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‘Euphoria’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – The Toe Is A Metaphor
Euphoria is a very literal show, often too literal for its own good, so the whole enterprise isn’t partial to metaphor. This has been as...
‘The Audacity’ Episode 5 Recap – The Art of the Palo Alto Breakdown
The single best idea of The Audacity is its decision to scale up the breakdown of rich people. Most shows would do the opposite. The...
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 17 Recap – Boone Gets Friendzoned
One of the recurring things about Edgewater is that it feels a bit small and insular, which seems to be a problem for everyone who...
‘Boston Blue’ Episode 17 Recap – A Silver Family Secret Unveiled
Boston Blue is big on family. Always has been. With most of the Reagans having been left behind in Blue Bloods, a lot of the...
‘Rooster’ Episode 8 Recap – I Think This Might Be All We’re Going To Get
At the risk of repeating myself, I’m not sure Rooster is really going anywhere. I keep giving it a chance to, and Episode 8 is...
‘Euphoria’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap – Here Comes the Bride
Call me naïve, but I assumed that Nate and Cassie’s wedding was going to be something that Euphoria spent all of Season 3 building up...
‘The Audacity’ Episode 4 Recap – Harvesting Personal Data Isn’t Evil Enough
It’s easy to forget this, but The Audacity is ostensibly about Duncan and JoAnne. You all remember the premiere, right? You remember how it was...
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 16 Recap – Wes Can’t Get Out Of His Own Way
With the Blood Moon killer finally apprehended, it’s business as usual in Sheriff Country. And that business is weed, obviously. Episode 16, “Twenty Four Candles”,...
‘Boston Blue’ Episode 16 Recap – A Little Focus Goes A Long Way
The big problem with Boston Blue, which I’ve been moaning about every week and which several regular commenters have also rightly mentioned, is that it...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 11 Recap – Puppets Are Creepy
I’m firmly of the opinion that there has never been a puppet that wasn’t horrific, and I confess to being a tiny bit sceptical of...
‘Marshals’ Episode 8 Recap – Things Aren’t Going Especially Well
If you were worried that all the romantic subplots in the previous episode of Marshals were getting a little too soap opera, worry not. Episode...
‘Marshals’ Episode 7 Recap – Is This Getting Romantic?
One could probably argue that there’s an inherent romance in the western genre, something about the sunsets and landscapes and open air. But a show...
‘Rooster’ Episode 7 Recap – Walt Just Wants A Friend
I didn’t expect the most meaningful sentiment of Rooster thus far to come from Walt, of all people, but here we are in Episode 7, three half-hours removed from the finale, and the hothouse has become a source of surprising pathos.
‘Euphoria’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – Everyone Is In the Skin Trade
The key question that will likely define the short-term future of Euphoria is whether Sam Levinson is attempting to satirise the facile horniness of the American Dream, or if he truly believes that the most anyone can aspire to these days is sucking on a pacifier while dressed as an adult baby.
‘The Audacity’ Episode 3 Recap – Along Came A Spider
“Fly” is the most famously divisive episode of Breaking Bad, a budget-saving bottle hour in which Walter White and, eventually, Jesse become dangerously obsessed with...
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 15 Recap – The Blood Moon Killer Is Revealed
I feel like I’m always singing the praises of Sheriff Country, but it keeps delivering episodes that justify all the enthusiasm.
‘Boston Blue’ Episode 15 Recap – A Crossover Crossroads for Danny and Baez
The network procedural crossover is a thing of occasional beauty, but also one of often confusing annoyance, especially when it isn’t technically a crossover.
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 10 Recap – You’ve Got A Friend In Me
Now this is more like it! The Hunting Party slipped into Season 2’s familiar holding pattern last week, with a decent enough case that just didn’t feel...