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Erik Kain

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Erik Kain writes about movies, TV shows and video games at Forbes.

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The Witcher: Season 4 (2025) 59% EDIT “In the immortal words of Geralt of Rivia, the White Wolf, "Hmmm."” – Forbes Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Stranger Things: Season 5 (2025) 82% EDIT “Stranger Things is back and – other than one incredibly jarring, cringey joke – it’s back with a vengeance.” – Forbes Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Blue Lights: Season 3 (2025) 100% EDIT “'Blue Lights' ups the ante once again in a tense, emotionally charged third season.” – Forbes Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Task: Season 1 (2025) 96% EDIT “Task is easily the best thing on TV at the moment. A gripping crime drama with deeply sympathetic and complex characters on a collision course with no good outcomes likely. It’ll keep you on the edge of your seat.” – Forbes Sep 18, 2025 Full Review Wednesday: Season 2 (2025) 87% EDIT “Wednesday Season 2, Part 1 knocks it out of the park thanks to its compelling mystery, dark sense of humor and a stellar cast led by Jenna Ortega. If only we could binge more than four episodes!” – Forbes Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Untamed: Season 1 (2025) 83% EDIT “Is it groundbreaking? Not at all. Is it a bit too predictable? Absolutely. Is it still a fun watch with some good detective work and emotional beats that keep you invested in the main characters. I certainly thought so.” – Forbes Jul 26, 2025 Full Review Murderbot: Season 1 (2025) 95% EDIT “It’s not a masterpiece, but it’s entertaining enough, a mostly light and breezy glimpse into a fictional universe that certainly feels like it has a lot more potential.” – Forbes May 12, 2025 Full Review Andor: Season 2 (2025) 97% EDIT “Brimming with intense action, suspenseful spy games and a tremendous cast of rich characters, all in a power struggle for the future of the galaxy that will leave you breathless, inspired, terrified and emotionally devastated by its powerful conclusion.” – Forbes Apr 21, 2025 Full Review Yellowjackets: Season 3 (2025) 84% EDIT “Yellowjackets has lost not only that deliciously frightening sense of mystery and creepiness that kept the story humming, but also the humanity that made its characters so compelling to watch.” – Forbes Feb 14, 2025 Full Review The Night Agent: Season 2 (2025) 86% EDIT “The Night Agent’s second season isn’t going to win any awards, but it’s a genuinely fun ride from start to finish, and I’m already excited for Season 3.” – Forbes Jan 23, 2025 Full Review Severance: Season 2 (2025) 94% EDIT “Between its compelling and mysterious story, quirky and complex characters and gorgeous production values, sound design and cinematography, Severance stands head and shoulders above nearly all the competition.” – Forbes Jan 16, 2025 Full Review American Primeval: Season 1 (2025) 71% EDIT “American Primeval is a bit of a mixed bag but one I recommend nevertheless, though the nature of the show will make it unpalatable for many....As a work of cinematic art, however, it’s exactly what I’d hoped it would be: Ambitious, unusual and distinct.” – Forbes Jan 9, 2025 Full Review The Penguin: Season 1 (2024) 95% EDIT “This isn’t really a Batman show, it’s a Gotham gangster series. This is The Sopranos with DC characters.” – Forbes Oct 15, 2024 Full Review Sweetpea: Season 1 (2024) 88% EDIT “Purnell plays the lonely outcast so well, enchanting us with her big sad eyes as we watch the indignities of life beat her to the dirt—until they mount too suffocatingly high. When she snaps, can we really blame her?” – Forbes Oct 15, 2024 Full Review Teacup: Season 1 (2024) 77% EDIT “Teacup is off to a scary start with a cast of complicated characters I want to learn more about and a mysterious and terrifying threat rapidly descending upon this quiet rural refuge. ” – Forbes Oct 15, 2024 Full Review Agatha All Along: Season 1 (2024) 84% EDIT “So far, I’m pleasantly surprised and I genuinely hope the show continues to be a fun little witchy adventure. Hahn, Plaza and the rest of the cast are a lot of fun, and the pieces are in place for a fresh new story in the MCU.” – Forbes Sep 19, 2024 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 2 (2024) 84% EDIT “This isn’t Lord of the Rings in any way shape or form. It’s just Amazon buying the rights to little fragments of it, and jampacking and piecemealing it into a form that apes, badly, hideously, carelessly, Tolkien’s legendarium.” – Forbes Sep 5, 2024 Full Review The Dragon Prince: Season 6 (2024) EDIT “The Dragon Prince is back at the top of its game and I couldn’t be happier.” – Forbes Jul 26, 2024 Full Review Star Wars: The Acolyte: Season 1 (2024) 79% EDIT “'The Acolyte' is a deeply bland, relentlessly mediocre 'Star Wars' show that pairs some cool fight scenes with wooden dialogue and a predictable mystery.” – Forbes Jun 7, 2024 Full Review Shōgun: Season 1 (2024) 99% EDIT “Better a top-notch limited series than a show that drags out forever with filler episodes and declining quality.” – Forbes Apr 17, 2024 Full Review The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live: Season 1 (2024) 88% EDIT “Too neat, too convenient, too poorly written, too rushed.” – Forbes Apr 14, 2024 Full Review True Detective: Season 4, Episode 6 (2024) EDIT “It wrapped things up with some of the cringiest, most cloying nonsense I’ve seen on a major TV show.” – Forbes Feb 19, 2024 Full Review True Detective: Season 4 (2024) 93% 2/5 EDIT “The ingredients of Night Country make for a sad list: Predictable, boring, unpleasant, preachy, and derivative.” – Forbes Feb 4, 2024 Full Review True Detective: Season 4, Episode 2 (2024) 2/5 EDIT “The fanservice here is cloyingly thick, served up on a fat platter of exposition.” – Forbes Jan 22, 2024 Full Review Monsieur Spade: Season 1, Episode 1 (2024) EDIT “Despite its muddled plotting and odd premise (do we need this to even be Sam Spade? Couldn’t Owen’s character be some new P.I. created just for this show?) I found myself enjoying Monsieur Spade for the most part.” – Forbes Jan 16, 2024 Full Review
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