Red Death Zips By And More

You know the drill, it's been a while since I've done one of these and here's a brief snippet of the things I've been watching for the last month.

Mayfair Witches: There's no denying that this series doesn't have the same southern charm that Interview With The Vampire has but the final few episodes did somewhat try to up the ante. By the end of the series, Rowan seemingly fell into Lasher's influence, gave birth to a son and put Courtland in his place. All of which has the potential for a hopefully better paced second season. Again, it's a decent show but it does a bit more of a spark to it.

Pennyworth: Even though the show was cancelled last month, I decided to actually bother to watch the final season and I genuinely think I made the right decision. While this show was lucky to get past a first season and was built on a premise that didn't really feel sustainable for an ongoing series, this final season certainly raised the stakes. Alfred dealt with past mistakes and got married to Sandra while even his mother got a new boyfriend and Dave Boy a posh girlfriend. Thomas and Martha dealt with the former being a conditioned assassin, the latter's risky job and being parents to Samantha while Bet got a kid, some new abilities and tied up previous season loose ends. All in all, this was a solid end to the series, minus a never to be resolved cliff hanger.

So Help Me Todd: I kinda picked up this show by accident but a happy one. I'm also a few episodes behind but this amusing dramedy from CBS has Skyler Astin as a struck off private detective now working for his mother's law firm, the latter brilliantly played by Marcia Gay Harden. The show follows a pretty basic 'case of the week' format, married with some nice family dynamics and workplace shenanigans for good measure. There's also an unrequited love story with one ex and a bad girl ex to add to the format but overall, it's a rather light and fun series.

The Flash: Five episodes into this show's final season and things kicked off to a decent enough start with the Red Death, allowing Javicia Leslie some fun as the main threat against Grant Gustin's Flash while also getting to briefly reprise her role as Batwoman too. Add in some rehabilitated former Rogues, a whole batch of new Rogues (such as the Owen Mercer Boomerang and Murmur), a speedy pregnancy for Iris, Joe's exit and the arrival of Khione and it's a moderate improvement on previous seasons. It's still not the show at it's height but it's better than the lows of previous years.

The Last Of Us: The show's first season came to something of an impressive ending for both Joel and Ellie and overall, between giraffes, flashbacks, some truly horrible characters like Kathleen, David and James, game shoutouts ahoy and a lovely backstory episode for Ellie and Riley, this show has set the bar high for HBO this year. Not having played the games and not reading too far ahead meant that most of the events were a genuine surprise for me. I'll definitely be watching the second season.

• Jensen Ackles reprised his role as Dean Winchester for the first season finale of The Winchesters. It's yet to be confirmed for a second season.
• The events of the second game for The Last Of Us will be spread out over more than one season.
• HBO have confirmed the upcoming seasons of both Succession and Barry will be their last seasons.
• ABC have confirmed the tenth season of The Goldbergs will be it's last.
• Rebecca Mader has joined the second season of Fire Country.
• American Horror Story's twelfth season will go into production from May and will be written by one writer, according to Ryan Murphy.
• AppleTV have renewed Shrinking for a second season.
• Amazon have cancelled Three Pines.
• The Bear's second season will be ten episodes.
• Tom Hiddleston's The Night Manager has been renewed for a second season. 

DCEU Blog - The Batman Gets A Sequel, CW Wield The Axe And More

It's been a hell of a month for DC fans. Some highs, interesting developments and possible disappointments, depending on your feelings for the CW side of things.

Thanks to CinemaCon, we now know for definite that The Batman will definitely be getting a sequel with both Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson confirmed to return.

The Batman has currently grossed over $750 million worldwide and even managed to pull in 4.1 million during it's first week on HBO Max.

The movie will also be available in DVD/Blu-Ray from June 13th.

Meanwhile The Penguin will begin filming  from June onwards, so expecting casting news in the next few weeks.

Bad tiding for the CW as both Batwoman and Legends Of Tomorrow have been cancelled and there's likely more axings to come.

Harley Quinn will not only return for it's third season on HBO Max during the summer but it'll be getting a spin-off focusing on Kite Man and other minor baddies titled Noonans.

Rahart Adams has been cast as Brody for the upcoming Gotham Knights show. 

Rumours are that the Constantine series for HBO Max will film from September onwards and will be eight episodes. Filming is expected for the UK and Morocco.

KJ Apa and Isabel May have been as the Wonder Twins for the HBO Max movie. Filming is due to begin in July.

Abrams and Coates long rumoured Superman movie will now not be a period piece and could feature Ultra-Humanite as the main antagonist. Emphasis on rumour.

Speaking of our favourite, Kryptonian, a younger version of the character will appear in The Flash movie. 

Kevin Conroy has written a story for the upcoming DCPride issue, due out the end of next month.

Susan Sarandon will now play Victoria Kord for the Blue Beetle movie. Filming has begun.

Shazam! Fury Of The Gods will now be released on December 21st. Thanks to CinemaCon, Wonder Woman has also been confirmed for the movie.

Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom has had a test screening. It seems that Mera's role has been reduced, Arthur and Orm are teaming up and Black Manta has leveled up as a threat.

Charlize Theron might be bringing the Aqualad novel, You Brought Me To The Ocean as a series for HBO Max.

Yup, it's been a hell of a month. What will the next one bring us?

Finding Religion, Then Losing It

As I head towards the end of the month, a look at some of the shows I watched recently.

911: Seven episodes into this current season and it's been one of the strongest we've had so far. In the space of these episodes, we've had a chaotic blackout, an old enemy of Athena's taking her son captive, Buck settling  into a relationship with Taylor, Eddie ending a relationship as well as a temporary exits for Maddie and Chinmey with Ravi also getting more screen time and a prison riot to boot. Oh and some zoo animals on the loose.

Batwoman: Although a fourth season has yet to be confirmed, it's safe to say one will come. As for the last few episodes of the season that just aired, they were decent enough. Marquis might not have been a convincing Joker successor but it does seem like he'll be around next season for him and Ryan to actual'y build a family dynamic along with Jada. Ryan basically got her family, friends and a girlfriend in Sophie while Alice might get some form of redemption or not. It really could go either way.

Killing Eve: A part me is definitely glad this is the last season because half way in, I'm finding myself increasingly bored with it. I know the main plot seems to be about taking down the Twelve but even with that in mind, it just feels rudderless. Villanelle's religious awakening hasn't added to much and Eve's pursuit of Helene has been mildly entertaining at best. Hopefully the second half of the season can get inject a bit more excitement into it.

Pam And Tommy: Overall I did enjoy this limited series and there's no denying that Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Seth Rogen all did a fantastic job in their respective roles. The second half of the series did explore the fallout of the sex tape pretty well along with the Pam and Tommy relationship beginning to fall part, not to mention Rand's own epiphany of sorts. I hope this series does bag a few Emmy nods for itself.

The Flash: The more the CW keep renewing this show, the more I'm reminded that it's best days are definitely behind it. Armageddon wad a decent crossover event and the Bart/Nora episode was entertaining but the last two episodes were back to the mediocrity of the last two seasons. It's been obvious for a while that the show has been running on fumes and I'm somewhat tempted to drop the show if it doesn't pick itself back up.

The Gilded Age: It took me a while to get into this show but for now, I'm glad I stuck with it. While it doesn't quite have the same excitement factor that another show from Julian Fellowes had in it's heyday or even a certain Netflix counterpart, the second half of the season did move things along a bit. We learned more about the characters, saw new relationships develop and bloom and while the gay storyline is absolutely horrible to watch, at least everything seems to have mostly improved, so I'll tune into the next season.

• The Teen Wolf movie for Paramount+ will lead into a new spin off called Wolf Pack. Most of the original cast members are back for the movie.
• The second season of Only Murders In The Building will premiere on Hulu from June 28th.
• The final series of Derry Girls will air on Channel 4 from April.
• Star Trek: Picard will end after three seasons. Paul Wesley has been cast Captain Kirk for Strange New Worlds.
• And Just Like That has been renewed for a second season.
• The second season of The Flight Attendant will premiere on HBO Max from April 21st and premiere on SkyMax from May.
• Riverdale  has been renewed for a seventh season.
• Charlotte Ritchie has joined the cast of You for it's fourth season, currently filming in the UK.
• Angela Bassett will appear in an upcoming episode of 911: Lone Star as Athena.
• Denis O'Hare will appear in the first episode of American Horror Stories. He's rumoured to be playing a character connected to a past season of the parent series.

Money Isn't Everything

Took the month of January off from these sort of blogs but any more, I will try to make them monthly affairs going forwards. Anyways, a look at stuff I've been watching recently.

And Just Like That: It's been an undeniably divisive return for the ladies of New York (minus Samantha) but at least it's been discussion worthy to a point. With Charlotte mostly relegated to comedy mishaps and stuff involving her children, it's been Carrie and Miranda getting the dramatic stuff with mixed results. Carrie's  had hip problems, apartment problems, neighbour problems and finding the right place to scatter Big's ashes. She's also gained a solo podcast and a new love interest. Miranda also gained a new love interest in Che, thus breaking up her marriage to Steve and losing a bit of her former self. I'm all for Miranda discovering herself but Che was the wrong character to do this with. At least Seema proved to be a strong addition to the series. Will it gets seconds? Who knows.

Batwoman: Ah, this season has been surprisingly strong for the most part. What hasn't worked in my opinion has been Ryan's family, especially Marquis, who is a very poor version of this show's attempt of a Joker baddie while Jada still hasn't really clicked as character either. What has clicked was the Poison Ivy arc (short as it was and convenient in exiting Renee Montoya) along with the sisterly bond between Mary and Alice and Luke finally syncing with his Batwing suit. Even the Ryan and Sophie pairing, despite being a tad contrived has worked better than expected. Hopefully these last two episodes can end the season on a good note.

Dexter: New Blood: I think this show has managed to strike a record for coming up with a finale more polarising and controversial than the original one it did. To me, that's crazy because what we got in 2013 was a terrible way to end the show while we got in 2022 while not entirely perfect, at least made more thematic sense. Harrison being the one to kill his own father after Dexter's whole web of lies came crashing down felt oddly right. This limited series didn't fully recapture the heights of the original series glory days but it definitely made up for it's original ending.

Pam And Tommy: Is there anyone not watching this limited series? Last week Hulu/Disney+ dropped the first three episodes and it made for some interesting viewing. Needless to say both Lily James and Sebastian Stan absolutely nail it as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee and they're ably supported by Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman and Taylor Schilling. These episodes provide quite the education into the title characters turbulent relationship as well as the role that Ran Gauthier played in their sex tape being leaked. Lily James herself has completely disappeared into the role and the 90's soundtrack, I just love. As for Tommy's talking penis in the second episode. Um. 

The Gilded Age: Julian Fellowes is a writer who found his comfort zone a long time ago and has never stepped out of it since. That might sound harsh but can you tell me if it's untrue? Fortunately for Fellowes, his comfort zone continues to be very much appreciated and while this show feels too familiar and comparisons to Downton Abbey are completely justified, the first two episodes were enjoyable. It's beautifully shot, the cast are excellent with Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon being obvious standouts. There's even a closeted gay love story in between fabulous costumes, old versus new money discoveries and a young female protagonist in Marion trying to make her way in an ever changing world. It's also performed well enough to quickly earn itself a second season.

• Nyle DiMarco will play a graduate student in the upcoming reboot of Queer As Folk.
• National Treasure for Disney+ has found it's lead star in Catherine Zeta Jones.
• The CW have ordered pilots for Gotham Knights, The Winchesters, Walker: Independence and a female led Zorro reboot.
• Aubrey Plaza, Michael Imperioli, F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hollander, Adam DiMarco and Haley Lu Richardson will make up the main cast of the second season of The White Lotus with Jennifer Coolidge also returning.
• Murray Bartlett will be appearing in both The Last Of Us and the second season of Only Murders In The Building.
• Legends Of Tomorrow has added Donald Faison as a fame hungry mystery character for it's seventh season finale. If the show gets picked up for an eighth season, the character will likely be a regular.
• The L Word: Generation Q has been renewed for a third season by Showtime.
• Euphoria has also been renewed for a third season by HBO. The show is currently having a record ratings boost.
• The second season of Bridgerton will be released on Netflix from March 25th.
• Arielle Kebbel will appear in an upcoming arc of 911 as a character named Lucy. 
• Moon Knight will premiere on Disney+ from March 30th.
• The Lords Of The Rings: The Power Of The Rings will premiere on Amazon from September 2nd.

The Dark Passenger Returms

It's been too long since I did one of these but again, here's a look at some of the shows I've been watching over the last few weeks.

American Crime Story: Okay, can't lie about this one. I only watched the first episode and while both Sarah Paulson and Beanie Feldstein are clearly going to receive award love for their portrayals of Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky, I haven't felt compelled to watch beyond that one episode. I might try to catch up but I'm not making any guarantees. I still have another Ryan Murphy show from earlier this year that I also should watch before the year is out.

Batwoman: It's jarring to think that we're in a third season for this often divisive show but here we are. The first five episodes of this season, introduced Renee Montoya, laid the groundwork for Poison Ivy to arrive on the scene, played around with some rogue trophies and of course, ship teased Ryan and Sophie while introducing the former's mother and brother into the mix. Alice of course does remain the main reason to watch the show but so far, it's been pretty solid stuff here.

Dexter: New Blood: It's been eight years since the original series ended on the mother of all whimpers and ten years has passed for Dexter Morgan who traded sunny Miami for cold Iron Lake and ended up with Deb as his conscience over Harry. I was initially worried about the show's return but two episodes in and the series has nearly gotten it's groove back. I wouldn't say it's as good as the first five seasons of the original series but it's definitely better than the latter three seasons for now. Dexter's o'd ways are resurfacing, Harrison's all grown up with demons of his own, Angela might be more than she seems and Kurt Caldwell has potential as the main antagonist of the season. It's good to have you back, Dexter Morgan/Jim Lindsey.

Supergirl: The moment was prepared for. It finally came and it managed to deliver in more ways than even I expected it to do. The moment of course was this show hitting it's series finale and I'm delighted that it ended on such a strong note. As a series, this show wasn't always perfect but this final season was largely solid with a good final threat in Nyxly (though Lex did insert himself into her storyline) and a satisfying wrap up of all the main character arcs, including a game changer for Kara herself and her future as Supergirl. Of course the highlight was also the return of Cat Grant and I missed seeing her character so much.

What If: Not gonna, this one has been my least favourite of the MCU Disney+ shows and I'm not sure i even want to bother watching the second season. It just dragged for too long and would've benefited overall from being a one-off animated movie. At least that would've cut out a lot of the needless filler we had to go through before getting the big team up finale. Onto the next MCU show.

• Kathryn Hahn will return as Agatha Harkness for Disney+ in Agatha: House Of Harkness.
• Ms. Marvel will premiere on Disney+ in summer 2022, likely after both She Hulk and Moon Knight.
• Chucky will premiere on SkyMax from December 3rd, starting with a double bill.
• BBC1 have bought the rights to Superman And Lois and will air it from December 4th. The series will also be available on iPlayer.
• And Just Like That will premiere on both HBO Max and Sky Comedy from December 9th.
• HBO have renewed Succession for a fourth season.
• SkyAtlantic have bought the right for House Of The Dragon.
• Derry Girls is currently filming it's third and final season.
• Emily VanCamp has departed The Resident.
• Family Guy's latest season will premiere on Disney+ instead of ITV2 for UK and Irish viewers.

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.

It's Been Seventeen Years

I haven't seen quite as much as I wanted to over the past few weeks but here's a glimpse of what I have been watching.

Batwoman: We're heading into the remaining few episodes of the season and things have gotten somewhat more interesting. While Luke being shot seemed to served more as a catalyst for an imminent hero role, it's interesting to see how we went from Sophie quitting the Crows to Jacob disbanding them in too quick a succession. On the plus side, we've got Alice and Jacob working together to save Kate from Black Mask as we head towards the finale.

Friends: The Reunion: Remember a time when this particular reunion was gonna be the very thing to launch HBO Max? Well, COVID happened but over a year later, we finally got the reunion special with the main cast of the iconic 90s sitcom and James Corden hosting it as well. I loved the show back in the day and it was nice to see the old gang again.

The Flash: This season has been an almighty slog to get through and I'm honestly at a point where I feel the CW need to end the series. The Forces storyline was sloppily handled, it's hard to care about Cisco leaving the show when he's done so little for a long time and the whole Killer Frost trial thing ended up being a pointless farce of a plot. I really hope the remaining episodes can end the season on a better note.

The Nevers: Four episodes into this strange Victorian themed series by Joss Whedon (who also got quickly removed from it) and I have to admit I like it a lot better than expected. There's a certain X-Men feel to it and Laura Donnelly's Amalia True has a Jessica Jones quality to her character. Maladie makes for an amusing enough antagonist but there's definitely a bigger and stranger picture at play and it'll be interesting of between show runners being changed if it can stick the landing.

• Nico Greetham will appear in the fourth episode of American Horror Stories. The series will premiere on Hulu from July 15th.
• American Horror Story: Double Feature will premiere on FX from August 25th.
• Outlander's sixth season will premiere in 2022 on Starz but will only be eight episodes. The seventh season will be expanded.
• The CW have scrapped the pilot for Powerpuff Girls and will retool it.
• The final season of The Walking Dead will air on Disney+ as FOX UK will be shut down at the end of this month.
• The second season of Locke And Key will be released on Netflix in October.
• Netflix have renewed Shadow And Bone for a second season but have axed Jupiter's Legacy.
• The Staircase has added Sophie Turner to the cast.
• Sarah Hyland has joined upcoming ABC fairy tale themed pilot, Epic.
• Night Court sequel series has added Melissa Rauch and John Larroquette to the cast for NBC.

Our Father's Eyes

It's been a while but here's a look at some of the stuff I've been watching over the last few weeks.

Batwoman: We're two thirds into this show's second season and things have gotten fairly interesting. Black Mask while not perfect has been a better baddie than Safiyah and the twisted reintroduction of Kate Kane now played by Wallis Day feels like something out of Gotham - in the best way possible. Alice is always a blast, I liked the girls night episode with Ryan, Sophie and Mary, Stephanie Brown's inclusion was nice, especially for her scenes with Luke. Right now Jacob's snakebite addiction is the only weak link  this season.

Schitt's Creek: It's taken seven months but I finally finished this wonderful series and this last season was so much fun, I didn't want it to end but alas, it's over.  The last episode with David and Patrick's wedding was a good one to end with along with Johnny and Moira leaving for pastures new and even Alexis going on a journey of personal growth in this last season. Then there's Stevie being the best ever, Roland proving that he does have Johnny's back when it counted, Twyla being secretly rich, Ted and Alexis breaking up, fun snarky comments from Ronnie, Jocelyn almost taking on a new career and a brief reappearance from Jake. I'm so glad I saw this show all the way through.

Supergirl: There's no denying that Melissa Benoist's maternity leave definitely put the writers in a position where they needed to be their most creative in terms of Kara's reduced screen time. The Midvale two parter had fun with younger versions of Kara, Alex and Cat while putting Nia and Brainy at the forefront and for the better too. I'm glad the Phantom Zone plot has been resolved as the gang managed to rescue both Kara and her father and I can't wait to see what mischief Nyxly will get up to now that she's also in National City.

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: If you were worried that Sam was never going to become Captain America, then the last two episodes were not only a treat but you've got a movie on the horizon to see even more of Sam in his new role. This series was excellent from start to finish, not just with Sam and Bucky's respective journeys but also for characters like John Walker, Sharon Carter, Zemo and Karli. That's two Disney+ shows the MCU have knocked out of the park. 

The Flash: I'll be honest - I'm finding this season something of a slog to get through. The main plot with the forces isn't that particular gripping and even things like Cisco and Chester time travelling and the whole Killer Frost trial hasn't landed as well as they should've. Although I did like the actor playing Speedforce Nora, overall the second half of the season needs to give Barry a more gripping antagonist to work with.

• Fox have cancelled Prodigal Son after two seasons.
• Carlos Valdes and Tom Cavanagh will be leaving The Flash this season.
• The CW will now air new programming on Saturdays next season.
• Grey's Anatomy has been renewed for an eighteenth season.
• The reunion special of Friends will stream on HBO Max from May 27th.
• Netflix has renewed Bridgerton for a third and fourth season while the second season is currently filming.
• Netflix have also cancelled The Irregulars after one season.
• Loki will stream Wednesdays on Disney+ from June 9th.
• Zachary Quinto and Billy Porter will play a married couple in an upcoming Disney+ series.
• UK viewers wil be able to watch the second season of Love Victor from June 18th on Disney+.

Life Is A Caberet

I'm using a new tablet to write this so bear with me, lol but here goes.

Batwoman: Things have certainly taken an interesting turn now that we know Kate Kane is alive and that Black Mask and Enigma currently have her prisoner. Already it's a step up from the underwhelming plot with Safiyah that's currently on pause while Alice broods over her lost sister, Ryan cemented herself as Batwoman and Sophie finally questions the way of the Crows.

Schitts Creek: Five seasons down and with one more to go, I'm glad I got into this series. The fifth season had fun with Moira doing a certain horror franchise as well as the soap convention circuit, while David and Patrick got engaged, Alexis was willing to to the Galapagos with Ted, Stevie took on an iconic acting gig as well as a brief romance with Amir while Johnny had fun with a roast at Roland's expense.

Supergirl: With the CW doing the bare minimum in terms of promotion and as a consequence of Superman And Lois having to take an early break, the final season of the Girl of Steel opened on a decent note. Lena is back in the fold with the main team, Lex has been rendered mortal again and Kara herself has wound up in the Phantom Zone but at least this last season is off to a good enough start.

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: Following the success of their previous MCU effort, it seems that Disney+ are on a roll with another hit here. Three episodes in and this show has reunited Bucky and Sam as a right Odd Couple, added a new Captain America with John Walker, shown the duality of the Flag Smashers along with welcomed returns of Sharon Carter and Zemo along with a new potential mainstay in Torres. The action sequences have been impressive along with the chemistry of the leads.

The Flash: With the Mirror Monarch story dealt with, Iris out of the Mirrorverse, it actually feels like the season has actually started properly. Both Abra Kadabra and Psych were good guest baddies, Barry and Iris dealing with their traumas handled well, along with both Caitlin and Frost being split in half with the latter gaining a new threat of her own. It's still not the show at its best but does feel like an improvement over last season.

• American Gods has been cancelled after three seasons, though Starz are considering a movie to wrap up potential loose ends.
• Annie Murphy has joined the second season of Russian Doll.
• The Right Stuff has been cancelled by Disney+.
• Rege Jean Page will not be returning for the second season of Bridgerton.
• Nicholas Podany and Donald Faison have joined the cast of Powerpuff Girls.
• Young Sheldon has been renewed for an extra three seasons.
• Daniel Zovatto and Lori Petty will star in upcoming HBO Max series Station Eleven.
• Dan Stevens has joined Starz series Gaslit.
• Law And Order: Organized Crime has added Nicky Torchia, Michael Rivera and Ibrahim Renno to the cast.
• Rose McIver will star in the US version of Ghosts which will air on CBS.