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Episode 2.10 Writers: Jake Coburn & Keto Shimizu Director: Rob Hardy THE ONE WHERE: As Oliver’s obsession with the Mirakuru threat intensifies, Starling City is targeted by a crazed bomber known as Shrapnel. Perfect time for Sebastian Blood to hold a public rally… THE VERDICT: For all the explosive potential …

Episode 2.09 Writers: Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns & Ben Sokolowski Director: Michael Schultz THE ONE WHERE: Oliver suffers a series of hallucinations after Barry saves his life. Slade is revealed to be alive and well and very threatening indeed. THE VERDICT: Now this is the business: Arrow …

Atlantis 1.04 “Twist Of Fate” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.04 Writer: Richard McBrien Director: Alice Troughton THE ONE WHERE Jason, Hercules and Pythagoras find an abandoned baby with royal connections. VERDICT Atlantis transforms the Oedipus myth into Three Men And A Baby , and many, many gags …

(opens in new tab) Episode 5.03 Writer: Howard Overman Director: William McGregor THE ONE WHERE Abby discovers who she really is: the imaginary creation of a girl called Laura. Meanwhile Finn suffers unusual advances from Greg and a lad who can fly comes to Rudy’s rescue. VERDICT Possibly the best …

Once Upon A Time 2.22 “And Straight On ‘Til Morning” TV Review (opens in new tab) Episode 2.22 Writer: Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz Director: Dean White THE ONE WHERE In the past: Young Bae adjusts to life on the Jolly Roger, although he has no idea that Hook is …

True Blood 6.07 “In The Evening” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 6.07 Writer: Kate Barnow Director: Scott Winant THE ONE WHERE Eric and a dying Nora escape from the complex; Eric tells Bill he thinks he’s a God and asks him to help save his sister. In return, …

Episode: 3.09 Writers: Bradley Thompson & David Weddle Director: Jonathan Frakes THE ONE WHERE: Tom returns to Charleston, just as Lourdes commits a major act of sabotage that leads to a life and death struggle among the rubble. THE VERDICT: It’s a chillingly embittered Tom Mason we meet in this …

Once Upon A Time 2.18 “Selfless, Brave And True” TV Review (opens in new tab) Episode 2.18 Writers: Robert Hull, Kalinda Vasquez Director: Ralph Hemecker THE ONE WHERE In the past: August wakes up in Thailand in 2011 with a wooden leg, and embarks on a quest to cure himself. …

Defiance 1.09 “If I Ever Leave This World Alive” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.09 Writer: Clark Perry Director: Alan Kroeker THE ONE WHERE The fever comes to town and so do the E-Rep. Connor and Nolan talk their way through the barricades to retrieve a vaccine drop …

Grimm 2.22 “Goodnight, Sweet Grimm” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.22 Writers: Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt Director: Norberto Barba THE ONE WHERE Nick’s life with Juliette finally begins to return to normal, just in time for Eric Renard to unleash a voodoo-controlled plague of zombies on the terrified …