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I'm not sure what Jordan Peele and company are trying to do with this series, the original Rod Serling show managed to sneak in social commentary, tackling a variety of issues, but first and foremost they told interesting stories. With "Not All Men" we are basically told that all men suck, unless they have a feminine side to their personality, and that women would be better off if they had their own planet. I'm not saying that women haven't been stuck with the short end of the stick since, well forever, but this episode didn't seem to have anything more clever to say then, "Men suck, am I right ladies?"

This episode comes a cross as a mix of a Disney Channel Originals and political satire but fails to be either charming or insightful. How someone as intelligent as Jordan Peele could attach his name to something this lazy and outright ridiculous is just sad.

This Hellboy reboot was overburdened with exposition, it seemed like every other scene was either a flashback or a group of people discussing the plot, then you have the gore and "F" bombs being added to get the juicy"R" rating, and it all comes across as rather cheap. All the jokes pretty much fall flat, which is pretty bad considering the Hellboy comics are basically horror-comedy, and none of the characters develop into anything remotely memorable, and when words like "prophecy" and "destiny" are bandied about we can only roll our eyes in despair