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Rodman Edward Serling (1924-1975), the creator and head writer of the legendary science fiction/fantasy/horror anthology TV series The Twilight Zone, was born in Syracuse, New York (but raised downstate in Binghamton), on Christmas Day. Though raised Jewish, and, according to his daughter Anne Serling (writing in her 2013 memoir, As I Knew Him: My Dad,

Lost in Space is no stranger to cliffhanger endings, and once again this year, the finale of season 2 finds most of the principal characters in dramatic limbo. In addition to the children of the Resolute failing to reach Alpha Centauri and being “lost in space” once again, the Robinson parents and Don West have

This Star Wars article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian.  The Mandalorian has featured no shortage of baddies for its armor-clad protagonist to contend with, but the season’s penultimate episode might present the Mando’s toughest challenge to date: Moff Gideon, who is played by Giancarlo Esposito. You might recognize Esposito as Gus Fring from Breaking Bad,

This Mr. Robot feature contains spoilers. Elliot Alderson has always seemed like a fictional character. Obviously he is a fictional character given that he exists on the television program Mr. Robot. But even within the reality of the show, Elliot at times more closely resembled a hacker archetype than a living, breathing, bleeding human being.

It’s a minor miracle the Gallaghers have managed to stay together for this long. After nine seasons, the Showtime hit has lost two family members, Emmy Rossum (Fiona) and Cameron Monaghan (Ian), but not for too long in the latter’s case, as Ian Gallagher will be returning for at least a sizable amount of Shameless Season

This Steven Universe Future review contains spoilers. Steven Universe Future Episode 7 Review Steven Universe Future is actively looking back at its past. It may seem counterintuitive, after all the name of the show is Steven Universe Future. Why aren’t we focusing on the now? When are we going to get to all those scary Gems in the

This Steven Universe Future review contains spoilers. Steven Universe Future Episode 8 Review Lapis has had the most compelling arc of Steven Universe’s cast. While Steven, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl have all gotten meaty storylines that have taken up much of the show’s lengthy run, Lapis’ story has managed to be the most compelling even with only

This Van Helsing review contains spoilers. Van Helsing Season 4 Episode 13 With news of its fifth and final season renewal firmly in place, Van Helsing sends viewers on a mind bending journey that promises to retool the familiar storyline and teases the notion that a new generation of vampire slayers may be ready to

We stopped pretending that we could crown the best TV show of any given year a while ago. The past decade saw an explosion of quality original programming broadcast on so many different channels and streaming services that it’s a masochistic pursuit to even try to keep up. How can you confidently declare a cumulative

Even though violence, gore, and sex fill Adult Swim’s airwaves, there are still wholesome rays of positivity that shine through the nihilism. Joe Pera Talks With You is almost anti-comedy in how simple and genuine it is. Spun off from his popular infomercial specials, Joe Pera’s series looks at his various mundane passions as he

The Star Wars saga will continue long after the final chapter of the Sequel Trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker! The Skywalker Saga may be coming to a close, but there are still plenty of Star Wars movies and TV shows in the works. This is the page where we’ll keep track of all the upcoming Star Wars movie and

This Vikings review contains spoilers. Vikings Season 6 Episode 4 “I will stay and defend the dead.” After a less than inspired season opening, Vikings returns to form with an episode that hones in on many of the narrative details that made the series great. Despite a focus on the political intrigue surrounding King Olaf’s

The following contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 9. Every iteration of Watchmen needs a defining symbol. HBO’s opted for an egg. The best known symbol from the original Watchmen is a yellow smiley face splattered with blood. The image recurred throughout the series and became an iconic visual cue of the book’s depiction of the

This The Purge review contains spoilers. The Purge Season 2 Episode 10 Near the end of “7:01 AM,” Marcus dumps an unconscious Ben onto the sidewalk outside of the medical clinic with the comment, “Let the Purge take care of him.” The Purge is the solution to Marcus’s problem; he brought a maniac into a

What day is this? December 14th. Thank God! There’s still four more days ’til Christmas. If the Ghost of Christmas Present actually brought Christmas presents, The Simpsons would hold a family séance and trim the tree with ectoplasmic residue. Christmas is the time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ,

BBC One has teamed with HBO, New Line and former Doctor Who producers Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter to make an initial 8-episode adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy, perhaps better known as The Golden Compass (Northern Lights, in the U.K.), The Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass. The cast includes James McAvoy, Ruth

This article contains Watchmen spoilers. Well, it took them long enough, but it looks like the mystery of Lube Man has finally been solved. Yes, the show that gave us an enormous high tech Dr. Manhattan dildo also introduced us to a mysterious costumed figure that was promptly dubbed “Lube Man” because of his penchant

This Rick and Morty review contains spoilers.  Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 5 It seems like there’s been some unrest over season four of Rick and Morty within the fan base. I’ve seen numerous comments and have had conversations with fans who have found the episodes so far to have been boring, stupid, or

Violent delights may have violent ends, but Westworld’s enticements are in no danger of being cut off from their source, even after an aborted robo-apocalypse in the park of dreams turned it into a nightmare. Which is happy news for us, cowboy. Westworld Season 3 was confirmed early during the second season’s run. And we’re

Steven Universe: The Movie seemed like it could have easily been the wrap up to the entire series but there’s more to come! We’ve learned that Steven Universe will continue with Steven Universe season 6, titled Steven Universe: Future, and we’ve got the new opening theme below. As you can hear it’s an all new song featuring

This Van Helsing review contains spoilers. Van Helsing Season 4 Episode 12 “Am I the only one staring at three blank pages?” For such an exposition heavy episode, “Three Pages” still finds plenty of time to move the core Van Helsing tale forward, and at the same time clearly demonstrate the show’s continued willingness to

As is typical with The Expanse, the ending moments of season 4 represent a narrative shift to prepare for a new story arc in season 5, following the same natural borders presented by successive novels in the James S. A. Corey series upon which the show is based. With the protomolecule no longer a factor,

This Supernatural review contains spoilers. “What is it with you people? Can’t anything you do be easy?” Donatello asked the Winchesters this episode. It would seem not, as they had to visit Hell, find Adam and Michael, and continue their drastic last-ditch efforts to spurn a vengeful Chuck in his world ending plans. The Winchesters’

This article contains spoilers through “Part Three” of Crisis On Infinite Earths. If you’ve been watching Crisis on Infinite Earths, and are caught up with the most recent episode, you’ve met Jefferson Pierce. If you do not watch Black Lightning, it may have been for the first time… Black Lightning has always been an entity

This Vikings review contains spoilers. Vikings Season 6 Episode 3 “Together we will make Kattegat one of the greatest cities in the world.” “Ghosts, Gods, and Running Dogs” features at least four active plot threads as Vikings looks to ramp up its sixth and final season. Unfortunately, few garner much interest, and the follow up

South Park’s 23rd season–one that featured its historic 300th episode–comes to a close with a little holiday cheer. Regardless of what happens to Santa in the season finale, South Park season 24 is already confirmed. In fact, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker agreed to a deal earlier this year that will keep the show

This The Flash review contains spoilers. The Flash Season 6 Episode 9 Well. Here we are. “Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three” is the big one. It’s THE episode we’ve been waiting for since the very first episode of The Flash. The one we knew that Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and friends always wanted to

There are a lot of mysteries to unravel in NBC’s hit drama, Manifest. From those who wonder about the five-year time jump of Flight 828 the flight that experienced moments of turbulence while the world fast forwarded, to those who speculate about the nature of the so-called “callings” that suddenly allow those same passengers to

This article contains Batwoman and Crisis on Infinite Earths spoilers. Crisis on Infinite Earths has been more than just a crossover for the assorted superhero series currently running on The CW; it has been a crossover event for many of the DC screen adaptations that have come before. In “Part Two,” we get to catch up with Smallville‘s Clark Kent

This article contains major Watchmen episode 8 spoilers. Welcome back, Dr. Manhattan! You weren’t really gone, anyway. Well, except for the time you were on Europa creating life. And the time you were actually on Mars before you left a decoy there to convince us you were still on Mars while you were quite literally