Marvel has confirmed that Bastion won’t be the main villain in X-Men ’97 Season 2. Instead, the show will center around the powerful and dangerous Apocalypse. While Apocalypse was briefly shown in Season 1, his story will be a major focus in the new episodes.
Now that the events of the Trial of Seven have concluded and Dunk and Egg are traveling together again, the next season will be based on ‘The Sworn Sword,’ the second story in the series.
True to form for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Dunk inevitably finds trouble, and Egg tells a lie – though with good intentions. As Maekar flies into a rage, the unlikely pair ride off, and the credits roll accompanied by a surprisingly fitting song.
Critics are loving NCIS: Origins, giving it an 88% score on Rotten Tomatoes – higher than other shows in the NCIS franchise. Unlike the typical NCIS format, this series follows a more continuous storyline and takes a closer look at the early years of Gibbs and his team in the 1990s, exploring their personal histories. The show is getting even better with a new addition in Season 2.
I generally like Dorothy, but whenever Siegfried and Mrs. Hall come up, I get incredibly annoyed. It’s a strange reaction – it feels like being a child whose parents are splitting up and dating others, except these ‘parents’ are characters who never even were a couple, and I’m an adult! It’s ridiculous, but there it is. I just really dislike Dorothy and wish she’d go back to Malta!
Yasmin Muck, now an investigative journalist, isn’t driven by altruism. Throughout the fourth season of Industry, Marisa Abela’s character has been navigating a difficult marriage with her husband, Henry (Kit Harington), who struggles with addiction, all while trying to establish themselves at the fintech firm, Tender. Yasmin fiercely defends Tender’s problematic CEO, Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella), and increasingly compromises her own morals to achieve her goals – even orchestrating a threesome with Henry and Whitney’s assistant, Hayley (Kiernan Shipka), and leveraging a connection to a neo-Nazi to gain support for Tender. She’s determined to make both her marriage and career succeed, but everything unravels in the episode “Dear Henry.” When evidence surfaces suggesting Tender is a fraudulent company, Whitney gives Henry a letter confessing the truth – effectively making him a scapegoat. In the latest episode, Yasmin goes on the offensive, using her connections to smear Tender, frame Henry, and protect herself. Having often been abandoned, she’s now taking control and abandoning him first.
It’s a shame you can’t bet against a marriage! Mr. and Mrs. Muck are now at the center of both a consumer fraud and a government corruption scandal. They seem to genuinely believe they aren’t to blame, claiming, “Other people let this happen.” This line is particularly revealing. When Henry reads a threatening letter from Whitney to his wife, they both interpret it as someone else being responsible for their problems—as if their own greed and carelessness played no part.
The new show inspired by George R.R. Martin’s stories is a welcome change from its predecessors, Thrones and House of the Dragon. Instead of focusing on large-scale dragon fights or complicated political schemes, this six-episode season tells a more personal story. It follows Egg, who is secretly Prince Aegon V but pretends to be a commoner, as he runs away from home before a tournament. He befriends Dunk, a large but inexperienced knight, and becomes his squire. The show features simple pleasures – puppet shows, parties, jousts – and focuses on the growing bond between Egg and his new mentor. Even with a dramatic event – Dunk accidentally getting involved in a massive duel that resulted in the death of the crown prince – the show felt surprisingly refreshing. It proves you don’t need a full-blown war to create compelling family drama.
Fans are in a bit of a tricky situation. The first season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms was based on The Hedge Knight, but its characters don’t appear in the following two stories, The Sworn Sword and The Mystery Knight. This creates a challenge for season two. Viewers enjoyed seeing Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon and are curious about Maekar Targaryen’s future, especially after his son ran off. The question is whether season two will closely follow The Sworn Sword like season one did The Hedge Knight, meaning a completely new cast of characters. Or will the show find ways to bring those familiar faces back through flashbacks or by expanding the story to other locations? However, adding those elements could change the feel of the show, which many appreciated for its focused, smaller-scale story. If the season constantly cuts away to other parts of Westeros, will it still feel like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?
Television often feels like a perfect fit for wrap-up episodes. However, beyond the British tradition of Christmas specials, we rarely see shows conclude with a focus on simply spending time with characters, rather than pushing the plot forward. This makes me wonder if some viewers of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms might find this week’s finale a bit anticlimactic. The main storyline really wrapped up in episode five, and this final episode mostly consists of tying up loose ends and giving the characters a peaceful farewell.