There is a phrase in pop culture that originates from an episode of Happy Days:: jumping the shark. It implies a breakdown between the audience and the content, in which the audience stops being immersed in what is occurring on screen. In The Devil’s Chord, the latest Doctor Who episode, a god-like music thief named Maestro (drag queen Jinkx Monsoon) shouts into the camera the words, “Music battle.” One can only sigh at the next schlocky few moments as the episode jumps the metaphorical shark. However, this does not occur until late in the episode, and until that point, this is the strongest that Gibson and Gatwa have been together and that the show has been in years.
This review was first posted on May 19th 2024. Full review linked below.
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