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Wentworth 9x07: 5 Most Important Moments In ‘Collateral’
The tension is building fast as we head towards the thrilling conclusion of Wentworth. Will and Vera question their morals, Marie puts her safety on the line in the name of redemption, and Boomer’s hidden camera may be more important to the plot than anyone realised.
By Kristy Anderson4 years ago in Criminal
Wentworth 9x06: 5 Most Important Moments in ‘One Eye Open’
The deeper we get into Wentworth's final season, the less likely it seems that Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson will succeed in suppressing her psychopathic tendencies, a fact horrifyingly proven in episode 9x06, 'One Eye Open'. Elsewhere in the episode, the new alliance of Lou Kelly and Judy Bryant hatch a devious plot, while Marie uncovers a secret that could make life very difficult for our heroes in H-1, were she to choose to reveal it.
By Kristy Anderson4 years ago in Criminal
Wentworth 9x05: 5 Most Important Moments In ‘The Unknown Terrorist’
We’ve reached the midway point of Wentworth’s final season, and things show no sign of slowing down. Now knowing the truth about her stabbing, Allie plans revenge on the real culprit. Meanwhile, Joan may have a plot of her own, and another major secret is revealed.
By Kristy Anderson4 years ago in Criminal
Wentworth 9x04: The 5 Most Important Moments In ‘Judas Kiss’
There’s a lot going on in ‘Judas Kiss’, the fourth episode of Wentworth’s final season. A new inmate arrives, Joan struggles with her dark side, and Rita and Ruby begin a crusade for justice. Then, in the episode’s final scenes, one of the biggest truth-bombs of the season is dropped.
By Kristy Anderson4 years ago in Criminal
‘Wentworth’: The 5 Most Important Moments In 9x03, ‘The Ties That Bind’
Wentworth continues to pick up steam as the show’s final season continues. While episode 9x02, ‘Requiem’, ends with Lou Kelly declaring herself Top Dog, 9x03 opens with some prisoners resisting Lou’s rule, leaving the matter of Top Dog undecided. Elsewhere in the ep, we have a big character return, and Joan Ferguson continuing her psychiatric treatment.
By Kristy Anderson4 years ago in Criminal
‘Wentworth’: The Five Most Important Moments In 9x02, ‘Requiem’
Wentworth’s final season has already proved that it is going to be a wild ride from start to finish, killing off a major character in the very first episode. Episode two, ‘Requiem’, keeps up the fast pace established in the first, as the officers and inmates deal with the fallout of the latest tragic death, while other problems continue to arise around the prison.
By Kristy Anderson4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Clickbait'
Just saw Clickbait, just up, eight episodes of riveting mini-series, on Netflix. It was that good. Nick Brewer, a happily married family man with two sons, is kidnapped and the apparent victim of a sadistic and dangerous video hoax. He ends up --
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
'Wentworth': The 5 Most Important Moments In Ep 8x11, 'Rogue'
After ending the first half with a nail-biting cliffhanger last year, beloved Australian prison drama Wentworth is finally returning with the second half of it's eighth and final season, subtitled 'The Final Sentence'.
By Kristy Anderson4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Hit and Run'
I've come to know Lior Raz as one of the creative powerhouses (along with Avi Issacharoff) of three seasons and a fourth forthcoming of Fauda, about the best depiction I've ever seen of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, viewed through the eyes of an Israeli undercover unit, in which Raz plays Doron, and therein stars in the series as well.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
A True Crime Story Comes To Life
It’s rare that a true crime documentary series pays as much attention to the victim of a bloody and senseless murder as it does the crime itself, and yet that’s one of the many things that drew me to filmmaker John Dower’s three-part Netflix series Sophie: A Murder in West Cork.
By Hamish Alexander4 years ago in Criminal
Time review
Time, the latest project from Jimmy McGovern, follows a thread from across the acclaimed television writer's career as it shines a spotlight on an uncomfortable truth of British society. Here it is the frightening reality of incarceration in modern day Britain.
By Theo Wagner5 years ago in Criminal
