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‘Marshals’ Episode 4 Recap – Kayce Gets A New Love Interest
As if it wasn’t bad enough that Marshals unceremoniously killed off Monica, now it’s giving Kayce Dutton a new love interest? Yikes. And a blonde,...
‘Rooster’ Episode 3 Recap – Greg’s First Day On Campus Goes Badly Wrong
Thus far, Rooster has been much more of a comedy than a drama. The elusive balance that really characterises great Bill Lawrence shows like Ted Lasso and Shrinking is conspicuously absent...
‘DTF St. Louis’ Episode 4 Recap – I Think This Might Be the Best Show On TV
It’s a testament to how good DTF St. Louis is that the cold open of Episode 4, rather drily titled “Missouri Mutual Life & Health Insurance Company”,...
‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap – Let the Farewell Tour Begin
Given that The Comeback has always been a show with an eerie soothsaying quality about it, it’s really no surprise that Season 3 – which...
‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ Episode 5 Recap – This Show Is Very Good
I’ve seen some mixed opinions on Episode 5 of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, so let me just throw mine into the mix...
‘DMV’ Episode 13 Recap – This Might Be the Best One Yet
“Test Drive” might be the best episode of DMV yet. It’s a close-run thing, granted, largely because most of these instalments are of roughly equivalent...
‘DMV’ Episode 12 Recap – A Guest-Starring Anna Camp Steals the Show
DMV always being better when a guest star is involved kind of proves my point that it’s at its best when it focuses on anything...
‘Memory of a Killer’ Episode 7 Recap – The Walls Are Closing In Rapidly
Just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse for Angelo in Memory of a Killer, Episode 7 comes along. “Dr. Parks” is the first...
‘Marshals’ Episode 3 Recap – Progress Is A Bad Word In Montana
“Progress” is a nebulous term at the best of times, especially given the wavering politics of Taylor Sheridan’s shows, so it’s little surprise that Marshals...
‘Rooster’ Episode 2 Recap – Wonderfully Consistent Comedy, Questionable Drama
Steve Carell made a handy focal point for Rooster, and his reluctant bumbling is what helped to situate us at Ludlow and get a sense...
‘DTF St. Louis’ Episode 3 Recap – This Show Is Better and Weirder Than We Thought
DTF. St Louis has been pretty good since it started. Odd, sure, and unconventional enough for its ultimate destination to feel sometimes worryingly elusive. In...
‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 12 Recap – We’re Doing the Mickey and Boone Thing After All
Okay, we’re definitely doing the Mickey and Boone thing. Sheriff Country has been beating about the bush in that regard for weeks, but now that...
‘Boston Blue’ Episode 12 Recap – Danny Confronts Some Ghosts of the Past
There’s always a bit of an eerie quality to real-life parades and celebrations being targeted, so Boston Blue is treading quite a thin line in...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Shane’s Worst Day Ever
I suspect that jetting around the world hunting crazy serial killers is pretty high-stress, as far as jobs go, but even by the usual standards,...
‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ Episode 4 Recap – Getting Back in the Game
A slightly concerning thing occurred to me in “Save the Cat”, the fourth episode of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. Reggie might be the...
‘Watson’ Season 2, Episode 12 Recap – You Are What You Eat
So, what exactly is going on here? I’m used to Watson being rubbish, and I assumed that Season 2’s mid-season premiere being above-average was a...
‘Marshals’ Episode 2 Recap – Kayce Isn’t Strictly A Good Guy (And That’s Good)
There’s no point in a Yellowstone spin-off that doesn’t feel pretty intimately connected to Yellowstone, and if the premiere of Marshals had a downside, it...
‘Rooster’ Episode 1 Recap – Yes, Of Course It’s Really Good
Rooster was always going to be good. A dramedy from the creators of Ted Lasso, Shrinking, and Scrubs, starring Steve Carell as a bumbling author intervening in the spiralling love life of his daughter and her cheating husband against the backdrop of a liberal arts college campus? Sometimes these things just write themselves.