March 29, 2023Comments Off on Recap: Ted Lasso – 3×03 – “4-5-1”
Written by Bill Wrubel Directed by Destiny Ekaragha Colin is gay! I know I am by far not the only one absolutely thrilled to see this storyline actually develop. Ever since he suspiciously knew about
March 24, 2023Comments Off on Recap: Shrinking 1×10 – “Closure”
Here we are, 9 weeks and 10 episodes later. The season finale, written by co-exec Neil Goldman is titled “Closure”, and while it gives us that in many ways, it also ends on big old
March 22, 2023Comments Off on Recap: Ted Lasso Season 3×02 – “(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea”
Directed by: M.J. Delaney Written by: Sasha Garron Finally, it is time for some Roy Kent backstory, and this episode delivers and delivers. It’s written by Sasha Garron and is easily one of the best of
March 17, 2023Comments Off on Recaps of “Ted Lasso” Season 3
I’m Sabrina Mittermeier, a new contributor to The Spoilist. My day job is researching and teaching American cultural history at a German university, including classes on television. I am currently in treatment for depression, something
March 17, 2023Comments Off on Recap: Shrinking – 1×09 – “Moving Forward”
An upbeat opening set to Eddie Vedder’s “The Dark” has three patients waiting and pairing off with Paul, Gaby and Jimmy. Jimmy takes his on an excursion to scatter his mother’s ashes at the Rose
March 15, 2023Comments Off on Recap: Ted Lasso Season 3×01 – “Smells Like Mean Spirit”
Welcome to The Spoilist’s Ted Lasso Season 3 coverage! I’m Sabrina, you may already know me from my Shrinking recaps on here, Ted Lasso is life, and I hope my writing on this show will be
March 10, 2023Comments Off on Recap: Shrinking 1×08 – “Boop”
This week feels like a narrative calm before the storm, a quiet moment before the big finale (which I expect to at least partially be set at Brian and Charlie’s wedding). It’s a classic 8
March 8, 2023Comments Off on P for Picard: ‘Disengage’ and ‘Seventeen Seconds’
With the Titan on the edge of Federation space, they’re outgunned by a ship who demand to take Jack Crusher as prisoner. Meanwhile, Picard and Beverly must confront their past mistakes.
March 3, 2023Comments Off on Recap: Shrinking – 1×07 – “Apology Tour”
Let’s start by saying that this one is the funniest yet. I laughed a lot about episode 4, “Potatoes”, even despite some of its tropes, but this one managed to do the same without them
February 26, 2023Comments Off on Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 2 ‘Disengage’ review
Is this episode comfortably the most Star Trek: Picard has felt like Star Trek? I’m not saying it’s classic Star Trek, or even anything like Star Trek: The Next Generation but it least has the look and feel of a recognisable version of Star Trek
February 24, 2023Comments Off on Recap: Shrinking – 1×06 – “Imposter Syndrome”
If you‘re here for the first time, I now created a landing page for all my episode reviews/recaps of Shrinking. We open with Sean describing his war flashbacks, doing the work. The work Jimmy himself