Thunderbolts* and Skeleton Crew share similarities in unlikely group dynamics. Skeleton Crew episode 5 hints at Thunderbolts* tone with action-packed heists, alliances, and humor. Director Jake Schreier has proven he can handle major pop culture franchises with care and respect.

Episode 5 of Skeleton Crew is a colorful romp through a luxurious resort full of strange aliens, new friends and foes, and many hidden secrets.

This episode in particular feels like a roll of double-exposed film, where someone accidentally filmed The Goonies or an Indiana Jones movieon top of an episode of The White Lotus, starring various big ugly creatures taking mudbaths.

Skeleton Crew episode 5 is the show’s best yet, with forward plot propulsion, some darker twists, and an excellent grip on pure Star Wars elements.

The sixth episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is titled “Zero Friends Again.” The chapter begins with the kids escaping Nawood through trap doors. They fall into a chilly outside environment, sliding through four conduits until they reach the snow-covered ground. Everyone is unharmed, but KB cannot speak. Fern resets KB’s occipital link.

Skeleton Crew is the latest Disney Plus series to take place in a galaxy far, far away. Instead of focusing on a lead Jedi hero, the program follows four unlikely child heroes who, after an unbelievable discovery,

Skeleton Crew Episode 6 opens with what is easily the show’s most blatant homage/rip-off of The Goonies, which is pretty impressive given Episode 5 was basically the moment Mikey finds One Eyed Willie’s treasure,

The bulk of the action sequence that ends the episode is, frankly, a mess — an attempt to extract the kids from their multitudinous jams by waving a hand at them and saying “don’t worry, they’re fine,