The New Pope Recap: Sex and the Single PontiffJPIII struggles to find the line to take on marriage in the priesthood and same-sex marriage, while battling his own attraction to women in his orbit.
BySean T. Collins
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The New Pope Recap: These Are My ConfessionsBold even by Paolo Sorrentino’s standards, this episode plays on the tension between the desire to be seen and the desire to hold things private.
BySean T. Collins
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The New Pope Recap: Passion PlaySir John Brannox’s ascension to the papacy reveals his true power, the one that makes him uniquely suited to the role of Holy Father: suffering.
BySean T. Collins
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Still Gazing in Awe at Jude LawThe 47-year-old actor has played with beauty throughout his career. But it’s never been more chilling than on HBO’s The New Pope.
ByE. Alex Jung
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The New Pope Recap: Saint John the MalkovichSir John Brannox and the man playing him get a proper introduction in an emotional, intellectual, aesthetic smorgasbord of an episode.
BySean T. Collins
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The New Pope Premiere Recap: Keep Pope AliveThe College of Cardinals play papal-political hardball to name the erstwhile Pius XIII’s successor, and the game goes horribly awry.
The New Pope Lives in The Young Pope’s ShadowJohn Malkovich is great as the Vatican’s newest tenant, but Pius XIII’s presence looms over the season despite his being unconscious for much of it.
