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Anyone watching the trailer for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story could reasonably wonder what Aileen Wuornos is doing there. Lizzie Borden’s story belongs to the 1890s, while Wuornos committed her murders almost a century later. The answer is that Aileen Wuornos has no real-life connection to Lizzie Borden. The two women never met and did…
Netflix’s Swedish crime thriller Blood Sacrifice wraps up its central murder mystery in five episodes, but the ending does not necessarily close the door on Thomas and Alfred Berg. With Peter Johansson’s killing spree brought to an end and the father and son reaching a fragile new understanding, the obvious question is whether they could…
Netflix’s Blood Sacrifice spends most of its five episodes hiding the identity of the person behind the gruesome attacks on Stockholm police officers. The finale finally unmasks Peter Johansson as the so-called 112 Killer, but his motive is more complicated than a simple hatred of the police. Peter is a former police officer whose partner,…
Alfred Berg comes dangerously close to becoming the final victim of Peter Johansson in Blood Sacrifice, but Alfred does not die. He survives Peter’s kidnapping, a stabbing and the violent confrontation that closes Netflix’s Swedish thriller. The finale intentionally leaves Alfred’s fate uncertain for several tense moments. Peter wants Alfred to become the final “sacrifice”…
For much of Silo Season 3, Orla Kent’s murder looked as though it would lead directly to the Harwood family and whatever was being hidden behind Construction. That suspicion was only partly right. Season 3 Episode 8 finally identifies Orla’s killer as her boyfriend, Mike Davidson. Mike had been stealing supplies, Orla discovered what he…
Bert and Chana do not successfully get married in Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Episode 5. Their relationship moves remarkably fast: Chana sleeps with Bert, he falls in love with her, she agrees to try monogamy and later accepts his proposal. Bert even asks Stuart to be his best man and Denise to perform…
Stuart, Denise, Bert and Kripke escape the seemingly peaceful village at the end of Episode 5, but not before their presence effectively destroys the society they found. The villagers begin as a community with no concept of private ownership or exclusive relationships. Kripke introduces the idea of “mine,” while Bert teaches Chana about monogamy. Those…
Juliette spends “Gray Goo” trying to take Silo 1’s deadliest weapon away from it, but the episode ends with Silo 18’s rebellion losing its most important person instead. Juliette is captured at the end of Silo Season 3 Episode 8 after realizing Judicial has compromised the operation to disable the Safeguard. Sandy secretly warns the…
Knox’s father Gus has spent much of Silo Season 3 looking like a man carrying guilt he would rather leave buried. “Gray Goo” finally explains why. Gus once came up with the basic design for distributing poison from Silo 1 to every other silo, then drew the system for Harwood after being promised a new…
Juliette’s reaction to Shirley in Silo Season 3 Episode 8 makes it seem for a moment as if “Gray Goo” has casually dropped a pregnancy reveal in the middle of the Safeguard mission. The episode does not explicitly confirm that Shirley is already pregnant, but it does reveal something almost as important: Shirley and Knox…
“Gray Goo” spends much of its hour answering questions Silo has been storing since the Season 3 premiere, then uses its final minutes to put Juliette Nichols in serious danger. Season 3 Episode 8 confirms that the cloud that destroyed Charlotte’s squadron was an Iranian nanoweapon, while Per Stensen reveals that fear of weaponized nanotechnology…
Wheezie Cameron finally returns in Outer Banks Season 5 after being almost completely absent from the story since Season 3. She is alive and still living under Rose’s control when Sarah finds her again in Episode 4. Wheezie immediately asks Sarah to help her get away from Rose, then reveals that Rose has a mysterious…
