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Powers

Powers 1.10: “F@#K the Big Chiller” Episode Review

By Hector DeJean

April 5, 2016

So, where are we left at the end of Powers? Where has the journey led, and what have we discovered from this hard-to-categorize show? What, exactly, did we watch? A little evaluation of the series, before I get to the episode summary: the reason why I said, at the outset, that Powers was a sci-fi…

Powers 1.09: “Level 13” Episode Review

By Hector DeJean

April 4, 2016

Episode 9's official title is “Level 13,” but for a show that favors music-related titles, a fitting one here would be “Who's Zooming Who?” Christian Walker (Sharlto Copley) has agreed to join Johnny Royalle (Noah Taylor) on his excursion back to the prison known as The Shaft to kill Wolfe (Eddie Izzard), before Wolfe becomes…

Powers 1.08: “Aha Shake Heartbreak” Episode Review

By Hector DeJean

March 29, 2016

We were wrong about Johnny. So, remember that drug Sway that Johnny Royalle (Noah Taylor) was making from DNA he stole from Wolfe (Eddie Izzard)? The drug that he was peddling to “Powers Kids” all over the place? The drug that killed Olympia (Adam Boyer)? The drug that Walker took, which allowed him to temporarily…

Powers 1.07: “You’re Not It” Episode Review

By Hector DeJean

March 28, 2016

The direction of this series hasn't always been clear—the way it jumps in and out of various genres can make it tricky to anticipate—but at this point, there's a definite shape to the ten episodes: Setup (Episodes 1 & 2), engagement (3), initial conflict centerpiece (4 & 5), and, in a moment of downtime, reassessment…

Powers 1.06: “Raconteur of the Funeral Circuit” Episode Review”

By Hector DeJean

March 22, 2016

If Episodes 4 and 5 headed into Aliens territory, Episode 6 opens like a tribute to Silence of the Lambs; Wolfe (Eddie Izzard) is back in his cell, which now has a drainer to keep his powers repressed so he doesn't need a daily icepick to the brain anymore. The drainer's inventor, Triphammer (Andrew Sensenig),…

Powers 1.05: “Paint it Black” Episode Review

By Hector DeJean

March 21, 2016

Although Episode 4 ended with viewers smack in the middle of Wolfe’s (Eddie Izzard) rampage through his prison, Episode 5 opens in the 90s, at a nightclub where young Christian Walker (Sterling Beaumon) and Johnny Royalle (Sasha Feldman) are buddies scoping out the ladies—one of whom is a sultry Retro Girl (still Michelle Forbes). This…

Powers 1.04: “Devil in a Garbage Bag”

By Hector DeJean

March 15, 2016

Having dished out a lot of glitz and glamour in Episode 3—and presented a lot of confusing character interactions (Character A meets B, C meets D, A runs into D, C speaks with E, who goes back to B, etc.)—Episode 4 of Powers gets gritty, bleak, and direct. Wolfe, who seemed like a supporting character…

Powers 1.03: “Mickey Rooney Cries No More” Episode Review

By Hector DeJean

March 14, 2016

With the third episode, Powers gets a little messy—the various character arcs are all contrived to get the players into one of the loud nightclubs that the series seems to love (Calista met Olympia in one in the first episode, Walker ran into Zora in a different one, and in a flashback, we learn that…

Powers 1.02: “Like a Power”

By Hector DeJean

March 8, 2016

So who is up to no good on Powers? Is it Calista (Olesya Rulin), the runaway who wants to be part of the super-powered community? Is it Zora (Logan Browning), the attractive “Powers Kid” hoping to turn her abilities into celebrity cred? Is it Krispin (Max Fowler), the son of Walker's (Sharlto Copley) dead partner?…

Powers 1.01: “Pilot”

By Hector DeJean

March 7, 2016

Debuting on Sony's Playstation Network as their first original scripted show, Powers is an odd bird; a lot of labels could be applied to it, but none of them really fit. It was based, loosely, on a comic book series, but it's not a comic book show like The Flash or Supergirl; its protagonists are…

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