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Recap: ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ Season 3, Episode 2 Offers A ‘Game of Thrones’ “The Winds of Winter” Moment
The writers for Vikings: Valhalla Season 3 have not held back. They’ve seen the notes that this is the final season and decided to go...
Vikings: Valhalla Season 3, Episode 1 Explained: Siege at Syracuse, a Meeting with the Pope and a new Visitor at Jomsborg
Season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla, the final chapter of the series, enters with “Seven Years Later,” an apt title for Episode 1, signifying the time...
A Breakdown Of The Key Moments From ‘The Boys’ Season 4, Episode 7
My main complaint in Episode 6 and a few episodes before that is that it feels like The Boys is trying to get a meme...
Recap: ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 7 Finally Reveals The Truth About What Happened On Brendok
I’ve been kinder to The Acolyte than most critics have, but Episode 7, “Choice”, made me feel a bit silly for coming to its defense....
Recap: A New Suspect Emerges In ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 6
Let’s interrupt our regularly scheduled recapping by reiterating a point. When I wrote about Episode 5 of Presumed Innocent, I mentioned the small things; the details....
Recap: ‘Land of Women’ Changes Pace In Episode 4
Mothers always know best, don’t they? It might be an effort to admit sometimes, but when mom says your husband is probably playing away on...
‘Desperate Lies’ Is Not A True Story, But Heteropaternal Superfecundation Is Real
At a glance, the premise of Desperate Lies is ridiculous. A woman giving birth to twins with two different fathers? Nonsense, I hear you cry. But hold...
Recap: The Dance of the Dragons Begins In ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 4
The excitement about House of the Dragon was never due to the quality of the novel it’s based on, Fire & Blood, a slightly dusty...
Recap: Mikes Gets An Ultimatum In ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 6
Things are getting a little tense in Mayor of Kingstown. There has been a burgeoning war between the Crips and the Russians – with a...
Review: ‘Desperate Lies’ Completely Mishandles Its Premise
Every now and again Netflix will indulge in a soapy telenovela with a preposterous number of episodes, and Desperate Lies fits the bill. A grim,...
5 Key Moments From ‘The Boys’ Season 4, Episode 6
Look, I get it—we like sensationalism and memes—but I do feel like The Boys is running out of gas, even if there is a story to be...
‘Presumed Innocent’ Is Set In Chicago, But The Apple TV+ Series Was Filmed In Pasadena
The Apple TV+ adaptation of the Scott Turow novel Presumed Innocent, which was the focus of a theatrically released movie starring Harrison Ford way back...
Recap: ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 6 Loses All Momentum
It’s difficult to know what to make of The Acolyte Episode 6, “Teach / Corrupt”, since very little happens in it but it’s full of...
3 Key Moments from the ‘Trying’ Season 4 Ending
Rafe Spall and Esther Smith hinted that the Trying Season 4 finale would have a massive cliffhanger, so Episode 8 does not disappoint. While the...
Recap: ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 5 Gets The Trial of Rusty Sabich Underway
It’s the small stuff that makes Presumed Innocent great. The plot isn’t especially compelling and the characters are largely awful and if, like me, you’ve read the...
Recap: ‘Land of Women’ Finds Its Groove In Episode 3
So, the Land of Women premiere wasn’t very good, but luckily Episode 3 is quite a bit better. As predicted, the show needed to settle in a...
Recap: ‘Land of Women’ Is Dull Through Episodes 1 & 2, But There’s Hope Yet
After hobbling through Episodes 1 and 2 of Land of Women, I have a concise summary: It’s pretty dull. This shouldn’t be the case. It...
‘Doctor Climax’ Season 2 Could Happen — But It Probably Shouldn’t
Doctor Climax hasn’t been renewed for Season 2, and this is probably a good thing. After all, you can only prompt a cultural sexual awakening once...