The Latest TV Reviews & Recaps (Page 28) | The Spool

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 Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window lets Netflix have it both ways.

The new streaming series can never reconcile its parodic aims with its central mystery.

The Book of Boba Fett Episode 5: We swear this isn’t an episode of The Mandalorian

The Star War series takes a break from its lead to showcase another show’s protagonist. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Welcome back all to this week’s recap of The Mandalor—I mean, The Book of Boba Fett. It’s a crowd-pleasing extravaganza this week as multiple characters return, including, most importantly, Din Djarin himself. He’s so very tired. Let’s get ... The Book of Boba Fett Episode 5: We swear this isn’t an episode of The Mandalorian

Sundance 2022: My Trip to Spain is a story rich in transition

By: B.L. Panther

The pilot episode profiles lives, relationships, and a world in change and adjustment.

Unraveling pop-culture one thread at a time

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Apart from one poor dragonfly, this week’s Drag Race circles the drain

Ball jokes and bug snacks punctuate an overstuffed (and overtucked) episode of season 14.

In Getting Curious, Jonathan Van Ness wants you to say “Yas Queen!” to knowledge

Taking their successful podcast to Netflix, the Queer Eye star explores a wide range of topics in this educational series.

True Story with Ed and Randall buries compelling tales in a so-so comedy show

Ed Helms and Randall Park's unscripted storytelling series forgets to bring the laughs.

Astrid & Lilly Save the World is familiar teen horror but deserves its chance to slay

By: Andrew Bloom

Syfy's new series is a shaky retread of Buffy in its early eps, but shows signs of promise.

As We See It treats autistic people with kid gloves

Old stereotypes about autistic people get trotted out again in Amazon's blinkered new series.

How Yellowjackets became the surprise sleeper hit of the winter

The occult horror-mystery about the survivors of a gruesome disaster captured audiences with dark humor & compelling characters.

The Book of Boba Fett is all action & little talk in episode 4

By: Megan Sunday

After a bummer of a plot twist in episode 3, things pick back up as we learn how Boba Fett meets his right-hand woman.

Servant keeps doing its own thing in season 3

By: Gena Radcliffe

The M. Night Shyamalan supernatural horror series is better if you stop trying to figure out what’s going on.

Ozark delivers slow-burn tension in Season 4 Part 1

By: Ashley Lara

The Netflix suspense drama continues to deliver with methodical brilliance.

Search Party’s co-creators on the thin line between altruism and narcissism

Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss look back at their genre-hopping chronicle of millennial life and the journey of the anti-heroine they built with Alia Shawkat.

This week’s Drag Race tries the same game again, to diminished returns

We see the other group of queens this week, and their introductions leave a lot to be desired.

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.

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.

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