The Magicians: Season 1 (SyFy) — a review

I’m breaking some sort of Reviewer’s Commandment here by telling you that The Magicians just isn’t really a show for me. It’s the magic, you see. Other people have made the assumption about me—as Netflix has—that because I’m drawn to science fiction and fantasy stories, that all it takes to keep my interest is the […]

Lucifer: Season 3 — a review

This was the final season of Lucifer that aired on FOX, which cancelled the series soon after the cliffhanger finale. It was picked up by Netflix after this, and has now had a 10-episode Season 4, with a final Season 5 coming in 2020 to wrap up the story of Lucifer Morningstar and his friends […]

Lucifer: Season 2 — a review

A coworker told me that she watched some of the first season of Lucifer, and she liked it, but stopped watching it because her husband said the show was Anti-Christian, portraying Satan as a hero. He suggested that watching the series could make God angry at her. My wife doesn’t watch a lot of the […]

Supernatural: Season 8 — a review

I rate each episode of Supernatural as I view it, giving each a score from zero to five stars. Looking at my spreadsheet and judging it objectively, Season 8 seems to have earned a cumulative score less than that of Season 7, which I gave a report card grade of B+. But . . . […]

Supernatural: Season 5 — a review

It’s safe to say, considering the turbo-viewing that Supernatural has gotten from me this year, that I am a fan of the series. This program has reinvented itself, sometimes in small ways, each season. Season 5 was no exception. If you will recall, Season 4 ended with Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) inadvertently releasing Lucifer from […]

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The Magicians: Season 1 (SyFy) — a review

Lucifer: Season 3 — a review

Lucifer: Season 2 — a review

Supernatural: Season 8 — a review

Supernatural: Season 5 — a review