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    Shrinking Season-Finale Recap: The Best Way to Help YourselfTherapy has become a smaller and smaller part of this show over the course of the season, so the final scene of the finale feels a bit jarring.
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    Shrinking Recap: Big GestureThe penultimate episode provides plenty of emotionally complex moments, which have become the best part of Shrinking.
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    The Last of Us’s Merle Dandridge Doesn’t Know If Marlene Was Right“The decision cleaves her spirit in two.”
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    Shrinking Recap: Pattern InterruptShrinking is moving away from its focus on therapy and toward a pure hangout sitcom.
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    The Last of Us’s Troy Baker on Watching Pedro Pascal Play the Role He Originated“Every episode, there’s some moment where I go, I didn’t think about that. I didn’t see that. It catches me off guard.”
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    A Daisy Jones & the Six Page-to-Screen Character GuideThe new miniseries attempts to faithfully re-create the reading experience, but as with any adaptation, certain details don’t make the cut.
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    Shrinking Recap: The Easy PartJimmy and Gaby pump the brakes and work to restore their friendship.
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    The Last of Us’s Storm Reid on Riley and Ellie’s ‘Sacrificial’ Love“They know that this might not end well, but as long as they’re spending their last moments together, that’s what means the most.”
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    Shrinking Recap: Doing the WorkHarrison Ford gets high on weed gummies. This is not a drill!
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    Rutina Wesley Found a ‘Fierce Stillness’ in The Last of Us’s Maria“If she were to smile, it would be with her eyes. You would never see a wide grin on her face.”
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    Shrinking Recap: Trauma-Induced AvoidanceShrinking is becoming more than just The Jason Segel Show.
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    1923’s Aminah Nieves Found Healing Playing Teonna“Telling truthful stories gives my ancestors a chance to say what they couldn’t have said before.”
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    Shrinking Recap: Bad DayJimmy’s tendency to make everything about himself leads to his ugliest moment yet.
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    Jeffrey Pierce on His New Last of Us Role and Old Last of Us Themes“I think it’s interesting and powerful to force the audience to ask, ‘Okay, who’s the villain here and who’s the good guy?’”
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    Shrinking Recap: Grieve HardJimmy’s new method of addressing his grief may effectively numb his pain, but his emotional bill will be due soon enough.
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    Shrinking Recap: Everything Goes My WayShrinking’s ensemble gets more time to shine.
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    Shrinking Series-Premiere Recap: Psychological VigilanteWhat happens when a therapist gets tired of incremental self-improvement and speeds up everyone’s mental health journey? Let’s find out!
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    Mythic Quest Season-Finale Recap: The End of the Goddamned UniverseThe finale changes the status quo again but in a way that’s less successful than season two’s closer.
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    Yellowstone Midseason-Finale Recap: Something Worth Fighting ForThis half-season ends on a high note as it reminds us how violent and amoral the Duttons can be.
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    Mythic Quest Recap: A Victim of My Own SuccessWith the friendships all broken and Playpen seemingly, where does Mythic Quest go from here?
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    Mythic Quest Recap: Overpromise, UnderdeliverHere it is, season three’s “shit just got serious” moment.
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    Yellowstone Recap: The End of UsSome interesting developments could lead to a compelling second half of the season.
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    Mythic Quest Recap: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now“Sarian” is this season’s “A Quiet Dark Death” and “Backstory” equivalent.
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    Yellowstone Recap: Little Wisps of TimeA pleasant enough episode of Yellowstone — a warm depiction of a key tradition everyone is terrified of losing.
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    Mythic Quest Recap: The High Holy Day of CapitalismA Christmas episode of Mythic Quest maybe has its heart in the wrong place.
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    Yellowstone Recap: Survival of the UnfittestThere’s no better way to say this: Summer just isn’t a good character. She wasn’t last year, but she’s especially not this year.
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    Mythic Quest Recap: Failing UpPoppy Li is rightfully taking her place as the true series protagonist, but that leaves Ian feeling a little lost.
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    Yellowstone Recap: As Good As GoneThe dynamic between Jamie and Beth changes for the first time … ever?
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    Mythic Quest Recap: We Dream It, They Build ItSeason three is pairing up some unexpected characters (and also Joe Manganiello) to great success.
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    Yellowstone Recap: The Big Bad WolfHappy 58th birthday, Lloyd!
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    Mythic Quest Recap: The Year of BrittlesbeeWho doesn’t love the brunch?
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    Yellowstone Recap: Already at WarIs Yellowstone turning from a soapy, violent western into a soapy, violent political drama?
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    Yellowstone Season-Premiere Recap: Married to MontanaJohn Dutton’s the governor … but does he really want to be?
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    Mythic Quest Recap: The MakersIan may have done something unusually humble last season when he suggested that he and Poppy make Hera together, but he’s still really annoying.
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    Mythic Quest Season-Premiere Recap: A True OriginalThe old MQ team reunites to gaze at the stars — and one in particular.
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    The Patient’s Linda Emond on Coming to Terms With Mothering a Killer“There’s a certain martyrdom for what she went through. That’s how she made sense of it: She saved her son and stood by him.”
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    ‘What Do I Really Know About the ’80s?’Ralph Macchio lived in a 1980s bubble, positioned too far inside the era to be well versed on the enduring nostalgia for it.
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    The Midnight Club’s Heather Langenkamp on Returning to Horror Post–Elm Street“It’s something that I would never have imagined for myself, knowing who I am. I’m not someone who seeks out to be scared.”
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    The Midnight Club Recap: Liminal Space“Midnight” is The Midnight Club in a nutshell with all the strengths and weaknesses it ever had.
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    The Midnight Club Recap: Folie à DeuxIt’s difficult not to view these long digressions as distractions this close to the end of the season.
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    The Midnight Club Recap: It’s Going to HurtAnyone else feeling a lack of urgency here?
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    The Midnight Club Recap: Spontaneous RegressionThis is, first and foremost, a celebration of the series’ strongest achievement in both acting and characterization.
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    The Midnight Club Recap: The Universe Is StubbornTwo midnight stories told early make way for the show’s most high-stakes storyline yet.
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    The Midnight Club Recap: You Write What You KnowHappy Deathday to Amesh! What better way to celebrate than taking edibles on the beach?
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    The Midnight Club Recap: Murder TownMike Flanagan’s latest continues to be heavy on teen drama and light on horror, but that’s fine.
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    The Midnight Club Recap: Petting ZooIt’s Family Day at Brightcliffe!
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    The Midnight Club Recap: The You That You ChoseAnya tells a revealing story about being in two places at once and ending up nowhere.
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    The Midnight Club Series-Premiere Recap: Making GhostsWhat scares a bunch of terminally ill young adults? Mike Flanagan tries to find out.
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    Cobra Kai Season-Finale Recap: Midnight FunWhere does Cobra Kai go from here?
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    Cobra Kai Recap: The Break-Fist ClubIt’s always great when the old Karate Kid characters reminisce about the absurdity of their old rivalries.
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