Silence in Court: Second ‘Accused’ is worthy but wobbly…
Ava is a young woman who is acting as a surrogate for Jenny and Max, a couple desperate to have a baby but previously unable to do so. Ava is … Read More
Category: TELEVISION REVIEW
‘Accused’: Fox’s new legal drama cross-examines preconceptions…
It would be tempting to say a drama concerned in any way with a potential mass-shooting seems unusually tragic in a week when there have been two (now at least … Read More
‘Quantum Leap-ER’: Ben has to plan a triple surgical strike…
It’s Chicago 1994 and Ben leaps into Dr. Alexandra Tompkinson (Chinyere Dobson), just in time to deliver a stranger’s baby in the middle of a car-park. However, dramatic as that … Read More
Stage-struck: Quantum Leap’s back to face the music – in 1979…
It’s 1979 and Ben has made to the leap into Jack Armstrong, a bodyguard to pop star Carly Farmer whose tour has reached Chicago. Addison, still reeling from Ben saying … Read More
Quantum Leap offers a youthful escape, but can ‘Stand’ deliver..?
It’s 10th July 1996 and Ben leaps into the body of sixteen year old Benjamin Winters who is part of a group that are racing away from the Sierra Youth … Read More
Exorcise Regime: The Dybbuk stops here for Quantum Leap’s Halloween…
It’s 1934 and Ben has Leaped into the body of Father James Davenport, a priest summoned to a imposing, fog-shrouded streethouse on Hallowe’en. It seems that the young Daisy Grey, … Read More
A SanFran Staite of Mind? Retooled QL pilot gets X-plored…
It’s 17th October 1989 – to be more precise – around 5:00pm and Ben Leaps into the body of John Harvey, man who has just been told by his wife … Read More
Past as Prologue: As it regenerates, how ‘Who’ went – where and why…
Someone is defacing classic portraits through the centuries, someone has kidnapped the world’s beat seismologists, someone is influencing an early 20th Century Russian Tsar and someone has planned a train … Read More
Westward, huh? Ben’s ‘duel-purpose’ Leap is wasted, dated trip…
It’s 1879 and Ben has Leaped into the body of Diego De La Cruz (Alberto Manquero) a retired gunslinger summoned to the town of Salvation by his granddaughter Valentina (Natalia … Read More
Quantum Leap: Looking for Bounties in all the Wrong Places..?
It’s 29th July 1981. Ben finds himself in Los Angeles, but it’s not just the fashion that’s a shock – Ben is now in the body of Eva Sandoval (Anastasia … Read More
Outside the box? Quantum Leap’s developments begin to ring a bell….
October 2nd 1977: Ben has arrived in the body of championship boxer Danny ‘Youngblood’ Hill and proceeds to get knocked to the canvas by a blow to the jaw. That’s … Read More
Mir Image, Shuttle Diplomacy: Does latest Leap ‘Atlantis’ have enough gravity?
1998: Ben is now David Tamara, an astronaut aboard the Atlantis space-shuttle who was apparently killed by unexpected debris during a space-walk during the mission. When a pay-load system fails … Read More
Quantum Leap: “Oh Boy!” or “Uh-oh?” as reboot steps out…
Ben Song and his new fiancée (and colleague) Addison Augustine are hosting a party to celebrate their news, their vast apartment hosting friends and some key fellow workers. Only some of … Read More
‘Shipping Forecast: Who’s ‘Sea Devils’ proves a pirated placeholder…
Once again, the Tardis appears to have missed its destination, depositing its ‘fam’ by a beach but certainly not with an intended holiday. It’s 1807 and something appears to be … Read More
Snowpiercer Finale: Original Sinners face Split Decisions + Fates deferred…
Melanie has revealed Layton’s lie and she now has control of the engine… with only hours before Snowpiercer hits the critical length of track where they must either head towards … Read More