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The Latest TV Reviews & Recaps (Page 28)

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.

The Book of Boba Fett does the Tuskens dirty in episode 3

By: Megan Sunday

After two episodes of lighthearted action and adventure, the series takes an unnecessary dark turn.

How I Met Your Father follows in its predecessor’s footsteps

By: Ashley Lara

The new sequel series from Hulu has plenty to recommend it, but still doesn't feel like its own project.

Somebody Somewhere is a mirthful tale of a Midwestern Manhattanite

Bridget Everett shines as a woman reinventing herself in the humdrum rhythms of small-town life.

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Considering Star Trek without Roddenberry

30 years after the series’ creator passed, what remains of his message as Star Trek is bigger than ever.

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14 Ru-cap: Meet (half) the queens

The new season kicks off with our first gaggle of queens, who do their best to stand out (mostly by flattering Ru's brand).

Search Party’s adrift millennials go fully unhinged in its satisfying final season

By: Reyzando Nawara

The cult hit comedy closes up shop in season five, sending its self-absorbed antiheroes into even darker, wilder directions. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Search Party, the TBS-turned-HBO Max comedy from co-creators Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, and Michael Showalter, has never been afraid of reinventing itself. While it started off as a satire of New ... Search Party’s adrift millennials go fully unhinged in its satisfying final season

The Book of Boba Fett does a major course correction in episode 2

Boba's bid to rule Tatooine gets thrown a couple of new, blubbery obstacles, while we see how he fully integrated himself into Tusken culture.

This week’s Star Trek: Discovery measures the distance between ourselves and the unknown

"...But to Connect" expands Trek's definition of life in tidy but heartening ways.

The Book of Boba Fett kicks off in pulpy Star Wars style

The Mandalorian spinoff juggles Boba's past (how'd he get out of that Sarlacc?) with his new present as a budding crime lord.

Cobra Kai is still badass in season 4, but is running out of new moves

By: Reyzando Nawara

The hit '80s throwback series brings back some more old faces but keeps them stuck in the same old conflicts.

Emily in Paris pulls more glamour and intrigue out of its beret in season 2

By: Megan Sunday

Darren Star's breezy cross-coastal rom-com returns for a second season of kitschy outfits and international love triangles.

“Star Trek: Discovery” blends traditional Trek with the show’s emotional focus

As the ship deals with a mysterious spacial anomaly, the crew deals with their own personal issues and the ascendance of a new life form - Discovery itself.

Star Trek: Discovery gives plenty of “The Examples” of what it does well and poorly

The latest installment frequently can't match ideas with execution in fully satisfying ways.

The Top 25 TV Shows of 2021

This year's best in TV took us from the furthest reaches of space to murder mysteries in small Philly towns.

Despite some stumbles, Station Eleven is worth the journey

HBO Max's adaptation of the 2014 novel strikes a surprisingly hopeful note.

American Auto sputters right out the garage

By: Ashley Lara

Despite a game cast, the new sitcom from the creator of Superstore is closer to an Edsel than a GTO.

Succession’s season 3 finale paints the Roy kids into a corner

By: Ashley Lara

Season three goes out with a jaw-dropping bang, as a Tuscan wedding sets the stage for Logan to suck the last drops of blood out of his progeny.

The Witcher’s world gets deeper and wider in season two

Geralt of Rivia trades monsters-of-the-week for a long-form story that pushes the show forward in exciting and intriguing ways.

Star Trek: Discovery Teaches Lessons Old and New in “All Is Possible”

The latest episode clicks when it offers the kind of meat and potatoes Trek tropes fans love. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch I’m a sucker for when Discovery returns to solid meat-and-potatoes Star Trek concepts. The group of squabbling crewmen who find unity when it counts, despite their differences, is a franchise classic. (See: “The Galileo Seven” from The Original ... Star Trek: Discovery Teaches Lessons Old and New in “All Is Possible”

Performances and metatextual flair elevate Landscapers’ true-crime saga

By: Tim Stevens

HBO's limited series offers more than the usual sensationalistic grim recreations.

The Expanse flies high in its final, uneven season

One of the current best sci-fi show comes to a powerful, exciting end.

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