A Man on the Inside: Season One Review

The reason I knew she was the one for me is the second I met her, I had a thought. It was persistent, this thought. Wouldn't leave my head. "This is the person I want to grow old with."

A widowed retiree goes undercover at a nursing home to catch a thief.

The Mighty Nein: The Zadash Job

And any party we’re not invited to is definitely worth attending.

When a team of trauma-informed tag-alongs decides to become heroes, there’s no way to do it except to go big - and Critical Role achieves just that in this absolute banger of an episode which kept me on my seat’s edge with suspense, stupidity and surprises.

The Leftovers: Cairo

"Let's play ping-pong, okay?"

Yes, please! Ping-pong sounds great. Let's finish that joint and play some ping-pong, and pretend a little longer that the path toward healing that our characters have been on didn't just take a giant U-turn back into the darkness. But these things are rarely linear, are they?

Mini Movie Reviews: Agatha Christie

Today's theme is the Queen of Crime featuring films by Sidney Lumet, Guy Hamilton, René Clair, George Pollock, and John Guillermin.

Heated Rivalry: Rookies

"This is such a bad idea."

I never thought that I would love a show based on gay hocket smut, and yet here we are and it is truly glorious. And it's so much more than that flippant description would imply.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

“This world goes deeper than you think.”

Minor Spoilers

The prodigal sci-fi/fantasy franchise returns.

The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 25)

“Really true? Who knows? This is a newspaper, isn't it? It just has to be true until tomorrow.”

The twenty-fifth Discworld book is focused on the twin cities of Ankh-Morpork and some world-building. Dwarves there have invented the printing press, and this means the floodgates of new ideas are opened, and not everyone approves.

Stranger Things: Season Five Discussion

We're covering the fifth and final season of Stranger Things with a discussion post. Five of the Agents of Doux participated.

And we're off! Please note that this discussion is chock full o' spoilers. If you haven't seen season five yet and you plan to, you might want to come back later.

Nero the Assassin: The Girl

My loved ones are probably dead already. But for a brief moment, the orphan I was would have known the happiness of having a family.

Episode description: “While sheltering in the winding slums, Perla reflects on her prophesied destiny as Néro creates a desperate plan to protect her.”

The Leftovers: Solace for Tired Feet

"It's a girl!"

After the emotional high of "Guest", it was probably inevitable that we'd get more of a workhorse episode. It did include a few noteworthy plot developments…

Discussion: What Are Your Best & Worst of 2025?

The Agents of DOUX have posted their Best of 2025 lists, but that doesn't mean we've got a comprehensive database of the good, the bad, and the weird.

So we're turning it over to you, the Doux Reviews readers: what were your best TV shows and movies this year? What about books? Video games? This is also a great place to talk about the stuff that wasn't necessarily good, but stuck with you in some odd way.

Samantha's Favorites of 2025

I actually didn't consume a lot of entertainment this year, at least when compared to previous years. I have a rather strange list, which is a mishmash of movies, shows, games, actors and their performances that I found to be the best of 2025. I also didn't really want to narrow things down, which sounds lazy except I ended up with list of 25.

I'll keep each entry short (mostly).