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  • NewsAlex Moreland (TV Blogger)

    Rape culture, transporter accidents, and evil twins: Star Trek’s Worst Ever Episode

    More often than not, people are inclined to highlight episodes from Voyager or Enterprise as the lowest of the low, in keeping with the poor reputation those iterations of Star Trek enjoy. The Enemy Within was first broadcast on October 6th 1966, the fifth episode of Star Trek ever to air. You’d probably know it, if at all, as the one where Kirk gets split in two, with William Shatner giving fairly memorable performances as “evil Kirk” and “good Kirk”.

  • NewsAlex Moreland (TV Blogger)

    Jessica Jones - Why Kilgrave is Marvel’s Best Villain

    One complaint that’s levelled at Marvel Studios - quite frequently, in fact - is the relative weaknesses of their villains. Essentially, there’s always been a pressing need for the heroes to function as developed characters that hasn’t exactly been true of the villains. Accordingly, then, it’s characters like Grant Ward or Wilson Fisk who are amongst the best of the Marvel villains – and a large part of that is down to screentime.