Looking back to the first episode of this season, the time travel aspect is baby steps, compared to the timeline of the last episode. Creators Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett seem to take an unholy joy in creating convoluted timelines…
TV Review: 12 Monkeys 1×05 – “The Night Room”
After last week’s self contained adventure episode focused on our apocalyptic friends, this week got back on track after Cassie’s discovery of the location of the Night Room. This show moves fast. In the first episode, I was shocked that…
TV Review: 12 Monkeys 1×04 – “Atari”
This week’s episode has very little to do with the overarching goal of stopping the plague, but serves to fill in Cole’s backstory. In the first moments Cassandra mentions how little she, and consequently we, actually know about the man…
TV Review: Syfy’s 12 Monkeys 1×01 – “Pilot”
There has been a disconcerting trend as far as new TV series are concerned. Whether it’s that we’ve run out of original ideas, enjoy beating dead horses (monkeys), or think we can improve upon things that were already fine to…
Read of the Week: Alienated by Melissa Landers
Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them. Handpicked to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get…
TV News: SyFy Revives Our Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em Dreams
As a child, you may have played with a toy affectionately known as “Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em robots”. The premise was simple; you’d press a little button and one of the aforementioned robots would start to beat the living snot…