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Category: TV Recap

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· by Marion Stein · Apr 27, 2018

The Americans: Philip acts

Elizabeth’s senseless murder spree continues, but she needs Philip’s help for one final mission. In pushing him beyond where his conscience allows, will she seal both their fates? Episode 5, “The Great Patriotic War”, opens with Stan, tailed by members…

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· by Marion Stein · Apr 23, 2018

Homeland: Mission to Moscow: Wigstock Edition

Like every season’s penultimate episode of Homeland, “All In” was action-packed and showed Carrie at her most ingenious and determined. Plausibility, however, was lower than on a Saturday morning cartoon version of the A-Team. Saul, Carrie, her crew, and…

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· by Marion Stein · Apr 21, 2018

The Americans: The coldest war is in the bedroom

In “Mr. and Mrs Teacup”, the fourth of the final 8 episodes of The Americans, the distance between Elizabeth and Philip continues to grow. Also growing? The weekly body count, as our death march to the inevitably tragic conclusion trudges…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Apr 20, 2018

Riverdale: A Chorus Line Carrie-s on

Turn on the spotlights and raise the curtain, everybody! It’s showtime at Riverdale! If you remember from last episode, the kids are putting on a production of the musical Carrie. Not sure why they picked Carrie specifically, since…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Apr 18, 2018

Star Trek: Voyager “Favorite Son”

My return to recapping bad Star Trek: Voyager episodes continues with the third season episode “Favorite Son”, which shows Voyager encountering a planet of women who are out to lure unsuspecting men into a deadly trap. Yes, it’s another instance…

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· by Marion Stein · Apr 17, 2018

Homeland: Bye-bye, Frannie-pie

In “Clarity”, the tenth episode of season 7, Carrie finally realizes what she needs to do to keep Frannie safe. But is it too late for a show that kept the kid around for way too long? With Dante’s death,…

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· by Marion Stein · Apr 14, 2018

The Americans: Who does Elizabeth kill this week?

“Urban Transport Planning”, the third episode of the final season is named for the seminar Oleg Burov is in DC to attend. When Oleg explains his post-KGB duties to Stan, he could be describing the writers’ task as they wind…

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· by Marion Stein · Apr 9, 2018

Homeland: Just her 19th nervous breakdown

This week on Homeland: Yvegeny goes rogue, Bill says too much, and Carrie’s seasonal hallucinatory sequence may actually give her the clarity to make a tough decision, god willing. We open with Yvegeny and “Simmy” mapping out their future…

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· by Marion Stein · Apr 6, 2018

The Americans: Four wigs and no funerals

Welcome to another week of dread, close calls, and the longest long game on television. Can Elizabeth Jennings, the hardest working spy in Spytown, keep dodging bullets forever, literally? With only six remaining episodes, we’ll know soon enough. Gone…

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· by Marion Stein · Apr 3, 2018

Homeland: Bonnieskaya and Clydeski

What happened after Saul’s team grabbed Dante, and left a terrified Frannie in her mother’s arms? Did Carrie decide she and Frannie might as well squat at Dante’s since he wasn’t going to be home for awhile, or did Carrie…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Apr 1, 2018

Riverdale: A Blossom Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

If Hiram’s evil plan to build a prison in Riverdale happens, maybe the economic boost to the town will let the Sisters of Quiet Mercy finally get out of the 1950s time warp that they appear to be stuck in.…

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· by Marion Stein · Mar 29, 2018

The Americans: Your country or your wife

“Dead Hand”, the perfectly scored final season premiere of The Americans begins with a montage that wordlessly (except for the lyrics) shows us everything we need to know about the state of the Jennings’s marriage. Philip has renovated the dingy…

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· by Marion Stein · Mar 27, 2018

Homeland: Busted, or five degrees of congruence

Andante, music played at a slow tempo, is a polite name for the filler-filled seventh episode of the seventh season. Yet, a few things happen to move the story forward: Carrie gets laid. Max gets waylaid. We learn something new…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Mar 23, 2018

Riverdale: The Riverdale-ian Candidate

It’s party time in Riverdale–political party time, that is. This week’s episode focuses on small town politics, in both mayoral and high school elections. But first, we pick up right where last week’s episode left off, with Betty confronting Chick…

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· by Marion Stein · Mar 19, 2018

Homeland: Who's the honey-trap?

Carrie finally goes to Saul, who helps her put the pieces together, but will she take his advice? “Species Jump”, episode 6 of the season, opens with Carrie trying to get Fannie off to school, so she can go back…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Mar 15, 2018

Riverdale: Blood Ties

Now that Mayor McCoy has stepped down, Riverdale needs a new mayor. A special election is coming up and the Lodges know the perfect candidate: Fred Andrews. He’s a life-long Riverdale resident, a small business owner, and got shot by…

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· by Marion Stein · Mar 12, 2018

Homeland: Cherchez la femme

Saul catches up with an old friend. Elizabeth finally gets a win. Carrie is boss lady of her own private avengers. Carrie and Max watch a disappointing episode of her favorite live stream. We open with Saul, in a heavily…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Mar 8, 2018

Riverdale: The sexy cabin in the woods

Welcome back to Riverdale, everyone! This winter hiatus has been killing me. We’ve still got a murder victim to identify, SoDale gentrification to fight, and burgers to get to Jughead. Seriously, when was the last time that kid got…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 7, 2018

Star Trek: Voyager “11:59”

So Star Trek: Discovery finally ended its hit-or-miss first season last month, which means I’m free to return to recapping terrible episodes of Voyager. Lucky me? My best guess is that the fifth season episode “11:59”, which originally aired…

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· by Marion Stein · Mar 5, 2018

Homeland: Their own private Alamo

Keane is ready to dump David. Saul has a very bad day. Carrie has a proposition for Dante. And Costa Ronin (Oleg) from The Americans drops by for a very special non-crossover. We open with Carrie watching her favorite live…