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For the first time in the show’s run, Call the Midwife devotes an episode to discussing attitudes towards homosexuality, and the fact that it was considered a crime during the period in which the show is set. The third episode of Season 4 is primarily about the struggle faced by Tony, a closeted gay man caught by … >
In the second episode of the new season, Call the Midwife doesn’t slow down as new midwife Phyllis Crane (Linda Bassett) is added to the staff at Nonnatus House. And, if you found last week’s tale of child neglect heart-wrenchingly sad, this week’s main story somehow takes the pain and misery up another notch. To say that the experiences … >
Call the Midwife is happy with embracing change, as it has done many times over the years, and this episode is one that sets the tone for things as we move forward into the drama’s fourth season. Jenny Lee is now definitely not featuring at all save for her voiceover, and Cynthia isn’t even in the premiere. … >
Call the Midwife may have begun as a show about Jenny Lee’s experiences as a midwife in Poplar, but much has changed in three seasons. Lead actor Jessica Raine has now departed from the show, and this year’s Christmas special is its first real chance to prove that it can continue without her and grow – even … >
Intruders has a really solid conceptual foundation, a strong cast and a clear vision from X-Files writer and creator Glen Morgan, but nothing about the first two episodes makes it feel like unmissable television. It’s a little too overwrought, so relentless in its deployment of mythology that it barely takes a second to think about character. It’s hard to … >
All things considered, the revelation of another cloning experiment that produced male clones is something Orphan Black has had in its back pocket all along. Whether the twist changes things for better or for worse remains to be seen. Tatiana Maslany’s performance(s) are the core of this show and, no matter what, it will always … >
Underestimating Helena has always been a terrible idea, and in this episode the Proletheans learn why. Not only that, but Rachel makes a huge move that is certain to drive Sarah to new extremes in her war against the Dyad Institute. First up, though, is the ongoing rediscovery of why Alison and Donnie work so … >
One of the great things about Orphan Black is that we really have no idea just how many clones there are. The only limit, really, is how many clones Tatiana Maslany can convincingly play. And, judging from what we’ve already seen, she can convincingly play just about anybody. In this episode, we’re introduced to a … >
Now that’s how you do a surprising death. In this episode, Dr Leekie goes from being potentially Sarah’s greatest enemy, to threatened by Rachel after she learns the truth, and then to… murdered, accidentally, by Donnie. You don’t get much more unpredictable than that. Last week it seemed natural to theorise that Rachel’s reaction to … >
Proof of concept. Those three words answer one of Orphan Black’s lingering questions. Why do the clones exist? Because, of course, somebody wanted to prove that they could. Sarah’s conversation with Ethan Duncan at the end of ‘To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings’ is a particularly revelatory one. Shot in dark and mysterious low lighting, … >