Pop Culture and Beyond
Pop Culture and Beyond
Discovery’s season four opener is overflowing with nods to the decades of Star Trek that came before it. And with an episode title like Kobayashi Maru, we know we’re in store for some serious Trek nostalgia. At the outset, the message is clear. The Federation is back, baby!
The Mysterious Benedict Society is a new Disney+ series based on the 2007-2008 YA novel (written by Trenton Lee Stewart and illustrated by Carson Ellis). The
Amazon’s Invincible borrows some of the best qualities of The Boys while mixing in delightfully fresh takes on all your favorite superhero tropes, upending the genre and producing a welcome change of pace.
Snowpiercer’s season 2 finale picks right up from where the excellent episode 8 left us and kicks off a sprint to the end. It’s a strong finish for this much-maligned TV drama and sets up some intriguing possibilities for a third season.
The latest chapter of Snowpiercer brings a season-long power struggle to its conclusion. The Wilford legend proves too much for Layton and he and his allies are on the ropes. It all plays out during a surprisingly compelling episode, easily one of the TV drama’s best yet.
Ted Lasso is joyous. It’s a show that makes you happy—but not in a saccharine, overly sentimental way. It shows us a character who knows
Mr. Wilford wants his train back. And while the people of Snowpiercer appear poised to give it to him, it’s less clear how exactly he’s managed to hold things together for so long on Big Alice.
Colony features some of the strongest women on TV. Problem is, survival in this world is no easy task. Season two saw the L.A. Bloc’s women cut down at an alarming rate.
Colony returns May 2nd and it’s definitely worth your attention. The show hit its stride during its second season and is heading in an exciting direction.
I want to like The Orville. There are positives. For example, I think Seth MacFarlane as Captain Ed Mercer is likable as our Every-person, our guide