Scott Von Doviak
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Prime Video’s Reacher is a binge-worthy take on your favorite airport novel hero
Lee Child's big character Jack Reacher is a better fit for the small screen → Read More
The Flash: Armageddon concludes not with a bang but with a superhero ethics seminar
Mia Queen, the future Green Arrow, drops in for "Armageddon, Part 5" → Read More
The Flash experiences a high-speed reversal of fortune as "Armageddon" continues
Eobard Thawne, Damien Darhk, and Batwoman all drop in on "Armageddon, Part 4" → Read More
Part three of The Flash: Armageddon saves its biggest reveal for last
Emotions run high as Barry decides to stop running in "Armageddon, Part 3." → Read More
"Armageddon" is a lonely crossover event for The Flash
Barry Allen is a man without a headquarters, a team, and a crucial memory → Read More
The Flash kicks off its eighth season with a low-key start to "Armageddon"
The Atom drops in as a five-part crossover event begins → Read More
Chuck and Axe are both outplayed in the Billions season finale
"No Direction Home" sets up yet another new paradigm for season six. → Read More
The knives are out on Billions, where money is just the means of revenge
The anti-Axelrod forces converge, but there's one surprise defector → Read More
Despite an extended hiatus, season five of Billions picks up where it left off
Chuck Rhoades has lost some face as the show returns from its long pandemic break → Read More
The Flash family expands as Bart Allen suddenly exists
The much-missed Jessica Parker Kennedy and John Wesley Shipp speed to the rescue → Read More
The speedster war escalates on a busy episode of The Flash
David Ramsey brings a touch of the Arrowverse past as John Diggle returns → Read More
The Flash battles multiple Godspeeds as a speedster war erupts
Frost's love life and the West-Allens' quest to reproduce are a drag on the episode → Read More
The JV squad takes on Ultraviolet in a Flash-free episode
Original cast members are largely absent, but Danielle Panabaker is behind the camera → Read More
Cecile gets mind-zapped and Chester learns the ropes in a low-key Flash
It's a showcase for Danielle Nicolet that also features the return of a much-missed character → Read More
The Flash sends off another original cast member in appropriately goofy fashion
Carlos Valdes is moving on and taking Cisco Ramon with him → Read More
The Forces arc comes to a muddled end on The Flash
The production team throws everything but coherent storytelling at the concluding episode of the Forces saga, a barrage of psychedelic light shows and plot twists that get untwisted almost immediately. It’s an unsatisfying wrap-up to a story arc that never really satisfied in the first place. The fact that it all comes down to another “All You Need Is Love” ode to family is just the sickly sweet… → Read More
As the forces clash, Team Flash could use some new leadership
Hats off to the writers of The Flash for having a lot more tolerance for the leadership style of Barry Allen than this reviewer is able to muster. It might be an exaggeration to say I end up throwing my pen and notepad in the air at least once a week as Barry pursues some wrongheaded course of action, but it definitely happens more often than not. This fascination with his stubbornness is lost… → Read More
Everyone is looking for an escape route on the City On A Hill season 2 finale
If “Pax Bostonia” ends serving as a series finale, it does so adequately while still suggesting there’s more to explore in City On A Hill. → Read More
Killer Frost learns her fate in a glum episode of The Flash
Well, that was a bummer. → Read More
Frost meets her match on a lackluster episode of The Flash
When Caitlin and Frost split into two separate bodies a few weeks ago, it felt like the setup to some Odd Couple shenanigans that would be quickly resolved. With “Growing Pains,” that separation takes on a darker hue, as Frost is pursued for her past misdeeds by Kristen Kramer, who also seeks to pin a new ice-related crime on her. → Read More