Here you’ll find all of the articles the Critique Geeks, Analyze and Maddy have written about the hit CW fantasy TV-series The Originals in chronological order of release from newest to oldest.
Missing the Light at the End of the Tunnel – Why The Originals’ Ending Doesn’t Work
Was Vampire Hitler Right? – How Season 5’s Ending Betrays Its Themes
One Step Forward, Twenty Steps Back – Why Hope Mikaelson Has No Character Arc
A Doomed Relationship – Why Klaus Could Never Have Been a Good Father to Marcel
The Answers at the Bottom of a Glass – The Strange Way People Bond in TO and TVD (But Mostly TO)
A Triumphant Return – A Hypothetical Scene for Gathering Up the Killers
A Regrettable Retrospective – Season 3’s Missed Opportunities
Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler – New Orleans After the Mikaelsons
The Originals’ Deadliest Sin – Behind the Black Horizon Review
“In the end the enemies that you have are the ones that you made.” – Alone with Everybody Review
“I’m an Original. Show a Little Respect.” – Rewriting Inconsistent Fight Scenes
The Hayley Marshall Debacle – A Look at Hayley’s Flaws as a Character
Power of the Witches Rise – Witch Power in the Vampire Diaries Universe
Mechanics of the Impossible – Magic in the Originals & Vampire Diaries Universe
Camille’s Descent – A Look at the Importance of Camille’s Choices in “You Hung the Moon”
Shades of Blonde – A Short Look at the Symbolism of Blonde Hair in The Originals
More Than a Destroyer – A Re-Imagining of Mikael’s Big Scene in “Alive and Kicking”
