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Review of 'Counterpart' 2.10
An excellent season two finale of Counterpart last night—which is the series finale as far as Starz is concerned—but I'm expecting it won't be that because Counterpart will show up and continue on another venue, but more of that at the end of this review.
By Paul Levinson7 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'The Orville' 2.7
A perfect Orville —2.7—last night for Valentine's Day, which explains why The Orville didn't have a new episode last week. The powers that be wanted to make sure this episode aired on Valentine's Day. And they were right. Love was in the air for Ed and Kelly—or the rekindling of the continuation of their love—and for Talia and a brilliant Moclan engineer, Locar, who comes aboard to refit the ship with a new deflector system. "Deflectors," the title of the episode, works well, since there are all kinds of psychological deflectors, in addition to the physical, at play in this story.
By Paul Levinson7 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Project Blue Book' 1.6
My favorite part of Project Blue Book 1.6 last night—and also likely to have some beneficial consequences for Hynek's investigation—is his decision to bring his wife Mimi into his investigations of extraterrestrial visitations, so the two of them are a "team."
By Paul Levinson7 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Project Blue Book' 1.5
A taut, tight episode 1.5 of Project Blue Book—may be my favorite so far—in which Hynek and Quinn chase down numbers and radio broadcasts and the mysterious Fuller, who meets his end by self-immolation. Harding—more about the General below—thinks someone set off the kill switch in Fuller's head. We know that Hynek did—unintentionally—by showing Fuller the diagram.
By Paul Levinson7 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Outlander' 4.12
A powerful episode 4.12 of Outlander, with the best line offered by Roger, who explains to the priest who "sinned" by sleeping with a Mohawk woman and fathering her child, that he (Roger) has traveled through time and space. I like that kind of talk in a time-travel story.
By Paul Levinson7 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'The Orville' 2.6
That's the way episode 2.6 of The Orville ends—with Gene Kelly's dulcet rendition of "Singin' in the Rain," and rain actually falling over everyone in the command cabin, as Isaac and Claire walk off, a newly reunited couple, with Isaac in human simulation, to a restaurant to have dinner, and likely her bedroom after...
By Paul Levinson7 years ago in Futurism
