‘Merlin’: ‘The Kindness of Strangers’ spoiler-free review
After last week’s conclusion of the Evil-Gwen trilogy, it is back to the action and a story with Merlin right at its heart.
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After last week’s conclusion of the Evil-Gwen trilogy, it is back to the action and a story with Merlin right at its heart.
That the entrance of new gang member Abbey (Natasha O’Keefe) gets a little lost in proceedings isn’t surprising, but her introduction doesn’t feel contrived.
Is Homeland waving or drowning? Or is it simply stretching as it yawns its way out of mid-season torpor?
The spookiness of its first episode is non-existent in tonight’s final instalment.
Thankfully at a running time of just 89 minutes, it’s breezy enough for fans of Colin Firth’s legs or Alan Rickman’s general nakedness.
Attractively packaged, this is a three disc-set, with the third disc containing extras.
The level of storytelling seems to have shifted up another gear with this opening salvo of six episodes from Merlin’s fifth series.
It’s hard not to feel that everything is building to the moment where we see Peter’s new Observer powers for the first time.
The Hour has always enjoyed depicting the passion and the sang-froid of compromised idealists.
As CBBC’s Wizards Vs Aliens approaches the end of its first series, the show poses an ethical conundrum.