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    I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Recap: The Human CostA thoughtful survey of the damage EAR/ONS’s crimes did in the lives of survivors speaks to how rape culture has and hasn’t changed since the ’70s.
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    I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Premiere Recap: Out of the ShadowsThe promise of Liz Garbus’s series lies in the incompleteness of Michelle McNamara’s story as much as the particulars of the Golden State Killer file.
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    The Good Fight Season Finale Recap: To Be ContinuedSeason four ends three episodes early, with an hour that feels like both a question mark and an exclamation point.
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    Homecoming Season Finale Recap: The Spotless MindA reasonably satisfying finish, with some strong De Palma-style theatrics, exposes season two as a slick thrill machine first and foremost.
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    Homecoming Recap: Crisis ManagementAlex knows the jig is up with Walter, and so must shift into a desperate, improvised Phase II.
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    Homecoming Recap: War StoriesWe’re waiting for the moment when everything goes wrong for Alex, and every word that comes out of her mouth is one second closer to detonation.
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    Homecoming Recap: DoublespeakFrancine Bunda (Joan Cusack) is not merely taking an interest in Geist as a company. She’s running the show.
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    Homecoming Recap: Human ResourcesActing like a good person is an effective scheme for bad people.
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    Homecoming Recap: A Puzzle Within a PuzzleFor every piece of Jackie’s (Alex’s?) identity that falls into place, a new question emerges.
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    Homecoming Season-Premiere Recap: BreadcrumbsWe meet up with this season’s new military guinea pig, Jackie Calico (Janelle Monáe), at the center of the maze.
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    The Good Fight Recap: The Hidden HandHow can the Memo 618 people ever be exposed when they’ve gamed the system that’s supposed to hold them to account?
  14. close reads
    What Did The Last Dance Tell Us About Michael Jordan, Really?It boosted Jordan’s standing as the greatest ever, but, like Mike himself, there was a hollowness at its center.
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    The Good Fight Recap: Win/LossThe staging of a modern-day A Few Good Men is the central point of an hour that coheres elegantly around the possibility of justice.
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    The Good Fight Recap: Foul PlayC**ksucker in Chains may be grating and unfunny, but it’s sophisticated in the ways it irritates, inspires, and freaks out the targets of its satire.
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    The Good Fight Recap: Party LinesThe series returns to the internecine battles of the Democratic Party — and, consequently, the numerous conflicts within Reddick, Boseman itself.
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    The Good Fight Recap: Gone to the DogsFor the first time in a while, The Good Fight behaves like a normal-ish courtroom drama. Emphasis on the “ish.”
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    The Good Fight Season Premiere Recap: The Butterfly EffectSeason four opens with a startling flex, a fever dream of a misdirect that’s audacious even by Good Fight standards.
  20. vulture lists
    Every HBO Show, RankedTaking stock of the premium network’s formidable catalogue.
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    McMillions Finale Recap: The HangoverWe close the book, once again, on the McDonald’s Monopoly scam, but not before one last big reveal.
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    McMillions Recap: Pandora’s Happy MealThe unraveling of the Monopoly scam begins in earnest, with arrests, denials, and confessions and a mass reckoning.
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    McMillions Recap: The Wheel of JusticeWith Uncle Jerry forced to seek out new middle managers of dubious character, the series gains some new standout side characters.
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    McMillions Recap: Thanks a MillionFor the first time we get to see the reverse angle on one of the Jerrys’ “winners,” and it’s surprisingly devastating.
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    McMillions Recap: A Very Jerry ConspiracyWith the Monopoly fraud conspiracy widening, a new mystery-within-the-mystery presents itself.
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    McMillion$ Premiere Recap: Operation HamburglerThe HBO miniseries kicks off with a compelling introduction to the McDonald’s Monopoly scam, and the even more compelling FBI agent who spotted it.
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    Avenue 5 Recap: Maintain TrajectoryLike the ship’s denizens, this episode is drifting along in a state of uncertainty and confusion.
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    Avenue 5 Recap: Insolent CasualWhen you’re stranded on an adrift space cruise, the correct answer doesn’t carry as much weight as the answer everyone wants to hear.
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    Avenue 5 Premiere Recap: Ship of FoolsArmando Iannucci’s science-fiction comedy is a floating allegory for our shaken faith in 21st-century geniuses.
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    How Did a Todd Haynes Movie Get Ignored This Awards Season?A David versus Goliath tale like Dark Waters is usually Oscar bait. What gives?
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    Every Noah Baumbach Movie, RankedAs Marriage Story hits Netflix, we take a closer look at a director who’s constantly evolving.
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    Living With Yourself Finale Recap: Me, Myself, and YouThe season ends by fulfilling the promise of sustained Miles-on-Miles action, and a promise of complications to come.
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    Living With Yourself Recap: Me and My Old LadyThe show gets back to what it does best: using its unusual premise to make observations about love, marriage, and the midlife crisis.
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    Living With Yourself Recap: We Know YouMiles attempts some corporate subterfuge to save his job, but opens himself up to dangerous blowback in the process.
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    Living With Yourself Recap: The Good WifeThe strongest episode of the show so far proves that Kate — and Aisling Bea — has a comic voice of her own.
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    Living With Yourself Recap: A More Perfect UnionMiles 2.0 is coming around to the idea that he deserves a lot more than he’s getting.
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    Living With Yourself Recap: Power PlayHas Living With Yourself blown up its premise too soon?
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    Living With Yourself Recap: Hard RebootA shiny and rejuvenated Miles discovers he can experience disappointment as vividly as he can experience joy.
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    Living With Yourself Premiere Recap: Synergy Makes You and MeA promising first episode makes science-fiction comedy out of the common predicament of a midlife crisis.
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    Succession Season Finale Recap: Silent KillerThe finale pays off a long game that goes all the way back to the early episodes of the first season.
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    Succession Recap: Capitol AssetsIn the fallout from the cruise scandal, the Roy children prove they’re at their best when called upon to do their worst.
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    Succession Recap: Hit It, DJ Squiggle!The mortifying spectacle of an unwelcome tribute celebration reveals the phony mythology that props up the Logan Roy story.
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    Succession Recap: Parent TrapRhea gives Logan the handcrafted, artisanal betrayal he needs to nullify his promise to Shiv.
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    Succession Recap: We Here for YouAmid panels, nature hikes, and $75 Cobb salads, a new threat to the family’s survival emerges.
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    Succession Recap: Jury of PierceLogan’s toxic influence is all over the best episode of the season thus far.
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    Succession Recap: Good BoyIn so many ways, the Roy siblings are still children: bratty and tempestuous and spoiled, yes, but also vulnerable and easily wounded.
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    Succession Recap: Esprit de BoarA company retreat lays bare the doubts about Logan that have been hiding in plain sight from the beginning.
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    Mindhunter Season Finale Recap: Poetic JusticeThe BSU ends its time in Atlanta with a tough lesson in humility for Holden.
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    Mindhunter Recap: Risk ProfileHolden cares about the Atlanta case, but he cares more about having his instincts validated.
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    Mindhunter Recap: Bad LeadsThe BSU’s hoped-for status as conquering heroes continues to be met with resistance in Atlanta.
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    Mindhunter Recap: FBI to ATLHolden can’t help being the arrogant FBI guy who comes to town with all the answers, but BSU’s time in Atlanta isn’t without its bumps.
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    Mindhunter Recap: Family MattersAn outstanding midpoint episode pivots on the human moments when our heroes can’t help bringing themselves into their work.
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