Daybreak Is Likeable–And That’s Terrible The worst part about Daybreak is that I liked it. The awful truth is that, as I went along, I got into the show and liked the characters and the world and was having fun with it. Heck, I fell into a giggle fit at one point from a dark…
Carnival Row: Several Genres In One Suit Carnival Row is a show that’s clearly got an audience in mind. It wears a very specific set of genres on its sleeve and takes heavy influence from them, making it, like some of its characters, a half-breed, an amalgam of niche fantasy tropes that, lucky for it, do…
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My Life as a Teenage Robot Is Visually Distinct I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the first episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot. At least on three separate occasions, I’ve sat down and watched this stylized show about a robot who wants to be a teenager—and each time I’ve found…
First Aired August 25th, 2019 While reading a message painted on a tree, Alicia (played by Alycia Debnam-Carey) is nearly killed by walkers after freezing up when they attack but is saved by Strand (played by Colman Domingo). She hasn’t killed anyone or anything since the group reunited and is having trouble bringing herself to…
First Aired August 18th, 2019 A man named Chuck (played by Charlie Bodin) sends a message over the radio after watching the video the group made; he’s held up inside a mall and bitten. He states there are many supplies there and hopes whoever finds him will put him down after he’s turned and bury…
First Aired July 21st, 2019 Logan (played by Matt Frewer) has taken over the warehouse, but his group is angry over not finding something and threaten to kill him if they don’t. Meanwhile, Morgan played by Lennie James) and Grace (played by Karen David) find Alicia (played by Alycia Debnam-Carey) and put her in a…
First Aired July 14th, 2019 Alicia (played by Alycia Debnam-Carey) cuts through walkers searching for Annie (played by Bailey Gavulic), Dylan (played by Cooper Dodson), and Max (played by Ethan Suess), and Dylan finds her and brings her to their camp. Meanwhile, Strand (played by Colman Domingo) and Charlie (played by Alexa Nisenson) try to…
First Aired July 7th, 2019 Morgan (played by Lennie James) and the rest of the group bring a damaged plane back to the truck stop. They convince Annie (played by Bailey Gavulic), her brothers Dylan (played by Cooper Dodson) Max (played by Ethan Suess), and the other children they can fix it and leave together….
First Aired June 23rd, 2019 Daniel (played by Ruben Blades) goes out disarming stores with booby traps set up by whoever owned the warehouse before, seemingly feeling alone without any human contact. Meanwhile, Charlie (played by Alexa Nisenson) sneaks into his compound on Strand’s (played by Colman Domingo) orders. Charlie ducks into Daniel’s car when…
First Aired June 17th, 2019 The group begins clearing the roadblocks made of walkers hoping to find whoever left them and possibly Althea (played by Maggie Grace). John (played by Garrett Dillahunt) and June (played by Jenna Elfman) are shot at while clearing a road and John takes them to Humbug’s Gulch, a western-themed place…
Over The Garden Wall Wears Influences If the people initially responsible for Over the Garden Wall weren’t heavily inspired by Alice in Wonderland, then I’d be shocked. Much like Coraline, this is a story that follows such a similar world and structure to it that I can’t help but see the parallels. The simple traveling to…
