sci-fi

It was inevitable that the success of Netflix’s Stranger Things, which itself was influenced by J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, would ensure that some shows appeared with a similar feel. In …
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It’s a sad day, but the sixth season of the expanse is over, with episode 6: ‘Babylon’s Ashes’ bringing the story as far as we’re going to see it, to an end. *Warning! Spoilers Ahead!*
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With the final season of this great show about to end we are still not entirely sure how they are going to tie everything together, but episode 5 of season 6, ‘Why We Fight’ packs an emotional punch that The Expanse is well known for. *Warning! Spoilers Ahead!*
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It doesn’t look like episode 4 of season 6, ‘Redoubt’, is that concerned with wrapping everything up for The Expanse.  With only two episodes left for the show, you’d think it would tail off, but there’s no such indication!  *Warning! Spoilers Ahead!*
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When eating a fine meal that you know is going to be over soon, you savour every bite. This is what watching The Expanse is like right now, as we are already at the middle of the sixth season. Episode 3, ‘Force Projection is a mixture of action and strategy, but we also get the beginnings of some answers to the Laconian mystery.  *Warning! Some Spoilers Ahead!*
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Episode two of season six of The Expanse, Azure Dragon, definitely packed much more of a punch than the first episode, but also contained a lot of emotional depth alongside the action.
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The excellent series The Expanse returns once again to Amazon Prime for its final, and truncated sixth season. This first episode, Strange Dogs, works as a healthy recap and summary of the state of play for all the main characters. *Warning! Spoilers Ahead!*
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After last week’s little burst of action, we get some fudging in Foundation’s season finale, with episode 10: ‘The Leap’.  *Warning! Spoilers Ahead!*
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It seems a shame that Foundation has managed to show flashes of brilliance, but can’t consistently keep that level of interest throughout.  Episode 9, ‘The First Crisis’ is one of those that has quite a lot of successful moving parts, amongst a sea of episodes with empty grandstanding.  *Warning! Some Spoilers Ahead!*
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In many ways episode 8 of Foundation, The Missing Piece, is a tale of people going round in circles.  This is partly positive and, in another case, very much not.  *Warning! Spoilers Ahead!*
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Things are beginning to move now in Foundation with episode 7, ‘Mysteries and Martyrs’, and it feels a much more dynamic show than before. Warning! Some Spoilers Ahead!
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Foundation has a lot of moving parts to deal with and it now seems to be finding a way that works, with Ep6, ‘Death and the Maiden’.
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