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The For All Mankind universe just got bigger. But is Star City simply a spinoff riding on the success of its predecessor, or does it tells a good story of its own? RECAP The series starts with the Soviet Union landing first on the Moon. The mission was kept completely secret, with only a select few knowing about it on a need-to-know basis. The achievement is only made public after the successful landing, giving the Soviet Union a major victory in the space race. Following tha

Formula 1 has always been about speed, rivalries, and the smallest margins between victory and defeat. Now, Apple is bringing that world to the big screen with F1 The Movie. But does this film actually capture the magic of the sport, or is it just another Hollywood blockbuster using F1 as a backdrop? RECAP Sonny Hayes is a former Formula 1 driver whose promising career was cut short by a devastating crash. Years later, he's become a racer-for-hire, competing in events around

After a two-and-a-half-year wait, For All Mankind is finally back. But with Mars no longer being just a frontier and becoming a world of its own, did the show successfully evolve — or did it lose some of what made it special? That's what I'm answering in this video. Recap As always, the season opens with one of For All Mankind's signature news montages, catching us up on the years following the Goldilocks heist. The fallout is enormous. Samantha Massey is sent to prison, whil

What happens when a former tennis prodigy is forced to pick up the new sport trend he always mocked: pickleball? That’s the premise behind The Dink, a comedy about redemption, friendship, and the ultimate battle between tennis and pickleball. RECAP Dustin Boyd is a former junior tennis prodigy who won everything on his way up and was trained by his father, Chuck. Chuck accepted nothing less than victory and taught his son to do the same. However, in his very first professiona

What happens when a fact-checking journalist discovers that the online relationship she paid for was actually an elaborate scam… one that leads to a real murder? That’s the bizarre mystery at the centre of Apple TV’s Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed. RECAP The series opens with Paula settling into her new apartment while chatting over video call with Trevor, a cam boy she regularly pays to talk to. By day, Paula works as a fact-checking journalist and is on track to become head of

Season 2 of Hijack takes us out of the sky and into a very different kind of crisis — and while it keeps the tension high, it also makes some bold storytelling choices. Recap The season opens with Sam in Berlin. He’s walking through the city, enters a U-Bahn station, and you can immediately tell he’s on edge — scanning his surroundings, studying the other passengers before boarding the train. At one point, he accuses a fellow passenger of acting suspicious. Two police officer

Shrinking Season 1 was about grief. Season 2 was about forgiveness. But Season 3… is all about moving forward And that's exactly where a show like this faces its biggest challenge. Because moving on can make characters grow...or it can make a story lose the emotional spark that made people fall in love with it. So... does Shrinking still deliver? RECAP The season starts with Paul’s Parkinson’s worsening, to the point where he begins having hallucinations — forcing him to step

If Season 1 of Shrinking was about grief, then Season 2 is really about forgiveness. RECAP Season 2 picks up right where Season 1 left off, with Jimmy forced to deal with the consequences of his unorthodox therapy methods. After Grace pushes her abusive husband off a cliff — the infamous “boop” — Brian steps in to defend her legally and tries to keep her out of prison. Meanwhile, Jimmy focuses on her emotionally, trying to convince her that one terrible act doesn’t make her a

Many times in the past, I tried to watch the series Shrinking — a show with Jason Segel and Harrison Ford. I mean… on paper, that should be good, right? But for some reason, I could never get past the first few minutes. Well, with season three about to be released, I decided to finally give Shrinking a real try — and I wasn’t disappointed. Recap In the series, we follow Jimmy, a therapist who is grieving the death of his wife in a car accident, and his two colleagues : Paul -

Back in the summer of 2023, Apple TV+ released H/jack, a tense, real-time thriller led by Idris Elba. With its second season set to premiere on January 14, let's revisit the first season. Recap The series opens with Sam Nelson, a successful business negotiator, navigating an airport before boarding Kingdom Airlines Flight KA29 from Dubai to London at the very last minute. He’s simply trying to get home — back to his son and his estranged wife. Shortly after takeoff, a group o

Apple TV had a busy fall release lineup, dropping three major series. Among them is The Last Frontier, a manhunt thriller set in the Alaskan wilderness. Recap The Last Frontier opens with a high-stakes disaster: a prisoner transport plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, releasing some of the most dangerous criminals into one of the most hostile environments imaginable. What initially looks like an accident quickly reveals itself as something far more deliberate — and far m

Pluribus presents the next step in human evolution — a merging of minds, memories, and intellect into a single collective consciousness. A hive mind where knowledge is shared, decisions are streamlined, and personal identity becomes secondary to the greater whole. The question is whether this is humanity’s breakthrough… or its quiet extinction. As always, there will be spoilers ahead. Continue at your own risk! Recap Pluribus begins with a mysterious signal arriving from spac

Have you kept up with the last couple of episodes of The Last Frontier? Now is your time to catch up! As always, there will be spoilers ahead. Continue at your own risk! Recap In Episode 6, the focus shifts to the fugitive Dr. Wigg and his capture. After the plane crash, we learn he kidnapped a pilot, O’Bannon, who survived but who is suffering from severe cerebral edema. To keep him alive, Wigg treated him using medication stolen from a veterinary clinic—and later, likely fr

On October 29th Apple TV+ released the first two episodes of the new series Down Cemetery Road, and a third episode was released on Wednesday. Have you taken the time to watch it yet? You will be warned, there will be spoilers ahead. Recap The series starts with a bang — literally. While Sarah Trafford and her husband host potential clients and their neighbours, Denise and Rufus, a nearby house suddenly explodes. Authorities call it a tragic gas leak, but amid the chaos, Sara

You will be warned, there will be spoilers ahead. Recap When we last left off, there were still plenty of escaped convicts to round up, Sarah was missing, and Luke was heading into a dangerous situation. In Episode 3, Havlock crosses paths with a few other escaped convicts and ends up taking a group of tourists, on a wildlife expedition, hostage in a tundra buggy. The U.S. Marshals quickly surround them, leading to a tense standoff that ends with the tourists rescued and the

Have you watched the new series “The Last Frontier”? It looks like it will be something not to miss. The first two episodes dropped on Apple TV+ Friday, October 10th; new episodes will be available every Friday through December 5. You will be warned, there might be little spoilers ahead. Recap The series opens with a night prisoner flight in Alaska. The cabin is full of chained federal inmates, among them a heavily hooded and restrained man, later identified with the code nam

Recap The end of season 3 left viewers in suspense: North Korea was revealed to have landed on Mars first, the bombing at JSC killed Karen Baldwin and Molly Cobb, and the final time-jump revealed that Margo Madison survived the attack and resurfaced in Russia. Season 4 opens, as usual, with a rapid montage of headlines and cultural milestones. Highlights include: Jerry Maguire who still needs “show me the money”, a computer beating humans at chess, Ellen lasting for years on

Recap You will be warned, there might be little spoilers ahead. At the end of season 2 of For All Mankind, we were left with a teaser in the after-credit scene: someone in a spacesuit on Mars. We don’t know which country had landed first, but we knew that season 3 would be set on Mars. As is becoming a tradition, season 3 begins with a montage of headlines and news clippings, covering the decade between the two seasons in the For All Mankind timeline. Margaret Thatcher is ass

Recap You will be warned, there might be little spoilers ahead. At the end of season 1 of For All Mankind, we were left, in the after-credit scene, with the launch of the massive Sea Dragon rocket, following nearly a decade-long time jump. Season 2 begins with a montage of headlines and news clippings, updating us on the events that transpired during that decade in the For All Mankind timeline. Surprisingly, John Lennon survives his assassination attempt, but Pope John Paul

When Apple TV+ launched in November 2019, it didn’t come with a massive library like Netflix, Disney+, or Prime Video. Instead, Apple opted for a small slate of original series high in quality and backed y substantial budgets. One of those shows, which was heavily promoted, was “For All Mankind.” The show reimagines the space race from the very beginning, with the premise that a Russian cosmonaut was the first to step on the moon. This premise leads to a thought-provoking exp