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    Sweet Tooth Recap: Burning Down the HouseThere’s a lot of hiding and seeking going on.
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    Sweet Tooth Recap: No Visitors AllowedThe farther we get from idyllic Yellowstone, the scarier the post-Great Crumbling world becomes.
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    Sweet Tooth Series-Premiere Recap: Into the WildTurns out an adorable deer boy and a grand adventure go a long way toward making pandemic entertainment more appealing.
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    What to Know Before Venturing Into the Bizarre World of Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.The new stop-motion family sitcom starring one of comics’ most enduring punchlines is packed full of references to other Marvel concepts.
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    Invincible Season-Finale Recap: My Father the HeroOne of the most harrowing episode of superhero TV ever produced matches extreme, spectacular violence with devastating emotional conflict.
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    Invincible Recap: Trust IssuesAn eventful penultimate episode puts us back in action-extravaganza mode, as Omni-Man reveals his true self and obliterates his domestic human life.
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    Invincible Recap: A Different WorldEven in the world of higher education, Mark can’t escape the blue and yellow costume.
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    Invincible Recap: Growing PainsIn going against his father’s wishes to team up with Titan (Mahershala Ali), Mark makes a valiant choice that backfires spectacularly.
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    Invincible Recap: Suspicious MindsAs Nolan’s and Debbie’s characters get fleshed out, the tension between their competing ideologies grows within Mark.
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    Invincible Recap: Tryout SeasonMark’s father has specific expectations for him, and it’s looking like those expectations are going to cause some major problems.
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    Invincible Recap: Blue Badge of CourageNobody said being a superhero was going to be easy, and Mark quickly learns the many difficulties of his new life.
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    Invincible Premiere Recap: Father Knows BestWhat at first seems like a sunny superhero origin story soon descends into the darkest aspects of the genre.
  13. close reads
    The Real WandaVision Big Bad Was Marriage All AlongBeneath the family-sitcom trappings, the series is wed to a legacy of superhero stories that will do anything to end marital bliss.
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    The Old Guard Is Not a Superhero StoryComic author and screenwriter Greg Rucka is adamant that his “fiction of violence” stand apart from Marvel.
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    A Short History of The Old Guard Comic UniverseAll the character backstories you need.
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    The Graphic Novel That Inspired I Am Not Okay With ThisCartoonist Charles Forsman on how his stripped-down comic became Netflix’s new superpowered teen show.
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    The GLOW Comic Takes the Gorgeous Ladies Deeper Into the Wrestling WorldWriter Tini Howard and artist Hannah Templer break down what goes into translating the series to a new medium. Plus: An exclusive preview of issue 2.
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    A GIF Guide to This Week’s Legendary Drag Race Lip SyncEveryone is going to need a cigarette after this.
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    Legion Recap: Blue-Eyed DevilThe second-season finale finds the series going all-in on the dark turn taken by its protagonist.
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    Legion Recap: Rise of the World-BreakerIs the show’s new villain David himself?
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    Legion Recap: Vapor HazeThe momentum grinds to a halt as the writers give us unsatisfactory check-ins with the supporting cast.
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    Legion Recap: Wandering the DesertCan Legion hurry up and find Farouk’s body already?
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    Legion Recap: Walking on EggshellsThe second season’s expanded format is starting to wreak havoc with its storytelling.
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    Legion Recap: The Tree of Life“Chapter 14” explores the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics by entering a world populated by different versions of David Haller.
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    Legion Recap: The Unholy Resurrection of Lenny BuskerVillains take the spotlight as Legion doubles down on horror.
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    Legion Recap: The Broken PlacesDavid Haller goes on a psychic voyage through his girlfriend’s memories.
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    Legion Recap: The Maze RunnerA virus outbreak plunges Division 3 into crisis mode.
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    Legion Recap: Bigger Than JesusDavid finally comes face-to-face with the Shadow King.
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    Legion Season-Premiere Recap: Identity CrisisWelcome back to the strangest superhero-show on TV.
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    Marvel’s Runaways Season-Finale Recap: Life on the StreetAlthough it took the whole season to get here, the payoff in “Hostile” is very rewarding.
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    Runaways Recap: Love at the End of the WorldWith two big hookups, “Doomsday” is an episode for the shippers.
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    Marvel’s Runaways Recap: How to Train Your DinosaurGert’s prehistoric pet makes everything better.
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    Marvel’s Runaways Recap: Girl PowerThe most powerful moments in “Refraction” revolve around Molly.
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    Marvel’s Runaways Recap: Let Your Freak Flag FlyKarolina is capable of extraordinary things when she doesn’t inhibit herself.
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    Marvel’s Runaways Recap: Smells Like Superhero SpiritAfter Alex is kidnapped, the other teens jump into action to save him.
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    Marvel’s Runaways Recap: Shine Bright Like a DiamondWhat is Runaways if the characters don’t actually run away?
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    Marvel’s Runaways Recap: Beware of DinosaurYou just saw your parents kill a young woman in a freaky underground ritual. What now?
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    Marvel’s Runaways Recap: The Parents Aren’t All RightThe Runaways TV show has an opportunity to explore morality in a way the comic never did.
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    Marvel’s Runaways Series-Premiere Recap: Teenage DreamThe new Marvel show turns a typical teen soap into something fantastic.
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    The Defenders Season-Finale Recap: There’s No ‘I’ in TeamThe heroes of The Defenders face off in their final battle against the Hand.
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    The Defenders Recap: Enter the Dragon“Fish in the Jailhouse” reveals the personal costs of this increasingly fantastic conflict.
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    The Defenders Recap: Black Sky Rising“Ashes, Ashes” serves up the show’s most dramatic cliff-hanger yet.
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    The Defenders Recap: Nowhere to HideThe Hand isn’t an interesting villain.
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    The Defenders Recap: Not Looking for Super-Friends“Royal Dragon” proves that The Defenders has a lot of room for improvement.
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    The Defenders Recap: All Together NowThe big team-up finally arrives in “Worst Behavior.”
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    The Defenders Recap: Talk to the HandThe fight scenes in “Mean Right Hook” are a big step up.
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    The Defenders Series-Premiere Recap: Don’t Call Them HeroesIf you expect to see Marvel’s street-level heroes team up in this episode, prepare to be disappointed.
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    American Gods Season Finale Recap: Don’t Cross EasterKristin Chenoweth brings a bubbly brightness to American Gods.
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    American Gods Recap: Semi-Charmed Life“Prayer For Mad Sweeney” reveals a lighter, softer side of American Gods.
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    American Gods Recap: Burn, Baby, Burn“A Murder of Gods” doesn’t shy away from scathing political commentary.
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