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.

Recap: ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Continues To Pull No Punches in Episode 2

June 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You know House of the Dragon is a grim show because in the Season 2 premiere a child got his head cut off. But you...

Recap: The Plot Thickens In ‘Miss Night and Day’ Episodes 3 & 4

June 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episodes 3 and 4 of Miss Night and Day only prove what I said in my recap of the premiere. This isn’t the best show...

Recap: New Alliances Are Formed In ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 4

June 23 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Police forces the world over are famously intolerant of attacks on their own, so it isn’t much of a surprise that Episode 4 of Mayor...

‘Gangs of Galicia’ Is A Sub-Par Crime Thriller With A Silly Ending

June 22 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can have too much of a good thing, and Gangs of Galicia proves it. The drug-fuelled international crime thriller is a beloved streaming mainstay,...

The Boys Season 4, Episode 4 Explained: Homelander Wants His Audience To Feel Sorry For Him

June 20 2024, by Daniel Hart

As I enjoyed The Boys Season 4, Episode 4, I realized that Homelander breaks the fourth wall—not by looking at the camera and talking to...

Recap: In Episode 8, ‘Dark Matter’ Finally Gets Good

June 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Okay, fine, I’ll give Dark Matter this – Episode 8, “Jupiter”, is pretty decent. It feels like the chickens coming home to roost on a...

Recap: ‘Dark Matter’ Episode 7 Is Even More Boring Than Usual

June 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The last thing Dark Matter needed was an even slower-paced breather to get the pieces into place for the big finale, but that’s exactly what...

Recap: Did ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 4 Just Break Canon Again?

June 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

First, the good news: The Acolyte Episode 4 is an improvement over last week’s episode, which according to some may have irreparably broken Star Wars...

Nikki Proves To Be The Best Mother In The World In ‘Trying’ Season 4, Episode 6

June 19 2024, by Daniel Hart

Sometimes, when you ignore a problem, it grows into something bigger, and that’s precisely what happens in Trying Season 4, Episode 6, which ends with...

‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Promises A Bloodbath Is Coming

June 18 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

House of the Dragon Season 2 begins with some reassurances. It’s still good, for a start. Episode 1, “A Son for a Son”, is actually...

Recap: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Impresses In Its First Two Episodes

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

With Episodes 1 and 2, Miss Night and Day establishes itself as the kind of K-Drama that people catch by chance and fall in love...

Recap: ‘Hotel Cocaine’ Gets Off To An Energetic Start In A Drug-Fuelled Premiere

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not sure I’d describe Hotel Cocaine as prestige TV, even though it’s tempting to put every hour-long drama with real actors in that bracket...

Recap: Villains Get the Limelight In ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 3

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

In many ways, Episode 3 of Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 feels like a direct response to Episode 2, which narrowed its focus on Mike...

Recap: Drugs Are Deadlier Than Usual in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 2

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Mayor of Kingstown is a splashy show set in a corrupt prison town. It’s full of gang wars and shootouts and other fun things. And...

Recap: Peace Goes Up In Flames In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 7

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

With Lincoln under military lockdown and a strict, permanent curfew imposed, Billy and the Regulators are confined to their HQ in the McSween house in...

Recap: Tensions Boil Over In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 6

June 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The war for Lincoln County begins in earnest in Episode 6 of Billy the Kid Season 2, which is a flurry of gunfights and testy...

Unpacking Every Scary Story In ‘Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams’

June 15 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Across seven episodes, Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams presents seemingly disconnected tales of horror and science-fiction, unified only, at first, by their Jakarta setting. But...

The Ending of ‘Doctor Climax’ Is A Battle Between Conservatism and Progress

June 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A shy dermatologist leading a sexual revolution struggles against flagrant conservative corruption in the ending of Doctor Climax, and the fact you’re watching a streaming...