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  • The Harbingers Review

    The Harbingers Review

    Going into this series — a Tribeca official selection from 2025 — after finding it on LinkedIn, I expected something like “The Prestige” book or movie. What I got was something far more nuanced, emotional and not a simple revenge story. Also no dead women. With season two starting in a couple of days, it’s…

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  • The Cleansed Episode 3

    This is the episode where seemingly random plots are strung together with the campfire chat continuity the audience has experienced since the first episode. I’m referring to those scenes where someone talks about something that already happened. I’ve noticed that these scenes kind of come in two varieties. One is where the listener does not…

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  • The Cleansed Episode 2

    Now we get the other sides of this apocalyptic future. Something that the Fallout can’t do, because the limitations of a video game narrative. The episode starts in a prison yard. We get a first glimpse of the Believers, lead by Paul. In the next scene we get a bit of John Prophet’s gang, and…

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  • The Cleansed Episode 1

    The first episode does a fantastic job of setting the tone for this series. A dystopian future, much like the one depicted in the video game series “Fallout.” There are a lot of shared elements between the two of them: the small town at the beginning, a big city, and an underground movement versus a…

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  • The Line: Angelus Arc (Part 6) – WARNING SPOILERS FOR THE LINE AND TDKR

    It really says something when there’s a character who dies and you start to tear up. Okay, maybe not so surprising if they’re likable. It’s a good thing that the character is one of my favorites. I’ve said in the previous review that I listened to the entire series, but did so in a non-linear…

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  • The Line: Angelus Arc (Part 4)

    Stephanie’s full plan is revealed and based on her character, it makes total fucking sense (semi-pun intended). As a “good” plan it fails every test. I’m not knocking it any points, because considering the circumstances, it was the best plan. There are some stories where the opposing, antagonist force is so powerful that how the…

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