Fountain of Youth
{3.5/5} “You have foolishly overlooked my team of lethal bodyguards.” Fountain of Youth, released in 2025 Luke stole a painting from some dangerous people in Bangkok and barely makes it onto a train heading out of the city. Somehow people who want it are on the train with him, and try to get it from […]
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 […]
Star Trek: Section 31
{3/5} “In my universe, there were always plotters. Always a coup. So I built a weapon to end all threats. I called it the Godsend.” Star Trek: Section 31, released in 2024 Philippa Georgiou was ruthless as emperor of the Terran Empire. Decades later she worked, in another universe, for Section 31. Now she’s been […]
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 […]
The Shattering Peace
{4.5/5} “‘The Conclave citizens have some latent bigotries to work out.’ ‘They don’t like humans?’ ‘No one likes humans,’ Ran said. ‘This is well-known.’” The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi, published in 2025 Humans and aliens are at peace. But part of the deal between Earth, the Colonial Union, and the Conclave was that there […]
The Thursday Murder Club
{5/5} “In my experience, people are more likely to crack or reveal things when they’re uncomfortable.” The Thursday Murder Club, released in 2025 Joyce moves to a retirement home and is happy to find the Thursday Murder Club, a group that investigates old murders. Joyce has a medical background, so the club is happy for […]
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 — […]
Star Trek: Discovery — Die Standing
{4.5/5} “The people of this continuum were different from the residents of hers; many, she still thought, were much inferior. But a current of hope ran through this universe, encouraging lightweights to seek responsibility — and giving those with dark pasts a shot at something other than incarceration.” Star Trek: Discovery — Die Standing by […]
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
{5/5} “So, what’s the play?” Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, released in 2025 The Entity has taken over cyberspace and prompted chaos across the world. Ethan has the key, and the president has asked him to bring it in. The key opens the vault that contains the source code for the Entity — but […]