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  1. character study
    How Moira Rose Became Schitt’s Most Lovable DivaMaking the former soap star, current Jazzagal, and indefatigable matriarch of the Rose clan.
  2. overnights
    You Season Finale Recap: We Found Love in a Hopeless PlaceIsn’t it nice when partners can connect over common interests?
  3. overnights
    You Recap: Slasher ChickEllie stumbling into the path of not one but two narcissistic murderers was a bad break on top of a lifetime of bad breaks for our balcony sprite.
  4. overnights
    You Recap: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s BeenThe good news is Joe and Forty have finally finished a draft of their script! The bad news … well …
  5. overnights
    You Recap: The Dating Is the Hardest PartBeing in rebound mode causes both Joe and Love to revert to some troubling old patterns.
  6. overnights
    You Recap: Call Me by My NameCandace and Joe are just assailants crossing in the night.
  7. overnights
    You Recap: Truth YurtsFor some reason, Love thinks that her boyfriend of 20 minutes is equipped to navigate her family’s many complex, incendiary relationships.
  8. overnights
    You Recap: Pics or it Didn’t HappenJoe, hellbent on bringing Henderson to justice in the traditional fashion (e.g., not murder), proves just how incapable he is of doing so.
  9. overnights
    You Recap: He’s the Bad Guy, DuhDoes literally no one in this entire show have a grasp on the basics of consent?
  10. overnights
    You Recap: Any Way You Slice ItThings are escalating with love and Love alike.
  13. overnights
    You Season-Premiere Recap: Do You Believe in Life After Love?Joe is looking for Love in L.A., using the extremely inconspicuous fake identity of Will Bettelheim.
  14. you again
    A Highly Condensed, Murder-Filled Recap of You, Season OneWith the semi-ironic psychosexual thriller set to return this week, here’s everything you need to remember about Joe Goldberg’s romantic misdeeds.
  15. overnights
    Dickinson Season Finale Recap: ’Til DeathEmily spends Sue’s wedding day as only she can: fantasizing once again about death.
  16. overnights
    Dickinson Recap: Total Eclipse of the HeartIt was only a matter of time before Emily had to face death for real.
  17. overnights
    Dickinson Recap: Guess Who’s Coming at Dinner?It’s Christmas at the Dickinson household, complete with drunken carols, sexual escapades at the dinner table, and one Louisa May Alcott!
  18. overnights
    Dickinson Recap: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign TrailFor Papa Dickinson, all that matters is Election Day. For his daughters, who cannot vote, all that matters is that the circus is coming to town.
  19. overnights
    Dickinson Recap: You Give Me FeverThis episode has everything: elaborate trickery, the arrival of a cute new potential love interest, and the introduction of an iconic Dickinson verse.
  20. overnights
    Dickinson Recap: Living for DramaNews of a fugitive slave in town has divided Amherst, but our dumb George is more concerned with matters of the heart.
  21. overnights
    Dickinson Recap: The Tracks of My TearsEm learns two very important lessons: that you should never meet your heroes, and that Thoreau’s mom did his laundry.
  22. overnights
    Dickinson Recap: A Period PieceLife may be an endless sea of pain, but at least there’s opium.
  25. overnights
    Dickinson Recap: I’ll Make a Man Out of YouThe volcano metaphor may be familiar, but an episode built around Emily Dickinson having her first orgasm is something you won’t find anywhere else.
  26. the law
    How Jane Fonda Convinces Her Famous Friends to Get Arrested“They have a profound experience during the arrest,” she says.
  27. overnights
    Dickinson Series Premiere Recap: Lust for AfterlifeMeet Emily, our rebellious, ambitious, weird, and — most crucially — horny teenage hero.
  28. social media
    An Ode to Patti Smith’s Instagram, the Safest Space on the InternetHer DMs are open, people!
  29. emmy insider
    The Story Behind PEN15’s Emmy-Nominated Sleepover Episode“Anna Ishii-Peters” is equal parts agonizing, emotional, and hilarious. Here’s how PEN15 pulled it off.
  30. big little questions
    9 Lingering Questions About Big Little Lies’ Second SeasonThe lies may be over, but questions remain.
  31. overnights
    Big Little Lies Recap: That’s One Secret I’ll Never TellThe slut-shaming, victim-blaming fest that is Celeste’s custody battle is nightmarish without relief.
  32. overnights
    Big Little Lies Recap: Mama’s Broken HeartMary Louise knows how to weaponize the social awkwardness that the typical Monterey woman will do almost anything to avoid.
  33. overnights
    Jessica Jones Series Finale Recap: Do the Right ThingJess might say she thinks being a hero is a crappy job, but it’s her crappy job, and she knows it.
  34. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: Gone DarkJess saves the day, just in time for Trish to ruin it again.
  37. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: Scratch ThatWhy did it take 11 episodes to reveal Trish’s coolest and most character-defining power?
  38. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: Tell Me Something, Boy“I’m innocent. That’s my alibi.” This is not how alibis work, Erik.
  39. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: Good Cop, Bad CopThe boyfriends have really dropped in quality on this show.
  40. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: Go Play Your Video GameJess and Salinger spend most of this episode baiting each other into exposing themselves.
  41. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: You Never Forget Your FirstIt’s back to the suburbs for Jess and Trish, who go on a road trip to look into the “accidental death” of Salinger’s brother.
  42. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: Pics Or It Didn’t HappenIt seems like Salinger is mostly about torturing his victims through self-indulgent rants about his sad childhood.
  43. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: Cut My Life Into PiecesFinally, Trish reveals a useful superpower! (Still no super-strength, though.)
  44. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: This Is the Bad PlaceWho would want Eric the burger guy dead? Oh, probably one of the three people he blackmailed.
  45. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: Sharp ObjectsWhy does a show about someone who can literally move at super-speed have to drag so much at the start of every season?
  46. overnights
    Jessica Jones Recap: I’m Super, Thanks for AskingAn overlong, underwhelming episode dwells on Trish being aggressively mediocre, if not outright terrible, at herodom.
  49. overnights
    Jessica Jones Season Premiere Recap: Savior, ComplexAs the third and final season kicks off, Jess is all by herself — even more than usual.
  50. fashion du jour
    Veep’s Costume Designer Looks Back on Her Favorite Selina Meyer OutfitsPlus, the best clothes up for grabs in the Veep auction.
  51. overnights
    Veep Series Finale Recap: The. Selina Meyer. Story.Selina, who has never been exactly what you could call a good person, spent this finale morphing into the most cruel, ruthless version of herself.
  52. overnights
    Veep Recap: Two Weddings, a Funeral, and a Drone StrikeWhat a week for DRAMA here on our fair comedy series!
  53. overnights
    Veep Recap: Bon Voyage!As the Andrew news grows worse, Selina’s unfavorables rise. Time for some damage control!
  54. overnights
    Veep Recap: Can I Get an Amen?Selina Meyer, master of diplomacy, has found a surprising ally in her quest to regain the White House.
  55. overnights
    Veep Recap: Man UpIt is appropriate, and so sad, that Selina’s persistent hatred of women is what lands her this season’s first political victory.
  56. overnights
    Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Recap: Watch the ThroneNot today, Satan.
  57. overnights
    Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Recap: I See Myself in YouA delicious episode finally lets Sabrina’s magic get weird and unruly, drawing on the dark side of all the Biblical myths and subverted prophecies.
  58. overnights
    Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Recap: I Believe in MiraclesThis show’s many disparate threads are finally getting braided together in a way that makes sense.
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