The season builds tension this episode as the Umbrella Academy siblings prepare to face their biggest challenge yet: a dinner with their father. It's been years since most of them have seen him, and no one (other than perhaps Five and Vanya) is particularly looking forward to it, given their contentious relationship with the now-dead… Continue reading You Know I Love Dysfunctional Family Dinners – The Umbrella Academy, Season Two, Episode Six
Righty-O, let's put the "unction" back in "dysfunctional!" That wasn't supposed to be deep, by the way, it was supposed to be nonsense, but I just looked it up, and apparently "unction" is a real word. It's an archaic term for an oil used to cleanse and heal. How oddly thematic. Anyway, welcome back to… Continue reading ALL THE MAGICAL GAY! – The Umbrella Academy, Season Two, Episode Four
Dallas? The Kennedy assassination? 1960s faux-idyllic pastels and warm colors? Secret societies? A bizarre cult? Psychics? Conspiracies? The end of the world as we know it? Milk? Why yes, that please. All of it. I want. (Look, you can't fault me for having a type.) As it turns out, the milkman is less important than… Continue reading The Milkman Cometh – The Umbrella Academy, Season Two, Episode One
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Fourteen: Journey's End - *** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Pictures of a Cast We get a few different jumps forward in time to establish where the characters have ended up, the first two months, then two years, then presumably many more years in the future. because this… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Fourteen (Episode Sixty-Four)
The first few episodes of this, the final season of beloved cartoon Bojack Horseman, aired late last year. I’ve waited to cover the series until now mainly because I wanted to review the entire season at once and the second half of the season didn't come out until later. However, I would be lying if… Continue reading It’s All Over Now – Bojack Horseman, Season Six
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Nine: Lost Light - ** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Lies When we last left our heroes, Hawkeye's throat had been slit and she was being held against Mustang to force him to commit human transmutation. The previous episode ended with him breaking and saying, "All… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Nine (Episode Fifty-Nine)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Eight: Sacrifices - ** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: The Sacrifices Gathered See? I told you they’re fine. We don’t get much action from the much-built-up sacrifices — Ed, Al, Hoenheim, and Izumi — but they are now in the same spot, so yay, *faint applause*, you… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Eight (Episode Fifty-Eight)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Five: Adults' Way of Life - *** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Why Does Armstrong Have No Nipples? I Demand Manly Nipples! This is the episode that broke me originally. During my first run at this show, I got all the way to Episode Fifty-Five, and… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Five (Episode Fifty-Five)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Four: Beyond the Inferno - * Spoilers: Yes. Oh, also warning for a suicide reference here, because that's the direction the show wants to go now. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Hooray, the Zombies are Back. As we steadily make our way toward the end of this series,… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Four (Episode Fifty-Four)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Two: Combined Strength - * Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: The Blue's Clues-Style Exposition is Back! Well, that episode was... packed. Normally when an episode of anything has so much going on, at least some of it is worthwhile, and that is the case here. There… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Two (Episode Fifty-Two)
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