Who-ology| S02E13 Doomsday
As noted in last month’s Who-ology, the Christian narrative starts with the distortion of truth in the Garden of Eden: with good being called evil, and light being called darkness (Isaiah 5:20, Genesis 3:4,5). That is the beginning of the…
Stranger Things: S01E07 The Bathtub
Dr. Brenner and crew are closing in on our boy wonders and Eleven, our intrepid superhero. The opening scene shows Lucas warning Mike, Dustin, and Eleven that the bad men are coming for them. Thus proceeds one of the most…
Stranger Things: S01E06 The Monster
Imagine you got sucked into a portal that took you to a dark, parallel world where you were chased by an unknown monster and barely made it out alive. Be a little shocked, would you? I’d say that’s an understatement.…
Stranger Things: S01E05 The Flea and The Acrobat
What does it take to clarify the central conceit of a science fiction series? When a humble science teacher, Mr. Clarke, uses a paper plate to explain the “theoretical” existence of other dimensions. The Acrobat is walking a tightrope and…
Stranger Things: S01E04 The Body
A vast expanse of stars is the first image we see after the harrowing conclusion of episode three, in which the “body” of Will Byers was discovered. What seemed like concrete evidence of Will’s fate is nearly immediately countered by…
Stranger Things: S01E03 Holly Jolly
Barb is dead. Long live Barb! Nancy gives in to Steve’s consistent pursuit of her after the pool party while Barb struggles out of what the audience now comes to see as a parallel reality: She is in the swimming…
Stranger Things: S01E02 The Weirdo on Maple Street
Only two episodes into Stranger Things and there’s really only one question to ask: are you hooked yet? You are, admit it. Or, if you’ve already finished the series, you can probably point to this episode as the one where…
Stranger Things: S01E01 The Vanishing of Will Byers
By the time the mysterious, shaven-head girl, Eleven, emerges from the woods and meets our three intrepid boy wonders, we have completed the first episode of The Duffer Brothers’ new Netflix series, Stranger Things, and been plunged into a 80s-tinged…
Who-ology| S02E12 Army of Ghosts
“Army of Ghosts” is part one of the two-part story that is the finale of season two. At its beginning, the Doctor and Rose return to modern-day London to visit Jackie Tyler, only to find that the world has gone…
Game of Thrones: S06E10 The Winds of Winter
So with an explosion of highly destructive, wild green fire, winter finally makes its entrance to the world of Westeros. How does one simultaneously gasp with horror and breathe a sigh of relief? I don’t exactly know but I’m pretty…