Category: Season Reviews
American Gods: ‘Come to Jesus’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes American Gods’ season finale aired Sunday, and brought with it some huge revelations, as well as the beat of war drums. The episode opened with Wednesday and Shadow meeting with Mr. Nancy so as to procure two suits. I’ve missed Mr. Nancy ever since that fantastic opening in the series ...
iZombie: ‘Conspiracy Weary’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes So much happened this week on iZombie, as the series move towards it’s season finale in the next few weeks. So, holy shit. For the last ten episodes, the season has been building up various plot threads that are now coming together in pretty interesting ways. The biggest reveal, well ...
American Gods: ‘A Prayer for Mad Sweeney’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes American Gods started as Shadow’s journey with Mr. Wednesday, but as the series continues it starts it seems to be becoming more of an ensemble piece. Sunday’s episode focused on Laura and Mad Sweeney’s side quest which runs parallel to Shadow’s journey. One of the things that I absolutely adore ...
iZombie: ‘Return of the Dead Guy’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes iZombie’s issue tends to be case of the week stories that are not connected to the larger story threads being told, which is odd considering its small episode orders. Near the end of the show’s third season, it seems that iZombie has discovered a great way to balance it’s monster ...
American Gods: ‘A Murder of Gods’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes Holy fuck, gods can be killed! Both Vulcan and Mexican Jesus bit the dust last week, and man was that interesting. Since the gods existence are based in belief, can they really die? Considering that gods are based on human belief, and that belief would continue after their deaths, I’m ...
iZombie: ‘Twenty Sided, Die’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes So this week’s iZombie did wonders for the series long running plot threads, as well as add some new twists to an already great story. For weeks the anti-zombie movement has been steadily growing and searching for proof of zombies. Now it seems they’ve taken action and gotten definitive proof ...
American Gods: ‘Lemon-Scented You’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes This may be the most significant episode of American Gods thus far, as the series mythology was made far clearer, and Wednesday was confronted by the new gods. The opening scenes of this episode were fantastic as they delved deep into the state of Shadow and Laura’s relationship to each ...
iZombie: ‘Eat a Knievel’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes This week’s episode of iZombie offered up an incredibly hilarious daredevil Liv, and made some surprising new developments in the season’s ongoing plot threads. Liv on daredevil stunt-man brain was just the best thing to watch. She was horribly inappropriate on the job, which always makes for the best comedy ...
Samurai Jack Season 5 Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes Samurai Jack was one of those cartoons I watched as a kid and though it was awesome at the time, I came to appreciate it even more as I got older. So, when Cartoon Network announced a new season that would finally conclude Jack’s journey, I was excited and curious ...
American Gods: ‘Git Gone’ Review
Written By: Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes American Gods takes a break from it’s usual format in the fourth episode to do a one hour character piece on Shadow’s wife, Laura. And it was fucking awesome. As mentioned earlier, this episode is a complete format break, as it does not include an opening vignette. That being said, ...
iZombie: ‘Dirt Nap Time’ Review
Written By: Mathew “JJ” Simoes This week’s iZombie offered up a fairly humorous episode that moves the several plot threads forward in unexpected ways. I must say iZombie is a great show, and while I was somewhat critical of the dominatrix case story, it turns out there was more to it than previously thought (at ...
American Gods: ‘Head Full of Snow’ Review
Written By: Mathew “JJ” Simoes This week’s episode of American Gods may be the best one yet, though as there are only three episodes, that’s not saying much. The season’s central narrative moves forward with a fresh bit of comedy, and other old gods experience the pitfalls of being an immigrant in America. The highlight ...
