This episode re-explored classism in Lakeview. The episode kicked off with Nora and Ivan on their way back to New York so Nora can return to work at Horizen to help the Ludd movement from the inside. Even though she’s going for a cybersecurity job, she thinks she would be good at design, but Ivan laughs this off. Back at
Read moreThe job of a season premiere is to establish new story arcs and subplots for the season, as well as expand on any story arcs and subplots established in the previous season’s finale, this premiere mostly did its job. What makes this premiere different to any other is that it has to deal with the metaphorical elephant in the room,
Read moreThis episode was a mixture of “rockers and mods”, racism and forbidden love. The episode kicks off with Sparrow, his wife, Mavis, Steed and Sally going bowling together. A fight breaks out at another lane between Rex and Milo, who are part of the rockers and the mods respectively. Steed and Sparrow break up the fight, with Sparrow taking Rex
Read moreNow that the premiere has aired and set up the new season, the real fun can begin by going deeper into the emerging story arcs and subplots. The episode kicks off with Matteo and Nora kissing and Pastor Rob watching on, unpleased. We then cut to Nathan and Luke in the schvitz bath discussing Nathan’s situation, with Luke pointing out
Read moreThe job of a season premiere is to carry over any story arcs and subplots established in the previous season’s finale, as well as establish new ones. The episode and season kicks off with Byron checking him and Nora into a motel, only for Dave to meet up with Nora, and Nora deciding to go with him instead. Dave and
Read moreThis episode was all about the world of dog shows. The episode kicks off with Samuel and Peregrine at a dog show at the Melbourne Kennel Club, as Samuel loves dogs and Peregrine has declared that she’s sworn off men and is considering getting a dog. Meanwhile, one dog owner, Lavinia, is grooming her dog, Milady, backstage. When she turns
Read moreThis episode is all about love, family and Steed’s past. The episode opens at the Osborn Estate in Hartford where the body of Eddie, a farm hand, is found in a rose bush by another employee, Bill, Steed’s father, with a knife sticking out. Sparrow sends Steed out to investigate. Meanwhile, Peregrine is at the Adventuresses’ Club and copping questions
Read moreThis episode explores the world of flight attending. The episode opens with Australian Imperial Airlines (AIA) trainee flight attendants in the middle of their training, being instructed by the face of the company, June Montgomery Jones (Diana Glenn). When the trainees are about to practice doing an emergency evacuation on the training plane, the life raft is released and the
Read moreThe job of a season premiere is to establish story arcs and subplots for the season, and revisit any story arcs and subplots established at the end of the previous season. I felt that this premiere did its job. Full disclosure, I had to re-read the reviews I wrote of the first season to reacquaint myself with the show, its
Read moreThe job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and establish new ones for the next season (if there is another one). In that sense, the finale technically didn’t do its job, however this series isn’t really obligated to, as each episode is self-contained and there were never any story arcs. This episode has Alexa
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