Fugitive Telemetry
{4.5/5} “It’s usually easy to make friends with low-level bot pilots, but this one had been coded to be adversarial, directed to operated in stealth mode, and was wary of incursion attempts. It tried to alert its onboard SecSystem, but a the old saying (which I just made up) goes, if you can ping the […]
The Acolyte (season 1)
{3.5/5} “A scandal like this would inspire fear and mistrust. We should handle this ourselves.” The Acolyte season 1, aired in 2024 Osha works as a meknek on a Trade Federation ship — she goes outside on the hull to fix problems. She previously trained as a Jedi. Someone matching her description has taken her […]
Foe
{5/5} “Do you want to live mundane lives like everyone else, or do you want to be part of something special and unique?” Foe, released in 2023 Hen and Junior live on a farm that’s been in Junior’s family for generations, but they don’t do any farming. One night a man named Terrance comes by […]
Network Effect
{4.5/5} “If you put everything that had happened to me on a scale of awfulness and assigned exact values to each incident (which I had done once, it’s in my archive somewhere) dealing with corporates who exploited failed colonies, and probably went through SecUnits as fast a Amena did fried vegetable crunchy things, was in […]
The Lazarus Project (season 2)
{4.5/5} “That’s not a ‘don’t worry, everything’s OK’ siren, is it?” The Lazarus Project season 2, aired in 2023 George gave Sarah the serum so now she’s in the loop, and Wes has hired her. George, on the other hand, has been fired — but he’s still trying to help solve the problem. They’re trying […]
WALL-E
{5/5} “Try blue — it’s the new red!” WALL-E, released in 2008 WALL-E compacts garbage and puts it into neat piles. When one of his parts is broken he takes one from a machine that’s no longer functional. He and his friend, a cockroach, seem to be the only beings left on Earth — everyone […]
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
{5/5} “‘We made lots of mistakes.’ ‘Yeah, we made mistakes trying to fix our mistakes.’” The Odd Life of Timothy Green, released in 2012 Cindy and Jim were unable to have a child themselves. In order to help them move on, they spend one evening imagining all the traits that their child would have had. […]
My Old Ass
{4.5/5} “Actually, I kind of miss my toe.” My Old Ass, released in 2024 While on a camping trip with best friends Ruthie and Ro, Elliott gets high from mushrooms and meets her future 39-year-old self. She gives herself a bit of advice — stay away from Chad. While taking a swim as a break […]
Loki (season 2)
{4.5/5} “Thor’s not that tall.” Loki season 2, aired in 2023 Loki is back at the TVA, but he keeps appearing and disappearing at different times. He tells Mobius about He Who Remains. Mobius takes him to a technician he hasn’t seen in 400 years who should be able to help. There are lots of […]
Exit Strategy
{5/5} “I knew interpreting the emotional subtext in the speech and appearance of real humans was completely different from interpreting it in shows and serials… But the interpretation I wanted to make of Bharadwaj’s vid statement was that Mensah was being held by GrayCris, who had threatened her life if Preservation didn’t make a formal […]