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  1. finale thoughts
    3 Body Problem Made Rosalind Chao a Braver PerformerAnd inspired her to watch herself onscreen for the first time in decades.
  2. overnights
    The Gentlemen Season-Finale Recap: I Love It When a Plan Comes TogetherThe various guns, Chekov and otherwise, finally go off in a satisfying ending to the season.
  3. let’s go party
    Life in the Dreamhouse Is a Prologue to the Barbie PlaybookA decade before Greta Gerwig escorted her to the Oscars, an animated web series gently parodied the doll it was supposed to be marketing.
  4. overnights
    The Gentlemen Recap: Fight NightThe Gentlemen returns to the breakneck pace of earlier episodes and gets surprisingly serious about the human consequences of gangsterism.
  5. overnights
    The Gentlemen Recap: Having a BallWith the setup out of the way, we get a pair of capers and villain-of-the-week affairs.
  6. overnights
    The Gentlemen Series-Premiere Recap: Cannabis in the U.K.Is another crime drama about drug-peddling kingpins necessary? Yes, if it’s a spinoff of Ritchie’s 2019 film of the same name.
  7. chat room
    Fargo’s Dave Foley Knows What Danish Graves Was Thinking“He’s like, No, people are afraid of me! This isn’t gonna happen!”
  8. exit interview
    Reinventing the Wheel of TimeFor the series’ breakout second season, showrunner Rafe Judkins followed a different kind of fantasy.
  9. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Rand and DeliverWith an electric season finale, Wheel’s approach to epic fantasy has reached must-watch television.
  10. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: The Great EscapeJust as our hero starts to come into his own, we get a shocking twist that is a genuine bummer.
  11. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Master and ServantEgwene’s breaking is the most disturbing moment in the series to date.
  12. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Are You Afraid of the Dark?We’re benefiting from seeing our characters develop more, but we have to suffer through these lifeless night scenes.
  13. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Blood SimpleWheel seems to have taken a leap in its second season. Here’s hoping it keeps up!
  14. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Level UpWhoa. Where did this show come from?
  15. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Rand on the RunWe’re digging into interesting relationship dynamics with new and familiar faces.
  16. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Season-Premiere Recap: Roll OnAmazon’s big-budgeted series may not be remarkable, but it knows to deliver all the hits of fantasy that fantasy nerds want.
  17. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Season-Finale Recap: Logging OffWe need more TV shows willing to say algorithms are just super-dumb computer programs.
  18. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Recap: In the Belly of the BeastSimone takes a major leap of faith.
  19. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Recap: Mommie DearestMrs. Davis takes a (slight) pause from the zaniness to examine all of Simone’s relationships in the best episode yet.
  20. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Recap: Story TimeDon’t try to suss out Mrs. Davis’s ridiculous twists and turns, just let them wash over you.
  21. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Recap: The Body of Christ, AmenEven in a show as studiously zany as Mrs. Davis, I didn’t expect this.
  22. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Series-Premiere Recap: Master of NunBetty Gilpin stars as Sister Simone, a roguish nun recruited to shut down the A.I. algorithm that has conquered humanity. You know, the usual!
  23. chat room
    Juliet Rylance’s Wig Gets Her Into Perry Mason Mode“I feel like, ‘Oh, this is definitely not Juliet, this is Della.’”
  24. best of 2022
    The 10 Best TV Needle Drops of 2022Megan Thee Stallion, Kate Bush, and … Charles Manson? TV soundtracks had it all this year.
  25. chat room
    Diego Luna Shot Andor’s Prison Break on His Last Day of Filming“The cameras were there, the cables and everything, and we jumped. The stunt performers did one by themselves. Then we heard ‘Wrap her up!’”
  26. chat room
    Mckenna Grace on Finding Hope at the End of A Friend of the Family“Look at the pain and heartache the Brobergs went through. They still came together as a family afterwards.”
  27. fire and blood
    Who’s Who in Westeros: A House of the Dragon Character GuideKeeping up with the Targaryens after episode eight.
  28. fire and blood
    House of the Dragon’s Director Wants You Asking Questions About DaemonGreg Yaitanes on Rhaenyra’s coronation, Daemon’s betrayal, and that dragon chase: “Something horrible happening in the midst of somewhere beautiful.”
  29. chat room
    Eve Best on Rhaenys’s Huge Dragon Moment: ‘It’s the Intelligent Choice’The actor explains why “the Queen Who Never Was” never considered an alternative action in the final moments of “The Green Council.”
  30. chat room
    John Macmillan Shot Laenor’s House of the Dragon Escape on His First Day on Set“It was a really stormy day, and we were out in the ocean in this massive hundred-year-old boat.”
  31. fire and blood
    The Casting Challenge Behind House of the Dragon’s 10-Year Time JumpHow the series’ casting director navigated a time-lapsed, multigenerational plot.
  32. chat room
    House of the Dragon’s Matthew Needham Is Playing Larys As a Hero“He might seem completely mad, but it’s very methodical.”
  33. fire and blood
    Theo Nate Could Ride a Dragon All DayAs his House of the Dragon role is aged up and recast, the British actor reflects on Laenor Velaryon’s bravery on and off the battlefield.
  34. fire and blood
    House of the Dragon’s Resident Lannister(s) Had to Forget What GOT Taught HimJefferson Hall on his “unremarkable” performance in Thrones’ first season and how he tackled double duty as Dragon’s newest twins.
  35. overnights
    Black Bird Recap: A Free ManBlack Bird and its final episode wound up being about many things.
  36. overnights
    Black Bird Recap: The ConfessionThe walls are closing in on Jimmy.
  37. overnights
    Black Bird Recap: Mopping UpNothing like a hard day’s work to do some good old-fashion trauma bonding.
  38. overnights
    Black Bird Recap: So I Befriended a Mob BossJimmy isn’t going to let a little blackmail stop him from the task at hand.
  39. overnights
    Black Bird Recap: UndercoverWith all the setup out of the way, we can look forward to what promises to be the main action: Jimmy and Larry alone together.
  40. overnights
    Black Bird Series-Premiere Recap: Scared CrookedDennis Lehane’s latest crime drama stands out with its two deeply unlikeable stars.
  41. vulture lists
    40 Movies and TV Shows to Watch If You Like Stranger ThingsFrom Akira to Twin Peaks and Under the Skin.
  42. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Season-Finale Recap: The Last Temptation of the Dragon RebornIt’s weird for Rand to reach the end of his hero’s journey even though there are, like, 13 books left for The Wheel of Time to adapt.
  43. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Secret OriginsSo we know who the Dragon Reborn is now, which is cool.
  44. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: A Day in the LifeIt turns out Moiraine has a life outside of her epic quest.
  45. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: The Big CityHey, it’s the White Tower!
  46. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: A World of WorldbuildingIs Nynaeve the Dragon Reborn? Kind of seems like it.
  47. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: Splitting HeirsWhat this episode lacks in recognizable human emotions, it makes up for in sheer storytelling scope.
  48. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Recap: On the RunIn the war against the dark that both the Aes Sedai and the Whitecloaks consider themselves waging, are “good guys” even a thing?
  49. overnights
    The Wheel of Time Series-Premiere Recap: The Chosen OnesAmazon’s fantasy-TV epic makes the most of its debut by playing familiar fantasy notes.
  50. vulture recommends
    Make Brand New Cherry Flavor Your Next Netflix Horror BingeDropped in August, the series is perfect for spooky season.
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