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Mindhunter Recap: Family Matters

 An outstanding midpoint episode pivots on the human moments when our heroes can’t help bringing themselves into their work. By Scott Tobias
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Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Couples Dance

 Having wrung what it can out of the Blake-Caelynn-Kristina-Hannah-Tayshia love pentagon, BiP can now start being a dating show again. By Ali Barthwell
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Mindhunter Recap: Dr. Carr in the Field

 While the Atlanta murders keep getting worse, Wendy spends a little time in Holden’s loafers. By Scott Tobias
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    Succession Recap: The Lion’s DenOnce again, Logan has all his children firmly under his thumb, each completely vulnerable to his capriciousness.
    By Scott Tobias
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    Mindhunter Recap: A City Too Busy to HateHolden’s trip to Atlanta establishes some crucial context for atrocities yet to come.
    By Scott Tobias
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    Mindhunter Recap: Open DoorsBill and Holden interview their first celebrity murderer of the season, building out a profile on BTK that’s mostly — but not entirely — accurate.
    By Scott Tobias
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    Mindhunter Season Premiere Recap: In Every Dream Home a HeartacheSeason two picks up at the absolute low point in the BSU’s existence, as it’s overcome by paranoia, distrust, and infighting.
    By Scott Tobias
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    Younger Recap: The FalloutWith the personal fallout from The Secret mostly addressed, it’s time to pivot to the business fallout. It’s not great!
    By Maggie Fremont
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    Southern Charm Season-Finale Recap: Threesome’s CompanyIs Shep’s ugly fixation on Austen and Madison’s relationship fueled by jealousy, misogyny, or some potent cocktail of the two?
    By Brian Moylan
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    BH90210 Recap: Pitch ImperfectUndeterred by everyone’s “LOL, no,” Tori sets out to get the whole gang onboard for the reboot, one condition at a time.
    By Damian Bellino and Anne Rodeman
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Be the Pigger PersonVicki refuses to acknowledge the new world order where she is not a major part of the show and, honestly, it’s a little sad.
    By Brian Moylan
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Paradise VigilanteWhen you ask for a guy who will fight for you, you risk ending up with a guy who likes to fight. See: the end of this episode.
    By Ali Barthwell
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    The Handmaid’s Tale Season Finale Recap: A Talent for RuthlessnessJune’s troubles are, like a woman’s work, never done.
    By Hillary Kelly
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Hot MikeMike has arrived on the beach, and Caelynn’s pre-husband Cam just cannot deal.
    By Ali Barthwell
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    Succession Season Premiere Recap: Dad’s Plan Is BetterLogan may be committed to running Waystar as a family business, but he’s clearly not confident about his Large Adult Sons and Daughter.
    By Scott Tobias
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    GLOW Season-Finale Recap: GLOW Bless Us, EveryoneThe Gorgeous Ladies say goodbye to Vegas — for now? Forever? — with a Christmas Carol to remember.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Recap: Not Yet a GhostTwo highly charged makeout sessions break some seasons-long tension, but any sense of triumph is short-lived.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Recap: I’m Not Doing AnythingAs Vegas-induced ennui sets in, Ruth and Debbie must reckon with what comes next for them.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Recap: Wish More Men Would Go on Vocal RestBash and Sam both level up, with a big assist from the women in their lives.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Recap: Trail Leader Gets the MapAway from the lights of Vegas — and the men in their lives — the Gorgeous Ladies get to know each other, and themselves, a little better.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Recap: Let’s Shake It UpThe Gorgeous Ladies switch it up, and Bash takes one hell of a heel-turn, in the best episode of the season so far.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Recap: One Man and a Murder of WomenBobby Barnes may know the women of GLOW — and especially Bash — better than they know themselves.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Recap: Tuck Your Tail InThe demands of the Vegas lifestyle bring to light all the different ways it can be complicated to live in a human body.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Recap: This Has Been the Best DayA rare day off from the show gives the series’ various couplings time to progress their relationships.
    By Tara Ariano
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    GLOW Season-Premiere Recap: Your Fortune AwaitsThe Gorgeous Ladies’ big Vegas debut will not be overshadowed by a national tragedy … or maybe it will.
    By Tara Ariano
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    Southern Charm Recap: These Dogs Don’t HuntThis Ashley story line feels about as real as this truly fake foxhunt.
    By Brian Moylan
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    BH90210 Series-Premiere Recap: Friends ForeverThe knowing, self-deprecating reality mash-up kicks off with no shortage of nostalgia and a notable shortage of Doherty.
    By Damian Bellino and Anne Rodeman
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Gossip GirlsWas Blake incredibly messy with this whole Caelynn-Kristina situation? Absolutely. But is he really the monster they want to paint him out to be?
    By Ali Barthwell
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    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Risk ManagementJune may be on the verge of heroics, but are they worth the cost?
    By Hillary Kelly
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Season Premiere Recap: Son of a GunvalsonThe specter of an absent Vicki looms over a disjointed premiere that finds the Housewives oddly isolated from each other.
    By Brian Moylan
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    Bachelor in Paradise Premiere Recap: We Need to Talk About BlakeWe’ve barely stepped foot on the beach, and already there’s love-quadrangle drama brewing.
    By Ali Barthwell
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    Euphoria Season Finale Recap: Guilty or InnocentA bravura final sequence confirms that this show has something meaningful to say about addiction in a completely original storytelling language.
    By Allie Pape
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    Southern Charm Recap: It Makes You ClapThe final lap of the Colorado vacation is quite a thing to behold.
    By Brian Moylan
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    Jane the Virgin Series-Finale Recap: The End.There are no secrets left. Just an ending and happiness.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    The Bachelorette Finale Recap: Mr. Wrong GuyThis may not be the ending we wanted, but it’s certainly the ending we deserve.
    By Ali Barthwell
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    The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: The Pen Is MightierAfter spinning its wheels for too long, Handmaid’s finally turns June into the warrior woman she’s promised to be so many times.
    By Hillary Kelly
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    The Bachelorette Recap: One and Not DonePart one of a two-part finale is light on drama but heavy on Hannah talking about windmill sex.
    By Ali Barthwell
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    Euphoria Recap: Level UpAn ambitious episode that attempts to depict both sides of Rue’s bipolar disorder confirms Zendaya as this series’ beating heart.
    By Allie Pape
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    The Boys Season Finale Recap: Masters of the UniverseA strong finale ends on a cliffhanger that sets the table for a very different second season.
    By Brian Tallerico
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    The Boys Recap: InjusticeAs Butcher’s back story gets filled out, Starlight’s bad week just keep getting worse.
    By Brian Tallerico
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    The Boys Recap: Fallen AngelsThe best episode yet finally strikes a balance of character, humor, and plot, and creates legitimate anticipation for what comes next.
    By Brian Tallerico
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    The Boys Recap: New GodsThe Believe Expo sets the stage for Starlight to pull back the curtain on superheroism and the false Gods that come with it.
    By Brian Tallerico
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    The Boys Recap: Danger GirlThe investigation into Compound V and whatever is going on with A-Train leads the Boys to a mute killing machine.
    By Brian Tallerico
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    The Boys Recap: X-FactorThe meta commentary and universe-building have been fun, but it’s time to get to the meat of this story.
    By Brian Tallerico
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    The Boys Recap: Damage ControlA talky episode finds the series trying to develop its own voice as it moves further away from the source material.
    By Brian Tallerico
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    Veronica Mars Season Finale Recap: Logan MarsAfter delivering pretty much everything you could want from a mystery finale, Veronica Mars gives its heroine one last heartbreaking push.
    By Allie Pape
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    Veronica Mars Recap: Part of the JobA near-miss shoot-out inspires big moments of revelation for Keith and Veronica, but at the cost of their new friendships.
    By Allie Pape
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    Big Brother Recap: Big Hogg EnergyThe week featured some of the most surprising, provocative, and satisfying game moves of the season.
    By Calum Marsh
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    The Boys Series Premiere Recap: What If …The new Amazon series introduces us to the dark side of a world, not that different from our own, in which absolute superpower corrupts absolutely.
    By Brian Tallerico
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    Veronica Mars Recap: Leo SeasonWhile the season’s mystery has wandered deep into the weeds, Max Greenfield should probably be investigated by the FBI for stealing scenes.
    By Allie Pape
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    Jane the Virgin Recap: The Tail EndThe series’s penultimate episode wraps up loose ends in ways both emotional (Michael!) and absolutely bonkers (Sin Rostro!).
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Southern Charm Recap: Pot Goes the WeaselKathryn is the undisputed MVP of Austen and Shep’s dumb weed dinner.
    By Brian Moylan
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    Veronica Mars Recap: Trust IssuesKeith and Veronica get closer to two people who look more and more like prime suspects, and whose personal motives may be a little too relatable.
    By Allie Pape
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