American Crime Story

  1. Episode 10 The Verdict
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Finale Recap: Not Guilty In the end, “the trial of the century” exposed the fault lines that divide America.
  2. Episode 9 Manna From Heaven
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: An Imperfect Vessel The “not guilty” verdict is being cast as an act of Dream Team flimflammery.
  3. Episode 8 A Jury in Jail
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Civic Duty While the jury eats it up, Robert Kardashian is watching the sausage get made.
  4. Episode 7 Conspiracy Theories
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Like a Glove The most damning evidence for Simpson’s conviction becomes Johnnie Cochran’s ace in the hole.
  5. Episode 6 Marcia, Marcia, Marcia
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: The Trials of Marcia Clark Clark’s sexist treatment by the media is devastating.
  6. Episode 5 The Race Card
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Telling a Story Christopher Darden faces a lonely, thankless role.
  7. Episode 4 100% Not Guilty
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Preacher Man “I couldn’t have done it” is definitely not the same as “I didn’t do it.”
  8. Episode 3 The Dream Team
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: The Picasso Line Papa Kardashian has a warning for his kids: “Fame is fleeting.”
  9. Episode 2 The Run of His Life
    The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: The Bronco Chase The seeds of a “not guilty” verdict were planted on June 17, 1994.
  10. Episode 1 From the Ashes of Tragedy
  1. Episode 9 Alone
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Season-Finale Recap: The Bloody End Whether or not we like it, Andrew Cunanan and Gianni Versace are inextricably linked.
  2. Episode 8 Creator / Destroyer
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: Stock-Market Crash The very start of a road that will lead right to Versace’s front door.
  3. Episode 7 Ascent
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: Getting the Belt The worst episode of ACS: Versace so far.
  4. Episode 6 Descent
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: A Crystal Ball Andrew Cunanan can’t see how flimsy his lies really are.
  5. Episode 5 Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: I’m Coming Out “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” is about two very different coming-out stories.
  6. Episode 4 House by the Lake
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: Hunting Season For a show with “Gianni Versace” in its title, we sure haven’t seen a lot of the guy.
  7. Episode 3 A Random Killing
  8. Episode 2 Manhunt
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: Easy Lover “I’m the one least likely to be forgotten.”
  9. Episode 1 The Man Who Would Be Vogue
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Premiere Recap: Miami Vice This first episode of ACS: Versace is absolutely gorgeous.
  1. Episode 10 The Wilderness
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Season-Finale Recap: Monica’s Story Everyone, to some degree, ends up losing in Impeachment’s finale. But the biggest losers are Monica Lewinsky and her erstwhile friend Linda Tripp.
  2. Episode 9 The Grand Jury
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Recap: Put Her in a Footnote The crimes are Bill Clinton’s, but the punishment is mostly borne by the women unlucky enough to find themselves in his proximity.
  3. Episode 8 Stand By Your Man
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Recap: Introducing Edie Falco We already know that Edie Falco can play a woman scorned, but it’s so good to be reminded.
  4. Episode 7 The Assassination of Monica Lewinsky
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Recap: A TV Show of a TV Show That woman.” Perhaps the two most famous words Bill ever uttered.
  5. Episode 6 Man Handled
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Recap: Operation Prom Night The infamous “half-hour with a girl in a hotel room” sting.
  6. Episode 5 Do You Hear What I Hear?
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Recap: The Nightmare Before Christmas As Monica looks to make a clean break, Linda goes deeper into a Washington world that had held her at arm’s length.
  7. Episode 4 The Telephone Hour
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Recap: Free Monica An episode full of phone calls where Monica and Linda have the same conversation over and over and over again.
  8. Episode 3 Not To Be Believed
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Recap: Once More To the Diet Coke Room The bigger a character Bill becomes on the show, the meaner it seems each time the camera boomerangs to Linda’s TV dinners.
  9. Episode 2 The President Kissed Me
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Recap: The Heartbreak Diet Monica finally confides the identity of her top-secret boyfriend, and Linda says the most annoying thing Linda could: “I knew it.”
  10. Episode 1 Exiles
    Impeachment: American Crime Story Series-Premiere Recap: What Now, Linda? Impeachment: American Crime Story is light on crime and heavy on a certain ex-employee with a vindictive streak longer than the Starr report.

The Latest American Crime Story News

  1. the streaming wars
    The Murphy-verse Is Moving to Hulu Including Impeachment: American Crime Story, streaming for the first time.
  2. trends
    The Limits of the Women’s Redemption Plot You know the story: A previously maligned public figure gets an eight-episode empathy tour.
  3. fact vs fiction
    Fact-checking Impeachment’s Final Act An expert analysis of the finale’s depiction of the Starr report’s release and political fallout and our characters’ post-impeachment fates.
  4. fact vs fiction
    Fact-Checking Impeachment’s ‘The Grand Jury’ An expert analysis of the sympathetic and not-so-sympathetic treatment afforded to the Starr investigation’s key witnesses.
  5. fact vs fiction
    Fact-Checking Impeachment’s ‘Stand by Your Man’ An expert analysis of the enduring details (and jokes) that came out of Clinton’s grand jury testimony, and that “vast right-wing conspiracy” thing.
  6. history lessons
    How Impeachment’s Characters Compare to Their Real-Life Counterparts The historical figures behind American Crime Story’s latest yarn, from household names to those forgotten even by people who lived through the ’90s.
  7. last night on late night
    Let Leslie Grossman Play Erika Jayne on American Crime Story To Sarah Paulson’s Tom Girardi.
  8. becoming bill
    How Impeachment Transformed Clive Owen Into Bill Clinton “I have a memory of Clive in his full Clinton prosthetics chasing me down a hallway of the West Wing set because he was so excited.”
  9. fact vs fiction
    Fact-checking Impeachment’s ‘Assassination of Monica Lewinsky’ An expert analysis of the dramatic license the show takes in the Clinton deposition and behind-the-scenes drama over securing immunity for Lewinsky.
  10. fact vs fiction
    Fact-checking Impeachment’s Dramatic Sting Operation An expert analysis of how episode six, “Man Handled,” approaches the FBI’s interrogation and persuasion of Monica Lewinsky.
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