Will Season 1 Episode 7 "What Dreams May Come"

The theatre is jeopardized so Will enlists help from a beautiful and talented friend.

This was a really great and interesting episode that was so entertaining to watch and see how everything played out. And I really enjoyed that a big chunk of this episode was all about Will's creation of A Midsummer Night's Dream and all the different problems that came with it. And the story around the Presto in this episode was actually slightly more interesting to see him and making this connection between him and Will, by having them both have some sort of seeking for revenge and them working together on creating that. And the actual performance and everything around trying to gain this money to save the theater was really great and fun especially when Richard was confronted by the woman they're supposed to be wooing and he actually turned her down which was a complete change of character that I really enjoyed seeing that development in him. Then the moments with Marlowe in this episode we're actually really interesting and fun with everyone finally settling on the conclusion for him that one of his main problems is that he has no beliefs and no faith in anything so that's what's really preventing him from creating and believing and just all of what came out of that was really interesting and I'm very interested in seeing what they might do with this play that he's created about the devil and what problems that may come because the devil isn't supposed to be a character that is shown so I'm excited to see that. And overall this episode was so entertaining and so fun to watch and had a lot of really great moments to it.

Will Season 1 Episode 6 "Something Wicked This Way Comes" Review

Tensions rise as Will and Alice continue to collaborate, while Anne attempts to adjust to London life. Love forces Marlowe to confront his darkest fears. Presto is forced to confront true evil.

This was a really interesting episode that did feel kind of long and a bit boring but it did have some really great moments in it that were interesting to see. I was kind of cool to see Alice and Will trying to move on for one an other and find their own lives. With that, I liked the moments with Alice trying to be happy with her potential husband but that fiance knows the truth about her feelings. Then the scene where Will had to confront Alice to try and get her to stay away from him and he called her so many bad things because Alice's mother told him to was so sad and great. Then all the moments with Anne and the family trying to adjust to London had some really great moments and some really sad moments. How this episode ended for Anne and the family was really sad but also kind of nice because Anne told Will that she is proud of him and that he is a great writer which I think is something he needed to hear from her. Then with Marlowe, it was interesting to see this other side of him in this episode as he watched his love slip away from him. And Presto actually had a kind of interesting story around him even though I still feel it is really unnecessary for the bigger story plot going on. And just overall this was a really entertaining episode with some great moments but it wasn't super interesting. 

Will Season 1 Episode 5 "The Marriage of True Minds " Review

An unexpected arrival sends Will's world spinning; a transcendental experience leads Marlowe to deal with his past; Topcliffe deciphers a code that throws Will into a life-and-death situation.  

This was a really great episode that took the story in a bit of a different turn and really was its own story but still, it was interesting to watch everything play out. And finally fully meeting both Will's family and Topcliffe's family was interesting to see how both these families interacted with their lives since I've changed so much since they last saw them. All the moments with Will adjusting to having his family there was interesting with him wanting to enjoy his time with them but also kind of wanting them to leaves when he can go back to the life he's grown in London. And it was interesting to see how Alice reacted to and being around Ann, and how Ann somehow knew that Will and Alice were seeing each other so all that chaos going on with very interesting to see how it all played out. And then just watching Will want this life in London where he is successful and stuff but also not wanting to leave his family that he's grown behind in order to get fame, so he's trying to live both those worlds at once was just so interesting to watch. Then with Topcliffe's kids and them actually seeing what he does for a day was interesting to see how they reacted to it and what they really thought about it. Then the one beggar boy that I still can't remember the name of showed up again this episode and he just still is as annoying as ever I don't understand why he's there and they tried to make some kind of connection between him and Will in this episode but it didn't happen so it was just really kind of annoying it pointless to have him included in this episode again. Then the scenes with Marlowe we're very interesting  with him still going through all these different tasks to try and  find some sort inspiration or something  because his mind is just gone blank so all the really really dark stuff that he got in to doing in this episode was kind of cool to see how what kind of lengths he went to. And with how this episode ended I'm so curious to see how Will's going to continue on going between this line of being with his family and growing as a successful writer. Just overall this was a really interesting episode that wasn't the greatest and really wasn't all that important of an episode but it was still really fascinating to see how everything played out.

Will Season 1 Episode 4 "Brave New World" Review

Marlowe introduces Will to the decadent elite of London, but things take a macabre turn; Alice becomes disillusioned; Will must fight for all he holds dear.

This was a really entertaining and great episode that had some really fun moments to it and I'm so curious to see how the story will progress. Again I really enjoyed all the hints towards some of the plays Will writes in the future like in this episode there were hints towards Romeo and Juliet as well as Hamlet, and the start of him writing his great Henry V play. All the back and forth between Alice and Will was a little annoying but understandable with Alice suppose to be getting married off. It was interesting to see a bit of the fame that Will has gained going to his head and seeing the struggle show up of can he keep his theater friends as he continues to grow in popularity. Then the party scene and Will going to this back meeting with Marlowe were great to see dealing with things similar to in Hamlet and seeing a ghost from his past that have to deal with him straying from his faith. It was also interesting to again see Marlowe struggling to find ideas and him going through a lot of different measures to find some sort of guidance. The ending was so amazing with Topcliffe showing up and asking Will to an anti-catholic play to give to the public. Just ending this episode on Will in a panic for trying to decide what to do was so great. and just overall this was a really amazing and fun episode to watch. 

Will Season 1 Episode 3 "The Two Gentlemen" Review

Will has an epiphany that could bring him success, yet he needs Alice's help. Meanwhile, a magnetic fugitive from Will's past comes forth with a dangerous obligation.

This was a really great and fun episode that was so interesting to watch everything play out. I really liked watching Will struggle with having a script that no one thought was good and was willing to work with. I did really like the scenes with Will and Alice working on the script and making it better to where The Theater is actually willing to put on the show. I also liked the moment where Alice's father told Will to stay away from Alice because he is a married man and she is a single woman looking for a husband but in the end that didn't really work out. The reunion between Will and his cousin was great to see his cousin finally playing a much more significant roll in an episode. The ending where Will is given all these Catholic documents by his cousin to give to the queen pleading for religious freedom is an interesting storyline that I can't wait to see how all that will play out and if Will will actually follow through with those planes and live up to the Catholic side of his life. The scenes with Marlowe were great with him struggling to write a new play and kinds of trying to find any kind of inspiration and just kind of showing that even the best have bad moments. And then the scene where Marlowe actually goes against his work as a spy for the queen and instead actually saves some Catholics from being captured including Will's cousin was really great. Then the moments with Richard were interesting to finally see this character as more than just a bad actor by giving him some personality and giving him some scenes that are just for him and don't involve Will were really kind of nice to see. And just overall this was a really great and entertaining episode and I can't wait to see what they will do next. 

Will Season 1 Episode 2 "Cowards Die Many Times" Review

Wracked with guilt over Baxter's arrest, Will confesses to the rebellious Alice. The theatre is threatened when a rival tries to lure the crowd-pleasing actor, Kemp, away.

This was a really interesting episode that didn't have a bunch to it but it still did a great job of expanding on the story more. It was very fun and interesting how they had all these Romeo and Juliet references throughout this episode with some of the things Will would say at certain moments. The moments of Baxter getting tortured were interesting to see especially with how it all ended with the churches saying that Baxter died of shame rather than that they tortured him to death. All the interactions between Will and Marlowe were really interesting to see how those two creative minds are similar and different. And I did like the moments with Will going around trying to find a way to keep all the actors around and gave them a speech of what he could do for them as their writer. But with that overall there wasn't much to this episode it had some fun and great moments but it was a pretty boring episode. 

Will Season 1 Episode 1 "The Play's the Thing" Review

During a time of religious turmoil in England, Will Shakespeare arrives in London from the small town of Stratford with little more than a dream and a treasonous letter.

This was a really great first episode that actually really made me surprised with what they chose to do with the story of Will Shakespeare. Because I thought this series was going to be very fanciful kind of like Shakespeare In Love, but it is not it is rather written very much in truth with some fictional elements added in to fill in the gaps. I really liked how they decided to show London as this overcrowded city full of tons of people that you really can't trust. Then I also really love that they didn't just start off showing Will as this major success of a writer from his first play but rather over this whole series they will have him crafting his writing style to the perfection level we know him for. The introduction of each of the sort of main players in Will's life was great because all of them so far have been done really well. Then I loved all the moments with Will having to deal with the actors and kind of learning that they don't always have the same skill levels and willingness to follow the script. Then all the moments with the Catholic hunting was very interesting but also possibly accurate because fully knows what happened to a Catholic once they were taken away by the Queen's church all they know is that is that some of the people took the interrogation a bit too far. So showing all that graphic material was necessary I feel to show everything accurately and show what Will might have to put up with is he is ever outed as a Catholic. And the ending where Will is spared from being outed as a Catholic by another play writer was an interesting way to end the episode because this other writer saw greatness in Will. And just overall this was a really great first episode and I'm curious to see where they might go from here.