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Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
Margo and Eliot host The Trials for the first year students, but more than just magic is at stake. Though Julia and Kady learn they have a common connection, Marina again enters the picture with disastrous effects.
Episode Grade: A-
Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
Julia continues to spiral out of control, and Quentin finally has a chance to re-establish a connection with his father who suffers from brain cancer. Penny travels to a dimension that appears to be Fillory and comes face to face with The Beast.
Episode Grade: B+
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Julia and Marina carry out a cooperative spell that the former thinks will only mess with Quentin after a perceived betrayal, but the hedge witch leader has another purpose in mind. In the end, Marina recovers her memories from her time at Brakebills, and Julia is once again left out in the cold.
Episode Grade: Dave C+ Wayne C
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
While Penny discovers his powers extend far beyond his psychic abilities, and Alice learns she can bend light, poor Quentin remains undetermined. Julia confronts Quentin about his failure to convince the teachers at Brakebills to give her another shot, but her real challenge involves learning to separate her personal life from her studies with Marina and Pete.
Episode Grade: Dave B+ Wayne B
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Game of Thrones returns for its eighth and final season, and the Iron Throne has never had its true successor closer to claiming the prize of the Seven Kingdoms. Jon and Dany arrive in Winterfell, but it's Samwell who holds the single most important piece of information. Can Sansa get over her dislike and distrust of Dany? Who will ultimately sit on the Iron Throne?
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
In the aftermath of The Beast's attack at Brakebills, Quentin and Alice struggle with the impact their roles in the event cause. Julia passes her first test with Pete and his small cadre of magicians, but it's the mystery surrounding Kady and Pete that raises new questions.
Episode Grade: Dave A- Wayne B
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
On the eve of his Yale graduate school interview, Quentin discovers that his obsession with magic and the Fillory novels may provide a new, exciting life direction. As he enters Brakebills University, Julia chooses another magical path after Brakebills rejects her as a candidate.
Episode Grade: B+
Friday Mar 29, 2019
Friday Mar 29, 2019
As part of our attempt to give back to our Patreon supporters, Fred from the Netherlands joins us for a discussion of Hemlock Grove's second episode from its first season, "The Angel." Roman and Peter's friendship continues to develop as the gypsy reveals his darkest secret while Brooke Bluebells's killer remains a mystery. Letha claims an angel impregnated her, but Olivia has other things on her mind.
Friday Mar 22, 2019
Friday Mar 22, 2019
As we wait for the announcement of Dark's season two return date, the leaked script page and trailer, that may or may not be official, will have to keep us occupied for now.
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Friday Mar 15, 2019
In the season finale, Steven finally learns the truth about the events the night his mother died, but the Crain family must deal with yet another loss. While the ending can certainly be considered upbeat, perhaps even happy, the mysteries surrounding Hill House remain leaving open the possibility the narrative could be revisited. It just won't happen next year.
Episode Grade: Dave A- Wayne B+
Series Grade: A-