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Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4, Episode 4 Pins the Blame On MI5
Episode 4 of Slow Horses Season 4, “Returns”, begins with a pretty significant revelation. Frank Harkness — Hugo Weaving’s finally getting a bit of direct...
Recap: Rosa Goes Undercover In ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 8
Bad Monkey is back in form in Episode 8, “The Russian Mob Is Very Active in Key West”. And this is good news since we’re...
Recap: The Mystery Starts to Sag In ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 7
I’ll be the first to admit that Episode 7 of Bad Monkey is a little tame. At this point, it isn’t the worst thing to happen; these...
Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4, Episode 3 Is Top-Tier Television
There’s a grace and efficiency with which Slow Horses moves through its plot that is genuinely admirable. There are a lot of moving parts here in Season...
Recap: ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 6 Gives The Supporting Cast Their Spotlight
Yancy spends most of Bad Monkey Episode 6 languishing in jail for reasons we’ll get to in a minute, which is not as disappointing a development as...
Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 Is Less Lively In Episode 2, But Connections Are Revealed
Slow Horses Season 4 continues a string of rather obvious titling practices with Episode 2, “A Stranger Comes to Town”, which is about, among other...
Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 Gets Off To An Explosive Start — In More Ways Than One
River Cartwright is dead. Not really, of course, but the premiere of Slow Horses Season 4 would you like you to believe so, at least...
Recap: ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 5 Gets The Pieces In Position
It would be an incredibly bold move for a crime drama to kill off its lead detective halfway through the season, so it’s perhaps just...
Recap: ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 4 Gets Bogged Down in the Past
It really does seem like you can’t tell any story without a few flashbacks these days. I’m skeptical of the general premise, but I’m not...
Freedom Comes At A Cost In the Ending of ‘Lady in the Lake’
What is the price of freedom? It’s a hefty toll for most, and a fortune for some. The ending of Lady in the Lake finds both Maddie...
Recap: ‘Pachinko’ Returns For Season 2 With A Stellar Premiere
“Chapter Nine” is one of the year’s most assured bits of television. It’s quite remarkable that as early as Episode 1, Pachinko Season 2 has...
Recap: ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 3 Reveals The Biggest Twist Yet
Bad Monkey is even more relaxed than usual in Episode 3, which is both a good and a bad thing. The upside is that it...
Recap: ‘Lady in the Lake’ Episode 6 Is A Fanciful Diversion At The Wrong Time
The penultimate episode of Lady in the Lake is easily the most formally daring, devoting most of its runtime to elaborate dream sequences in which Maddie grapples...
Recap: Breaking Down The Two-Part Premiere Of ‘Bad Monkey’
Severed arms, grubby land deals, some light witchcraft, and, yes, a monkey, all feature in the two-part premiere of Apple TV+’s Bad Monkey. Episodes 1...
Review: Vince Vaughn Is On Top Form In Apple TV+’s ‘Bad Monkey’
Bill Lawrence is responsible for some of Apple TV+’s finest comedic endeavors, including Ted Lasso and Shrinking, but Bad Monkey showcases another of his talents,...
Review: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s Chemistry Elevates ‘The Instigators’
There isn’t much to The Instigators. It’s a surface-level crime caper with a forgettable plot, few big moments, and largely one-note characters. And yet I...
Recap: Maddie’s Sleuthing Gets Her Into Trouble In ‘Lady in the Lake’ Episode 5
It was only a matter of time before Maddie’s attempts at being a reporter got her into serious trouble, and that finally happens in Lady...
Recap: ‘Lady in the Lake’ Might Have Tipped Its Hand In Episode 4
It’s typical of Lady in the Lake to build to the most significant moment of the series thus far – the apparent death of Cleo...