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Ed Power

Ed Power's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Ed Power is an Irish journalist who writes about music, video games and other pop culture ephemera. Only two people have ever fallen asleep while being interviewed by him – in both cases they insisted it wasn't personal

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Legends: Season 1 (2026) 92% EDIT “True crime can often feel as if it is dining out on the misery of strangers. But Legends is a gripping...thriller that sets itself the daunting task of making customs and excise workers appear moody and glamorous – and more or less pulls it off.” – Irish Times May 7, 2026 Full Review Amandaland: Season 2 (2026) 89% EDIT “Still as a comedy character, [Amanda] is one of the best things British television has produced in years. Her second season in the spotlight is a proper treat for connoisseurs of cringe.” – Irish Times May 7, 2026 Full Review Big Mood: Season 2 (2026) 67% EDIT “Sad to say, Big Mood is a little bit of a let-down – though it does confirm Coughlan as a star who can shine even when a show has lost its glow.” – Irish Times Apr 30, 2026 Full Review Widow's Bay: Season 1 (2026) 97% EDIT “Amid a deluge of cosy crime, there is also a real pleasure in a show that embraces the supernatural wholeheartedly and without embarrassment.” – Irish Times Apr 29, 2026 Full Review MasterChef UK: Season 22 (2026) 80% EDIT “Haugh and Dent make it worth watching, however. They are chipper and supportive, but they don’t over-egg their enthusiasm and are (very mildly) critical as required. ” – Irish Times Apr 24, 2026 Full Review The Dry: Season 3 (2026) EDIT “Having begun as a clichéd comedy about posh, drunken Dubs, The Dry has matured into something both funnier and more introspective – and it’s great fun to sit down and watch it pour another (non-alcoholic) glass of acutely observed social comedy.” – Irish Times Apr 24, 2026 Full Review The Assembly Ireland: Season 1, Episode 1 (2026) EDIT “Do we get a more profound sense of Martin as a person? Not especially. But the show is nevertheless worthwhile in that it gives a platform to neurodivergent people. The only caveat is it could have benefited from a tighter run time. ” – Irish Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Mint: Season 1 (2026) 88% EDIT “[Charlotte Regan] has made a sugary treat – gorgeous but best enjoyed in moderate doses so that all the sweetness doesn’t turn sour.” – Irish Times Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Euphoria: Season 3 (2026) 40% EDIT “Euphoria’s jaded nihilism always had a best-before date. Tawdry and tedious, this underwhelming new run of episodes suggests it has finally passed. ” – Irish Times Apr 13, 2026 Full Review The Young Offenders: Season 5 (2026) EDIT “The Young Offenders is an important reminder to RTÉ...that urban life exists outside Dublin. But it’s not much more than that, and what a tragedy it is that it doesn’t aspire to more than old-school British sitcom in a Cork jersey.” – Irish Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review The Pitt: Season 2 (2026) 98% EDIT “It isn’t original – ultimately it is just ER with bonus grit and minus George Clooney – but in the stifling world of streaming television, The Pitt hits like a breath of fresh air.” – Irish Times Apr 9, 2026 Full Review The Testaments: Season 1 (2026) 88% 4/5 EDIT “You have to admire the sheer chutzpah that the producers have displayed in taking a respected sci-fi text and turning it into a sort of George Orwell version of High School Musical – a potentially disastrous gamble carried off with style and assurance.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Apr 8, 2026 Full Review Babies: Season 1 (2026) 92% EDIT “It’s not clear what point Babies is making beyond the trite observation about the unfairness of a universe where terrible people get to have kids while well-meaning ones go through heartbreak.” – Irish Times Apr 1, 2026 Full Review Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen: Season 1 (2026) 86% EDIT “The idea of being stranded with your in-laws will fill many with pretty stonking levels of unease – and that’s the universal feeling this terrifying series taps into with style and wicked wit.” – Irish Times Mar 26, 2026 Full Review The Comeback: Season 3 (2026) 97% EDIT “Valerie remains one of the great cringe-comedy creations this side of David Brent, from The Office, or Larry David’s alter ego in Curb Your Enthusiasm, and it’s a testament to Kudrow that she makes the character likable rather than simply loathsome.” – Irish Times Mar 24, 2026 Full Review Saturday Night Live UK: Season 1 (2026) 88% 4/5 EDIT “How shocking, then, that the first of eight episodes in a test-the-waters inaugural season should be competent, untroubled by either annoying American-isms and annoying Americans – and occasionally hilarious. ” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 23, 2026 Full Review The Other Bennet Sister: Season 1 (2026) 96% EDIT “It is a love letter to outsiders, introverts and people who don’t much fit in, while also adding to the bonfire of Jane Austen ephemera by retelling the key events in Pride and Prejudice from the vantage point of Mary.” – Irish Times Mar 20, 2026 Full Review Imperfect Women: Season 1 (2026) 45% EDIT “It isn’t just the wildly implausible plot. It’s the way a decent cast is required to deliver lines which, however clever they may have read on the page, fall apart the instant they issue from human lips.” – Irish Times Mar 19, 2026 Full Review The Academy Awards: Season 98 (2026) 69% 2/5 EDIT “It was a tale of two Oscars at the Academy Awards as a solid performance by host Conan O’Brien was undercut by a night of excruciating cameos from actors dragged up to dole out gongs. ” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 16, 2026 Full Review A Woman of Substance: Season 1 (2026) 89% EDIT “But the Irish cast member who truly steals the show is [Emmett ] Scanlan. Even in more restrained productions, the sweary, hairy thesp has always had a big whiff of camp. Here he is unleashed and magnificently gonzo. ” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 13, 2026 Full Review Dancing with the Stars Ireland: Season 9, Episode 10 (2026) EDIT “As the dust settles and the confetti clears from the semi-final, we need to make peace with the fact that ousted Traitor Paudie could have the ultimate revenge and walk away with the Glitterball Trophy.” – Irish Times Mar 10, 2026 Full Review DTF St. Louis: Season 1 (2026) 87% EDIT “...the Gen X Edgelord vibes are strong. But it is refreshingly its own thing, and once it calms down a bit, the central whodunit is compelling.” – Irish Times Mar 7, 2026 Full Review Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model: Season 1 (2026) 87% EDIT “With Banks having sold the fairytale of overnight fame in the fashion industry with ANTM, the film leaves it to the viewer to decide whether the biggest lies of all are the ones she is telling herself.” – Irish Times Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Marshals: Season 1 (2026) 42% 4/5 EDIT “...this gripping show is proof that the Yellowstone universe still has a few more surprises under its 10-gallon hat.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Dancing with the Stars Ireland: Season 9, Episode 9 (2026) EDIT “Orchestra Night is time for DWTS to put on its bow tie and press its shirt, and, purely as a spectacle, the episode does not disappoint.” – Irish Times Mar 3, 2026 Full Review
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