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American Hostage Episode 5 turns Tony Kiritsis’ demand for immunity into something much more complicated than a simple negotiation. After spending days insisting that he will not end the crisis without protection from prosecution, Tony finally receives the document he has been waiting for, yet he refuses to immediately sign it. Fred Heckman initially sees…
American Horror Story: 13 has spent much of its Coven reunion reopening old doors, but Episode 8, “Hell No,” does something more interesting than simply bringing back another familiar face. Marie Laveau’s return is tied directly to the supernatural rules Cordelia has disturbed by rescuing Fiona Goode from the underworld. Papa Legba is willing to…
CBS’s supernatural comedy “Eternally Yours” introduces Max Marshall, played by Jaren Lewison, as an ordinary young man who has no idea that falling in love could cost him his humanity. His relationship with Emma, the adopted daughter of a centuries-old vampire couple, becomes increasingly complicated when he discovers the truth about her family. While Emma’s…
MobLand has spent much of Season 2 showing Conrad Harrigan that the danger around him is not limited to Frankie Cooper or Kat McAllister. Episode 4, “Blank Curtain,” brings that suspicion directly into his marriage when Conrad goes looking for bandages and discovers a bottle of antifreeze hidden among Maeve’s things. The object is not…
BBC’s The Celebrity Traitors has always been a game in which an ordinary conversation can become more important than an elaborate strategy. The second season has taken that uncertainty to another level, bringing together 21 celebrities whose friendships and suspicions can change within hours. In Episode 3, mathematician Hannah Fry finds herself in precisely that…
The history of Unicorn Island has taken an unexpected turn in Netflix’s Unicorn Academy: Secrets Revealed, with the latest episodes challenging almost everything the students believed about their school’s origins. For generations, Solaira Furi has been celebrated as the first Unicorn Rider, whose extraordinary connection with Skywind supposedly gave birth to unicorn magic. However, the…
CBS’s “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” gives Connor McAllister an unexpected legal problem in the Season 3 premiere, “Feminine Wiles and Some Tire Thing in Lubbock.” Connor, played by Dougie Baldwin, has spent much of the series pursuing his musical interests while struggling to meet the expectations of his parents, Jim and Audrey McAllister. His…
Ashley Quai’s first RHOSLC cast trip was already turning uncomfortable before Angie Katsanevas arrived armed with individually wrapped toothbrushes. The strange prop was aimed at a story Whitney Rose had privately shared about the Season 7 newcomer, and Angie was more than willing to make it public. Rather than deny it, Quai confirmed that she…
The Challenge has produced arguments over alliances, money, hookups and betrayals for decades, but Season 42 Episode 11 manages to build an entire storyline around Johnny Bananas’ underwear. The episode is officially titled Underwear Gate, and the mystery begins while tensions surrounding Anna Leigh Wilson and Bananas are already becoming uncomfortable inside the house. Lete…
