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Category: TV Recap

· by Julie Kushner · Aug 7, 2015

THE DESCENDANTS: In Which Not Particularly Naughty Kids = Very Nice Ratings for Disney

Disney Channel pumps out another TV movie with the potential to be a High School Musical-sized cultural phenomenon. Introducing The Descendants. Check inside to see what all the fuss is about.

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· by Rick Lewis · Aug 7, 2015

17 CANDIDATES AND COUNTING: Showdown in Cleveland

Every question, every answer! HNTP presents the entire first hour of the GOP in snarky recap form. (Part 2 coming soon.)

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· by Marion Stein · Aug 7, 2015

Deutschland 83: Get Your Gotterdammerung On!

This is it! The Season One and/or possibly series finale of the bildungsroman that taught us to embrace the cold war, break out our Walkmans, and sprechen sie deutsch. Will we get that Star Wars moment we've been pining for?

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· by Marion Stein · Aug 6, 2015

Authentic Mad Men Crap For Sale! Today Only!

It's the final day of the Mad Men props auction! To the studio, it's trash... but to fans, it's treasure. But be warned, you'll have to pay a king's ransom for it.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Aug 5, 2015

FOX Cancels Ryan Seacrest’s "Knock Knock Live" After 2 Episodes

Ryan Seacrest's latest brainchild is stillborn. Turns out Americans only like to watch celebrities humiliate themselves on TV, not random schmoes off the streets. Good for us, I guess?

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· by Joannes Truyens · Aug 4, 2015

True Detective: Church in Ruins

Party time! Why yes, it is a dark and gritty and morose party filled with existentially tortured individuals delving into sex and violence while twisting in the wind of despair. How did you know?

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· by Joannes Truyens · Aug 3, 2015

True Detective: Other Lives

Our True Detective recap marathon continues with sexual harassment, shocking twists, and a whole lot of bickering over personal finances.

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· by Joannes Truyens · Jul 31, 2015

True Detective: Down Will Come

Carnage. Lots and lots of carnage. So much carnage. And some other stuff, but all you'll really remember is the carnage. Our True Detective recap marathon reaches Day/Episode 4!

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· by Marion Stein · Jul 31, 2015

Deutschland 83 RECAP: Nobody Listens to Martin

Last week Martin saved his mother's life. This week he tries to save the world, only nobody will listen to him. It's the second to last recap of Deutschland 83's inaugural season!

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· by Joannes Truyens · Jul 30, 2015

True Detective: Maybe Tomorrow

It's day three of our True Detective marathon! We last left Colin Ferrell in a bloody heap with shotgun wounds all over his body, but don't worry nothing comes of that. Also, there's lots of police investigation stuff, but nothing comes of that either. Not coming is also a major theme.

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· by Joannes Truyens · Jul 29, 2015

True Detective: Night Finds You

Our True Detective Season 2 marathon continues with a recap a day until we catch up. This week, proof that guns don't kill people. Or at least not people whose names appear in the opening credits. Better luck next time, bird-face!

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· by Joannes Truyens · Jul 28, 2015

True Detective: The Western Book of the Dead

HNTP is taking on True Detective! One recap a day until we catch up! Please welcome our new recapper Joannes Truyens to the fold as we kick off Season 2 of TV's most existentially depressing cop show since The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo.

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· by Marion Stein · Jul 27, 2015

Wayward Pines: Lord of the Flies

Season 1 of Wayward Pines ends with both a bang and a whimper. The human race at the height of its power and technology couldn't stop the rise of the mutant aberrations, but they can't handle one unfrozen dude with one backpack of C4? Bulls#*t.

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· by Marion Stein · Jul 25, 2015

Deutschland 83: Say It Like You Mean It

Apparently the secret to staying alive in Deutschland 83 is not to be remotely competent at the whole spying thing, because those who are keep sacrificing themselves for those who aren't. More death, betrayal, and prostitutes in this week's recap.

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· by Rick Lewis · Jul 25, 2015

YouTube Now Bigger than All Your Favorite Cable Networks

YouTube now has more viewers in the demo than any cable network and is raking in $4 billion a year... and yet can't make a profit. How is that possible?

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· by Julie Kushner · Jul 21, 2015

Tatiana Maslany Nabs Emmy Nod; Sestras Leave Voicemail Messages to Congratulate Her!

How the hell did it take three seasons for Tatiana Maslany to get her first Emmy nomination? Sister should be holding all six nods for all six characters. Only HNTP has an inside look at how the whole Clone Club is celebrating.

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· by Marion Stein · Jul 21, 2015

Regis and Kathie Lee Together Again at Last!

Rejoice stay-at-home parents and unemployed slackers and sick day takers everywhere! Regis has heard your prayers and accendeth once again to your TV to sit at the right hand of Kathie Lee.

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· by Marion Stein · Jul 20, 2015

Wayward Pines: A Very Special Reckoning

After finally getting his wife and ex-tootsie on the same page, Ethan discovers they don't call them “mad” scientists for nothing. And there's something to that "children of the damned" phrase, too. The penultimate Wayward Pines recap has arrived.

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· by Marion Stein · Jul 20, 2015

Deutschland 83: The Kid(ney)s Are All Right (S1:E5)

Ingrid's health takes a turn for the worse. Will Martin make it back in time to save her? Alex makes a bold, but not unexpected decision. So does Annett. Grab your German-to-English dictionary, because it’s Week 5 of Deutschland 83.

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· by Julie Kushner · Jul 20, 2015

Is Christian Slater REAL? – HNTP Investigates

Mr. Robot raises deep questions about public identity and truth... questions one Mr. Christian Slater seems to have been toying with throughout his career. And now HNTP is asking the one existential question at the heart of it all: Does Christian Slater himself actually exist?

Category: TV Recap

THE DESCENDANTS: In Which Not Particularly Naughty Kids = Very Nice Ratings for Disney

17 CANDIDATES AND COUNTING: Showdown in Cleveland

Deutschland 83: Get Your Gotterdammerung On!

Authentic Mad Men Crap For Sale! Today Only!

FOX Cancels Ryan Seacrest’s "Knock Knock Live" After 2 Episodes

True Detective: Church in Ruins

True Detective: Other Lives

True Detective: Down Will Come

Deutschland 83 RECAP: Nobody Listens to Martin

True Detective: Maybe Tomorrow

True Detective: Night Finds You

True Detective: The Western Book of the Dead

Wayward Pines: Lord of the Flies

Deutschland 83: Say It Like You Mean It

YouTube Now Bigger than All Your Favorite Cable Networks

Tatiana Maslany Nabs Emmy Nod; Sestras Leave Voicemail Messages to Congratulate Her!

Regis and Kathie Lee Together Again at Last!

Wayward Pines: A Very Special Reckoning

Deutschland 83: The Kid(ney)s Are All Right (S1:E5)

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