Doux Reviews

Outlander: Evidence of Things Not Seen

2026-04-20T14:44:00.005-04:00

"It's the unseen threads that bind us, woven by a hand far greater than our own."

Way to break our hearts, you (expletive deleted) Outlander writers, you.

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Outlander Book Versus Series: Evidence of Things Not Seen

2026-04-20T14:43:00.001-04:00

So here's the situation. (Spoilers for the Outlander episode "Evidence of Things Not Seen" below. Please go read my review of the episode first!)

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Invincible: Season 3

2026-04-19T23:39:00.011-04:00

“You don’t understand. All this? This is my fault. So the only thing I want to do right now… is hit something as hard as I can.”

Let us escape one overburdened world constantly under threat of impending disaster for another even more overburdened world under constant threat of even scarier impending disasters. Let us remind ourselves that bravery, determination and heroism matter, especially in the hardest of times, when our notions of heroism may no longer be so clear-cut.

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TiMER

2026-04-18T12:29:00.002-04:00

"Are you tired of sitting around, waiting for love? Your days of watching and wondering are over. Say goodbye to heartache and disappointments. Now you can be on the clock. True love, on a schedule."

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Mini Movie Reviews: I Spy...

2026-04-18T06:45:00.003-04:00

Today's theme is espionage featuring films by James Cameron, Sidney J. Furie, Tony Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, Sydney Pollack, Martin Ritt, and Daniel Mann.

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Outlander: Blessed Are the Merciful

2026-04-16T17:17:00.008-04:00

"It is a wise man indeed who listens to his wife."

Wise, indeed.

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Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 33)

2026-04-15T11:46:00.000-04:00

“There is always a choice."
"You mean I could choose certain death?"
"A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see, I believe in freedom. Not many people do, although they will of course protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based."

The thirty-third book of the Disc starts off with a rather interesting protagonist. It’s not often our main character is hanged in the first few pages, after all…

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This Week: Archie Just Got Mauled by a Bear

2026-04-12T16:08:00.008-04:00

An Honest Fangirl: These last few weeks have been very hectic for me, and I’m behind on a lot of my shows. I did manage to see Ready or Not 2, though, and it was a ton of fun. It was great to see Sarah Michelle Gellar in something again.

What’s everyone else watching/reading/playing?

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Billions: The Good Life

2026-04-12T15:54:00.003-04:00

"Don’t tell him part of the story until you know the whole story."

Chuck and his team draw in the net around Dollar Bill in the hopes of getting him to flip on Axe.

Axe, however, isn't terribly bothered, as he's currently either having a massive existential crisis or orchestrating an incredibly complicated power play for shadowy reasons of his own. Could go either way.

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Outlander: Send for the Devil

2026-04-11T16:18:00.007-04:00

"I think it will be an evil night."

Well, it was a dark and stormy night, at the very least. They don't usually go for such obvious symbolism, but this time they really went for it. There were also many references to prayer, good and evil, God and the Devil. Everyone thinks God is on their side in a battle, don't they?

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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

2026-04-06T22:15:00.003-04:00

Scorpius: "This is insane, Crichton."
John: "Four years on and you're finally gettin' that?"

While filming of this two-part finale began in December of 2003, just nine months after the show was cancelled (March 10, 2003), we didn’t find out about Peacekeeper Wars until the following May and had to wait another five months (October 17, 2004) for it to premiere. We had to stew with nothing but rumors for over a year that we wouldn’t be left with that miserable ending.

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Fallout: The Other Player

2026-04-04T18:36:00.003-04:00

“I’ve been Wastelandin’ 200 years. Whatever it is I got to do, I do it alone…”

The last episode was very well-done, but didn’t feel like it had a lot of forward momentum. There’s a bit more going on in this one, narratively speaking.

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Outlander: Muskets, Liberty, and Sauerkraut

2026-04-02T21:47:00.007-04:00

"Monsieur Beauchamp told me what every orphan wants to hear, that I'm the son of a great man. But I'm already the son of a great man."

That is one of my favorite lines from the books. Can we all go "awwwwww" together?

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Resident Alien: Ties That Bind

2026-03-31T08:24:00.001-04:00

Asta: Harry, tell her she can't go.
Harry: You can go.
D’arcy: Uh?
Harry: Because you are courageous, and you are not afraid to die.

Episode description: “Harry and D'arcy travel to an unexpected place to recover an alien device left behind by his people.”

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Peaky Blinders Movie: The Immortal Man

2026-03-30T04:06:00.003-04:00

“Once I got nearly everything. It wasn’t enough.”

As a reviewer, I try to avoid going easy on myself when I call a movie bad. Is it so bad that we can enjoy its terribleness? Is it just not doing what I wanted it to do? Is it failing to live up to previous iterations? Or is there truly something here that isn’t working? To duck that question, I’ll just repeat what I emailed Billie after I watched this: The Immortal Man is so bad that it’s weird. Let’s examine why.

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A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 32)

2026-03-29T14:38:00.000-04:00

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

The thirty-second Discworld book is also the second Tiffany Aching book. She’s a bit older now; eleven instead of nine, but she still has a lot to learn as an aspiring witch, so Miss Tick arranges for her be trained by another of their number outside of the chalk where Tiffany lives.

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The Pitt: 5:00 P. M.

2026-03-29T12:22:00.003-04:00

“Did you just curse?”
“It’s how I feel.”

Yeah. That’s how I feel, too. The Pitt never has shied away from politics, and it didn’t here, either.

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Outlander: Abies Fraseri

2026-03-25T15:32:00.007-04:00

"If honesty turns out to be a double-edged sword, well, I think the wounds tend to be worth it."

The opening scene showed us that Fanny Pocock is smart, observant, strong-willed, and stands up for herself. Who does that sound like? ... Read full post

Resident Alien: The Lonely Man

2026-03-23T09:25:00.001-04:00

Asta: We are not getting married, okay? Because we were never a thing. We were just two people who sometimes had sex.
Joseph: I'm sorry, that means something where I come from.

Episode description: “Harry and Asta work together to try and get something.”

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Mini Movie Reviews: Mother Russia

2026-03-22T07:14:00.001-04:00

Today's theme is the land you really don't wanna invade during the winter months featuring films by Alexander Sokurov, David Lean, Franklin J. Schaffner, Igor Maslennikov, Michael Apted, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Vladimir Moty.

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Nicholas Brendon Passes Away at 54

2026-03-21T14:24:00.005-04:00

Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has passed away at the age of 54 from natural causes.

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The Pitt: 4:00 P.M.

2026-03-19T20:24:00.005-04:00

“Here’s her leg.”

Hey, it’s not every day that you get to just hold a woman’s severed leg.

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Outlander: Prophecies

2026-03-18T16:45:00.002-04:00

This had better not be foreshadowing.

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Invincible: Atom Eve Special

2026-03-18T12:17:00.001-04:00

“I’m wearing a mask. I’m using a fake name. I’m apparently a government-designed super weapon. I’ll be fine.”

In this special episode, we take a break from Invincible’s epic journey to explore the backstory of Atom Eve. Which I was pleased to see was just as well-done as any episode of the main series.

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Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 31)

2026-03-17T15:39:00.005-04:00

“You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem.”

For the thirty-first book of the Disc, we visit the ultra-conservative country of Borogravia and its incessant state of war with its neighbors for spurious reasons.

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