Episodes
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What the ‘Golden Girls’ Chronic Illness Episode Means to Me
Dorothy’s traumatic and frustrating journey through the medical system hits close to home for people who live with chronic illnesses, like our TV critic Valerie Ettenhofer.
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Remember When the Flight of the Conchords Got “Mugged”?
HBO’s short-lived musical series was at its best when the protagonists wandered naively into strange situations, like in this Season 1 episode.
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Re-entering the Void with the Best Episode of ‘True Detective’
The surreal HBO series’ first-season midpoint — “Who Goes There?” — careens into epically cinematic chaos.
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‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Reinvented Itself Until The Very End
The series about the early days of the tech industry was in love with reinvention, and its series finale, “Ten of Swords,” made us love it too.
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The Flashback Episode That Transformed ‘Fleabag’
The fourth episode of Series 2 is sexy, sad, and the emotional key to the whole show.
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On the Particular Devastation of the ‘Chernobyl’ Premiere
For our Episodes column, we re-examine “1:23:45”, the bleak, fantastic first installment of HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ miniseries.
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Revisiting the ‘Game Of Thrones’ Pilot 10 Years Later
Before it was a worldwide phenomenon, it was just a new HBO show with a hell of a good hook.
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How ‘Orphan Black’ Hits the Ground Running with “Natural Selection”
“Natural Selection” introduces viewers to the series’ fast-paced, thrilling world, as well as to the gift that keeps on giving: Tatiana Maslany’s powerhouse performances.
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‘Justified’ and the Battle of “Bloody Harlan”
Justified’s second season finale, “Bloody Harlan,” is a master class in acting, directing, writing, and American myth-making.