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Category Archive: TV

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.

“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” closes the book with an effective Part 4

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 4
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Netflix’s campy, grimy retelling of the teen witch tale reaches its end, dutifully sending off its characters before overstaying their welcome.

Marshall Estes Posted on December 28, 2020December 28, 2020

“Cobra Kai” waxes nostalgic, on and off, in season 3

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The cult hit series moves fully to Netflix for a season 3 packed with roundhouse kicks and a war of wills between its rival senseis.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 28, 2020December 27, 2020

“Star Trek Discovery” Season 3 Episode 11 Recap: Hard choices

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The crew finally discovers the secret of the Burn, which only leads to another sea of tough decisions as the season begins its endgame.

Andrew Bloom Posted on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

“The Expanse” Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: “Gaugamela”

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The show takes its season-opening cliffhanger and pries the floodgates open even further, creating more jeopardy for the system.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

“Bridgerton” packs its period romance with charm and scandal galore

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Shonda Rhimes’ latest series is a delightful romp filled with diverse characters (and casting), and more bodice-ripping intrigue than you can shake a corset at.

Beau North Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

“The Mandalorian” season finale gets us in our feelings

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Season 2 ends with a fanservice-y bang, as the show breaks our hearts while straining under the weight of all its cameos and references.

Megan Sunday Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

“A Creepshow Holiday Special” is an unpleasant lump of coal

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Greg Nicotero writes & directs a disappointingly juvenile collection of horror cliches & well-tread jokes.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

“Star Trek Discovery” Season 3 Episode 10 Recap: Transformations galore

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Emperor Georgiou faces her sins in a messy but camp episode that rehabilitates her character just in time […]

Andrew Bloom Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

The Top 25 TV Shows of 2020

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From BoJack to What We Do in the Shadows, we break down the TV that got us through a hellish year.

The Spool Staff Posted on December 16, 2020January 3, 2021

“Tiny Pretty Things” clears a high barre for teen drama

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Netflix blends Pretty Little Liars and Black Swan into a scintillating if overstuffed series about the pressures of performance.

Shannon Campe Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020

“The Stand” buckles under the weight of Stephen King’s source material

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CBS All Access’ all-star miniseries adaptation of the timely Stephen King novel bogs itself down in a helter-skelter structure and an acute lack of stakes.

The Spool Staff Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020

“The Mandalorian” Chapter 15 Recap: Ol’ Brown Eyes is back

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Bill Burr bursts back onto the series with some cutting wisdom on the moral gray areas of the Star Wars universe.

Megan Sunday Posted on December 11, 2020December 12, 2020

Stranded teens wild out in Amazon’s survival drama “The Wilds”

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By stubbornly refusing to embrace subtlety or reject clichés, The Wilds ends up unapologetically great.

Tim Stevens Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

“The Expanse” makes its interstellar stakes more personal in season 5

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Amazon Prime Video’s sci-fi series returns for another season of intergalactic intrigue, with a greater emphasis on its characters.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

“Star Trek Discovery” Season 3 Episode 9 Recap: A Star Trek Carol

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Emperor Georgiou goes on a dark night of the soul in the Mirror Universe.

Andrew Bloom Posted on December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

“Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Episode 8 Recap: Junk drawer

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A new villain appears while Staments, Adira, and Tilly get closer to The Burn.

Andrew Bloom Posted on December 6, 2020December 6, 2020

“Selena: The Series” loses its central figure under mountains of glitter

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A strong cast buckles under the cotton-candy weight of the iconic singer’s glamorous life, in the years before it was cut tragically short.

Megan Sunday Posted on December 5, 2020December 4, 2020

“Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” puts a human face to Marshal Applewhite’s victims

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HBO Max’s latest docuseries about cults explores the people left behind by the infamous Jonestown mass suicide.

Beau North Posted on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020

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