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The Latest TV Reviews & Recaps (Page 19)

Keeping track of the boob tube, one recap at a time. Networks, cable, streaming, you name it – if you watch it on your TV first, we’ve got it covered.

Better Call Saul drops one more bombshell in an epilogue to the last six seasons

By: Andrew Bloom

Jimmy, Kim, Mike, and Gus pick up the pieces after last week’s bloody climax to more than one mortal threat.

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight offers up some diverting kung fu fun

It can’t hold a candle to the earlier movies, but Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight is a fresh new take on the world of Po.

Better Call Saul slashes the border between two worlds in its most tense hour yet

By: Andrew Bloom

Lalo’s hunt for Gus Fring puts Jimmy and Kim in the line of fire in a masterclass of terror and foreboding.

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Moonhaven is an imperfect but radiant lunar gem

Moonhaven, AMC's new science fiction serial, offers welcome pluck and strong craft but takes time to find its space legs.

The Newton Brothers on the hymnal hell of Midnight Mass

Welcome to Right on Cue, the podcast where we interview film, TV, and video game composers about the origins and nuances of their latest works. While Netflix is firmly in the grips of Stranger Things fever, another, more quietly affecting horror series made waves through the back half of 2021 — Mike Flanagan‘s haunting, meditative ... The Newton Brothers on the hymnal hell of Midnight Mass

All secrets have beginnings in “Part One” of Flowers in the Attic: the Origin

By: Megan Sunday

A shaky start leads to high melodrama in this prequel to the Dollanganger Saga.

Inside the weird, wild Gothic drama of V.C. Andrews movies

As Lifetime premieres a new addition to the Dollanganger Saga, we offer a crash course on what’s led us all to this.

HBO docuseries The Anarchists underdelivers

By: Michael Frank

HBO's docuseries suffers from rehashing too much information viewers already know.

What We Do in the Shadows Season 4 is a balm for the soul in these troubled times

By: Gena Radcliffe

While not quite as much of a non-stop joke machine as past seasons, it’s more than made up for by the genuine warmth that develops between the four roommates (and Gizmo).

Strange New Worlds remakes The Original Series with a twist in its rousing season finale

Reimagining the Enterprise’s first encounter with the Romulans leads to meaningful moments for Pike, Kirk, and Spock.

Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2 flouts traditional running times to largely emotionally satisfying results

By: Tim Stevens

The 80's nostalgia trip wrangles the messy, fractured season into a conclusion that somehow largely works.

Black Bird flies over predictable ground, occasionally soars

By: Tim Stevens

AppleTV+'s newest drama puts strong acting and writing towards another story of young women victims and the people who fight for them.

Strange New Worlds marries healing catharsis and abject terror

By: Andrew Bloom

Another Gorn attack comes with both claustrophobic horror and a stirring sacrifice.

Only Murders in the Building finds fresh blood in Season 2

By: Michael Frank

Hulu's hit mystery series expands its scope in its second season and hits a darker pattern to its true-crime pastiche.

Strange New Worlds Clips the Wings of its Futuristic Fairy Tale

Strange New Worlds' latest episode squanders the chance an energy being with the flair for the fantastical provides to cut loose.

Obi-Wan Kenobi bids us farewell in an emotional “Part 6”

By: Megan Sunday

It’s time for the duel of the fates as Obi-Wan faces Darth Vader while Reva hunts Luke in the series finale.

“Part 5” takes us down memory lane in an emotional Obi-Wan Kenobi

By: Megan Sunday

Old faces and new conflicts swirl to the surface in the penultimate episode.

Strange New Worlds uses Spock’s duality to explore the gender divide

By: Andrew Bloom

A superb non-binary guest star helps prove the franchise’s old rhythms are still fit for modern times.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & the morals of a world resigned to suffering

By: Andrew Bloom

A visit to one of the franchise’s traditional allegory-filled worlds holds a mirror up to the real one.

“Part 4” takes Obi-Wan Kenobi into the belly of the beast

By: Megan Sunday

It’s Obi-Wan to the rescue with a few stumbles along the way in an action-filled episode.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds blends high art with hijinks in its most fun episode

By: Andrew Bloom

A body swap, some romantic silliness, and a chance for senior officers to play hooky buoy a lighter outing for the series.

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