Invincible S4 E4

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Doc

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“Hurm”

How was the episode with Satan the funniest of the season?

The dialogue of this episode, especially between Mark and Damien Darkblood, is just tremendous.

How was the trip to Hell what helped spur Mark to begin his recovery from his season long funk?

Starting off the episode with Art being the person Mark could talk to was a nice idea. Above all else, to get Invincible out of that rotten blue and black costume and back into his old one, which is soooo much better. I love seeing Mark flying through the air with the blue and yellow.

I saw an article online that episode four is divisive of an episode and has been the lowest rated episode of the season. I was surprised by this, because this is my absolute favorite episode of the season so far. They claimed this was a “filler” episode, but I couldn’t care less about that. Filler or not, quality is quality.

It could be divisive because of the fact that Mark is in Hell and that the show has a specific comment to make about Heaven. That makes more sense to me.

With Omni Man and Allen arriving at the end of the episode, just before Eve can tell Mark that she is pregnant, is some solid writing. The moment had the proper amount of gravitas as Nolan and Allen floated above the skyline.

I loved this episode. I found it to be such a breath of fresh air and gave me the hope that maudlin Mark wasn’t going to last forever. And it was extremely funny with the dialogue… especially how the demon was more positive than Mark. That juxtaposition was wonderful.

Jury Duty Presents Company Retreat E3, E4, E5

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Doc

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I was surprised as I was binging a few episodes of Jury Duty Presents Company Retreat. As the fifth episode ended, the Prime account I had switched to a different show. I come to find out that this was not dropped all at once, as I had thought, but instead episode six was being released on April 2nd.

I felt disappointed, because I had reached a sort of rhythm with the show and I was into it. So I was ready to watch maybe even the rest of the series tonight. Now I can’t do that. It’s okay.

The show had picked up steam for me. The whole Grandma with the moving arm bit was absolutely hilarious. Unbelievably raunchy and an amazing visual.

The speaker who climb Mount Everest and had his testicles get frostbite… as painful as that sounded, I could not stop laughing.

I am amazed that Anthony has not started wondering about the entire situation. These speakers were so over the top that he had to be thinking, at the very least, what the heck kind of retreat is this.

The sexual harassment seminar that they had to attend gave us a running joke: porcupine. I will never think of that word the same way again.

If Anthony really does not know what is going on, then he has to be a saint for the way he treats these insane people around him. He is really going to the next level as a temp employee.

I felt badly for Dougie as he revealed that Taco Bell sauce was a main ingredient in his new product sauce.

I have picked up momentum with Jury Duty 2 and I am looking forward to the next episode.

Invincible S4 E2, E3

Posted on March 29, 2026 by Doc

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“I’ll Give You the Grand Tour”

This episode went into space to see Nolan and Allen in their attempt to find ways to avert the upcoming war against the Viltrumites.

The episode took us into the past of the Viltrumites, showing how the race dealt with a killer virus and how Nolan came to be the way he was.

The first half of this episode was not as interesting to me. When the show switched to Nolan and Allen, my interest level increased. These were some fun moments between the two as their developing friendship was highlighted.

Plus, a little parody of Star Trek is brought to the story.

JK Simmons and Seth Rogen carried the episode with their voice work with these two unlikely friends teaming up with each other to prepare for what is coming. Nolan is on his way back to earth to Mark.

“I Gotta Get Some Air”

Hey, Mark and Oliver bleed from their nose in the exact same way.

As Mark deals with his decision to punch through the head of a man to stop the Sequids, Atom Eve has to deal with her own problems as her powers are going wonky. Turned out that she is pregnant and that is what is causing the issues.

There was so much going on in this episode.

Titan getting revenge on Mr. Liu for attacking his family; He called Invincible Inc. and Oliver responded.
The Flaxans returned in an attempt to take over the earth. They were taking human prisoners.
Monster Girl and Robot got stuck in the other dimension after going through the portal to destroy the antenna that keeps the Flaxans alive on earth.
Invincible and Oliver fight the dragon.
Both Titan and Mr. Liu were suckered to rejoin the Order

Invincible S4 E1

Posted on March 29, 2026 by Doc

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“Making the World A Better Place”

I have had a interesting relationship with the show Invincible. Where as a lot of people love the show and swear that it is one of the best shows on television, I am not as enamored with it. While I have enjoyed most of the seasons, I have found that the blood becomes excessive and is unnecessary in many cases. There are too many scenes where the blood feels like it is just there to say that it is there. It feels like professional wrestling in a lot of cases. When blood is used sparingly, it can create a compelling piece of the story, but when it is overused, it loses a lot of its impact.

After watching the first episode of season four of Invincible, I did not think they over did the blood and that it was fairly well used as a whole.

I was unaware that Invincible had already debuted on Amazon Prime last week with a three episode drop. Episode four was also released before I knew it so I am officially a bit behind. However, I do have a long list of shows currently on the watchlist, so I will be spreading out the next three episodes over the next several days to a week.

I did find the character work in this episode to be very solid. I enjoyed Mark’s progression from the end of last season to now where he is fighting himself over his use of deadly force. Of course, the end of the episode placed Mark in a situation where he had to kill a person. It was very much a Man of Steel- Superman snapping the neck of Zod moment.

I like how the show with as much violence as it has is not afraid to make that internal struggle with its main character.

With Eve’s powers glitching badly, we get another, albeit well used, superhero trope to deal with. I do think Eve’s father needs a punch in the face.

The Guardians… their timing can’t be any worse. They showed up right at the end of the fight with the dinosaur guy and seemed to be standing behind Mark as he is struggling to decide if he needed to kill the guy to save the world from the Sequids. Get there sooner guys.

I hope the woman who attacked the power plant’s story is not just over. It sounded as if there was a reason behind her trying to steal the energy and I expect that story to get picked up somewhere down the line.

Then, Cecil’s stupidest decision at the end of the third season, keeping Conquest alive and buried in an underground vault. There was no way that wasn’t coming back to haunt him. I wonder if he will tell Mark now that Conquest has escaped and left butt-naked into space. Or will this be just another secret that Cecil will hide?

Good start to the season. I hope it continues to value story over spectacle, especially when it comes to blood.

Jury Duty Presents Company Retreat E1, E2

Posted on March 28, 2026 by Doc

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“Onboarding”

“Team Building”

I started a new program on Amazon Prime today, watching the first two episodes of Jury Duty Presents Company Retreat.

This is the second season of Jury Duty, which was one of the best surprise series from 2023. It was a hilarious series that was one of the most intriguing concepts on television. The idea for the first Jury Duty, a real person is called for Jury Duty and every other person involved in the show is an actor.

In this season, instead of being called for jury duty, our real person who is unaware that this is really a TV show is named Anthony Norman and he is a temp worker applying for a job at a company called “Rockin’ Grandma’s Hot Sauce” and he goes with the workers on a company retreat.

He was set up as the assistant to Kevin, who winds up leaving the retreat in embarrassment, leaving Anthony in his stead.

I have to say, the first episode was feeling too over the top and I was not sure if I wanted to watch the rest of the series. The second issue was better for me and started to pick up the story better.

It just felt as if there was just too much ridiculousness to accept that Anthony would still be going along with it.

The excuse for why there is a documentary crew in tow and everyone speaks to a camera at times is that the owner Doug was retiring and passing the CEO seat to his son, Dougie. That made sense, but there is a limit to what one could expect someone to react to.

Of course, last season, the “winner” received a huge cash prize for succeeding and being a good person, and Anthony certainly feels like a solid person too. Seeing how he will react to the craziness coming might be worth sticking out. There are only a total of 8 episodes, so I plan on finishing this up.

Fallout S2 E8

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Doc

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“The Strip”

I have been saying that the season two of Fallout has not been my favorite and that I had some trouble getting into it. The last few weeks have been picking up for me. Then there was the finale.

Holy crap! I loved this one. I am totally satisfied with the finale, “The Strip” and I thought this was easily the best episode of season two.

I actually think every storyline that has been building up this season came with a sensational end (or perfectly continued cliffhanger).

I have never liked Maximus more than I did this episode.
His reunion with Lucy is something I did not know that I wanted.
The end of the Lucy-Hank story was more poignant that I expected.
Maximus vs. the Deathclaws was freaking awesome.
The flashbacks with Cooper and his wife were powerful too.
That cockroach attack was brutal.
The return of NCR
“Initiate phase two”
The Ghoul opened his wife’s pod, and no one was there.
And WAR is coming to the Wasteland
Liberty Pride post credit scene

And then there was the line of the episode that might have changed everything…

“The surface is the experiment, not the vaults.”

These words from Hank before he threw his own switch and refreshed his memories were ominous and made me wonder what is going to happen.

I was really engaged with this episode and I am excited to see what the next steps are for this show.

Fallout S2 E7

Posted on February 1, 2026 by Doc

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“The Handoff”

“She’s Canadian!”

One of the best lines of the entire show. I laughed out loud.

Chet proclaimed it about Steph at their wedding after he said “I don’t” instead of “I do.”

Also, The Ghoul, Maximus and Thaddeus walking side by side down the street with Maximus in armor was so cool. Of course, Thaddeus’s arm fell off, so there is that.

Maximus fighting the Deathclaws was really epic.

Lucy and her father having an interesting interactions, while driving a golf cart.

Ned was back this week as he took a couple of dramatic blows to the head.

Clancy Brown as President of the United States? Never would I trust him. I have seen him in too many other projects where he is just not trustworthy.

I mean, there is a woman with her head in a jar.

Lots of dangling plots heading into the finale next week.

Fallout S2 E6

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Doc

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“The Other Hill”

So two of my favorite actors are here this week. Kyle MacLachlan is there on a regular basis, and Michael Emerson, making a small cameo.

Oh, and there was Ron Perlman too.

I was more engaged with this episode of Fallout than I have been most of the season. It had some really strong scenes with Lucy and her father and then some good flashbacks with Cooper and Barb.

I also enjoyed the scenes with Reg and Betty were fire. That is what I feel this arc with these characters has been missing this season.

The Ghoul, stuck on that pipe, was tough to watch. Seeing him slowly trying to pull himself up the pole was painful. I’m not sure who Ron Perlman is, but he does not seem to be someone that I want to mess with.

Hopefully this will continue to get better every week.

Fallout S2 E5

Posted on January 18, 2026 by Doc

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“The Wrangler”

Sad fact has been that I have not been enjoying season two of Fallout as much as I did season one. They teased an amnesia story, but I guess that was just as she was purging herself of the drugs from last episode.

The final scene between Lucy and the Ghoul was tense and surprising though, and hopefully will increase my interest moving forward, as there are only four episodes left in season 2.

Honestly, the only story arc that interests me at all is Lucy and the Ghoul. The whole arc with Norm does not appeal to me at all. Watching him getting strangled only made me think about what Lucy might think.

I still feel like I miss too much by not being a player of the game. It always makes me feel like I do not understand important pieces of the story.

The flashbacks to Cooper’s past was interesting, but I feel all it was worth was giving Walton Goggins something to do.

It is also great to see some more of Kyle MacLachlan.

I hope the second part of this season picks up moving forward.

Fallout S2 E4

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Doc

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“The Demon in the Snow”

Those poor ghoul Elvis impersonators. They did not last long against a drugged up Lucy.

I know that was a strange sentence, but that is what happened in Fallout’s fourth episode. After having a drug treatment for several days to heal her up, Lucy found the dark side and brutally killed a bunch of Elvis impersonators in Las Vegas. Even the Ghoul couldn’t help but be impressed.

However, we also wind up face-to-face with the creature that we saw in a flashback with Cooper. After looking it up, I guess it is called a Deathclaw, which had been created by the US government as super soldiers (why don’t they ever knock that off. I mean, only Steve Rogers is worthy enough).

In that flashback, I kind of thought it was the reason Cooper turned into a ghoul, but maybe I did not understand the scene correctly. Either way, this thing is intimidating. Even drugged up Lucy was taken aback by it.

Meanwhile, Maximus revealed that he had killed Xander over a bunch of kids who were ghouls (there were normal kids in that group as well. I am not sure why he omitted that part) and set off a horrible fight between the differing sides. Maximus and Thaddeus (who had been pretending to be Xander inside his mech-suit) escaped as the war escalated in the background between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Commonwealth.

I have not been sure about what is happening back in the Vault as pertains to Vault 32. This is a story arc that I am having a hard time following.

Fallout S2 E3

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Doc

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“The Profligate”

We get more partnership this week from Maximus and Xander, a bonding trip as it were. They were able to team up inside their own giant robot suits and to take out a robot. Since I am not a fan of the video game, I was unaware that the robot was a big time cameo named Victor. Victor came across Ghoul earlier, but I was unaware of the video game connection until I did the research afterwards. Maximus and Xander were able to destroy Victor, apparently bringing his story to an end.

However, the group of kids (some ghouls, some normal) led to Maximus taking out Xander to protect the kids. This will mostly likely lead to war between the Brotherhood and the Commonwealth, which has been showing problems throughout the episode. Kumail Nanjiani, we hardly knew ye!

Macaulay Culkin appeared as part of the Legion, what seemed to be the right hand man of Caesar. Lucy came across them first and they hung her on a cross. The Ghoul arrived later, after cutting the venom from the scorpion sting from last episode out of his leg. The Ghoul made a deal with the men for her release, but seemingly betrayed them. The Ghoul, taking to his dog, said that he did not like Lucy, but they would need her later.

I do have a tough time following the story. I should pay a closer attention to the episode when I am watching it because I do not have a deep knowledge of the video game. Still, I catch the larger parts of the show and I am progressing with it, slowly.

Fallout S2 E2

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Doc

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“The Golden Rule”

I got around to episode two of Fallout tonight.

We got back to the Brotherhood of Steel, while Maximus (Aaron Moten) had some major problems, from both inside himself and outside, where he must fight for his life.

Hey, there is Kumail Nanjiani strolling into the Brotherhood at the end, after Maximus killed his opponent. I will be curious to see where he takes us.

The Ghoul and Lucy are distracted on their way to Vegas. They have to fight some kind of scorpion/facehugger type monster. The Ghoul is stung and paralyzed, but Lucy gave her final injection to the human that they found here. She told him she would come back. I’m not sure that is the case since the human that Lucy saved is sketchy as can be.

It was fun seeing Hank blow up mice and then take the next step and start to blow up humans. Science experiments require that old saying, “if you first do not succeed, try, try again.” Truly a creepy sentiment considering the situation.

This episode was kind of slow for me, but there were some high points.

Fallout S2 E1

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Doc

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“The Innovator”

I am pleased to have Fallout back on Amazon Prime, but this first episode had the old Return of the King flavor… I thought it was over about three times before it actually came to end.

It has been a bit since season one was released, so I was needing that recap that kicked off this episode. The season is off to New Vegas.

My favorite parts of this episode was the scenes between Lucy and the Ghoul. Lucy bargaining with the bad guys as the Ghoul dangling by his neck was hilarious, and the results of the scene was awesome brutality. I have missed this show, even though I did not realize it.

Of course, the bowl of flea soup was gross. I am so glad that Lucy did not go for the crackers.

We met Mr. House in the cold open and he was great. Played by Justin Theroux, Mr. House is clearly going to be a major part of the Vegas arc.

Several heads exploded in the first episode.

It was great to see Kyle MacLachlan. I know he is not someone to necessarily root for in this series, but I do love him.

This was a fun kick off to season two.

Hazbin Hotel S2 E7, E8

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Doc

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“Weapon of Mass Distraction”

“Curtain Call”

It’s Pope Leo XIV’s favorite show!

Hazbin Hotel’s second season ends with two massive episodes that are absolute BANGERS!

The two songs at the end of each of these final episodes are just the best of the entire series. The major ensemble songs were so brilliantly written and kept the mood absolutely amazing.

Alastor is playing the long game. He is awesome. He is not on anyone’s side… only his. I still think he has a respect for Charlie that shines through. He manipulated Vox every second of these episodes. Plus, bringing back the favor from the first season that Charlie owed

Sir Pentious had a big job to do and he had a fabulous song with Seraphim. I was concerned with his place in Heaven when he first got there, but he came through big time these final two episodes.

Angel Dust’s story is clearly not finished as he returned to Valentino after the big final song.

These two episodes were as good as any this season. The show felt a little disjointed at times in season two, but these brought them home in ways that were so satisfying that it made everything worthwhile.

We did not get Lilith this season outside of a few cameos. I really expected her to arrive in this finale, but she did not. That story will also continue into season three I am sure.