many starts and stops, and a variety of status quo changes that can’t help but be called out when remembering that this is the gateway to the home stretch in... Read More

THE FLASH “Gone Rogue” Review

THE FLASH “GONE ROGUE” REVIEW BY JUSTIN CARTER The various threads of The Flash all begin to come together this season in a surprisingly strong episode given the setup. Fresh from the Negative Speed Force, Nora’s gone seemingly full evil and has recruited Weather Witch, Ragdoll, and Bug-Eyed Bandit (hey, remember her?)... Read More

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ARROW Review: “Confessions”

ARROW REVIEW: “CONFESSIONS” BY JUSTIN CARTER Do you remember the ending of The Dark Knight? Do you remember how strange it was that instead of pinning the blame for multiple murders and the death of Harvey Dent on the Joker, all of it fell on Batman’s shoulders? And how kind of shaky... Read More

ARROW “Spartan” Review

ARROW “SPARTAN” REVIEW BY JUSTIN CARTER Following last week’s Black Canary-focused episode and the episode devoted to the Queen kids in Star City 2040, one might naturally assume that an episode called “Spartan,” and named after Diggle’s codename, would really dig into the character or at the very least, take advantage of... Read More

BLINDSPOT Recap: “Everybody Hates Kathy”

BLINDSPOT RECAP: “EVERYBODY HATES KATHY” BY PAULINE PERENACK A Mother’s Love Last week on Blindspot, Patterson’s dad, Bill Nye, made a return appearance and found himself in the middle of a tattoo case that involved killer bees. Fortunately, Patterson came to the rescue, and the bees and Bill Nye were saved. Meanwhile,... Read More

Pauline Perenack

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