Dear Spike: Time to Move On, Bro — It's Not Her, It's You

Credit: Spike One of the toughest things you have to do as a friend is knowing when to play proper wingman and when you need to lay down The Hammer of Truth. Case in point? Spike TV (“Spike”), who I’ve been bros with for fifteen years now. We knew each other before — mostly b...

Spike Cancels The Shannara Chronicles, Producers Looking for New Home

The Shannara Chronicles will have to find a new home if we’re going to get to see a third season. Word came out yesterday that the series was being shopped, followed quickly by a report that after two seasons on Viacom networks (MTV and Spike), they would not longer be carrying the fantasy...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2, Episode 10 Recap: Blood

This article contains spoilers for the Shannara Chronicles season 2 season finale – Blood. . . . . . And here it is, the season finale for The Shannara Chronicles season 2. Bandon, Allanon’s former apprentice who resurrected the Warlock Lord is dead. General Riga, the leader of the...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: "We Must Unite, Or We All Die"

There are only two episodes left in the second season of The Shannara Chronicles, and we get them both tomorrow night. The season has been so good, with the intensity level ratcheting up each episode — I’m just itching to see what happens. All the storylines have converged into what looks l...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: Bandon Reveals His True Desires

Manu Bennett fans are getting their fill for this month as the actor has been pulling double duty on our TV screens playing both Allanon on The Shannara Chronicles and Slade Wilson on Arrow. And last week we learned that because Bandon (Marcus Vank0) used Allanon’s blood as part of the...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Amberle

This article contains spoilers for The Shannara Chronicles season two episode – Amberle. I figured out during this episode one of the things they did to make the show speed up and feel like things where constantly happening: they took out the travel. They have to go to the Ellcrys, boom,...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: Warlock

This article contains spoilers for The Shannara Chronicles season two episode – Warlock. Last night we got the latest back-to-back episodes of The Shannara Chronicles, and where I love getting that much of the show at once, it does make writing up an episode synopsis more difficult...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: Resurrecting The Warlock Lord

As we get closer to the next double-episode airing of The Shannara Chronicles, it’s time to get ready for the Warlock Lord’s return. Bandon (Marcus Vanko) has the Sword, the Skull and the Heart — all of the pieces he needs to resurrect the Warlock Lord, and the clip below show us i...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: Love Letters From A Druid

We’re in the back half of the Shannara Chronicles season 2 with another set of back-to-back episodes coming up this week. We left off with Allanon (Manu Bennett) collapsing after being cut by the Warlock Lord’s sword. He was already looking bad since he had been captured by the...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Crimson

This article contains spoilers for The Shannara Chronicles episode ‘Crimson’. Holy Spit! Okay, really didn’t see the majority of this episode coming. Garret Jax confronts General Riga and might have beat him if he’d known that Valcaa had escaped, but Tamlin didn’t...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: Paranor

This article contains spoilers for The Shannara Chronicles episode ‘Paranor’. The Shannara Chronicles are flying along as Allanon, Wil, and Mareth head to Paranor to meet with Bandon and try to save Flick. As they arrive, Allanon insists that Mareth is too weak in her powers and ...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: Why We're Getting Back-To-Back Episodes

Tonight’s Shannara Chronicles airs at 9 PM, an hour earlier than last week. And a second new episode will air immediately after. Why the change? I asked that very question in my recap last week and now I know. Spike has made the change for two reasons. First, they wanted to give fans who...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: Bandon Makes His Play For The Warlock Lord's Skull

We have a second clip for this week’s double-shot of the Shannara Chronicles. This is also from episode 5 of Season 2 (as was yesterday’s clip) and we see a very important scene. Since the series is moving at such a faster pace, there really aren’t many scenes that aren’t...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: Queen Tamlin's Deal With The Warlock Lord

This week Spike is giving viewers a double-shot of the Shannara Chronicles, airing the fifth and sixth episodes of season two back-to-back. Lots have been happening and some of the new characters are playing important roles while the returning characters like Allanon (Manu Bennett), Wil (Austin...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: Making It Up As The Go Along

The first season of the Shannara Chronicles introduced us to the world created by author Terry Brooks and gave us an adaptation of the second book in the series, the Elfstones of Shannara. The show got some good attention, but it was hiding out over on MTV and some people looked at it as just...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: Dweller

This article contains spoilers for The Shannara Chronicles season two episode, ‘Dweller’. The Shannara Chronicles continues its quick pace as Allanon (Manu Bennett), Wil (Austin Butler), and Mareth (Malese Jow) take a side trip to find the Sword of Shannara — the only thing that can ...

Shannara Chronicles Season 2: Allanon And Mareth Search For Wil

Spike has released a second clip from the next episode of The Shannara Chronicles. The episode features Allanon (Manu Bennett), Wil (Austin Butler), and newcomer Mareth (Malese Jow) searching for the Sword of Shannara, the only weapon that can defeat the Warlock Lord. Last week, Wil busted...