Such Glorious Purpose

It's been a while but here are some of the shows I've been watching over the past while.

911/911 Lone Star: Current seasons of both shows have finally aired on SkyLiving and not surprising enough, they have been influenced by the pandemic for the most part. The crossover event was a modest enough adventure with Buck, Hen and Eddie helping out the spin off crew with a disaster. There was an amusing moment where TK mistook Buck for being gay but other than that, I still find myself preferring the parent series the most.

Batwoman: Season 2 has been something of an improvement and while Safiyah's defeat was anticlimactic, there was something more satisfying in how Alice dealt with Black Mask while Ryan came into her own and hints for next season's foes were revealed. Not everything worked though. The Circe/Kate story resolution was rushed as was Luke's journey to Batwing and Jacob's exit but the show has gotten better though.

Loki: Marvel clearly felt they were overdue their own time traveling themed show and with everyone's favourite God of Mischief on the loose, they had the perfect pitch. Loki working for the TVA, at the behest of the Time Keepers, meeting and facing in love with a female version of himself called Sylvie and interacting with the likes of Mobius and Renslayer. It's not my favourite of the MCU Disney+ shows so far but there's a lot of fun to be had and hopefully the last two deliver.

Love, Victor: I basically blitzed through the second season of this show and I got to admit, I enjoyed it more than the first. The Benji/Victor/Rahim triangle is clearly going to bleed into the next season but it's amusing for now. Victor's parents both dealt with his sexuality in different but believable ways and there was decent screen time for the other characters. Hopefully this show gets a third season.

The Flash: I hate to admit, but I am about almost done with this season. It's been such a hard slog to get through that even the start of the Godspeed arc hasn't filled me with any confidence. The more I think on it, the more I hope that next season ends up being the final season because creatively, this show feels extremely burned out.

The Nevers: Well, that finale was thoroughly confusing as hell. Much as I've enjoyed the show, I'm genuinely stumped as to what the hell is going on. Amalia is from the future - is that it? There's some potential world ending alien war? Possibly. The finale did feel like a game changer but will it bring back people for the second half? I hope so. 

• HBO have confirmed that Lovecraft Country will not be returning for a second season.
• BBC1 and BBC iPlayer will have the UK for the Gossip Girl reboot.
• Filming for the second half of The Nevers first season has begun with the episodes slated to air in 2022.
• Ronen Rubenstein and Billie Lourd will appear in the fifth episode of American Horror Stories.
• Omid Abtahi has joined the cast of Fear The Walking Dead.
• Batwoman will be adding Renee Montoya to its third season. The role has yet to be cast.
• Michael Stuhlbarg has joined the cast of The Staircase.
• Superman And Lois has upped Sofia Hasmik as a regular for its second season.
• Catherine Tate will be working on a prison mockumentary series called Hard Cell where she will be playing multiple characters.
• Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine will lead upcoming Amazon series, The Devil's Hour, with Steven Moffat working on the show.