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  1. overnights
    Yellowstone Recap: Cause of DeathThe series finally gets on track by focusing on the Dutton failchildren.
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    Shrinking Recap: Trending Upward“Fucked-up people are good at helping fucked-up people.” Leave it to Paul to distill this show’s main theme so eloquently.
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    Yellowstone Recap: Cattle CountryWith the timeline jumping around for no apparent reason, it feels like Taylor Sheridan is struggling to fill space.
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    Cobra Kai Midseason-Finale Recap: Child’s PlayDoes it make sense how quickly the tournament devolves into mass chaos? Not really. But it’s Cobra Kai, so it works.
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    Cobra Kai Recap: Blade RunnerTory and Robby are finally able to resolve their conflict … by physically fighting each other.
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    Cobra Kai Recap: The ChozenThe least Barcelona-centric installment so far is the one that kicks this stretch of episodes into gear.
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    Cobra Kai Recap: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!The tournament is finally underway, and Miyagi-Do is flopping.
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    Cobra Kai Midseason-Premiere Recap: National Lampoon’s European Vacation“Welcome to Barcelona, bitch.”
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    Shrinking Recap: Self-Pity GarbageThis week’s episode tidies up a lot of the season’s conflicts: Sean and his dad, Gaby and her sister, Alice and her guy-who-killed-my-mom.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Finale Recap: Absolute FreedomThe finale doesn’t look to provide a definitive answer to what drove Aaron’s actions, much to the show’s credit.
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    Yellowstone Season 5B - Unit Photography
    Yellowstone Midseason-Premiere Recap: The Hill We Die OnThe Duttons are back from a lengthy hiatus with so much to answer for.
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    Shrinking Recap: GoodwillJimmy is in support mode as he gets involved in Gaby’s, Alice’s, and Liz’s issues. Whether he’s helping is up for debate.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: Ride or DieNow that Aaron has been arrested and his crimes have come to light, we have more time to spend with the people whose lives he changed forever.
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    The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season-Finale Recap: Frères d’ArmesWell, I guess Emily isn’t the only one who moved away from Paris this fall.
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    Shrinking Recap: Bad DecisionsJealousy is a bad look, even for Harrison Ford.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: Love of the GameA shift in perspective presents the tragic culmination of Aaron’s escalating paranoias and makes for one of the strongest episodes of the series.
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    The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Recap: Tuez-MoiI’m starting to wonder what this show’s endgame is.
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    Shrinking Recap: Forgive YourselfJimmy and Brian’s journey to get Grace’s groove back allows them time to hash out some of their own issues.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: Strong of MindAaron Hernandez has never lacked personal demons, but this is the first episode in which he seems truly depressed and capable of anything.
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    The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Recap: Raison d’ÊtreThis episode’s surprising developments feel reminiscent of the early seasons of The Walking Dead, when the series wasn’t afraid to shock.
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    Shrinking Recap: Pain Sets Me FreeWe’ve seen Jimmy misbehave in many ways, but there’s nothing as unfair as how he manipulates Gaby’s feelings.
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    Shrinking Season-Premiere Recap: Pattern InterruptionIt looks like it’s going to be tough for Jimmy to change his offbeat therapy techniques.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: Happy EnoughDespite the life-changing amount of money, Aaron can’t escape his anxiety and paranoia … or the violent murder he committed.
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    The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Recap: Je T’AimeDaryl and Carol are so close to one another, yet the show hasn’t done all that much to connect the two halves of its story.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: The Patriot WayA fairly so-so episode is boosted by the introduction of one of the NFL’s most perplexing figures: Bill Belichick.
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    The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Recap: Bonne ChanceWith Daryl more or less settled at the Nest, it looks as if Carol will get all the side quests.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: Control the NarrativeThe best episode so far plops Aaron in the confusing, high-stress process of the NFL draft.
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    The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Premiere Recap: Nouvel AmiWe’re going to have to wait a little longer to see Daryl and Carol reunited.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: Golden TicketThis series seems intent on showing every painstaking moment when its title character could have gone down a different road.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: The Danger ZoneWell, at least we’re getting into the “sports” part of American Sports Story.
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    American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Series-Premiere Recap: Remembered ForeverWith a strong whiff of Lifetime corniness and surface-level depictions of race and sexuality, American Sports Story promises to be an engaging mess.
  32. fall preview 2024
    56 TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch This FallWe don’t need dragons to have a good time.
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    Cobra Kai Midseason-Finale Recap: FightstarterWe’re already at the tournament?
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    Cobra Kai Recap: The OutsidersThe second-stringers get their shine.
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    Cobra Kai Recap: Teacher’s Pet SemataryThe series interrogates the franchise’s most iconic character before it comes to an end.
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    Cobra Kai Recap: Road HousesWe’re spending too much time with Kreese.
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    Cobra Kai Season-Premiere Recap: The Name of the BrosHow long can we really go without any heel turns?
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    The Boys Season-Finale Recap: New World, New RulesA somewhat stagnant season ends with the grimmest finale in The Boys’s run.
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    The Boys Recap: Lee Harvey OswaldHave you ever wondered what an insurrection led by Homelander and the Seven would look like?
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    The Boys Recap: Alt-right Cocktail PartyIt’s not a surprise that the richest and evilest people in America get so horrifically filthy.
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    The Boys Season 4
    The Boys Recap: Bread and CircusesWhatever joy there is to be gained from this week’s gnarly farm outing is lost with a depressing culmination of the Hugh Sr. arc.
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    The Boys Season 4
    The Boys Recap: First Pebble Down a MountainHas The Boys gotten too bleak? Where is the joy in satirizing politics and violence?
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    The Boys Season 4
    The Boys Recap: Popularity Is PowerIt’s always fun when The Boys goes espionage thriller mode.
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    The Boys Recap: People Need a SymbolWe’re doing a lot of trauma bonding this season.
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    The Boys Season-Premiere Recap: Toys for Our AmusementThe Boys opens the season with an extremist conspiracy to overthrow an election. Where have we heard that one before?
  46. lingering questions
    What Lies in Outer Range’s Future(s)?Season two pushed the neo-western into a full-blown time-travel-epic territory, with all the perplexing paradoxes that entails.
  47. it’s a hole thing
    Outer Range
    Wait, What Happened on Outer Range?Before diving into another season of rodeos, murder, and time paradoxes, let’s travel back two years for a refresher on where we left off.
  48. close read
    What Quiet on Set Leaves Out Is Just As DamningThe docuseries’ tendency toward sensationalism fails to dig into the system’s biggest failures.
  49. interview
    Shōgun’s Moeka Hoshi Knows the Power of Good Communication“I see Fuji as a flexible person. Or, rather, she becomes as such.”
  50. vulture lists
    Every Season of The Traitors, RankedYou’re not a real Faithful until you’ve seen all of them.
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