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Star Trek: Picard S01E03 – Episode Review

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In this episode review of Star Trek Picard we see Soji is still completely unaware that she is a synthetic being, she tries to help claim back captured Romulan members of the Borg Collective. One of them tells her she recognises her as ‘The Destroyer’. Meanwhile, Picard, Laris and Zhaban are attacked by a crack Romulan assassination squad. They survive but Picard needs to leave in a hurry to find Dr Bruce Maddox, the person who probably created Soji and Dahj. Picard engages a crew to help him: A former Starfleet officer, Rios, his old friend Raffi and Dr. Agnes Jurati.

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Star Trek: Picard S01E02 – Episode Review

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In this Episode Review we see that Picard starts to investigate the death of Dahj with the assistance of Dr. Agnes Jurati and a former colleague, Raffi Musiker. Starfleet and some other more secretive Romulan forces are concerned what he might uncover and particularly where the truth about Dahj will lead.

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The Witcher Episode 7 Review – Before a Fall

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In this Witcher Episode we noticed that “Before a Fall” was certainly less trivial in its portrayal without Jaskier. Indeed, the start of the war between Cintra and Nilfgaard and sending a group of mages face an army (with their own fanatically devout religious mages willing to die for their cause) with the realisation and sense of destiny playing on Geralt to find and protect Ciri adds a level of story depth with a different entertainment value that the excellent big character development scenes. In this episode, the narrative was definitely more focused on the story.

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Star Trek: Picard S01E01 Episode Review – Explained

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Episode Review: Picard meets Dahj after she is attacked by Romulan assassins and something ‘activates’ within her and she gets an image of Picard in her mind. She seeks him out to see if he can help explain what is happening to her. Picard travels to the Daystrom Institute in Okinawa and meets with Dr. Agnes Jurati, who reveals Dahj may be Data’s daughter through an experimental procedure known as fractal neuronic cloning – meaning she is an android with an organic body but a positronic brain. She goes on to say that this activity results in twins.

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The Witcher S01E06 Episode Review – Rare Species

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This Witcher Episode Review is about as close to a typical Geralt of Rivia story as you can get – that is, a monster and a dilemma. It also lets us see one of the classic fantasy genre monsters of all time – dragons!  There was much less gratuitous in this episode which was a shame, but it was certainly good fun to watch.  The graphics were really good.  Ok, not as good as the amazing dragons in Game of Thrones, but definitely better than the Kikimora from the first episode. Though to be honest, I thought the Kikimora graphics were pretty good too.

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The Witcher S01E05 Episode Review & Recap
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The Witcher Episode Review S01E05 – Bottled Appetites

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The meeting between Geralt and Yennefer really delivers! Their get together bubbled with raw energy, sexual charisma, and fun that kept is all entertained. Cavill and Chalotra looked really good together and look physically and mentally well matched, That wasn’t just good acting, it was good writing and direction too.

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The Witcher S01E04 Episode Review

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This was a terrific episode, and great fun to review. It is so well written that we were gripped and entertained throughout.  Again, a common trait with all the episodes is that it is just as good, if not better, to watch the shows again.

The high points of this Witcher Episode were strangely, the graphics and landscapes. In quick succession, we saw completely and interesting looking parts of the continent while Yennefer was being chased and fight sequences, whirlwind and bloody special effects were particularly well done.  Production on the episode was perfect.  Direction kept the show going at a pace and the acting was fun to watch end made the episode gripping.  I honestly loved every minute.  Low points were the silly dialogue and daft wedding banquet.  the whole, lets see the suitors and then get them married in the same evening seemed a bit silly to the point of jarring.  maybe I’m just old fashioned.

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The Witcher Episode S01E03 Review Recap - Betrayer Moon
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The Witcher S01E03 Episode Review – Betrayer Moon

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Many viewers and critics considered this episode to be the best of the early season shows and I am pretty sure (even though I’m a sci fi SadGeezer) that it’s not just because of the nudity.  I’m convinced it was because the story was so strong.  In fact I’d go as far as saying that we don’t even need the backstory of Yennefer or Ciri (or Geralt) – if they are all as good as this, most of us would be happy with an episodic monster killing.  Of course that’s not what is going to happen, we still have a considerable amount of story to get through.  

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The Witcher S01E02 Episode Review - Four Marks
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The Witcher S01E02 Episode Review – Four Marks

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Many critics thought this was one of the weaker of the episodes in the first season – far from it. It was really good! After watching the show a second time I believe it’s one of the strongest episodes of the season. The performances by Anya Chalotra (Yennefer) and Joey Batey (Jaskier) were marvelous and complemented the excellent Henry Cavill (Geralt) and Freya Allen (Ciri) really well. Casting for this show has been a triumph and it makes the characterisation of the saga so much more entertaining!

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The Witcher S01E01 Review – The End’s Beginning

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This is a detailed review of The Witcher, Episode One of the first season entitled “The End’s Beginning”.  It provides a scene by scene analysis of the show and hopefully answers some of your niggling questions. You could also consider this review an episode recap.

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Review of The Kings Avatar: - Episode 20 Quan Zhi Gao Shou
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The Kings Avatar Live Action Review – Episode 20 (Quanzhi Gaoshou)

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This was a great episode that you cannot fail to enjoy. Suddenly we see the saga back to it’s normal game enthused self.  Lots and lots off high points,. Su Mucheng was magnificent in this episode and we are introduced to yet important character in the saga.

Oh yeah, and Chen Yehui gets smacked in the face!

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The Kings Avatar Live Drama Episode 09 Review (Quanzhi Gaoshou) – Blisteringly Good!

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Other guilds are getting annoyed that the monopoly of achievements and in-game-credits for the larger guilds is broken – the saga is hotting up!  In this King’s Avatar Episode 9 Review, Little Moon managed a not so little achievement to help save his guild, Yue Lun. We are also introduced to a new tactical genius who is also VERY shy and not a very good player. But best of all, we watch a lot of naughty players from other guilds take on our heroes – will they win? Lets see.

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Kings Avatar Episode 6 Review: 全职高手: AKA: Quan Zhi Gao Shou , 电视剧全职高手 , Dian Shi Ju Quan Zhi Gao Shou
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The Kings Avatar Live Action (Quanzhi Gaoshou) Review of Episode 06 – Best Episode Yet!!

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Review of episode 6 – this show is possibly the best so far.  We are introduced to two particularly interesting players, we see Sun Xiang getting a lesson and we also got to know about other guilds besides Excellent Era and Lanxi Pavilion.  The best bits were in the beginning though – Terrific Battle between Blue Rain and Excellent Era

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