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Futurama (season 6)
{4.5/5} “Lrrr, you lazy ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 8. You said you would conquer a planet today but you have not even shed your skin yet.” — Ndnd Futurama season 6, aired in 2010-11 The wormhole that the Planet Express ship went through led them back to Earth. Leela and Fry have become […]
Star Trek: Very Short Treks
{1.5/5} Star Trek: Very Short Treks, aired in 2023 This is a series of 5 short animated videos that were made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Three of them will make you frown and two will make you smile. The 1st 3 videos are all distasteful in different ways. […]
Good Omens (season 2)
{5/5} “How much trouble can I get in for asking a few questions?” Good Omens season 2, aired in 2023 Aziraphale and Crowley first met each other in heaven, when the universe was created. When Gabriel shows up naked at Aziraphale’s shop, he seems to have amnesia but he thinks something terrible is going to […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (season 2)
{5/5} “In the mystery and vastness of space, we might not just satisfy our curiosity, our need for exploration, but that in it we might each also find salvation.” — Una Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, aired in 2023 While the Enterprise is in spacedock, Captain Pike leaves to find a laywer for […]
Secret Invasion
{4.5/5} “‘I haven’t even gone on my mid-life crisis shopping spree yet. What did you get for yours?’ ‘The Avengers.’” — Talos & Fury Secret Invasion, aired in 2023 When Nick Fury returns to Earth, he is informed that the Skrulls on Earth — who can look just like humans and survive in abandoned nuclear […]
Whose Line is it Anyway? (season 20)
{4.5/5} “You three are going to sing like a doo-wop group from the 50s but you’re going to sing about Mandy, who died tragically in a garden store-related accident.” Whose Line is it Anyway? season 20, aired in 2023 Several episodes contain outtakes from other shows — they are funny ones. They even play a […]
Black Mirror’s “Joan is Awful”
{5/5} “I feel like I’m not the main character in my life story.” Black Mirror season 6 episode 1, aired in 2023 Joan discovers a show called “Joan is Awful” on the streaming service she watches, Streamberry. She is shocked to find that it contains things from her own life — private things that she […]
The Lazarus Project (season 1)
{5/5} “The thing about starting a coup, is you need to make the people doing the couping feel like it was their idea.” The Lazarus Project season 1, aired in 2022 George is an app developer who gets recruited by a top secret organization when he realizes that he is reliving days that have already […]
Black Ops (season 1)
{5/5} “I hate to break it to you, Clinton, but we ain’t street… My dad’s a pediatrician and this one runs a prayer group.” Black Ops season 1, aired in 2023 Dom and Kay are Police Community Support Officers, attempting to build community between the police and the community. At the moment, they’re handing out […]
Futurama (season 4)
{5/5} “‘Look, Bender, this has nothing to do with you.’ ‘That’s impossible.’” Futurama (season 4), aired in 2002-03 When Bender dates the Planet Express ship, she goes a bit crazy when he breaks up with her. Leela finds out that she’s not actually an alien, she’s a mutant — and she finally meets her parents. […]