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Jessica Jones – Season 2 Overall Review

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So another 13-episode chapter in the Netflix “street level” side of the MCU comes to a close, and sadly it’s on the lower end of the quality scale. It had a monster of a task following up on Jessica Jones Season 1 and its lead villain Killgrave, a task it couldn’t beat, though to be fair it goes in a completely different direction with its lead antagonist rather than inevitably fail to try and copy the already successful formula. So let’s have an overall look at Jessica Jones Season 2, because there is plenty to like still… It’s thankfully no Iron Fist!

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Jessica Jones – Season 2 Episodes 10 – 13 Review

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Jessica Jones Season 2 ends on a high note, which is good because the season up to now has been quite flat. If you’ve stuck with it so far you’re treated to a great conclusion to the Jessica / Alisa Jones story, and a pretty good end to Trish’s struggle as well (plus an episode full of Killgrave again! Who doesn’t want that?) So let’s take a look after the spoiler message so I can actually talk about things!

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Jessica Jones – Season 2 Episodes 5 – 9 Review

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The second season of Jessica Jones finally begins to show its teeth with this middle block of episodes. The big (and sadly predictable) reveal of the lead antagonist leads to flashbacks and some fun and dramatic scenes of conflicted emotion. Sadly while all of this is going on there is still an awful lot of uninteresting side-stories being told, so… Let’s take a look!

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Jessica Jones – Season 2 Episodes 1 – 4 Review

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Jessica Jones’ first season was brilliant. My second overall favourite of the Netflix side of the MCU, it featured twists, turns and a really compelling villain… that was sadly (though made perfect sense for the story) killed off. That leaves Season 2 with a gaping hole that will be hard to fill, and judging by these first four episodes, that may well be the problem! “A slow start” doesn’t do it justice… Let’s take a look, anyway!

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Altered Carbon Season 1 Overall Review

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Altered Carbon is a great blend of many sci-fi tropes and ideas, beautifully brought to life with a high budget and a great cast. End of review… No, seriously, I loved it, and I knew nothing about it before it was suddenly advertised by Netflix. I mean, it was kind of funny that this month I’ve reviewed the two Blade Runner films and a bunch of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, and this series has strong beats from both (although I will point out that the book “Altered Carbon” came out before the new BSG, so I’m not saying the similarities to resurrection technology was this show copying that!) So with that all said, let’s take a closer look!

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Battlestar Galactica – The Plan Review

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“The Plan” was a special TV movie released after the series ended, showing the first two seasons from the perspective of the Cylons, specifically the Number One models. Technically this should be listed on my page as during the latter half of Season 2, but given it reveals all the information about the “Final Five” Cylons that were key in the final season, it’s best to keep it at the end, for spoilers sake. So let’s take a final (unless I watch the prequels down the line) look at the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica world…

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Battlestar Galactica – Season 4 Episodes 11 – 20 Review

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All things must come to an end, and while I still have “The Plan” to review, this is the end of the Battlestar Galactica series reviews (unless I get round to the prequel spin-offs one day, I guess), as the final season reaches its, sadly still disappointing, end. Before the finale comes a set of really solid episodes, and some properly great scenes. So, let’s have a look at this final batch of 10 (well, episode 20 is double length and called “Daybreak Parts 2 and 3”, but it still aired as a single episode, so I count it as just episode 20, your mileage may vary)

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Battlestar Galactica – Season 4 Episodes 1 – 10 Review

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Despite over-exposure to the religious themes that had up to this point been well handled, the first half of the fourth and final Season of Battlestar Galactica is a great ride, full of fun twists and dramatic battles. It’s a little bittersweet the second time round knowing how some of these interesting plots don’t really get resolved, but hey-ho, it’s still great telly!

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Battlestar Galactica – Season 3 Episodes 11 – 20 Review

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The second half of Season 3 suffers from a pacing issue. Episodes 11 and 12 are good enough, and there some great scenes in the two-part finale, but a lot of the episodes are pointless “filler”, which is normal for most of these long-running sci-fi shows, but something about Battlestar Galactica’s over-arching plot style of storytelling makes these episodes a chore to watch, impatiently tapping your feet, waiting for the next bit of the Cylon-Earth plot. So, with that being said, let’s take a look!

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Battlestar Galactica – Season 3 Episodes 1 – 10 Review

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Battlestar Galactica’s third season is where things get really interesting… a couple of times, and the rest of the time things seem to slow to a crawl. Luckily for this review most of a slower paced, non-key storyline episodes fall in the latter half of the season, so this is mostly full of praise! Let’s take a look…

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