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The Latest TV Recaps (Page 7)

Star Trek: Lower Decks launches its third season with a hysterical shock to the system

Mariner’s mission to rescue her mom subverts the franchise’s usual tropes with characteristic comedy.

House of the Dragon concerns itself with succession in its politicking premiere

By: Clint Worthington

The first episode of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series lays the groundwork for slower, Shakespearean family intrigue.

In Better Call Saul, Jimmy and Kim’s chickens come home to roost

By: Andrew Bloom

Visits to the past, present, and future for the couple mark the clearest differences between Kim Wexler and Saul Goodman.

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Better Call Saul returns to Breaking Bad to map out a bleak ending for Jimmy

By: Andrew Bloom

Saul’s choice to visit Walter White mirrors Gene’s choice to pursue one more cancer patient.

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.

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.

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.

Strange New Worlds marries healing catharsis and abject terror

By: Andrew Bloom

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

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.

Obi-Wan Kenobi’s third episode gives us the matchup we’ve been looking for

By: Megan Sunday

The Jedi Master reckons with the specter of his old apprentice in one of the most exciting episodes of the show yet.

Obi-Wan Kenobi sees more shadows of the past in Part II

By: Megan Sunday

The Jedi in hiding steps out for a daring rescue in a tense and emotional episode.

In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, death gives life new meaning

By: Andrew Bloom

A series of close calls with the Gorn brings out the best in the crew of the Enterprise.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is off to a solid start in Part 1

By: Megan Sunday

Ewan McGregor returns to the robe in a brisk premiere of the long awaited Star Wars spin-off.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds continues the franchise’s history of thorny moral questions

By: Andrew Bloom

Investigations of a mysterious species and a deadly contagion reveal personal and ethical quandaries. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch There was an odd strain of Nazi apologia in The Original Series. “Patterns of Force” featured a Starfleet potentate striving to preserve the “good parts” of the Nazi regime without the prejudice. “The Conscience of the ... Star Trek: Strange New Worlds continues the franchise’s history of thorny moral questions

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds does better by Uhura than the original

By: Andrew Bloom

A clash with a comet makes for a classic Star Trek tale and finally gives the cadet the spotlight.

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