TV Recaps

Do you want to know what happened in the latest episode of a TV show? Have you binged an original series and need to understand the finale of a season? Here is our archive of TV Recaps breaking down episodes from many series, including your favorite show.

The Garveys Are Falling Apart In ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2, Episode 6

December 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Ian helps the sisters cover their tracks, bringing him closer to Eva but further into Houlihan's spotlight.

‘Shrinking’ Season 2, Episode 10 Is A Sucker Punch Of Raw Emotion

December 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Watching an episode of Shrinking is hard work, sometimes. Here I was thinking that Episode 10 of Season 2, “Changing Patterns”, was an exclusively positive installment. It...

‘Get Millie Black’ Reveals The True Villain In Episode 3

December 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It might be a bit of a cliché that the white guy has turned out to be the villain in Get Millie Black, but this...

‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 7 Blessedly Focuses More On Poppa and Ivy

December 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It took seven weeks, but Poppa’s House finally has a premise I can relate to — Poppa has a bad back. His sciatica has flared up and...

‘Secret Level’ Recap – Our Take On Every Episode Of Amazon’s Anthology

December 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Amazon’s anthological series Secret Level is pretty unprecedented as far as such things go – a collection of animated video-game-inspired short films released in two...

Carol Becomes The Focus In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Episode 11

December 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Carol has been a reliable but underutilized presence in Brilliant Minds thus far, so it’s nice that Episode 11, “The Other Woman”, puts her firmly at the...

‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Blows Its Penultimate Episode On Sappy, Out-Of-Character Nonsense

December 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s easy to forget how good Yellowstone was at its peak because Season 5 is euthanizing it in record time. I suppose that’s grimly ironic...

‘Dune: Prophecy’ Gets A Bit Too Dense For Its Own Good In Episode 4

December 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Dune: Prophecy is a lot better when Desmond Hart is around, isn’t it? I suggested that in my recap of the previous episode, which brushed...

It’s Almost A Complete Mission Failure In The ‘Lioness’ Season 2 Finale

December 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

At one point in the Lioness Season 2 finale, the American military broke down Iran’s military capabilities for at least five minutes to the QRF...

‘Earth Abides’ Introduces A Little Hope In Episode 2

December 8 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The premiere of Earth Abides was, in a word, bleak. And that set my expectations for Episode 2, “The Space Between”, which to be fair...

‘Landman’ Finally Gets Going And Introduces Real Conflict In Episode 5

December 8 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

“Where Is Home” is one of those episodes you sometimes get in a Taylor Sheridan show where everything just goes to Hell. And Landman needed to go...

‘The Agency’ Continues To Be A Drag In Episode 3

December 6 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m still not convinced by The Agency. In Episode 3, “Hawk From A Handsaw”, it gets so gratingly serious and so obvious and reiterative about...

‘Silo’ Season 2 Ratchets Up The Drama With A Shocking Death In Episode 4

December 6 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

In most shows, Rebecca Ferguson doing an extended high-pressure underwater sequence like it’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation all over again would be the standout...

‘Before’ Is Even More Pointless Than Ever In Episode 8

December 6 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Before hasn’t exactly been riveting throughout, but Episode 8 is a collection of its very worst qualities. Running under 25 minutes, delivering no new information,...

‘Creature Commandos’ Makes The Necessary Introductions In Its Two-Part Premiere

December 6 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Welcome, says the two-part premiere of Creature Commandos, to the new DC Universe. Well, new-ish, I suppose. Episodes 1 and 2 of Max’s adult animated...

Breaking Down All Four Episodes of ‘Tomorrow and I’ On Netflix

December 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Thailand’s Black Mirror equivalent Tomorrow and I blesses Netflix with four – albeit almost feature-length – episodes of speculative science-fiction. They’re all separate stories in...

‘Shrinking’ Season 2, Episode 9 Is Beautiful, Poignant, and Brilliant

December 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Whenever I do my obligatory promotion of these recaps, I usually mention in a casual way that Shrinking is one of the best shows on TV. I...

Eva Makes A Terrible Mistake In ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 Episode 5

December 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

“Boom” is about Eva in the same way that “Person of Interest” was about Becka. This is to say that Eva’s problems are foregrounded a...