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Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (s1)
{4/5} “It’s a trap.” Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy season 1, aired in 2024 Sig and Dev are nerf herders who stumble across an old Jedi temple — they grab a bright piece that looks tempting. Unfortunately that collapses the temple and it was keeping the universe together — now everything is different. Dev […]
Paper Girls (season 1)
{5/5} “‘If that really is future you up there, then maybe she can call someone.’ ‘Who’s she going to call? Time travel 911?’” Paper Girls season 1, aired in 2022 Four girls who deliver newspapers in 1988 band together to fend off some boys. They experience something strange where the sky goes unusual colours, which […]
Murdoch Mysteries (season 18)
{4.5/5} “I am an asset to the coroner’s office, a valuable one. But I’m more valuable here… I’m saying that if I have to choose, then I choose this place and these people. My people.” — Violet Hart Murdoch Mysteries season 18, aired in 2024-25 Murdoch decides he wants to remain a detective, so Brackenreid […]
Living with Yourself
{4.5/5} “Was that the credenza?” Living with Yourself, aired in 2019 Miles has been feeling out of sorts, so he goes to a spa recommended by his coworker Dan. It turns out that the spa clones you and replaces you with your clone who is a better version of you — as for you, you’re […]
Humans (season 3)
{4.5/5} “As far as we know, not a single new synthetic has become conscious since Day Zero. We can’t procreate, Niska, and our bodies are finite. In 50 years we’ll all be gone.” Humans season 3, aired in 2018 Synths woke up all over the world, and the resulting chaos resulted in many deaths — […]
Humans (season 2)
{4.5/5} “Can I come in? If I was here to kill you all, I wouldn’t have rung the bell.” — Niska Humans season 2, aired in 2017 Niska is in Berlin, and she decides to release the code that allows other synths to become conscious. A few synths here and there become free — they […]
Humans (season 1)
{4.5/5} “Humanity. It’s not a state, it’s a quality. Max is a machine, but he’s got more humanity than anyone.” Humans season 1, aired in 2015 Joe buys his family a synth when his wife Laura is out of town for a few days. She is against it, but they can take it back up […]
Salvation (season 2)
{5/5} “We’re running out of time. If I had to partner up with Darth Vader right now I’d freaking do it to save the human race.” Salvation season 2, aired in 2018 Darius and Liam are working on trying to deflect the asteroid. President Mackenzie is trying not to go to war with the Russians, […]
Salvation (season 1)
{5/5} “The way I see it, you’ve got two choices — tell me or kill me.” Salvation season 1, aired in 2017 Liam, a student at MIT, is charting asteroids heading for Earth that other people aren’t looking at. When he finds a big one that’s going to hit in 186 days, he reaches out […]
Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 5)
{5/5} “‘I didn’t know you could juggle.’ ‘Neither did I.’ ‘How do you do it?’ ‘It was simply algorithmic tossing.’” — Mariner & T’Lyn Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, aired in 2024 When the Cerritos winds up in an alternate universe they have to work together with slightly different versions of themselves. Tendi is […]