Category Archives: Reviews – TV Shows & Web Series

The Newsreader – Season 2 Premiere (Decision 87)

The job of a season premiere is to establish new story arcs for the season and continue any that were established in the previous season’s finale. This premiere definitely did a great job. The previous season ended in April 1986, with Helen and Dale’s personal and professional relationship uncertain, Geoff leaving the network and burning the bridges he spent over

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RFDS – Season 2, Episode 4

This episode had skydiving drama, an exploration of Indigenous medicine, and callbacks to the previous season. I’m going to review this episode, which I’m assuming is the halfway point of the season, character by character. Wayne and Mira – Mira is experiencing morning sickness and Wayne, ironically, infantilises her throughout the episode. When Timmy figures out on his own that

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Minx – Season 2, Episode 7 (God Closes a Door, Opens a Glory Hole)

The penultimate episode of a season usually provides springboards for the season finale, and this penultimate episode definitely delivered. These springboards were provided at the right time in the season and were a natural progression of what has unfolded over the previous six episodes, however due to the shorter length of this season, some of them did feel rushed. I’m

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Minx – Season 2, Episode 6 (This is Our Zig)

This episode had the gang split up into pairs, so I’m going to review it character by character. Joyce and Shelly – Joyce and Shelly spend the episode at Joyce’s alma mater, Vassar, as she is endowing a new fellowship for women in print, to pave the way for female journalists that will inevitably break publishing ground after her. Shelly

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RFDS – Season 2, Episode 2

This episode had two themes – pregnancy and surprises, and it definitely delivered (yes, I went with a slight pregnancy pun). I’m going to review this episode character by character. Wayne, Pete, Chaya, and Matty – The episode kicks off with a staff meeting where Pete is given the “inaugural Sweeney Todd award” (a trophy with a knife taped to

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