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items: Scarpetta season 1 ending explained: Who was the killer? And who appears at the end?
items: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 ending explained – How does the trial end?
items: One Piece season 2 ending explained: Who is Mr 0 and what happens to Chopper?
items: Why Scrubs revival's relationship development is such an unexpected yet inspired move
items: The Beauty ending explained: What happens to Cooper Madsen?
items: Scrubs season 10 review: New reboot is much better than it has any right to be
items: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 5's book change highlights the show's biggest problem
items: James Van Der Beek became a '90s heartthrob in Dawson's Creek – but his legacy extends far beyond that
items: Apple TV drama Shrinking shows that, yes, older people have sex lives too
items: Wonder Man ending explained: What happened to Simon Williams and what's next?
items: Who was Juan "Spike" Osorio? Wonder Man tribute explained
items: Jujutsu Kaisen season 3's Culling Game rules explained
items: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' most graphic scene so far makes a crucial point about the show
items: His & Hers ending explained: Who was the real culprit all along?
items: Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 review: Anime A-lister returns to cull the competition
items: Why everyone's talking about Heated Rivalry
items: Pluribus ending explained: Cast break down every twist and reveal
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Scarpetta season 1 ending explained: Who was the killer? And who appears at the end?
type: item
date: 2026-03-13T12:38:57.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Amazon Prime Video
subject: On demand
description: Safe to say, we have questions.
encoded: **Warning: contains full spoilers for Scarpetta season 1.** Long awaited by fans of Patricia Cornwell's writing, the first season of Scarpetta adapts not one but two of her books for screen. While the modern-day story draws from 2021’s Autopsy, the flashback timeline is inspired by Postmortem, the first book that introduced us to Dr Kay Scarpetta back in 1990. Season 1 jumps back and forth between the two, exploring how an early investigation ties into new murders that the titular lead has been tasked to solve. But the team behind Scarpetta are already looking to the future, too. Season 1 ends with a wild cliffhanger, the kind that would infuriate you no end if the show was suddenly cancelled there and then. Luckily, Prime Video renewed Scarpetta for a second season before the first one even came out, and with good reason too. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of release, star and executive producer Nicole Kidman teased: "When you see all eight, you’ll see why you couldn’t end it there." And she was absolutely right to say it. So let's start a little investigation of our own and look closer at what exactly happens at the end of Scarpetta season 1. Scarpetta season 1 ending explained: Who was the killer? So it turns out there were two killers, one operating in each timeline. The 90s killer was already revealed to be a 911 operator one chapter earlier in the penultimate episode. Using emergency call records (and soap?), Scarpetta figured out that Roy McCorkle was choosing his victims based on their voices. After she tracked him down, Scarpetta ended up killing him by stabbing him in the neck. And with no mobile phones to hand back then, McCorkle wasn't exactly in a position to call 911 for himself now, was he? View Green Video on the source website Kay's brother-in-law, detective Pete Marino, arrived straight after and finished the guy off. He then covered for Scarpetta by telling the authorities that he and he alone was the one who figured everything out and c…

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 ending explained – How does the trial end?
type: item
date: 2026-03-12T09:00:11.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Paramount Plus
description: Everyone is now back aboard the USS Athena, but that doesn't mean anyone is safe.
encoded: School's almost out for summer, or whatever constitutes a summer break aboard Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's USS Athena. This semester has flown by, especially as the final two episodes of the season are actually a two-parter that reunites Caleb (Sandro Rosta) with his mother after 16 years apart. As seen at the very start of the season, Caleb was separated from Anisha (Tatiana Maslany) when he was just a kid due in part to Holly Hunter’s officer Nahla Ake. That's why the captain has gone out of her way to help Caleb all season, to make up for this awful past trauma. By the end of last week's episode, Anisha was wounded after she helped Caleb's fellow cadets escape execution. Everyone is now back aboard the USS Athena, but that doesn't mean anyone is safe, not with Paul Giamatti’s obnoxious baddie Nus Braka back on the scene. And where does Anisha's allegiance really lie? Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 ending explained — How does the trial end? Braka has everyone's favourite crew on the ropes when the finale begins. Overlapping mines have prevented the ship from escaping, and there are 240 inhabited planets in the blast radius if one should go off. Not even the USS Discovery could jump through this using Mycelium Spores because that would trigger the bombs too. The skeleton crew that remains aboard surmises that the energy field surrounding these mines is being controlled by one signal. If they can isolate it and jam it, they can deactivate the entire network of bombs. They just need to do so without disrupting it, because that would lead to one big BOOM. The Venari Ral warp in then with Braka at the helm. Jett Reno (Tig Notaro) hides the first year cadets below deck as the ship's shielding is pummeled to breaking point, allowing Braka to teleport onboard. "It was always going to be me in this chair," he laughs, leaving his stinkiness all over Nahla's nice Captain's furniture. Braka is very surprised to see Anisha still alive, and what's even more shocking is…

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One Piece season 2 ending explained: Who is Mr 0 and what happens to Chopper?
type: item
date: 2026-03-10T16:30:51.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Netflix
description: Everything you need to know about the finale episode – and what's coming next.
encoded: **Warning: contains full spoilers for all episodes of One Piece season 2.** With the end of One Piece season 2, the Straw Hats are just a teensy bit closer to finding the fabled One Piece. But with hundreds more anime episodes to adapt, don't expect Luffy and co to find it on Netflix anytime soon. That's OK though. There's more than enough going on here anyway. Between Chopper's intro, Princess Nefeltari Vivi's journey home and the looming presence of Baroque Works leader Mr 0, there are many, many pieces moving around in One Piece. So what does this mean for the season 2 finale and what's to come next? The penultimate episode of season 2 mostly consisted of a devastating flashback where we learned how Tony Tony Chopper came under Dr Kureha's care. So it's with tears in our eyes that we jump back to the present and find out how the Drum Island arc reaches its end. One Piece season 2 ending explained: Who is Mr 0 and what happens to Chopper? The final episode begins with Wapol, leader of Drum Island, showing off the new power Mr 0 gave him through eating some devil fruit. We watch as he devours a wooden pole and then transforms his arm into a metal sword. Wapol's body has become like a factory, able to consume, transform and combine anything he eats into what he wants. I would eat cakes and turn them into money, but that's just me. Dalton, the former captain of Wapol's Royal guard, rebelled against Wapol, and now he proves himself to be a "monster" too when he transforms into a minotaur-like beast to fight back. The King quickly stabs him though and then transforms his metal mouth into a much bigger metal mouth with what looks like an arm inside? Meanwhile, Miss All Sunday taunts Vivi, telling the Princess that her friends will die and so will her people thanks to Wapol's new army. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/03/ONEPIECEnS200223120R-f54bb5b.jpg" width="2700" height="1800" alt="Tony Tony Chopper appears wide-eyed in One Pi…

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Why Scrubs revival's relationship development is such an unexpected yet inspired move
type: item
date: 2026-03-05T11:18:16.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Disney Plus
subject: On demand
description: A JD–Elliot divorce wasn’t on our Scrubs reboot bingo card, but despite initial doubts, it’s proving to be a genius move for the show.
encoded: Happy endings can be hard to come by, especially in a hospital setting. But JD managed to get his at the end of Scrubs when a final scene revealed visions of the life he'll share with Elliot and their future family. Or at least, that's what happened the first time the show ended. A much-maligned surprise ninth season brought our faves back a year later, confirming that their wedding did indeed become a reality off-screen. This wasn't exactly a happy ending though, because JD and Elliot barely appeared at all this time around. And now, 16 years later, a new Scrubs series has undone that perfect ending entirely by revealing that their marriage has ended completely. Yep, that future vision of happiness that JD saw at the end of season 8 wasn't real, just like so many other fantasy sequences he's envisioned throughout the show's run. But actually, it turns out Scrubs is all the better for it in this case. Season 10 begins with Elliot sniping at JD upon his return to Sacred Heart Hospital. It's clear that their marriage didn't end on good terms, even if we don't know the specifics of why they broke up at this stage. While that might come as a blow to fans who have been rooting for them since day one, it's not entirely out of character to see the pair face off like this. In fact, you could argue JD and Elliot have never been a good fit, constantly at odds despite the obvious chemistry they share. View Green Video on the source website Scrubs has spent the vast majority of its run convincing us that this 'will they/won't they' couple doesn't make sense long-term (a far cry from their contemporaries in other sitcoms like Friends, Frasier or The Office). The revival presents a perfect opportunity to explore that in depth, exploring a very different kind of tension beyond simplistic notions of "Will they make it?" Now that we know they don't make it, Scrubs instead offers us a glimpse of married life at a very different stage, one where JD and Elliot work towards an understan…

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The Beauty ending explained: What happens to Cooper Madsen?
type: item
date: 2026-03-05T10:00:55.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
description: Ryan Murphy's latest show ends on a wild note.
encoded: The Beauty began in explosive fashion, quite literally with the death of that drugged-up model, and it ends much the same way too. But what else would you possibly expect from a show created by Ryan Murphy? Especially one with a premise as wild as this? For those catching up, Murphy and co-creator Matthew Hodgson adapted a comic book of the same name which premiered back in January. The story, originally written by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, follows the spread of a sexually-transmitted virus known as "The Beauty" which transforms people into perfect, idealised versions of themselves. The catch is that you'll eventually die, which is far from ideal. FBI agents Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) have been on quite the journey to stop the virus from spreading. Both ended up getting infected, except Cooper was accidentally transformed into a much younger version of himself. This was also far from ideal. By the end of the penultimate episode, Byron Forst (Ashton Kutcher) had made The Beauty public, selling it through his corporation without any concern for how this might change society. Spoiler alert, it doesn't go well, although the full extent of the horrors this treatment can bring aren't revealed until the final episode. The Beauty ending explained: What happens to Cooper Madsen? The finale begins with Byron's two deadbeat sons dancing with their mother to the sound of Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses. It turns out these kids aren't so sweet, however, when they stab Franny (Isabella Rossellini) with the serum against her will. Later, they tell Byron that they have a special surprise set up for him, one that will bring them closer together as a family. Yep, Franny is young and unbearably hot now, which makes sense because Isabella Rossellini was already the hottest woman on the planet. And she's even hotter because she's wearing almost the exact same beaded top that Rossellini famously wore in the classic '90s film Death Becomes He…

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Scrubs season 10 review: New reboot is much better than it has any right to be
type: item
date: 2026-02-25T11:00:42.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Disney Plus
subject: Review
description: The beloved hospital sitcom has been successfully resuscitated.
encoded: Looking back, Scrubs was always a little bit cringe. That's not to say it was bad though, not by any means. The medical sitcom was once hugely popular thanks to its combination of rapid-fire one-liners and terrific chemistry that would suddenly give way to devastating emotional turns which hit hard, but never felt out of place. The fantasy cut-aways were more touch-and-go, however – something to sit through rather than actively enjoy. That didn't matter so much at first, not when the overall show worked as well as it did. Later seasons began to drop the ball though, skirting around the character development that reeled us in with broader gags that lost sight of why Scrubs became so popular in the first place. This felt especially pronounced following a network move from NBC to ABC where the central quartet, our main reason for watching, were sidelined completely in favour of new, less interesting doctors. A decade and a half on, Scrubs is the latest millennial show to inevitably be revived, but why should we care about a show that flatlined for good reason when we can just rewatch the original again? After the writers quickly conjure up a way to bring JD (Zach Braff) back to working at Sacred Heart, the new episodes feel like more of the same at first, except everyone is a little older. Carla (Judy Reyes) still calls JD "Bambi". He and Turk (Donald Faison) still affectionately bro out when they see each other. And Dr Cox (John C McGinley) still runs his mouth off with the longest, most withering put-downs known to man. But then little shifts take hold that suggest Scrubs has developed beyond a mere greying of the temples. When JD tries to jump on Turk's back like he used to in the good old days, they quickly realise that they're too old now for such shenanigans. And it's tempting at this point to suggest that might be true of the show as a whole. But then JD tries to lift his friend's spirits with a "Whassup!" joke that falls flat and you start to realise that this …

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 5's book change highlights the show's biggest problem
type: item
date: 2026-02-16T15:30:56.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: HBO
subject: Sky
description: The Game of Thrones prequel is overwhelmingly fuelled by testosterone from the get-go.
encoded: **Warning: Spoilers ahead for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 5.** A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms tells the story of a Hedge Knight called Dunk and a boy named Egg. Yet this is a story of men, and only men. More than any other visit to Westeros, HBO's new Game of Thrones prequel is overwhelmingly fuelled by testosterone from the get-go. To be fair, that's also true of George RR Martin's novella that the series is based on. Attempts to flesh out that world with more women have been pretty minimal up to this point, including a few sex workers here and there to tease Dunk. Beyond that, the only female character of any significance in the show so far is Tanselle, an artist and puppeteer who paints a new sigil for Dunk's shield. "I think there's maybe two or three sentences [in the novella] describing what she looks like, and maybe one on her personality," actress Tanzyn Crawford told Polygon. There's more in the end product, true, but Tanselle's impact on the story is still quite minimal when it comes down to it. Such sparing representation is somewhat improved, however, in the penultimate episode of season 1 when a new character is introduced via flashbacks. Mid-tournament, Dunk's mind ventures back suddenly to his time in Flea Bottom before Ser Arlan of Pennytree took him on the road. There, we meet a girl named Rafe (played by Dune: Prophecy star Chloe Lea), who hangs out with Dunk in this medieval hellscape. In the book, they're both described as beggars and thieves, as well as "little monsters," yet their connection here is a tender one. The pair are clearly close, talking of plans to escape and start a new life for themselves in the free cities. There's friction too, but their love is clear still, whether it's romantic or forged in friendship. Of course, this being a show set in Westeros, their plans for a better future together don't pan out. And that's because the people they encounter are so much worse than the "little monsters" that Martin's writing des…

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James Van Der Beek became a '90s heartthrob in Dawson's Creek – but his legacy extends far beyond that
type: item
date: 2026-02-13T18:00:02.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Comment
description: James Van Der Beek will be best remembered for the American teen drama Dawson’s Creek, but time and again he proved himself far smarter and more versatile than he was often given credit for.
encoded: In the days following James Van Der Beek's tragic death, Dawson's Creek has obviously come up a lot. It's no exaggeration to say that the '90s teen drama changed TV as we know it. I could fill a page or more with the names of every series that wouldn't exist today if Dawson's Creek hadn't come first. The stars aligned in many ways to make this happen, but writing aside, it was the cast who propelled the show to the heights it reached across its six season run. It's no surprise, after all, that so many cast members went on to find even greater success after, including Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, and Michelle Williams. But there would be no Creek without Dawson, and there would have been no Dawson without Van Der Beek. After landing the role of a lifetime at just 20, Van Der Beek achieved immortal heartthrob status as one third of the love triangle that still has fans arguing between Team Dawson and Team Pacey to this day. That barely scratches the surface of just how much drama took hold of this small town over the years. The Creek was practically overrun with talky teens who intensely dissected every feeling, every moment, in the way that only teenagers can. Looking back at Dawson in particular, it's easy to focus on the melodrama and all the memes that came of it (or 'Vandermemes', as Van Der Beek himself named them). What that fails to recognise, however, is the wit and heart Van Der Beek brought to the role. Whether Dawson was helplessly romantic for Pacey or mourning the death of his father in season 5's standout The Last Goodbye, there was a serious talent under all that boyish charm. When you grow famous overnight, there's always a risk that you'll only be remembered for the role that got you there. But Dawson isn't the only character who fans have been celebrating in the days that followed Van Der Beek's passing. Many of the roles that followed smartly sent up his squeaky clean image from Dawson's Creek, twisting the boy next door into something infinitely …

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Apple TV drama Shrinking shows that, yes, older people have sex lives too
type: item
date: 2026-02-11T11:41:05.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
subject: Comment
subject: On demand
description: At 83, Harrison Ford brings effortless sex appeal to Shrinking – and the show leans into it.
encoded: Shrinking started out as a showcase for Jason Segel, who plays the titular shrink at hand. It's Jimmy's tragedy, and the growth he develops from overcoming his trauma characterises much of season 1 especially. But it wasn't long before Harrison Ford's supporting role in Shrinking began to overshadow Jimmy, delving deeper into what life was like for his boss, Paul, as he came to terms with suffering from Parkinson's disease. Season 3 marked the biggest shift in this direction yet with an hour-long premiere driven by Paul's wedding to Dr. Julie Baram (Wendie Malick), the neurologist treating his disease. Inappropriate? Technically, yes, although these crazy kids make it work anyhow. What wasn't inappropriate, however, was the way that this episode opened with them practically naked in the bathroom together. The scene itself is pretty straightforward. Paul's just shaving and chatting to his future wife while she prepares to take a shower. Pretty typical stuff for a couple their age who are living together. What's not typical or straightforward, however, is the fact that Paul is doing all this shirtless. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/02/Shrinking-Apple-0207777.jpg" width="8640" height="5760" alt="An older man and woman wearing sunglasses walk side by side along a sunny park trail. The man wears a grey T-shirt, dark jacket and black leggings with a light blue waist pouch, carrying a large water bottle, while the woman wears a beige sweater and shorts and holds a pink water bottle. Trees and greenery line the path behind them." title="Shrinking Apple" /> Harrison Ford is no stranger to a cheeky flash of pecs or torso. His open shirt in Indiana Jones launched a thousand ships, after all. But that was decades ago. He's still an iconic movie star, of course, even now at 83 years old. Yet how often do TV shows this mainstream depict older bodies so naturally like this without there being a very specific reason for doing so? Shrinkin…

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Wonder Man ending explained: What happened to Simon Williams and what's next?
type: item
date: 2026-01-28T11:00:02.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Disney
subject: Marvel
description: Every twist and reveal broken down...
encoded: It's fitting that the creator of DC's Wonder Woman invented an early prototype of the lie detector, because Marvel's male counterpart, Wonder Man, is based almost entirely on lies. Or at least the MCU version of Simon Williams that's played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. There's the lies that Simon's tells himself, desperately trying to suppress his devastating ionic power. Then there's the lies he tells on set everyday, pretending to be just another ordinary man. Never mind that he's an actor whose stock and trade is artifice. Yet despite all this, Williams is still devastated when it turns out that his new best friend, Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), has also been lying this whole time too. Originally planted as a mole by the Department of Damage Control (DODC), the former 'Mandarin' quickly grew fond of Williams, developing a real friendship as they auditioned together for the Wonder Man movie. But by the end of episode seven, the jig was up. "Hell of a performance," says Williams as he storms out, leaving Slattery behind, genuinely gutted by how the truth hurt his one real friend. Fit to burst with rage, Williams finally snaps, unleashing all the ionic energy he's kept inside. It's a good thing he's in an empty studio or someone could have got hurt. Still, the Wonder Man crew who helped build the set sure won't be pleased the next day, and there's the little matter of a reporter from the New York Times who's still snooping around on the lot… So what does all this mean for Williams? Is an Oscar on the cards? Avengers membership? Or how about prison? Marvel's Wonder Man ending explained: Where does Simon Williams go? The season one finale begins in the past, showing us again just how formative the '80s Wonder Man film was on Simon and his relationship with his father. These moments they shared are the driving force for everything Williams does, although we sort of got the message already a few flashbacks ago. The next morning, news of the explosion he caused reaches Sl…

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Who was Juan "Spike" Osorio? Wonder Man tribute explained
type: item
date: 2026-01-28T04:00:54.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Marvel
description: The first episode of the Marvel show features a tribute card.
encoded: Most Marvel heroes strive for greatness, but in Wonder Man, Simon Williams isn't trying to be a superhero. Instead, he hopes to wow the public with his acting, so his biggest fight is keeping those impressive powers of his under wraps. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's struggling actor is joined by fellow actor slash former "terrorist" Trevor Slattery (Sir Ben Kingsley), who the world remembers as the so-called "Mandarin" from Iron Man 3. Together, they're fighting to appear in a new remake of the classic Wonder Man superhero film that Simon loved growing up. Questions abound, however, when it turns out that not everyone is who they say they are. When it comes to questions, another is raised at the end of episode 1 when a dedication appears before the credits roll, which reads: "In memory of Juan 'Spike' Osorio." So, who is Juan Osorio? And why did Wonder Man pay tribute to him? Read on for everything you need to know about Spike. Who was Juan "Spike" Osorio? Osorio was a veteran lighting technician who worked in the electrical department across multiple Hollywood productions. Before Wonder Man, he was credited on a wide array of sci-fi and fantasy projects including The Dark Tower, American Born Chinese, and Marvel's 2018 sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, plus more grounded fare such as Mayans M.C. and The Conners. According to interviews with fellow crew members (via The Daily Beast), Osorio worked in the army before moving to Hollywood. Rigging gaffer Dave McGrory explained that Osorio once survived a devastating explosion while serving in the Middle East. "He was in a Humvee that drove over an IED which exploded. And he basically watched his closest guys die in front of him,” McGrory said. "And there was another firefight in a cave in Afghanistan, where he was wounded with some shrapnel. I know that because he got a scar under his left eye, from rock fragmentation." McGrory added: "The man made it out of Afghanistan, and didn’t make it out of the studio system." What happened …

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Jujutsu Kaisen season 3's Culling Game rules explained
type: item
date: 2026-01-23T09:40:45.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Anime
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
description: Confused? You're not alone!
encoded: The latest episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen have hit like a train, yet not a single punch was thrown. Following Yuta Okkotsu's addition to the team, Yuji Itadori and the gang suddenly find themselves front row at an episode-long lecture about the impending apocalypse. As the freaky-looking Tengen explains, The Culling Game they're about to enter is a Battle Royale-style deathmatch that will span the entire nation of Japan. That means it's a big deal for every sorcerer who takes part, plus all of us watching back home too. But boy there are a lot of rules. To be fair, the animators do an incredible job of keeping us entertained without any cursed battling in sight. Flow charts have never come with so much aura. Still though. It's a lot. The rules flashed up ever so briefly in the first two episodes, but for those of us who don't wish to pause and read text longer than the Bible, I'm on hand to break down Kenjaku's plan in more detail. What is The Culling Game? The tournament isn't your typical anime showdown. The ancient sorcerer Kenjaku, aka, the guy who ruined all our lives in season two's Shibuya Incident, has been planning this battle royale for centuries. His goal is to pit 1000 sorcerers against each other in a game where anyone can die at any point. Even Kenjaku can snuff it, but if he does, The Culling Game will continue anyway, generating enough cursed energy for him to transform the whole of Japan into one singular cursed entity. The wildest thing about all this is that he's essentially doing it all for giggles because not even Kenjaku knows what will happen after this. Yuji, Megumi Fushiguro and the gang want to stop this because, well, you can guess why already. But they also want to specifically save Megumi's sister, Tsumiki, who is now one of the many humans who Kenjaku awakened as a sorcerer at the end of season 2. And the odds of surviving a game with "Culling" in the name seems unlikely. There's also the matter of Satoru Gojo, the blue-eyed wonder who was …

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' most graphic scene so far makes a crucial point about the show
type: item
date: 2026-01-19T15:00:08.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: HBO
subject: NOW
subject: Sky
description: It's not just for the shock factor.
encoded: Plenty of people have had a s**t time of it in Westeros, but few have had it quite as bad as Dunk (Peter Claffey). A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms begins with the modest hedge knight in mourning. Once Dunk has wiped away his tears, the plan is to honour his late master, Ser Arlan of Pennytree (Danny Webb), in a jousting tournament nearby. But before he heads off to compete, another task must be completed first. It's all very serious as Dunk buries Arlan with all the gravitas you might expect from a show set in this world. The music swells and builds ceremoniously as the hero's journey is about to begin… And then we suddenly cut to Dunk defecating by a tree. It's not a brief dump either. The camera cuts from a modest overhead shot to a wide angle where we can see the full extent of the poop spraying out from Dunk's behind. Targaryens will get down and dirty in all kinds of ways, often with their own siblings, but you'd never catch one of them doing that. Not on camera anyway. Of course, Dunk doesn't know he's being watched by us either. Poor guy. And things are about to get a whole lot worse for him before they get better… It's tempting to assume the graphic nature of this scene has been included this early on just for shock value. Games of Thrones is hardly known for taming things down, after all. But like a doctor looking through a stool for answers, we too can learn a lot about Dunk and this show's outlook through a messy scene like this. There's the abrupt shift in tone for one. While both Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon are rather serious (for the most part), leading with this bowel movement early on establishes that this ain't your nana's Westeros — not by any means. Humour is as integral to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms as knights and kingdoms are. It's there in the way people greet each other — "What you gawping at, you blue eyed c**t?" — and it's there in the crueller putdowns too, like when a woman says early on, "A hedge knight is like a knight, bu…

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His & Hers ending explained: Who was the real culprit all along?
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date: 2026-01-08T17:51:13.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: Let's break it down.
encoded: **Warning: contains spoilers for His & Hers episodes 1-6.** Don't let the name of this new Netflix thriller fool you. His & Hers is anything but romantic, driven by dark desires that result in a dangerous game of cat and mouse between two exes. The former lovers in question are Jon Bernthal's highly strung detective named Jack Harper and Anna, a cutthroat journalist played by Tessa Thompson. Personal trauma ripped their marriage apart a year prior, but when a woman is brutally murdered in their Atlanta hometown, Anna returns to investigate and salvage her career. The problem is Jack might have been the one who killed her… It turns out His & Hers is just as twisty as the Alice Feeney novel it's based on because just when you think you know who killed Rachel Hopkins, viewers discover that the culprit was actually a lot closer to home. His & Hers ending explained Five episodes in, time is running out for Jack. After dodging his detective colleague Priya Patel (Sunita Mani) all season, the evidence is stacking up against him. But does he care? No, not after he finds his sister Zoe (Marin Ireland) murdered in the bathtub. Yep, what might have been a red Lush bathbomb turns out to be her blood, which is now all over Jack. Anna makes a discovery of her own, less gruesome, but no less dangerous, when she realises that the rival anchorwoman gunning for her job isn't just a random blonde named Lexy (Rebecca Rittenhouse). She's actually Catherine (Astrid Rotenberry), a girl who Anna's friends bullied back in school. It turns out Catherine lost a lot of weight and changed her name to fool everyone and enact revenge. But that's not all she's done. The final episode of His & Hers starts with a flashback where Lexy, back when she was known as Catherine, goes on a family boat trip. Sounds cute, right? Sadly no, because it's not long before Catherine's sister starts poking fun at her weight. In response, Catherine does what anyone would do and deliberately uses up the medicine in An…

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Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 review: Anime A-lister returns to cull the competition
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date: 2026-01-08T17:00:01.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Anime
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Review
description: The first two episodes of season 3 amp up everything we love most about Jujutsu Kaisen.
encoded: This review is based on Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 episodes 1-2. Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 kicks off with an uncharacteristically quiet moment for the teen sorcerer at the heart of this show. Yuji Itadori is washing blood off his hands, but there's just too much of it. Red stains spiral into the sink, stubbornly refusing to come clean. Endless torrents of blood are par for the course in both the series and the Gege Akutami-penned manga this story is based on, but this isn't just the aftermath of any old battle. Season 2 ended with The Shibuya Incident, Jujutsu Kaisen's most devastating arc yet. Friends died at the hands of demons and countless more perished at the hands of Yuji himself once the power of Ryomen Sukuna took over. In the fallout from this, the blood on Yuji's hands carries something far heavier, and the overarching mood is thick with despair as well. Survivor's guilt coupled with guilt over the carnage he technically wreaked shapes everything here, visually warping Tokyo itself with a bleary pink sunrise stained like the blood on his hands. A giant, grotesque monster claws at Yuji all of a sudden, throwing us into battle, but you can feel that Yuji's heart isn't in it. Even at his most impressive, jumping and spinning and hurtling through the air mid-fight, Yuji's body language speaks to a broken man far removed from the protagonist we were first introduced to in season one. Dread infuses every frame, every lingering shot of an empty staircase or demolished building. It's eerie and atmospheric in ways that speak to the show's movie-level animation and how the team at MAPPA are capable of stunning beyond Jujutsu Kaisen's signature fights. These too are just as elaborate as ever, first when Yuji tears into Cronenbergian demons, and then when Yuta Okkotsu arrives to kill him on orders from the Jujutsu Council. We've only seen glimpses of Yuta in the main show before now, but here, the protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is finally unleashed in full, pitting the fr…

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Why everyone's talking about Heated Rivalry
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creator: David Opie
subject: App
subject: App features
description: The Canadian sports romance series, based on Rachel Reid's novels, is the show of the moment.
encoded: Add Heated Rivalry to your watchlist When it comes to sport, hockey might be a big player on the international stage, but it's not exactly a huge draw when it comes to storytelling on screen. Not since the Mighty Ducks, anyway. That's all changed now though thanks to a pair of gay hockey players who develop the hots for each other while they puck their way to the top. Based on Rachel Reid's Game Changers novel series, Heated Rivalry follows Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) as they compete on the ice and get steamy in the bedroom. Along the way, they struggle with the toll that comes with keeping their love secret while training to be the very best at what they do. Throw in a whole lot of butts and it's easy to see the immediate appeal of this story. But even so, it's hard to fathom just how quickly Heated Rivalry took the world by storm. Jacob Tierney's adaptation started out as a Crave original, which probably doesn't mean a whole lot to people who live outside of Canada. But just a week before the premiere launched, Heated Rivalry picked up an international distribution deal, expanding the show's reach to millions more via HBO Max (you know, the streamer that won't arrive on our shores until March 2026). Now it will air on Sky Atlantic from Saturday 10 January. Even so, Heated Rivalry didn't receive the same kind of big marketing push that HBO originals like House of the Dragon take for granted. Not from the network anyway. Instead, promotion fell to the fans. Specifically, horny fans of Reid's original book who pored through every moment in the first trailer, creating countless edits and screaming reaction videos using just 90 seconds of material. View Green Video on the source website Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, executive producer Brendan Brady revealed it was this fan buzz that directly led to HBO Max's involvement, thereby securing the show's international success. But distribution alone could never guarantee such a r…

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Pluribus ending explained: Cast break down every twist and reveal
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date: 2025-12-24T03:00:55.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
description: It's Christmas, Carol!
encoded: It's Christmas, Carol! But that doesn't mean it's all cheer and goodwill as far as Pluribus is concerned. Santa giveth and Santa taketh too with this season 1 finale, which marks the end of a chapter, but also gives us one of the most unique, special ends to a season we've seen in quite some time. The episode, titled 'La Chica o El Mundo', is essentially a three-hander between Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn), Manousos Oviedo (Carlos-Manuel Vesga), and Zosia (Karolina Wydra) — even if the latter technically represents pretty much every other person on the planet. And with this close proximity comes a few disturbing twists that we spoke to stars Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra in greater detail about. But the final chapter begins before these three characters meet, revealing what happens when one of the few remaining survivors gets her wish in Peru. Pluribus season 1 ending explained: What happened to Carol? Interviews by Alex Hewitt. With the clock ticking 71 days in, the season one finale of Pluribus starts with Kusimayu watching as a plane arrives in her small Peruvian village. A relative (in the group mind) asks if she's 'excited or nervous about what's to come.' Against gorgeous scenic backdrops, we watch as a special crate is delivered to Kusimayu. "Will it hurt?" she asks. "Not one bit," replies the group mind. And with that, Peruvian chanting begins as Kusimayu breathes in vapour that emanates from the delivery. As soon as she falls to the ground, mid-seizure, the religious-like chanting immediately stops. The Joined have what they wanted now. Kusimayu has joined them too, and she did so willingly, so there's no need to keep up any semblance of normalcy. Everyone in the entire village suddenly leaves at once, letting the farm animals free as they go. Where they go next, we don't know, because then the action returns to Carol and Zosia watching Manousos on his way to Albuquerque. Zosia suggests that they/she should not be here when he arrives in case her presence u…

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My Hero Academia is ending after more than a decade – here's how it became an anime phenomenon
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date: 2025-12-13T09:00:50.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Anime
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: Interview
description: The beloved cast reflect on the incredible series in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com.
encoded: School's out for good with the end of My Hero Academia, but it's not just the end of another academic year. We're talking the end of an era, the end of a franchise that expanded and deconstructed an entire genre. Where else could you see the kind of earnest, hopeful superhero storytelling that came to define Kōhei Horikoshi's decade-long run in his manga and the show that followed? So much more than just another story about super-powered school kids, My Hero Academia introduced us to countless heroes and villains who are just as inspiring as they are "quirky". It's not just their powers or "quirks" that set them apart though (as weird as they often were). No, it was their determination to push through imperfection and fight for what mattered. Izuku Midoriya, especially, represented a new kind of hero in that sense, worlds removed from the dark or quippy protagonists popularised by Marvel and DC. It's not just us who are saying goodbye to Midoriya and the gang though. After 170 episodes and four theatrical film releases, the English dub cast have been forced to reckon with the end of an era for themselves as well, learning to let go of a show that's dominated anime and their own personal lives for the better part of a decade. "I'm definitely in the beginning phases of mourning," says voice actor Ernesto Jason Liebrecht (Dabi) ahead of the final episode: "It is really kind of a crazy thing to live with a character in your head for a decade of your life, to experience the level of character development that the creators so graciously provided to us as actors." Justin Cook (Red Riot) was quick to echo that sentiment: "There's a part where you don't want to say goodbye to these characters, but at the same time, watching the story wrap up on its own terms… It's pretty powerful to be a part of it." Very few titles make it to eight seasons in any medium, so the fact we're now here in the final stretch with some of the show's best reviews yet is nothing short of phenomenal. …

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Why won't there be a My Hero Academia season 9?
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date: 2025-12-13T08:00:54.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Anime
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
description: The anime has bowed out after eight seasons.
encoded: After almost a decade, My Hero Academia is officially ending. The anime phenomenon, created by author and illustrator Kōhei Horikoshi, follows Izuku Midoriya/Deku, a boy who was born without a superpower (or a Quirk) in a world where they have become commonplace. After he dreams of becoming a superhero, he is scouted by the world's greatest hero, All Might, and enrols in a high school for superheroes in training. Now, the show is officially bowing out. Here's why there won't be another season of the beloved anime. Why won't there be a My Hero Academia season 9? Quite simply, eight seasons were enough to tell the story from Horikoshi's manga. Season 8 adapted the final chapters from the manga (plus a bit of bonus content), bringing the story to an end. In the grand scheme of things, 10 years is actually not a super long run for anime, when compared to titan franchises like One Piece, Naruto and Bleach, which have run and run for decades. Ending the anime can't have been an easy feat, especially when the ending to the manga proved rather controversial, with fans criticising the pacing and how things ended for Deku. Speaking exclusively about how the cast feel ending the show, Dabi voice actor Ernesto Jason Liebrecht told RadioTimes.com: "I'm definitely in the beginning phases of mourning. "It is really kind of a crazy thing to live with a character in your head for a decade of your life, to experience the level of character development that the creators so graciously provided to us as actors." Justin Cook (Red Riot) added: "There's a part where you don't want to say goodbye to these characters, but at the same time, watching the story wrap up on its own terms… It's pretty powerful to be a part of it." "After you do this for a really long time, you suddenly realise that these shows don't always go away," said Christopher Wehkamp (Eraserhead). "My Hero Academia is so big and it's so meaningful to so many people, we could always hope that it's going to be back in some it…

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Why everyone's talking about Heated Rivalry
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date: 2025-12-08T15:56:22.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: On demand
description: The Canadian sports romance series, based on Rachel Reid's novels, is the show of the moment.
encoded: When it comes to sport, hockey might be a big player on the international stage, but it's not exactly a huge draw when it comes to storytelling on screen. Not since the Mighty Ducks, anyway. That's all changed now though thanks to a pair of gay hockey players who develop the hots for each other while they puck their way to the top. Based on Rachel Reid's Game Changers novel series, Heated Rivalry follows Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) as they compete on the ice and get steamy in the bedroom. Along the way, they struggle with the toll that comes with keeping their love secret while training to be the very best at what they do. Throw in a whole lot of butts and it's easy to see the immediate appeal of this story. But even so, it's hard to fathom just how quickly Heated Rivalry took the world by storm. Jacob Tierney's adaptation started out as a Crave original, which probably doesn't mean a whole lot to people who live outside of Canada. But just a week before the premiere launched, Heated Rivalry picked up an international distribution deal, expanding the show's reach to millions more via HBO Max (you know, the streamer that won't arrive on our shores until March 2026). Even so, Heated Rivalry didn't receive the same kind of big marketing push that HBO originals like House of the Dragon take for granted. Not from the network anyway. Instead, promotion fell to the fans. Specifically, horny fans of Reid's original book who pored through every moment in the first trailer, creating countless edits and screaming reaction videos using just 90 seconds of material. View Green Video on the source website Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, executive producer Brendan Brady revealed it was this fan buzz that directly led to HBO Max's involvement, thereby securing the show's international success. But distribution alone could never guarantee such a rabid response, especially for a show that has no recognisable IP outside of the book fanbase. T…

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Maxton Hall season 2 ending explained: The scandal that sabotages Ruby and James's happy ever after
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date: 2025-11-28T10:43:41.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Amazon Prime Video
subject: On demand
description: Let's break it down.
encoded: School's back in session at Maxton Hall, where a scholarship student and the entitled rich kid must fight to overcome the world between them and make their love work. Based on Mona Kasten's best-selling book Save Me, the first season of MaxtonHall had the most successful series launch of any non-American Prime Original ever upon its release. Things weren't looking so good for Ruby and James, however, as season 1 ended in tragedy. Just as their romance finally got back on track, James and his sister Lydia were confronted with the worst news imaginable. Their mother Cordelia had died after suffering a stroke. Season 2 kicked off with James spiralling so much that he wrecked his relationship with Ruby entirely. But Maxton Hall being Maxton Hall, it wasn't long before the pair reconciled. As such, the drama came instead from James's awful father, who continues to make his son's life as hard as possible, with Ruby often taking the brunt of his cruelty. The only thing crueller is us being forced to sit through this schlock in the first place. That's not all though. Beyond this family strife, another controversy brewed, one that takes centre stage at the end of season 2 in what must be one of TV's weirdest, most uncomfortable developments of 2025. Read on to find out how Maxton Hall season 2 ends and see just what we're on about. Maxton Hall – The World Between Us season 2 ending explained The previous episode ended with Maxton Hall's Principal discovering that one of his teachers, Graham Sutton, has got Lydia pregnant. This plotline is all kinds of gross and icky by the way, especially because of how the writers romanticise it – and in a teen show, no less. James's sister and the professor are in love, which apparently makes this power dynamic something worth rooting for? Or at the very least, something we shouldn't be condemning outright? The head has the right response though, dramatically looking into the distance with sheer horror in his eyes (even if he's only thinki…

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How anime has led the way in the battle against climate change
type: item
date: 2025-11-18T12:00:12.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Anime
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Climate - Intentional focused content
subject: Comment
description: Tackling environmental topics is in the very DNA of the medium.
encoded: Storytelling naturally reflects the culture and climate it's produced in – yet few films and shows appear to be tackling the biggest threat to both. According to Climate.gov, 2024 was the warmest year since global records began in 1850 (by a wide margin) and the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred in the past decade. Floods and heatwaves are increasing as the climate crisis grows, yet Western takes on this issue remain few and far between, especially when it comes to children's fare where they could make the most impact. Since Ferngully left a lasting impression on millennials in the early '90s, not many animated films have continued where it left off. Just The Lorax and Pixar's Wall-E stand out as two notable exceptions when it comes to tackling environmental issues in animation. It's a different story in Japan, however. Anime has long incorporated themes of this nature, tapping into traditional Taoist and Shintoist beliefs that prioritise ecological harmony and respect for the natural world. The Godfather of Anime, Tezuka Osamu, did so as far back as the '60s with Kimba the White Lion, and more adult stories like the Black Jack manga, where an unlicensed surgeon used his money to fund environmental projects. It's Studio Ghibli that often comes to mind first, however. Even before the studio was named as such, co-founder Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, a post-apocalyptic saga where the key to surviving a polluted world came from understanding the resilience of nature and the interconnectedness of all living things. View oEmbed on the source website Plenty of other Miyazaki films continued this outlook further including Spirited Away, where the cleansing of a polluted river spirit is vital to the story and My Neighbor Totoro, which celebrates the beauty of rural life and preserving natural spaces. Aside from Nausicaä, however, it's Princess Mononoke which comes up most regularly in these conversations, thanks to the cent…

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It: Welcome to Derry risks ruining Pennywise for good with one fatal mistake
type: item
date: 2025-11-17T08:00:43.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: HBO
subject: NOW
subject: Sky
description: Welcome to Derry dares to hold Pennywise back – only to reveal far too much.
encoded: Eddie who? Richie whatshisname? As strong as the cast were in Andy Muschietti's IT, Pennywise is always the first name that comes to mind when you think of his twofold adaptation. As such, it didn't take long for Bill Skarsgård's deranged clown to dance its way into our hearts and nightmares alike (while showing up occasionally in my therapy sessions too). It's safe to say then that if there's one thing we'd want to see more of in the prequel series Welcome To Derry, it's Pennywise, even if it was reduced to a weird gross baby puddle by the end of IT: Chapter Two. The show is set 27 years before the events of the first film, making it easy to bring Pennywise back in its full splendour. Yet for the first few episodes, Skarsgård doesn't show up at all. IT is there, of course. It's in every nook and cranny of Derry, its evil seeping into every brick and the mind of every resident. Stephen King's most recognisable antagonist even shows up to terrify a new batch of kids each week, but not in his most recognisable form. Instead, IT appears as various nightmares made flesh, from Lilly's pickled father to a baby-faced demon in the premiere. It would have been easy to simply rely on the iconography of Pennywise, maximising the show's scares by giving viewers what they came for. But what you want isn't always best for you. Muschietti and his team smartly recognised that in writing this show, choosing to hold back on revealing Pennywise in full until five episodes in. Risky? Yes, but this was actually the best way to reintroduce a once-terrifying character who audiences have grown somewhat desensitised to. How could you not after Pennywise was meme'd into oblivion back when the films first came out? Building on the tension that comes with waiting to see it, this idea that Pennywise could leap out at any moment, helped remind us how scary IT really is while erasing those dancing memes from our minds completely. It's unfortunate then that Welcome To Derry risks undoing all this,…

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Pluribus season 1 review: Vince Gilligan's sci-fi masterpiece will take you to your happy place
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date: 2025-11-07T10:03:47.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Comment
description: Rhea Seehorn is magnificent in this unique sci-fi masterpiece.
encoded: TV titan Vince Gilligan is known for writing bad guys. Think Walter White in Breaking Bad or Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul. But for his highly anticipated follow-up, Gilligan dares to imagine a world where there are no bad guys, where evil has been eradicated in its entirety. And therein lies a very different kind of horror. Pluribus begins with a scientific discovery gone awry, as is often the case with post-apocalyptic stories of this nature. One simple mistake breaks the world as we know it, unleashing a virus that melds the globe into one collective group mind. The horrific imagery that follows evokes everything from the devastating stillness of 28 Days Later to the chilling paranoia embedded throughout Invasion of the Body Snatchers (in all its incarnations). So why was Pluribus surrounded by so much secrecy prior to its release? We've seen this all before, right? Well no, it turns out that Gilligan's twist on the genre quickly takes these familiar tropes in wildly unexpected directions that intrigue, unsettle, and might occasionally test your patience at points. Without spoiling too much, this global shift in thinking isn't hellbent on domination. The virus has essentially won already, yet that was never its goal. Melding the world's population into one singular mind was just necessary, a biological imperative akin to breathing. The result is a happy one, creating a utopia on earth where there is no more crime. Discrimination is a thing of the past and every caged animal has been set free. At its core, this apocalypse brings peace and happiness to everyone on earth except the one woman who can't stand it. Carol Sturka, an unhappy romance novelist who peddles "mindless crap" numbers among the very few people on earth who have retained their minds still, somehow immune to the virus. As such, the collective is keen to draw Carol into their embrace, quite happily informing her that they're working on ways to push through and infect her somehow. It's in this ten…

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The Witcher season 4's Liam Hemsworth recast makes complete sense for one key reason
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date: 2025-10-31T12:15:49.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: Netflix
description: Geralt's had quite the makeover in season 4.
encoded: The Witcher has fought all manner of monsters in his time, but four seasons in, the biggest threat to Geralt's existence might just be himself. Or at least, the new version of him that's been introduced in Netflix's latest season. Whatever your thoughts on The Witcher might be, fans and detractors alike usually agree that Henry Cavill has been pivotal to the show's success. Whether he was drawing his sword or drawing a bath, Cavill's take on Geralt felt intrinsic to the story being told. It's as if he was born to play The Witcher. So when Cavill suddenly left the show three seasons in, his exit understandably came as quite a shock. It was impossible for fans to imagine what The Witcher might look like without him, yet that's exactly what showrunner Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich was forced to do for the series to continue. Enter Liam Hemsworth, another statuesque bulk of a man who was asked to step in and take Cavill's place. Long before pics of him donning the wig surfaced online, fans were already quick to denounce Hemsworth as being unfit for the task at hand. These were big shoes to fill, after all. Never mind that Liam is 6cm taller than Henry. It didn't help that when trailers for season 4 did finally arrive, they included a scene where Hemsworth's Geralt rallies his friends by crying: "Let's f**king move." For fans still invested in the show, this felt like a betrayal of sorts, a sign that The Witcher had lost its way. "Geralt would never say such a thing," they claimed, with others criticising Hemsworth's delivery of the line as well. To be fair, Liam was going to be criticised regardless, no matter how good or bad he was in the role. Copy Cavill too closely and you're just a pale imitation of the real deal. Put your own stamp on the character and you risk losing Geralt's essence entirely. This was always going to be a lose-lose situation for Hemsworth, at least at the beginning when fans would be most resistant to change. Plus, it's not exactly easy to pull off a …

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Wayward ending explained: Do Abbie and Leila escape the school?
type: item
date: 2025-10-29T13:08:46.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: Lets's break it down. **CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR WAYWARD**
encoded: *Warning: Major Wayward spoilers ahead.* Mae Martin’s new mystery series Wayward has hooked fans with its genre-bending oddness, thrilling plot and decades-spanning twists. Set in the secluded town of Tall Pines, Vermont, the series centres on Tall Pines Academy, a so-called therapeutic school for troubled teens, helmed by the terrifying Evelyn (Toni Collette). Creator Martin also stars as Alex, a police officer who has just moved to Tall Pines with his pregnant fiancée, Laura (Sarah Gadon), and immediately begins to sense something is off about the town. Alex soon becomes entangled with two students, Abbie (Sydney Topliffe) and Leila (Alyvia Alyn Lind), who plan to break out of the school. But Alex has more than his own fair share of problems to contend with. The new cop in town can't leave Tall Pines yet, not until he has enough dirt on Evelyn to break free of her controlling hold on his family. He and Laura plan to escape together with their baby once it's born – except at the end of episode 7, Alex overhears Laura tell her support group that she's never going to leave town. Not ever. It's then that Alex finally realises that Laura, who seemed to be rebelling against her former mentor, is actually becoming the new Evelyn herself. To make matters worse, it also looks like Leila is becoming the new Laura now that she's falling for Evelyn's cult-like control, just like Alex's wife once did all those years ago. So, will Laura turn to the dark side completely? Will Abbie and Leila's friendship survive long enough to escape? And will Collette deliver another raging "Mother" monologue, the likes of which we've not seen since her Oscar-worthy turn in Hereditary? Here's how Mae Martin's Wayward ends its first (and probably only) season on Netflix. Wayward ending explained: Do Abbie and Leila escape? Sensing that she's losing her grip over Laura, Evelyn shows up at Laura's house, but doesn't get a warm welcome. Her current number one disciple, Rabbit, isn't so keen on Evel…

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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 ending explained – every twist broken down
type: item
date: 2025-10-20T03:00:30.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: NOW
subject: Sky
description: Let's hope the siesta they take between seasons is enough to inject some new life into this spin-off.
encoded: Like its titular zombies, The Walking Dead continues to live on as a shadow of its former self. That is, except for the Daryl Dixon spin-off. While other spin-offs have failed to capture what made the flagship show so popular, Norman Reedus and his fan-favourite character have endured for three seasons to much greater success. With a season 4 already confirmed, the future's looking good for Daryl and his bestie Carol who's accompanied him for the past two seasons. Except, everyone's favourite mulleted hero hasn't exactly had it easy this time around. Trapped in the Spanish town of Solaz del Amar, Daryl and Carol are caught up in all kinds of drama with the show's new Big Bad, Fede. Plus, Carol's been catching feelings for a local named Antonio. It's a shame then that Fede has kidnapped Antonio and is currently torturing him for info on Daryl. Will Carol find love at last? Will Daryl ever make it home? And will someone finally cut Daryl's mullet down to size while he's sleeping? These questions and more all come to mind watching the seventh, final episode of Daryl Dixon season 3. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 ending explained The finale begins with a callback to a callback. Remember when Daryl placed Laurent's Rubik's Cube at a memorial to honour him a few episodes prior? (Laurent was the French kid Daryl looked after in seasons 1 and 2.) Well, we're back there now with another familiar face from previous seasons. Yep, the mysterious eyepatch guy is actually Stéphane Codron, who started out as a villain in season 1 before he switched sides. The last time we saw him was at the end of season 2 when hallucinogenic bat poop in the Channel Tunnel caused him to see visions of his brother, during which he stabbed Daryl with a bayonet. Yep, really. That encounter ended with Stéphane running off to who knows where and he hasn't been seen since. Until now. More on that later. While Antonio is being tortured by Fede, Carol tries to convince his ungrateful son Roberto t…

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My Hero Academia's 10 strangest characters ranked from quirky to super weird
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date: 2025-10-18T07:00:17.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Anime
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
description: Quirky is one word for it!
encoded: My Hero Academia is so much more than just a Japanese version of Western comic book stories like X-Men or Umbrella Academy. Across its decade-long run, Kōhei Horikoshi's school-based superhero saga has changed the game for storytelling in both anime and manga, introducing us to countless heroes and villains who are just as inspiring as they are weird. Powers in this world are known as "quirks", yet quirky doesn't even begin to cover the bizarre places some of these characters take us. In Class 1-A alone, there are students who possess frog powers, who gain super strength from eating sugar, and one who can even shoot lasers out of his belly button. These would be the strangest characters in almost any other story, but in My Hero Academia, such quirks are ordinary and even mundane in comparison to the 10 weirdos you're about to meet in this list. But who's the weirdest and freakiest character in a world full of them? Join us here at RadioTimes.com as we flex our listing Quirk and create the ultimate ranking of 10 weirdest characters in My Hero Academia. 10. Taneo Tokuda – Whole Body Lens Imagine being able to take photos without worrying that your phone might run out of charge. That's the perfect reality Taneo Tokuda lives in thanks to his unique Whole Body Lens ability that enables him to form camera lenses anywhere on his skin. Tokuda can even print off the photos he takes from his chest, polaroid style. Obviously, he's a reporter, because what else would you possibly do with that quirk? Being a perv in the shadows won't pay your bills, after all. 9. Teruo Hazukashi – Shame When people usually feel shame or embarrassment, we tend to sweat or our face might turn red. But for Hazukashi, these feelings also endow him with super-strength. That's why when he shows up in episode 87, this nefarious criminal decides to get naked in a busy street, powered up by the shame this brings. Hazukashi is kind of ripped though, so why he's embarrassed to show off those abs is beyond …

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Peacemaker season 2 ending explained: How finale sets up Superman's Man of Tomorrow
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date: 2025-10-10T09:45:12.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: HBO
subject: Sky
description: Things aren't looking good for Chris. **CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR PEACEMAKER SEASON 2 EPISODE 8**
encoded: **Warning: Spoilers ahead for Peacemaker season 2 episode 8.** Will Peacemaker ever find any actual peace? The penultimate episode of season 2 left Chris Smith in a very bad place. Yes, even worse than the Nazi-loving dimension he's just escaped from. Because on the team's way out, both Peacemaker's (alternate) brother and (alternate) father ended up dying, forcing Chris to relive the loss of his family all over again. With Peacemaker now in custody and the rest of the gang in disarray, what does this mean for the final chapter of season 2? And how do we go from that to the setup for season 3, not to mention James Gunn's Superman sequel Superman, Man of Tomorrow, which this episode will also launch. Grab yourself a Big Belly burger and settle in as we take a closer look at the end of season 2 and what's next for Peacemaker. Peacemaker season 2 ending explained The finale starts one month prior where we finally get to the night Chris and Emilia Harcourt acted on their feelings and shared a kiss. Copious amounts of tequila aside, it's an incredibly sweet, affecting sequence that wouldn't feel out of place in a modern-day rom-com. That's not to say it's cheesy either, especially when Emilia nearly pummels a guy with freckles. The chemistry Chris and Emilia share feels genuine, rooted in affection for their friends and each other. Back in the present, Chris rejects efforts made by the gang to visit him in prison. He claims to a guard that he's become the angel of death as a result of the trauma he's endured, but if that's true of anyone, it's Rick Flag Sr. Time and time again, he sends A.R.G.U.S. agents to investigate unlocked doors in the inter-dimensional space that Peacemaker first introduced us to at the start of this season. John Economos points out that this feels reckless, especially given that the agents can't be tracked once they pass through each door. Most of the doors are locked though, thankfully. That is, until they reach number 22. At first, it looks like…

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Spy x Family's 10 most powerful characters ranked from weakest to strongest
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date: 2025-10-09T13:58:41.000Z
creator: David Opie
subject: Anime
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
description: How do the Forgers compare?
encoded: Every member of the titular Forger family hides a secret in Spy x Family, not just from the world but from each other as well. Loid Forger, the father, is actually a superspy in disguise, while his wife Yor works as a deadly assassin of international repute. Their adorable daughter Anya has gifts of her own, specifically the ability to read minds, and she's hiding the fact that their dog Bond can see the future. Each is strong in their own way, but who's the strongest? And how do the Forgers compare to the might of others they face within the Spy x Family universe? Read on for our ranking of the strongest Spy x Family characters. Sorry in advance to Bond for not quite making the cut. But he knew that already. 10. Anya Forger If we were ranking the cutest, most adorable Spy x Family characters, Anya would obviously come head and shoulders above the rest, despite her tiny stature. Unfortunately, this is not that list. But even in the strength stakes, Anya is stronger than you might think. Sure, Anya is still a child, and she's often drained easily by using her powers. But if she's this brave and resourceful now at the age of 5, just think how strong Anya could be with some training as an adult. Don't count the smallest Forger out just yet. No matter how tough things might get, she always laughs in the face of danger – and can you say the same? 9. Martha Marriott Appearances can be deceiving, especially in a spy show, and that's absolutely true for Martha Marriott, who works as a personal nanny to Becky Blackbell. This sweet elderly woman once served as a soldier in Ostania’s military and there's a reason why the rich Blackbell family have entrusted her with Becky's safety. As Loid Forger notes when they first meet, Marriott carries herself like a warrior, working as an undercover bodyguard in addition to her nanny duties. She might not be as strong and nimble as she was in her youth, but Martha remains someone you shouldn't mess with, regardless of her age. 8. SSS Lie…

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