Mostly Analytical, Quintessentially Overdramatic
COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2021 As far as season penultimate episodes go, “The Unsea” is easily on my list of favorites. It isn’t flawless by any means, but it’s a magical showcase of vulnerability while focusing on the importance of freedom. It’s the episode that sets almost every dynamic up remarkably while still leaving a... Continue Reading →
Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2021 We all adore Milo the Goat. That's a fact, but what we need to talk about when breaking down this scene in Shadow and Bone's "The Making at the Heart of the World" is the way in which this grounds Jesper Fahey so brilliantly. Jesper is such a fascinating... Continue Reading →
COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2021 “Show Me Who You Are” is one explosive, nuanced title for the amount of stuff that erupts in this episode and just how much we start to see through these characters along with their relationships. And it showed viewers exactly who these people are without telling us too much. (Which... Continue Reading →
Source: Netflix Personally speaking, fantasy isn’t always an easy series to dive into--especially these days when it feels like almost all TV series have ventured into subverting expectations as opposed to telling real, human stories centered around the characters instead of the plot. I almost always hold off watching such series until I have some... Continue Reading →