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 By Max Bosshart
Secrets are revealed on this week's episode, All Tomorrow's Parties, as Stephen faces a mysterious partner behind Ultra, John falters as leader of the Tomorrow People, and the gang goes topside for a party.  By Max Bosshart
One nice thing about American Horror Story: Coven is how, for the most part, each episode continues where the last ended. The episode may open up with a flashback to a particular character's history, but its quick and gets back to what the audience is waiting for. Burn, Witch, Burn! Is no exception to this rule as is opens up with a brief glimpse into Delphine's sadistic relationship with her three daughters and then returns us to Marie's Halloween gift to the school, Voodoo zombies.  By Max Bosshart
Unlikely alliances and revelations abound in the fourth episode of The Tomorrow People, Kill or Be Killed. The episode paints the picture of John's origin and introduces the enemy of the week in Killian McCrane.  By Max Bosshart
The third episode continues right where the second ended. It continues to to focus its attention on the story of Fiona and her lust for power, Zoe's strange obsession with Kyle, and Cordelia's inability to have a child. It insults the audience by pretending to develop the minor character when those scenes only serve to enhance the stories of the three characters in focus.  By Max Bosshart
Girl, Interrupted, the third episode of the new CW show The Tomorrow People, dives head first into the story of Cara, developing her character through her break-out. Coinciding with Cara's story is the story of a young woman named Emily (Cali Fredrichs) a fellow student at Stephen's High School who feels responsible for her sister's death and Stephen overhears her thoughts about her own death. The aptly named title comes from the book and movie of the same name, a biography of Susanna Kaysen during her time at a psychiatric hospital.  By Max Bosshart
Batman is back in animated glory after a two year hiatus that began when Batman: The Brave and the Bold ended. Beware the Batman is a fresh new take on the Batman franchise, coming to us from Cartoon Network's DC Nation block. The show began airing on July 13 of this year. It being a Batman series the premise is fairly obvious, and thankfully the show doesn't bore the viewer with another tedious retelling of Batman's origin. And due to the fact that Commissioner Gordon, voiced by Kurtwood Smith, is not, in fact, Commissioner, but rather Lieutenant it can be deduced that the show takes place during the early tenure of Batman.  By Max Bosshart
Boy Parts begins fairly soon after Bitchcraft ended. The opening scene is that of Misty Day, the witch who was burned in the first episode. She stumbles across the camp of two alligator hunters and uses he magic to kill the two with their dead alligators. The episode then branches off into three separate story arcs. Story arc one follows Zoe and Madison as they deal with the consequences of the bus flip that killed several frat boys and Zoe's revenge killing in the hospital. While the girls are in their morning class two police officers come to the house to question Madison and Zoe.  By Max Bosshart
The Tomorrow People's second episode is about Stephen and , as you'd expect from the enigmatic title, the choices he made in the first episode. These choices have put him into a predicament that he has never seen before. His choices force him to question his ethics and his motives. The episode begins with Stephen battling it out with a another Homo Superior on a rooftop. We later find out its a new “break-out” named Curt. For those who don’t know - A break-out is when one of the mutants begins manifesting their powers.  By Max Bosshart
American Horror Story: Coven is the third title of the American Horror Story series. The series are each individual stories set in one season, therefore it is unnecessary to have watched the previous seasons of the show. This season is set in modern day New Orleans, at a boarding school for witches. It follows Zoe Benson (Taissa Farmiga) and her three classmates Madison Montgomery (Emma Roberts,) Addie Lang (Jamie Brewer,) and Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe,) as they learn to understand the nature of being a witch. The episode is set up with Zoe and her boyfriend, and much like Rogue in the first X-Men movie, her powers are made aware with their union. This prompts her mother to send her to a boarding school, Miss Robichaux's Academy for exceptional young ladies, that specializes in witchcraft. This opening giving more of a nod to the X-Men and throwing in a bit of Harry Potter into the mix as well.  By Max Bosshart
A show can often leave a person wanting more. This wanting can go one of two ways; the first being that of wanting more out of pure enjoyment and the anticipation for new episodes to appear. But the second form being left wanting is that in which The Tomorrow People left the audience wanting. The first episode left much to be desired, with the plot and the characters. It tried so hard. The first episode wasn't a complete disaster, no it was a fair attempt at creating a new science fiction program. Sci-Fi TV is a difficult thing to do, many have tried and failed, and unfortunately some came across better than The Tomorrow People. |
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