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IR TV Review: CREEPSHOW - EPISODE 5 (“Time Out/The Things In Oakwood’s Past”) [Shudder-S3]
The balance of parables of sensibilities versus roads better not taken are at the crossroads are key in the two stories of “Creepshow” Season 3 Episode 3 with "Time Out" and "The Things In Oakwood's Past".
IR TV Review: STAR TREK - LOWER DECKS - EPISODE 10 (“First First Contact”) [Paramount+-S2]
In concluding the 2nd season of "Lower Decks", Creator Mike McMahan brings the show full circle because he embraces the cliffhanger aspect while giving a bit of scope.
IR TV Review: WHAT IF - EPISODE 9 (“…The Watcher Broke His Oath?”) [Disney+]
By breaking the 4th wall and also integrating Doctor Strange (which likely makes everything more complicated), the storyline line flitters with a possibility that is both intense story-wise but very delicate to pull off.
IR TV Review: STAR TREK - LOWER DECKS - EPISODE 9 (“Wej Dej”) [Paramount+-S2]
In making its characters so interdependent on their ideas of promotion but also of the fact that their lives may seem unique or perhaps unimportant, the latest episode (#9) of the 2nd season of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" entitled "Dej Wuj" expands the view of the universe giving the episode a much bigger scope while creating odes to both "The Wrath Of Khan" and in a smaller way "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier."
IR TV Review: GHOSTS - EPISODE 1 (“Pilot”) [CBS]
The aspect of hybrid shows that both straddle genre and comedy are tricky on network television, not because of standards but because of tone, budgets and approach. "Ghosts" in its pilot suffers from this to a point but many shows simply have become an interesting exercise (see "Brain Dead").
IR TV Review: CREEPSHOW - EPISODE 3 (“The Last Tsuburaya/Ok I’ll Bite”) [Shudder-S3]
The texture of getting what you wish for is a parable in irony. The path depends on the circumstance of course but, in the world of horror, metaphor and the macabre go hand in hand. With Episode 3 of its 3rd Season, "Creepshow" moves in the idea of both art as life but also life becoming art in a way through its manifestation of nature.
IR TV Review: CSI - VEGAS - EPISODE 1 (“Legacy”) [CBS]
Coming back to the place where it all began but making it make sense to do so with the stakes requires a bit of movement while not losing the angle overall. It is a tall order...and even more tricky for a show like "CSI". Finally coming back home to its Vegas roots with "CSI: Vegas" always required a return to arms of a certain person.
IR TV Review: MUPPETS HAUNTED MANSION [Disney+]
The IP of The Muppets is tricky because doing anything original tends to imbalance with the fact that the original performers and creators are gone so it becomes a new age interpretation of the characters. This is fine as all IP at times needs to transform.