This 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
Read moreThis week’s case is more personal, well personal for Harry at least. This episode has a unique start, showing Alexa dangling off a cliff, we then go back a week earlier where Alexa meets Harry at a zoo. Alexa can immediately tell something is up with Harry as he seems more passionate and angrier than usual. Harry gives her the
Read moreI’m carrying on my annual tradition with this blog post—buying the Previews edition of TV Week and blogging about what shows look good to watch this year (and that I’ll possibly review). Starting with shows that I am currently reviewing that will be airing again, I was happy to read that Aftertaste was renewed for a second season, with another six
Read moreThis episode is all about jewellery, lies and secrets. The episode kicks off with Alexa confronting a courier about being home when the courier says she wasn’t. She eventually manages to get her package from the courier, which is a Split Enz vinyl record. Later, Harry meets Alexa in the park, with his sister’s dog in tow as he’s dog
Read moreThis episode was all about theatre and dramatics. This episode’s case of the week is Tom Bernay, a playwright and actor, who was stabbed to death during a performance of a feminist take on Little Red Riding Hood on stage. His co-star, Sonya Fulton, stabbed him with what she thought was a retractable knife, and she was having an affair
Read moreThis episode was all about family. The case of the week is Tony Danovich, co-owner and head chef at Ranges Resort, who was locked in a walk-in freezer overnight. The freezer was ancient and had a busted handle that could only be opened from the outside, the Resort had a health and safety inspection a month earlier and they were
Read moreThis episode was all about wine. The episode kicks off with Alexa meditating in the park and Harry coming to find her. They go to a restaurant and Harry gives her the case of the week – Samantha Turei, an assistant winemaker at the Bird of Paradise Estate, who was killed when she went into the winery grape crusher two
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