DCU Blog - September 2025 Edition: Superman Sequel Confirmed, Penguin Bags Emmys And More

As the third quarter of 2025 draws to a conclusion, there's some wins, sequel announcements and an upcoming animated series.

If Superman (2025) wasn't already a success, the sequel has been confirmed by James Gunn. Expect Man Of Tomorrow to be released from July 9th 2027. Filming will begin April 2026.

As for Superman (2025) itself, it's managed to clock in over 13 million viewers upon it's HBO Max debut over a week ago.

Filmimg for The Batman - Part II (October 1st 2027) will commence in the UK from May 2026. It'll feature a never done before villain.

James Gunn has clarified that aspects of The Brave And The Bold are in flux but also that the movie will be released before 2030.

We've been getting plenty of outdoor filming pics for Clayface (September 11th 2026), including a nod to Nosferatu and references to other DC characters.

Matthew Lilliard has expressed an interest in working with James Gunn in the DCU.

Matt Reeves has also admitted that he'd be open to directing a DCU movie in the future. The Batman remains Elseworlds (boo).

Michael Rosenbaum also revealed that there's a moment in Supergirl (2026) (June 26th 2026) that wowed him.

The Penguin came up good at the Emmys, including a win for Cristin Milioti. A second season is being considered. 

Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber have done rewrites for the upcoming Dynamic Duo (June 30th 2028) movie.

Isabel Merced has confirmed she'll be back for Man Of Tomorrow. I expect a lot of characters will be.

Lanterns will be an early 2026 release on HBO. It'll likely debut after A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms. 

While Peacemaker might not get a third season, James Gunn has confirmed that characters from the show will appear in other DCU projects. David Corenswet will not appear in the remaining episodes.

The Bat Family show will premiere on Amazon Prime in November.

There's rumours of Pom Klementieff being cast as Huntress for the DCU. 

DC have sadly cancelled both their Birds Of Prey and Green Arrow books. Meanwhile Absolute Wonder Woman is selling out. A Zatanna themed Halloween book is coming out on October 1st.

A good amount of rumours and confirmations this month. Expect the next few months to be crazier as two certain movies enter production.

My Review of The Golden Girls (1985-1992, NBC Series)

Earlier this year, I did mention that I would do a blog about The Golden Girls and while I missed the date of the 40th anniversary, here's my blog post nonetheless.

Back in 1985 (September 14th to be exact), NBC premiered a brand new sitcom, created by Susan Harris. The premise focused on a house share in Miami with four older women. There was Sicilian/New York mother and daughter duo Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) and Dorothy Zbornak (Beatrice Arthur), Southern nymphomaniac and the house owner, Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and ditzy St. Olaf native, Rose Nylund (Betty White). Together, they made for quite a foursome.

Over the course of seven seasons (and one spin off), these ladies went through so many comedy shenanigans, often fought with each other as well as laughed with and at each other. However when the chips were down (various health issues and financial problems), they also had each others backs. That was in between copious amounts of late night snacking (usually involving cheesecake) and both Sophia and Rose often recalling stories that weren't relevant to the situation. 

Then there were the men in their lives. While Sophia, Rose and Blanche would often lament their deceased husbands, Dorothy's ex husband, the ever feckless Stan (Herb Edelman) was the closest to a male regular the show. Usually he'd pop up with some hairbrained scheme or try to win Dorothy back. Dorothy would a series of suitors on the show but would end up with Blanche's uncle, Lucas (Leslie Nielson). The only other ongoing romance was Rose's relationship with university professor Miles Webber (Harold Gould) in the last few seasons.

I wouldn't be amiss doing a blog post about this show if I didn't mention the original fourth member of the gang. Had the producers not decided to make Sophia a regular (originally she was intended as a guest star), then gay housekeeper Coco (Charles Levin) would've completed the group. He's actually a decent character but replacing him with Sophia was the right call. Saying that, it's kind of a shame that he disappeared after the pilot episode and was never seen or mentioned again. 

Of course while the show ended with seven seasons, there was an attempt to continue it in a way. Minus Dorothy, the rest of the ladies traded their Miami home for running a hotel with manager Roland Wilson (Don Cheadle), chef Chuy Castillos (Cheech Marin) and a random kid named Oliver Webb (Billy L. Sullivan). Thus, the premise of The Golden Palace. The show only lasted one season, managed to bring Dorothy, Stan and Miles in for guest appearances but some of the characters would also pop up in others shows such Empty Nest and Nurses.

Now, I watched repeats of this show when I was younger and I always found it entertaining but it was also a show that knew how to take topical issues such as LGBT issues, HIV, homelessness, depression, loneliness, death, etc with such flair and the theme tune - Cynthia Fee's Thank You For Being A Friend is an iconic number. Plus, there's no doubt that certain female led shows were heavily influenced by this show since it's ending.

If you've never seen this show, you're seriously missing out. Go check it on Disney+ right now.

My Review of The Curse Of La Llorona (2019)

 

Written by Mikki Daughtry And Tobias Iaconis

Directed by Michael Chaves 

Patricia: "It's your fault! I tried to stop her!"

Anna: "Who did you try to stop?"

Patricia: "La Llorona!"

To complete my review of The Conjuring universe, I review the one movie that may or may not be a part of said universe. I do get it as this one definitely did feel like the most standalone entry of the bunch.

The movie opened in 17th century Mexico, resulting in a young boy drowning after witnessing his mother kill his own brother. Then we cut to 1973 Los Angeles where single mother and caseworker, Anna Tate-Garcia (Linda Cardellini) would be the main focus of the movie.

Anna's job as a caseworker brought her into contact with the struggling Patricia Alvarez (Patricia Velázquez). Patricia's kids ended up being taken into care, despite them telling Anna to keep them in a room for their protection. Of course this was a warning that went ignored and consequences ensued as a result.

I'm vaguely familiar with the La Llorona or Weeping Woman myth and this movie had Anna and her own children, Chris (Roman Christou) and Samantha (Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen) soon became targeted by La Llorona (Marisol Ramirez) with Anna's parenting coming into question by her own employers.

Throwing in some connective tissue with the main universe, I did like the use of Father Perez (Tony Amendola) from the first Annabelle movie. He's paired well with Anna along with former priest Rafael (Raymond Cruz) to help Anna save her children from La Llorona herself.

It's a tense enough movie with the grief stricken Patricia adding a complication while Anna's own daughter was able to get through to La Llorona with a necklace. Throw in a fire tree cross and the titular villain was defeated, with a hint of another encounter at a later date.

- The film was also known as The Curse Of The Weeping Woman in some markets.

- For me, there's enough references for this to be a part of The Conjuring universe, despite Michael Chaves stance on the matter.

- Standout music: Liliana de Faria's Arrorró Mi Niño.

- Chronology: 1673 Mexico and 1973 Los Angeles.

The Curse Of La Llorona made for a solid, mostly standalone movie but the amount of references made, it's clearly meant to be in that universe. I liked this one for the most part.

Rating: 6 out of 10 

My Review of Prince Of Darkness (1987)

 

Written And Directed by John Carpenter 

Professor Edward Birack: "The outside world doesn't want to hear this kind of bullshit. Just keep it locked away. You've already managed that for two thousand years."

Father Loomis: "No prison can hold him now."

We're entering spooky season and it's time for me to dust off some other horror movies from certain directors. This movie wasn't a first see for me but it's also been a while since I've watched this one.

What's this movie about? Well, it started with a secret order of the Catholic Church. They're called the Brotherhood of Sleep and they were tasked with looking after a large cylinder of green swirling liquid. The liquid's Satan's spirit by the way.

Cut to present day (at the time of release) and the cylinder's in the possession of a priest (Donald Pleasence) who invited a quantum physicist named Professor Howard Birack (Victor Wong) to analyze the cylinder. Birack also brought in his own experts for this task.

Well, when I say experts, I actually mean students and doctors. The students in question being Walter Fong (Dennis Dun), Kelly (Susan Blanchard), Susan Cabot (Anne Howard), Mullins (Dirk Blocker), couple Brian Marsh (Jameson Parker) and Catherine Danfort (Lisa Blount) along with scientists Calder (Jessie Lawrence Ferguson), Lisa (Ann Yen), Etchinson (Thom Bray), Lomax (Ken Wright), Frank Wyndham (Robert Grasmere), and Dr. Paul Leahy (Peter Jason).

It's a lot of characters to keep up with and it's also a lot of characters that also have to work together in order to realise the severity of the green liquid. Throughout the movie, these characters are possessed and killed by the liquid and each other. There's also talk of an anti God, before the movie ended on an unsettling note.

Now in terms of performances, there's a few standouts. Donald Pleasence in particular while not doing anything different to his most famous role was a highlight for me. Another was Dennis Dun as the possibly gay Walter Fong. Those two actors stood out the most in a very crowded movie.

- I did find the reveal of Jesus Christ being an extraterrestrial rather interesting.

- Alice Cooper also had a role in the movie as well as providing the title song for the soundtrack.

- Standout music: John Carpenter and Alan Howarth's score in general.

- Chronology: 1980s Los Angeles along with centuries ago scene in the Middle East.

Prince Of Darkness opted for the horror sci-fi approach to dealing with Satan and while it suffered from too many characters, it's a pretty solid movie nonetheless. Not Carpenter's best but certainly worth watching.

Rating: 7 out of 10 

My Review of Hush .... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

 

Written by Henry Farrel And Lukas Heller

Directed by Robert Aldrich

Harry: "You're my favorite living mystery."

Charlotte: "Have you ever solved me?"

Following the success of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? of course the studio at the time would be eager to see if lightning could strike twice. They brought back the director and the three actors from that movie for this one. Then one of the actors was fired from the production.

Anyways, let's move things along. It's 1927 and there's a lovely party held by the Hollis family. Big Sam Hollis (Victor Buono) disapproved of his daughter, Charlotte (Bette Davis) having an affair with the married John Mayhem (Bruce Dern). By the end of the night, an illicit affair would be the least of everyone's concerns.

Yup, poor John Mayhem would end up dead and Charlotte's dress would be covered in blood, thus convincing everyone of her guilt. Cut to thirty seven years later and Charlotte would be a maligned spinster who was about to lose her home to make way for a new interstate.

Charlotte was desperate enough to seek out help that she enlisted the assistance of her cousin Miriam Deering (Olivia de Havilland) and Doctor Drew Bayliss (John Cotten) in order to save her home. Unfortunately for Charlotte, their intentions were anything but good for her.

Throughout the movie, both Miriam and Drew delight in driving Charlotte absolutely mad. Thy make her believe that she's been terrorised by her dead lover, mess with her medication and at one point, Charlotte was convinced that Drew was shot and had to dispose of him.

Throughout the film, no one except for housekeeper Velma Cruther (Agnes Moorehead), who actually had Charlotte's back and a remorseful journalist named Harry Willis (Cecil Kellaway). The revelation that John's wife, Jewel (Mary Astor) killed him and Miriam was blackmailing her certainly added a nasty twist. On the plus side, both Miriam and Drew got their just desserts and Charlotte got some vindication in spite of losing her home.

- Originally Joan Crawford had been cast as Miriam but was fired from the production and replaced by Olivia de Havilland.

- Victor Buono is thirty years younger than Bette Davis but played her father. The movie kept Davis in the dark at the start instead of casting a younger actress.

- Standout music: Al Martino's Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.

- Chronology: 1927 and 1964, Ascension Parish in Louisiana.

Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte doesn't quite hit the same way that Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? did but it's certainly a noteworthy entry in the psycho buddy/hagsploitation subgenre. Bette Davis did fine but she's overshadowed by the more scheming antics of Olivia de Havilland in this one.

Rating: 7 out of 10 

My Review of Peacemaker: "Ignorance Is Chris"

 

Written And Directed by James Gunn 

Peacemaker (upon realising): "Fuck me."

Emilia: "This is your perfect world, huh?"

And just like that, we're on Earth X or Earth 2, according to James Gunn. It's not like the previous five episodes weren't hinting at the end but the reveal of a Nazi America flag and poor Leota being chased down the street made sure there was no more ambiguity on the subject.

Of all the ideal worlds for Christopher Smith to escape into, he had to go with this one. It's unfortunate that he didn't click once that there were no people of colour but Emilia managed to figure it out only a few minutes into the episode. I gotta say, this was certainly an episode for her.

It was also an episode for Jennifer Holland as an actor too because that scene with John Cena were Emilia broke down her history with Rick Flag Jr, her changing feelings for Peacemaker, trying to make the latter see sense and talking about her feelings. That was easily the best acting she's done on the show so far. 

I guess after this episode, I'm on board with both Peacemaker and Emilia Harcourt as a couple. That's if they manage to get out of this racist world alive. Oh and Economos might have made things that much harder for Christopher given what he just told Auggie by the end of this one too.

Going back to the rest of the characters, I really liked Keith but seeing how readily he summoned a mob against Leota, he's dead to me. Yup, he can rot after this one. I was rooting for you, Keith. Not anymore though. 

As for Vigilante, things were going so well with meeting the other version of himself. I was kind of disappointed that the show didn't use the opportunity to present a more serious version of the character but then we had the revelations of Earth 2 Vigilante hating Peacemaker and being a member of the Sons of Liberty. That was definitely enough to snap our Vigilante out of his eagerness to know his other self.

- Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) was the big cameo here as he agreed to work with Flag Sr in order to go to a better prison and redeem himself.

- The post credit scene revealed that Earth 2's Mrs Smith died when Christopher was two. Emilia's ghost joke was actually funny in response.

- If Leota's being chased by an angry mob, what's happened to Judomaster? He didn't appear at all in the episode.

- We finally met Adrian's mother, who thought Harcourt was his girlfriend at one point. On Earth 2, his father isn't gay.

- Standout music: Pretty Maids Little Drops Of Heaven and Helloween's Forever & One (Neverland).

- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.

Ignorance Is Chris easily the best episode so far. The Lex cameo was funny (did we get a Killer Croc hint?) but felt relevant to future events. The Peacemaker and Emilia Harcourt scenes were excellent and that reveal was done extremely well. Looking forward to these last two episodes.

Rating: 8 out of 10 

My Review of Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)

Written by Robert Blees And James Sangster And Gavin Lambert And David D. Osborn

Directed by Curtis Harrington 

Christopher: "Hansel and Gretel knew that the wicked witch couldn't hurt anyone anymore, and they also knew with the wicked witch's treasure, they would never be hungry again."

It's exactly three months until Christmas Day and I'm doing something that I'd scold others for doing. I watched a Christmas movie way too early but it's a horror one that I'd never seen before. I'm giving myself a free pass here.

Anyways, fitting into the hagsploitation subgenre of horror, this movie might not be seen with the same fondness as others in the genre but it's got a certain undeniable charm about it. That's largely down to a very intriguing performance from Shelley Winters.

In this film, Winters played the titular Auntie Roo aka Rosie Forrest. She's a woman who lost her young daughter, Katharine several years and hasn't gotten over the loss. From keeping the daughter's skeletal corpse into a cot to hosting séances where she's deceived into believing she's talking to her dead daughter, it's hard not to sympathise with Auntie Roo.

Then there's Christmas itself. It's a triggering time of year for Auntie Roo and she tried to make the best of it by hosting a sleepover with orphaned kids and the rather strict Miss Henley (Rosalie Crutchley). Add into the mix two very troublesome children that would impact Roo's life for the worst.

The kids in question being brother and sister duo, Christopher (Mark Lester) and Katy Coombs (Chloe Franks). Quite frankly, they're a pair of evil brats who spent most of the movie letting their imagination run wild while also convinced that the grief stricken Auntie Roo was a witch.

While Roo did herself no favours by keeping them in the house, there was no indication that she intended to harm the children. However that didn't stop them from stealing her jewels and burning her to death by the end of the movie. If you wanted a version of Hansel And Gretel where the kids were more villainous, this movie certainly did that. No way were those kids were anything other than badly behaved.

- There's some good supporting roles for Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries and Judy Cornwall.

- This was the second time both Shelley Winters and Curtis Harrington worked on a film in this subgenre. Before this one, there was What's The Matter With Helen?

- Standout music: Shelley Winters Let No Man Steal Your Thyme.

- Chronology: Both Christmas and New Year's were incorporated into this English set movie.

I'm not gonna pretend that Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? was some secret classic but it's one of those movies that while average at best, you could sit back and mostly enjoy it. I had a reasonable amount of fun with it.

Rating: 6 out of 10 

My Review of The Nun II (2023)

 

Written by Ian Goldberg And Richard Naing And Akela Cooper

Directed by Michael Chaves 

Sister Irene: "You don't know what happened at Saint Carta. I was lucky to make it out alive."

Cardinal Conroy: "You're right. I don't know what you faced back there. But in that abbey, Sister, you performed a miracle. The Church needs another."

Once again, I find myself in the depths of this franchise. This side of it being my least favourite aspect. I didn't much care for the first movie and I can't say that this sequel did much to change my mind either, though it certainly tried to.

A couple of years passed since the events of the first movie and once again, we've got Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) as the main protagonist. This time she was joined by the slightly rebellious younger nun, Sister Debra (Storm Reid) as they're paired for another mission involving that demonic nun.

Also returning was the lovely Maurice (Jonas Bloquet). He's working in a French boarding school where he's befriended a young girl named Sophie (Katelyn Rose Downey) and the latter's mother, Kate (Anna Popplewell). Maurice proved to be quite important once again to this side of the franchise.

After the events of the last movie, it turned out that Valak (Bonnie Aarons) hasn't completely gone and Maurice might have been possessed by he when he saved Sister Irene last time. This was something that Sister Irene figured out early and it did put both the protagonist nun and Maurice a little at odds with one another.

Another plot of this movie included Saint Lucy of the blind. It certainly played a role with Sister Irene getting visions of Lucy being burned centuries ago with Lucy's descendants also on the hunt of a powerful relic. Throw in a possession scenes with Maurice and a stain glassed goat and the movie doesn't struggle with some interesting visuals.

With the emphasis on St Lucy, it wasn't too shocking that Sister Irene ended up having a connection or that she was invulnerable to fire. There's some good team work between Irene and Debra to defeat Valak and free Maurice of his possession.

- The mid-credits scene reuses footage of Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) from The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.

- This series really did hint at Maurice having a terrible life ahead despite one or two moments of happiness.

- Standout music: Mark 'Dr SaxLove' Maxwell's Moonlight Serenade.

- Chronology: 1956, in both Italy and France.

The Nun II as a sequel managed to be neither better or worse than the first movie. I wouldn't recommend it but I also wouldn't tell anyone not to watch it either. Just keep your expectations tempered and you'll be fine.

Rating: 6 out of 10 

My Review of The Nun (2018)

 

Written by Gary Dauberman 

Directed by Corin Hardy

The Nun: "The village will lose its idiot!"

I have to admit that when it comes to The Conjuring franchise, it would be these set of movies that I find the weakest. After making up a subplot in The Conjuring 2, it was time for Valak (Bonnie Aarons) to get her own movie.

Yup, it's an origin movie and within this universe, the earliest in the timeline. The focus being on Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) in her novitiate. She's liked by the children in her convent and there's of course more to her than meet the eye.

For instance, Sister Irene found herself heading to Romania to help investigate the death of Sister Victoria (Charlotte Hope) along with Father Burke (Demian Bichir) at the behest of the Vatican.

In the convent, the Abbess (Gabrielle Downey) told them about the nuns being observing silence during the night while a man named Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet) found himself dragged into the antics surrounding the demonic nun and also into Sister Irene's orbit.

I'll admit, I do like the rapport between Sister Irene and Frenchie (later revealed to be Maurice) and I thought there was a nice a "will they/won't they" chemistry between both actors. As for the actual itself, that's where the movie lost me.

It's dull and confusing and the jump scares aren't as effective as they should be. There's hints of Sister Irene having powers and she certainly used herself to defeat Valak in a way that should've finished her off but it didn't. 

- A post credit scene lead into the events of The Conjuring (2013). Taissa Farmiga (Sister Irene) is the younger sister of Vera Farmiga (Lorraine Warren).

- Unlike the main series, the events of this movie are made up for audiences.

- Standout music: Jo Stafford's You Belong To Me.

- Chronology: 1952, both in Rome and mostly in Romania. Maurice made a point of letting people know he was French-Canadian. 

Although it's nicely shot and has some decent performances, I have found The Nun to be a chore both times in which I've watched it. It's very dull, plodding, unengaging, confusing in parts. Saying that, expect a review for the sequel tomorrow.

Rating: 5 out of 10 

My Review of The Boys In The Band (1970)

 

Written by Mart Crowley

Directed by William Friedkin

Michael: "What's so fucking funny?"

Harold: "Life's a goddamn laugh riot."

Five years ago when Netflix did a remake of this movie and filled it up with Ryan Murphy alumni, I watched it and enjoyed but I knew that I owed myself the chance to check out the original version. It only took fifty five years since it's released to do such a thing.

The premise was simple. It was Harold's (Leonard Frey) birthday and his friend organised a party. Mostly it was Michael (Kenneth Nelson) doing the heavy lifting in that sense but that didn't mean that other friends Emory (Cliff Gorman), Donald (Frederick Combs), Larry (Keith Prentice), Hank (Laurence Luckinbill) and Bernard (Reuben Greene) all didn't contribute to the evening.

A birthday party, even for someone as highly critical and fussy as Larry should've been a joyous occasion. Instead it was an event that descended into chaos, fist fights, name calling and our gays (with one token "straight" man) bringing out the absolute worst in one another.

Getting to the straight guy in question, that was where Alan (Peter White) slotted into proceedings. He was an old friend of Michael's and it seemed like his marriage to the unseen Fran was on the rocks. Alan took an instant dislike to the more effeminate Emory and it wasn't long before Alan's past dalliances with men surfaced.

The first half of the movie set up the tension but the second half seriously upped the ante with a game of telephone. Yup, ringing the person you loved the most ended up making the few people who took part in the game feels worse about themselves rather than better. Michael's own little mind games blew up in his face by the end of this movie.

Michael was the main focal point of the movie and there wasn't a single person who didn't get some pithy comment or analysis from him. Even the sweet but dim witted Cowboy Tex (Robert La Tourneaux) wasn't spared Michael's acid tongue but he also bore the least of it too.

What of the birthday boy himself? Harold was there as a counter to Michael. He knew Michael's game because by his own admission he played the game better than Michael could himself. His barbs were just as funny and he got a hot cowboy for his birthday, so if anything, Harold was the only one to really enjoy the night.

- William Friedkin directed this movie a decade before he'd take on the more divisive Cruising (1980).

- There's an actual sequel to this play from Mart Crowley called The Men From The Boys that features these characters. Someone needs to adapt that.

- Apparently this was one of the first mainstream movies to use the word "cunt" and it's said quite a lot in the film.

- Michael had been trying to quit drinking and smoking, only to resume both as the night went on while Hank was stated to be bisexual. Harold and Donald were the only two not to play the telephone game.

- Standout music: Martha and the Vandellas Heat Wave and Harpers Bizarre Anything Goes.

- Chronology: 1968, Upper East Side, Manhattan in New York, predominantly set in Michael's apartment.

Now I loved the 2020 version but it really does go without saying that this version of The Boys In The Band would be the superior version. There's certain dialogue that made me since but the performances were sublime along with Friedkin's direction. I loved this from start to finish.

Rating: 10 out of 10 

My Review of The Innocents (1961)

 

Written by William Archibald And Truman Capote

Directed by Jack Clayton

Miss Giddens: "All I want to do is save the children, not destroy them. More than anything, I love children. More than anything. They need affection. Love. Someone who will belong to them, and to whom they will belong."

Nearly a year ago, I watched The Haunting Of Bly Manor and upon reading up further about adaptations of The Turn Of The Screw, I knew I had to watch this one too.

Starring Deborah Kerr, this version had her playing the new governess, Miss Giddens. She's given the job of looking after two children - Miles (Martin Stevens) and Flora (Pamela Franklin) by their uninterested uncle (Michael Redgrave). As in every adaptation, she should've turned it down.

Anyways, moving to the fictional Bly Manor and having the housekeeper, Mrs Grose (Megs Jenkins) for adult company, Giddens thought she was going to have an easy time. Flora was odd but generally co-operative. Then there was Miles, who was more of a challenge for the new governess.

He started off as a sweet kid, despite being sent home from his private school for fighting. At first, it even seemed like he was going to get along with Miss Giddens. However, it soon became apparent that there was more to Miles than Giddens suspected.

As with every adaptation, there were the ghosts of former governess, Miss Jessel (Clytie Jessop) and her abusive lover/former groundskeeper, Peter Quint (Peter Wyngarde). Possession was at the heart of the story and it was up to Miss Giddens to save the children. Too bad it took a large of screen time to get Mrs Grose on board.

The movie was at its best/most chilling with Giddens confrontation with Miles/Peter as she tried to do everything in her power to save Miles. There's a genuinely chilling performance from Martin Stevens as the possessed Miles and the ending, while faithful to the source material itself was definitely heartbreaking. 

- A prequel movie, titled The Nightcomers that focused on Miss Jessel and Peter Quint would come out in 1971.

- I can't believe Truman Capote rewrote this screenplay while taking a break from writing In Cold Blood.

- Standout music: O Willow Waly by Georges Auric used to creepy effect at the start of the movie.

- Chronology: Set in 19th century Bly Manor, located in Essex.

Now that I've watched it, I can see why The Innocents would be the best adaptation of that particular novel from Henry James. Every single thing about this movie just worked to perfection. It's genuinely chilling and that ending. Perfect.

Rating: 9 out of 10 

A Tale Of Two Psychopaths

As usual, it's been a while since I've done one of these but a look into some of the shows I've watched over the last few weeks.

And Just Like That: Talk about having cancellation creep up on you. It's pretty obvious that Michael Patrick King and his three leads thought they had more time but HBO thought otherwise. These last few episodes saw Carrie ditch Aidan and almost get with the English writer while coming out with an ending for her book. Miranda and Steve found out they were going to be grandparents and Charlotte and Harry started having sex again. If this show hasnt wasted most of its time giving audiences everything they didn't want from a sequel series, we'd probably be getting a fourth season. Live and learn.

Dexter: Resurrection: On to a sequel series that gave audiences exactly, how fucking good did this show turn out to be? It's like the writers managed to recapture the heights of the original show's first four seasons. There's so much to praise here, but the Dexter/Harrison dynamic was what it needed to be for both characters and Leon Prater turned out to be one of the best season Big Bads we've had on the show. Add Dexter bumping off fellow serial killers, an expected but affecting exit for Angel and this season just hit all the right spots. 

Only Murders In The Building: With previous seasons, I'd usually wait until the finale and binge watch the lot but I decided to go weekly this season instead. Four episodes in and you've got Charles, Oliver and Mabel trying to solve their former doorman's death, along with a mob hit and coming to the realisation that being mainstream podcasters can get you censored. Throw in Logan Lerman, Christopher Waltz and Renee Zellweger as a trio of scheming billionaires and it's a good start so far.

The Girlfriend: Ah, another glossy thriller with a female protagonist who's a psychopath. Actually this time, it's two of them with both Olivia Cooke and Robin Wright giving it their all. The former as unhinged estate agent, Cherry and the latter as the equally unbalanced Laura. The object of their psychopathy - the rather dull Daniel, played by Laurie Davidson. He's Cherry's new boyfriend and Laura's son with incest vibes between the two. Throughout the six episodes both Cherry and Laura up the ante in their crazy pursuit of Daniel but only one could come out on top. It does lag in the middle but it's enjoyable enough.

Wednesday: Season 2 of a show where the writing isn't that different to an episode of Riverdale. I snark but in fact, I do enjoy this show. This second season was neither better nor worse than the first season. Jenna Ortega still ruled the roost as Wednesday Addams but the season expanded her family, brought back other characters, wasted a plot on Enid that amounted to very little overall and was a bit hit and miss with new cast members like Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper and Joanna Lumley. The show might have overplayed it's use of Lady Gaga as well. With all that said, I'll still watch Season 3. 

- Kit Harrington will star in an upcoming adaptation of A Tale Of Two Cities for BBC/MGM+.

- HBO will air A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms from January 2026 with the third season of House Of The Dragon likely to air next summer.

- Wonder Man will be split into two parts when it's released on Disney+ in December. Marvel Zombies premieres from September 24th.

- Daredevil: Born Again has been renewed for a third season. It's second season will premiere on Disney+ early 2026.

- The upcoming fourth season of The White Lotus will be set in France. Will likely premiere in 2027 on HBO.

- There are plans for further seasons of House Of Guinness for Netflix. The first season premieres September 25th.

- Paramount+ have cancelled Dexter: Original Sin but it does seem that Dexter: Resurrection will get a second season.

- Despite wrapping up this week, Amazon announced that The Summer I Turned Pretty will get a wrap up movie.

- Jessica Chastain and Ben Stiller will star in upcoming Apple TV+ limited series, The Off Weeks.

- Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue will air on BBC1 from September 28th.

- Pamela Anderson will executive produce a TV adaptation of Barb Wire.

- Hacks will end with a fifth season for HBO Max.

- The fourth season of The Witcher will be released on Netflix from October 30th.

My Review of Peacemaker: "Back To The Suture"

 

Written by James Gunn 

Directed by Alethea Jones

Economos (re QUC): "Use it? Why are we going to use it?"

Harcourt: "Because we're going to get Chris back."

It's amazing how Harcourt looked like she was all set to betray Chris in order to get back into ARGUS but in reality, she had a clever plan. Except it fell apart because Chris couldnt tell the meaning of a code word.

Chris showed up to the meeting point and wouldn't take the hint to leave. He knew it was a trap and even managed to use Kline as a human shield. Then Emilia knocked his ass out and he ended up being brought to ARGUS. On the other hand, Chris did manage to avoid death by Sasha Bordeaux.

While Harcourt failed to stop Chris being taken by ARGUS, she did manage to make Economos useful by having Chris booked. Just in time too as a vengeful Flag Sr was having too much fun beating the shit out of Chris. Also, another ruse as Harcourt reacted exactly how Flag Sr predicted. Looks like Rick has been able to think big picture strategy after all.

By the end of this episode, Chris was done and decided to take himself and Eagly to the other world. He got to be part of the Top Trio and by the end of the episode, it looked like Chris also got to be with the other Emilia Harcourt as well. Yeah, this isn't going to end the way that Chris hopes it will.

As for the rest of the 11th Street Kids, I did feel for Adrian feeling ignored by Chris and crying when the latter left. However, I did like his delight in the possibility of him meeting another version of himself. Yup, Emilia mobilised the team into using the Quantum Unfolding Chamber into getting Chris back. Next week that is.

Last but by no means least, there was the demise of Red St. Wild. Oh, Michael Rooker, your record for playing characters who wind up dead in James Gunn's world remains unmatched. Red got an absolutely well deserved and satisfying demise thanks to Eagly. I guess we'll see Michael Rooker in Man Of Tomorrow as anothrr new character.

- Eagly was revealed to be the prime eagle. Keith also seemed a bit weirded out by his presence when introduced to him.

- The Top Trio killed the Kaiju in a nod to Superman (2025). Judomaster also followed Chris and Eagly into the other world.

- Sasha was revealed to be part cyborg and Economos had a photo of her pre-op as his phone screen for a bit. Emilia's reaction to that was spot on. Fleury was less objectionable this week.

- This week it was manta rays that Adrian had the most extensive knowledge on. Also factored into the post credit scene this week.

- Standout music: Diemonds Ain't That Kind Of Girl and Guns 'n' Roses November Rain.

- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off. The opening scene was Rick Flag Jr's funeral from three years ago.

Back To The Suture was another set up episode but it had it's moments and the stage has been set for the last three episodes. Given how much hasn't been revealed about them, here's hoping they truly deliver. This was pretty great though.

Rating: 7 out of 10 

My Review of Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

 

Written And Directed by Gary Dauberman 

Judy: "What else did you touch?"

Daniela: "...Everything."

I'm impressed that a spin off managed to complete it's trilogy before the parent movie but that's kind of what happened here. Although if you do love Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga), you get some of them here for this third instalment on that killer doll.

Although it's a movie that had their daughter, Judy (Mckenna Grace) play a much larger role than before. Yup, because of her patent psychic powers and the parents she has, it's not too surprising that Judy would be something of an outcast with her peers.

Unfortunately for Judy, she had a birthday party looming and her classmates didn't seem interested in attending. Judy also had a babysitter named Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman) who was nice to her. Mary Ellen also had a friend named Daniela Rios (Katie Sarife). Daniela had some nice words to say to Judy about feeling like an outsider.

Daniela had also lost her father to a car crash and it was her snooping into the Annabelle doll that caused the mayhem in this movie. Add in a love interest for Mary in the form of shy grocery worker, Bob (Michael Cimino) and it wasn't just Annabelle who wrecked havoc in this movie.

Why just have Annabelle creating mayhem when you can also add Black Shuck, the Ferryman, ghost priest and a werewolf into the mix? It's enough to make you think that poor Bob was done for. Enough for Daniels to wind up possessed while Judy and Mary had to work together to put everything back together and save both Bob and Daniela.

Surprisingly enough, this managed to be low on the body count for this franchise. There's a birthday party for Judy with new friends and a nice closure moment for Daniela courtesy of Lorraine.

- The end credits had a dedication to the real Lorraine Warren who died the same year as this movie's release.

- Mckenna Grace replaced Sterling Jerins as Judy. Jerins would reprise the role for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.

- Standout music: King Harvest's Dancing In The Moonlight.

- Chronology: The film was set around Judy's birthday.

Well, I gotta admit that I liked Annabelle Comes Home a lot more than the previous one. It still doesn't touch the same greatness as the first movie but it had some better jump scare moments and a better third act.

Rating: 6 out of 10 

My Review of Annabelle: Creation (2017)

 

Written by Gary Dauberman

Directed by David F. Sandberg

Janice: "Forgive me, Father, for I am about to sin."

How do you follow the success of Annabelle? Well, you follow it up with a prequel that gave the evil doll it's origin story of course. Yup, that's how you do it.

You've got the Mullins family - doll maker, Samuel (Anthony LaPaglia), his wife Esther (Miranda Otto) and their daughter, Annabelle (Samara Lee). They're a happy family until tragedy struck and poor Annabelle died early in the movie.

It also didn't take this prequel to change course a little by having a group of characters who'd end up on the Mullins land and would interact with a certain doll. Those people included Father Massey (Mark Bramhill), Sister Charlotte (Stephanie Sigman) and a bunch of young girls.

The girls in questions were Linda (Lulu Wilson), Carol (Grace Fulton), Nancy (Philippa Coulthard), Kate (Tayler Buck), Tierney (Lou Lou Safran) and Janice (Talitha Bateman). It's not long before Annabelle and the Demon (Joseph Bishara/Fred Tatasciore) began to terrorise everyone.

Things didn't particularly end well for the grieving Mullins family and the demon in particular took something of an interest in Janice. In fact Janice's story tied in rather fittingly to the first movie when she ended up with a new family and a new name.

Janice became Annabelle Higgins and her unfortunate adoptive parents, Pete (Brian Howe) and Sharon (Kerry O'Malley) would later become victims of Annabelle. Yup, this really did tie nicely back to a key event from the first movie.

- David F. Sandberg who directed this movie would later feature the Annabelle doll in both of his Shazam! movie. His wife, Lotte Losten had a small role in the film.

- There's a teaser for The Nun at the end of the movie.

- Standout music: Charles MacDonald's You Are My Sunshine.

- Chronology: Twelve years before the events of Annabelle.

Annabelle: Creation is a very dull, often confusing prequel. I've watched it enough times and I just don't like it that much as either a prequel or movie (though I did appreciate the brief appearance of what the real doll looks like in real life). It's very tedious and drawn out.

Rating: 5 out of 10 

My Review of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)

 

Written by Julian Fellowes 

Directed by Simon Curtis 

Lady Mary Crawley (from the trailer):  "Families like our must keep moving to survive and all of your support is more important to me than I can say."

It feels like the moment has been prepared for. In the span of fifteen years, we've had this world encompass six series, five Christmas specials and now three movies. Is it really the end? For now, seemingly so.

Last time we left things, Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith) had died and her presence still was felt amongst the characters throughout this movie. Particularly with the ex Lady Mary Talbot (Michelle Dockery). Yup, she's a divorced woman and yes, for this era it was a scandal.

Mary being separated from Henry had her thrown out of a party organised by Lady Petersfield (Joely Richardson), much to the annoyance of Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and Cora Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern). Unfortunately as the movie progressed, Robert ended up channeling his anger at Mary for being a divorcee.

Yes, Mary somewhat dominated this last movie. Being a divorced woman made into something of a social pariah but it also made her vulnerable to the scheming conman, Gus Sambrook (Alessandro Nivola). The latter brought into Mary's orbit due to the return of Cora's brother, Harold Levinson (Paul Giamatti). Harold's still a bad businessman by the way but he's at least nice to Mary during the whole movie.

Mary's plight also inspired playwright, Noël Coward (Arty Froushan) to put on a play named Private Lives. Froushan's portrayal of Coward was a big highlight in this movie. We got funny lines, a single song and an implied threeway relationship with him, Thomas Barrow (Robert James Collier) and Guy Dexter (Dominic West). Oh and Molesley (Kevin Doyle) was also rather taken with Noel to boot. He was easily my favourite character that wasn't one of the main family/staff members.

As for the rest of the movie, there's a true passing of the torch moment. Mary took over Downton while Robert and Cora moved into the Dowager's house. There's a beautifully touching final scene that evoked so much of the series rich past. I had a tear when I watched it and it was clever use of archive clips. It might rank as one of my favourite movie moments of 2025.

Elsewhere, the rest of the movie had nice moments with Tom Branson (Allen Leech) and Edith Pelham (Laura Carmichael) and Bertie (Harry Hadden-Paton) truly stepping up for Mary, along with Isobel Grey (Penelope Wilton) and even Daisy (Sophie McShera). Not to mention another look into Mary's relationship with Anna (Joanne Froggatt). As you can tell, this movie was very much Mary's from beginning to end and no, that wasn't a bad thing at all. Let the divorced diva be lady of the manor for a good few years. 

- Henry cheated on Mary with another woman but hired a different one for the separation to be made official. All because Matthew Goode had scheduling conflicts for these movies.

- Cora and Harry's mother, Martha (Shirley McLaine) died between movies. There's also a tribute to Maggie Smith at the end of the movie.

- Anna and Mr Bates (Brendan Coyle) were expecting another child, while Molesley/Miss Baxter (Raquel Cassidy) and Mrs Patmore (Lesley Nicol)/Mr Mason (Paul Copley) got married between movies.

- Andy (Michael C Fox) succeeded Mr Carson (Jim Carter) as butler and there was some nice scenes with the latter and Mrs Carson (Phyllis Logan). Sir Hector Moorland (Simon Russell Beale) was also a minor thorn for Mary.

- Standout music: Arty Froushan's Poor Little Rich Girl.

- Chronology: 1930 at Downton Abbey for the majority of the movie as well London.

For a finale, I think Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale truly stuck the landing. It's a beautiful ending (for now) for this world and it had so many gorgeous character moments, dialogue and that last scene truly made the movie for me.

Rating: 9 out of 10 

My Review of Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

 

Written by Julian Fellowes 

Directed by Simon Curtis

Violet: "Stop that noise. I can't hear myself die."

The not surprising success of Downton Abbey (2019) meant that a sequel had to happen and after setting up a major storyline, this would be the movie to pay off that story in particular.

Yes, I'm talking about the imminent death of Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith). Between movies, Mary Talbot (Michelle Dockery) was no longer the only person who knew. Everyone did and there's moments where both Robert Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) and Isobel Grey (Penelope Wilton) confessed to their spouses about their feelings of losing Violet.

However there was also the issue of a villa in France. Violet was left one y a former paramour and she felt that Sybbie deserved it, much to the delight of the newly married Tom (Allen Leech) and Lucy Branson (Tuppence Middleton). Tom and Lucy along with Robert, Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), Edith Pelham (Laura Carmichael ), Bertie (Harry Hadden-Paton), Lady Rosamund (Samantha Bond), Maud (Imelda Staunton), Mr Bates (Brendan Coyle), Miss Baxter (Raquel Cassidy) and Carson (Jim Carter) head to France to inspect the property.

While in France, they met up with the deceased Marquis de Montmirail's wife (Nathalie Baye) and son, Edouard (Jonathan Zaccaï). For a large portion of the movie, Robert feared that he might be half French (he wasn't) while also worrying about Cora's health (her symptoms were curable). Then there was the event itself.

We've had shocking deaths in the past like with Sybil and Matthew but Violet's was sweet, with her family and even Denker (Sue Johnston) by her side. I also think that Violet's death added more poignancy to the subtitle of this movie along with a few characters pointing out that Mary would be her natural successor.

Speaking of Mary, she might not have gone to France but she had her own adventure at home. Downton became the set of a movie named The Gambler and despite being a married woman, Mary was very tempted by charming director Jack Barton (Hugh Dancy). Is it bad that I wanted Mary to cheat on her absent husband?

The movie plot was a lot of fun. You had both Anna (Joanne Froggatt) and Daisy (Sophie McShera) fangirling actress Myrna Dalgleish (Laura Haddock). Myrna turned out to be a nightmare who had to have her lines dubbed by Mary when the movie had to retooled into a talking picture. This part of the story also had Molesley (Kevin Doyle) become a screenwriter.

However the best thing to come out of the movie - Thomas Barrow (Robert James Collier) found love with closeted leading man, Guy Dexter (Dominic West). In fact, he hit the romantic jackpot that he handed his notice in so he could be Guy's right hand man in Hollywood. After all he's been through, Thomas deserved his shot at love here. Oh and it meant that Andy (Michael C. Fox) would be his successor at Downton.

- The movie started with Tom and Lucy getting married and having a baby by the end of the movie. Edith and Bertie's son was called Peter.

- Andy and Daisy married offscreen and set up Mrs Patmore (Lesley Nicol) and Mr Mason (Paul Copley). Molesley also proposed to Miss Baxter. Mrs Carson (Phyllis Logan) had a nice scene with Thomas before the Guy plot kicked off.

- At one point, both Carson and Maud were mistook for a married couple. Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton are married in real life. Elizabeth McGovern's husband also directed this movie and the next one.

- With this film, Robert and Cora now have six grandchildren, although Sybbie was the only one who got any lines in the movie.

- Standout music: Guy, The Handsome Mr Barber, Am I Blue? and Next Generation. 

- Chronology: 1928 at both Downton Abbey and in France. 

Although I did prefer the first movie, there's a lot to enjoy with Downton Abbey: A New Era. I'll admit the movie plot was more fun than the France story. I definitely would've given that more screen time. Violet's passing was handled well and this felt like a good note to end her formidable character on.

Rating: 8 out of 10 

My Review of Downton Abbey (2019)

Written by Julian Fellowes

Directed by Michael Engler

Henry Talbot: "Leave Downton? We're stuck with it, aren't we?"

Lady Mary Talbot: "Yes. Yes, I believe we are."

I was a fan of Downton Abbey in the day. I caught up with the first series in time for the second and watched the remaining series until it's end on Christmas Day 2015. However, it's really taken me this long to catch up with the movies.

Four years after the show ended, it was time to go back to Downton and for two hours, there were a lot of plots to get through with this film. Some are resolved better than others but all of them at least managed to hold my general interest regardless.

First of all, there's a Royal visit that had the downstairs staff in quite a tizz. Notably because it was only King George V (Simon George) and Queen Mary (Geraldine James), along with Princess Mary (Kate Phillips) and the latter's much older and cantankerous husband, Henry, Viscount Lascelles (Andrew Havill). Their arrival caused quite the fuss.

Let's see, we had poor Thomas (Robert James Collier) demoted from butler so that Carson (Jim Carter) could come out of retirement. Carson butted heads with Mr Wilson (David Haig) while Mrs Carson (Phyllis Logan) also clashed with Mrs Webb (Richenda Carey). Add a snooty chef in the form of Monsieur Courbet (Phillippe Spall) to get Mrs Patmore's (Lesley Nicol) back up and Anna (Joanne Froggatt) going up against the thieving Miss Lawton (Susan Lynch) and it's proof that even the staff will clash over the least thing.

Moving away from the staff for a bit, who would've thought that Branson (Allen Leech) would've scuppered a would be assassination attempt from Irish sympathiser, Major Chetwode (Stephen Campbell Moore)? I didn't predict it. However, the romance between between Branson and the rather sweet Lucy Smith (Tuppence Middleton) was as telegraphed as possible. It's like they found Brandon's perfect woman in this movie after a string of post Sybil misfires in later series of the main show.

Lucy came under a lot of fire in this movie for being the ladies maid of Maud Elliot, Dowager Baroness Bagshaw (Imelda Staunton). Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith) wanted a possible inheritance to go to Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and was pushing the point too much that even Isobel Grey (Penelope Wilton) had to step in. Of course the real reason behind Maud's devotion towards Lucy also made a lot of sense before it was made clear.

What of everyone else in this movie? Mary Talbot (Michelle Dockery) spent most of it away from her husband, Henry (Matthew Goode) while trying to organise the big event. She was also the one whom Violet confided her health issues to. Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham (Laura Carmichael) was expecting a baby and didn't want Bertie (Harry Hadden-Paton) away for the birth. She ended up getting her wish. Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) arguably had very little really do compared to the rest of her family or even some of the staff.

- Even I was a little exasperated with Molesley (Kevin Doyle) being too much of a Royal fanboy. Fortunately, Daisy (Sophie McShera) provided a good contrast to that.

- Thomas got to see an underground gay nightclub, got arrested and then bailed by Royal footman, Richard Ellis (Max Brown). There was a spark with them.

- Other characters that appeared were Mr Bates (Brendan Coyle), Miss Baxter (Raquel Cassidy), Andy (Michael C. Fox), Albert (Charlie Watson), Mr Bakewell (Mark Addy), Tony Sellick (James Cartwright), Lord Merton (Douglas Reith) as well as the children. There's a few missing recurring characters but also so many characters to keep up with.

- I continue to love the snarky relationship that Violet and Isobel have with each other. Mary's daughter is named Caroline.
- Standout music: Traditional arrangements of On Ilkla Moor Baht 'At, God Save The King as well as I've Danced With A Man.

- Chronology: It's 1927 at Downton Abbey. Over a year since the series finale. Henry was in Chicago for the majority of the movie.

It had a lot going on with it and while some plots might have felt a little too easy in how they were resolved, I love this movie. Downton Abbey (2019) could've felt like a desperate cash in but it managed to avoid that general pitfall. It was nice catching up with these characters again. Now onto the sequels.

Rating: 9 out of 10 

My Review of Peacemaker: "Need I Say Door"

 

Written by James Gunn 

Directed by Peter Sollett

Adebayo: "Chris, no matter how green the grass is over there, our biggest problems in life are the one that we carry within ourselves. Everything else evens out. This is where God put you. You belong here."

With that very speech, Leota spoke like she was a member of the audience trying to warn Christopher that his perfect world likely isn't so perfect after all. Did he take anything she said on board? Not really. Will there be consequences? Most definitely.

I do like that when things go to hell, Leota's the first person that Christopher would ring for help. That's after the fact that Economos actually put his neck on the line to warn Christopher that ARGUS were about to get him. He really did just about manage to escape them this and with a certain item.

This episode gave a quick origin into the Quantum Unfolding Chamber and of course it was something that Augie callously stole off a harmless alien than something he made. Even Christopher had to remind Leota of how thick his father actually was. 

Economos provided enough of a distraction to set the QUC in an old cabin with Vigilante getting some doors to help out. I love that Leota was the rational one about Christopher's hopes of living in his other self's life. He can't do it and within the next four episodes, he'll find he won't be able to either.

As for the rest of the episode, Rick Flag Sr managed to get a down and out Emilia Harcourt to betray Christopher by offering her way back into intelligence work. I actually don't blame Emilia for taking it, though like Economos I do think she'll try and undermine Flag Sr's one man revenge mission.

Going into other dynamics, I forgot how much annoying Judomaster can actually be in parts. Still though, I'll give him points for his tenacity in his fights with Peacemaker and the unbridled disgust he had with being around Red St. Wild. The banter between Judomaster and Economos was funny enough too.

Speaking of Red St. Wild, I am rooting for that guy to get mauled to death by Eagly. His high key racism, cultural appropriation and general grossness I find to be on a par with Fleury. Unfortunately he did actually have the type of magic that allowed him to track Eagly, so he did have that advantage.

- Sasha Bordeaux seemed to be mildly irritated by everyone but also winked at Fleury. Both Kline and Vega got a little more screen time here.

- Harcourt was about to have her utilities switched off before getting a job offer from Flag Sr. Waller was responsible for her being blacklisted.

- Economos hacked into the CIA when he was fourteen and Red St. Wild tasted Eagly's poop, knowing what the bird has eaten.

- Did Leota really waste money on an adventure for her security firm in a magazine with twelve readers? Use social media for your business already.

- Standout music: Pretty Maids Please Don't Leave Me and H.E.A.T. A Shot At Redemption.

- Chronology: From where the previous episode left but also a flashback to thirty five years ago for the QUC story.

Need I Say Door did feel like another episode that didn't move things too much along but I really liked it. I liked that Leota raised the questions about the other world that Christopher should've been asking. I liked this one a lot.

Rating: 8 out of 10