Sarah Belmont

Netflix Narcos Review (Ep 4-6): Brave Men & Bold Druglords

  "In America the mafia makes a witness disappear, so they can't testify.  In Colombia Pablo Escobar makes the whole court disappear," explains Steve Murpy.  Narcos episode four, A Place in Flames, begins with Colombia passing a law for extradition. This means...

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The Flash Zoom-In: Running to Stand Still (2×09)

“To think this city worships you… but when I kill The Flash, they’ll realize… I’m the man who saved Central City,” says Jesse James (AKA The Trickster); a nice callback line to the season two premiere episode titled, The Man Who Saved Central City. The Flash midseason...

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Mr Robot Decrypted S1: Men, Demons, & Daemons

Writer’s note:  A daemon is a computer program that runs in the background, without interference from the user in control. “Please tell me that you’re seeing this too…”-Elliott (1×01) There are two water paintings hanging up outside of Krista’s office.  The one on the...

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Narcos Review Ep. 1-3: Dreams & Laws

This post is a recap of the first three episodes of Narcos season one and contains spoilers. "Magical realism is defined as what happens when a highly detailed, realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe...There is a reason magical realism was...

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Agents of Shield 3.9: In-Closure

“Honestly, wasn’t excepting that,” says Hunter (Nick Blood), after a small reveal takes place, halfway through this episode of Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD. titled, Closure; A well-earned and executed chapter in SHEILD’s strongest season to date. Grant Ward (Brett...

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The Good Wife 7.9: Alicia’s Wrong Side

“Well maybe we’re just on the wrong side of this one,” says Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) to her co-council, Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo), after they lose another dismissal in their case against Lockhart-Agos. Episode nine, Discovery, pits Florrick-Quinn against...

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The Walking Dead 6.8: Walkers in My Town

“We need to look like the monsters…just make it all pretend and pretend you’re somebody whose not afraid,” pleads Jessie (Alexandra Breckenridge) as she convinces, her son, Sam (Major Dodson) to wear a walker-stained sheet…yep that happened. Rewind, the previous...

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The Walking Dead 6.7: Ten Green Balloons

“If you kill people do you turn into one of the monsters?” asks Sam Anderson (Major Dodson) to Carol (Melissa McBride). Hands down the best moment in episode seven, Heads Up. Sammy’s still wallowing in his fear of this new reality, as he refuses to come downstairs....

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The Good Wife 7.8: Diane’s Restraint

“Wouldn’t it be odd if the person who respected you the most was the person you agreed with the least,” says Ethan Carver (Peter Gallagher) to Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski). This remark concludes episode eight’s opening act and is illustrated by Judge Ben...

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HTGAWM 2.09: Oh, Ashes & Blame!

“Statistically, if you’re going to be murdered, your killer will be someone you know…An Acquaintance, your friend, a family member…your lover,” explains Annelise Keating (Viola Davis) to her criminal justice class, all the way back in episode one, Time to Move On....

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