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  1. tv recaps
    Breaking Bad Season-Finale Recap: Because It Was IllegalWalt chases the rush, but the rush chases back.
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    Breaking Bad Recap: Enter HeisenbergWalter White is a gambler, which is a danger to him and those who will always dismiss him as an amateur. They will do so at their peril.
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    Breaking Bad Recap: Making a ChoiceWalt’s family thinks he’s not acting like himself, but the real Walt is much more troubling.
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    Breaking Bad Recap: Alternative TreatmentsWalt’s lowest moment so far isn’t the cancer diagnosis. It’s much uglier.
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    Breaking Bad Recap: What Makes Up a Human Being?Don’t worry, Walt, the killing gets easier from here.
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    Breaking Bad Recap: ChiralityEpisode two shows what kind of series this will be by hitting the brakes without ever letting up the tension.
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    Breaking Bad Series-Premiere Recap: I Am AwakeWhy does Walter White break bad? The real reason is there from the very beginning.
  8. overnights
    Better Call Saul Series-Finale Recap: The Time MachineJimmy McGill returns to square up to what he’s done and earn redemption from the person who matters most.
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    Better Call Saul Recap: Getting Away With ItKim proves she’s still capable of being human.
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    Better Call Saul Recap: 2 Breaking 2 BadThe Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe comes full circle.
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    Better Call Saul Recap: Breaking GeneA brilliant and wholly unexpected stand-alone episode offers a welcome reprieve from the Albuquerque pressure cooker.
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    Irma Vep Series-Finale Recap: Thank U, NextIn the end, shooting The Vampires has given Mira exactly what she wanted.
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    Better Call Saul Recap: Perfect DayIn the end, Kim never had Jimmy’s moral flexibility.
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    Irma Vep Recap: A Ghost StoryHollywood has caught up with Mira in Paris.
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    Better Call Saul Mid-Season Premiere Recap: Why Did Lalo Send You?The thrilling immediacy of the mid-season premiere cleans the slate for the season’s closing stretch.
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    Irma Vep Recap: BlitzedGoodbye, René!
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    Irma Vep Recap: Three Hours LaterWhere is the line drawn?
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    Irma Vep Recap: Too Many GhostsMira feels dangerously adrift as René places the burden of carrying the series on her.
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    Irma Vep Recap: Renew WaveIrma Vep reveals itself to be a savagely self-deprecating enterprise for its creator, Olivier Assayas.
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    Irma Vep Recap: A Film (Divided Into Eight Pieces)Mira has only gotten a small taste of the dysfunction to come.
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    Irma Vep Series-Premiere Recap: Screw Up the PlanMira’s (Alicia Vikander) hustle from Hollywood star to Irma Vep makes for an awkward transitional moment in Paris.
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    We Own This City Series-Finale Recap: Your TurnThe cycle begins anew in We Own This City’s righteously angry finale.
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    Better Call Saul Mid-Season Finale Recap: The Beginning of the EndBetter Call Saul conned us just as brilliantly as Kim and Jimmy conned Howard.
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    We Own This City Recap: No Honor Among ThievesThese guys cannot turn on each other fast enough.
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    Better Call Saul Recap: Been Caught StealingKim is never quite who we expect her to be, is she?
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    We Own This City Recap: High-Speed ChaseThis week details Wayne’s modus operandi both as a crook and the ultimate cop’s cop.
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    Better Call Saul Recap: No Easy MarksAn all-craft episode sets the table for more moves, countermoves, and surprising contingencies of worthy adversaries.
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    We Own This City Recap: This Is BaltimoreBaltimore’s most violent, corrupt cops get the nightmarish police version of failing their way to the top.
  29. overnights
    Better Call Saul Recap: Best Things in LifeHow long can Jimmy and Kim’s personal relationship survive their professional departure?
  30. overnights
    We Own This City Recap: This Is BaltimoreJenkins’s earliest days on the force reveal nothing particularly special about him: He represents the police. He’s not an anomaly.
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    Better Call Saul Recap: Good DeathOnce Saul Goodman stops being a role that he’s playing, what will be left of the Jimmy who Kim cares about?
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    We Own This City Series-Premiere Recap: UprisingThere’s a lot to absorb in this busy first hour, but it’s always worth allowing David Simon the latitude to tell a big story at his own pace.
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    Better Call Saul Recap: Scamming SeasonWe’re starting to see a crucial wedge between Kim and Jimmy, whose partnership we know will not survive the season.
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    Better Call Saul Season-Premiere Recap: RosebudAs he descends further into “Saul Goodman,” Jimmy takes on more risks than he should.
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    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Season-Finale Recap: Ride or DieIn the end, Travis can’t outrun his many mistakes, but Super Pumped goes to great pains to point out the hypocrisy of villainizing him.
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    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Recap: Reaping and SowingAll the self-inflicted time bombs Travis set in the earlier episodes are beginning to detonate. And yet his confidence never wavers.
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    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Recap: Here Comes a RegularTravis’s “money forgives everything” strategy pays off again, but for how long?
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    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Recap: Mardi GrasTo Travis, Uber screwing over drivers and passengers is a feature, not a bug.
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    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Recap: Dead UnicornsTravis and Uber meet their archenemy: Lyft
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    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Recap: Core ValuesTravis fires up his troops with an out-of-control party and his “core values” speech in Las Vegas.
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    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Series-Premiere Recap: The City Has Been TakenUber CEO Travis Kalanick is a charismatic animal who weaponizes his supreme self-confidence against anyone who stands in his way.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Season-Finale Recap: We Were First BornsA hugely satisfying finale answers the season’s dangling questions.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: I Need to PreachWith Eli, Baby Billy, and the children reconciling their transgressions, the Gemstones have cleared the deck for more sinning.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Knees and ToesWith Eli’s health in question, the Gemstone children jockey to fill the power void.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Second-Chance MenIs Jesse ready to step up and be the leader of the Gemstones?
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Fat StacksWith this standalone flashback episode, some puzzle pieces from the season start coming into place.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Baptism By GunfireThe triumphant return (and abandonment) of Baby Billy.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: The First Cut Is the DeepestWhat exactly is Eli capable of? The truth is horrifying.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Recap: A Little Write-up PieceThe Gemstone children face a threat to the family, but end up in more trouble than they could have imagined.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Season-Premiere Recap: Streaming Services, AmenThe Gemstones are back and just as dysfunctional as ever, this time with Eli engaging with his inherent darkness.
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