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'Van der Valk' Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: X marks the spot
Well, friends, it’s been a couple of years since we last saw our pals on Van der Valk. When we left our pals they had just gotten through a tense gunfight with the be-earringed son of the crooked former cop Nemesis of both Van der Valk (who I’ve dubbed Euro Cash because of his penchant for black clothing and aloof vibes) and his boss, Big Cheese. Despite Euro Cash’s misgivings about new co-worker Clooves, our protagonist trusted his young colleague enough to let him save the day. With Mysterious Earring Guy and Nemesis safely out of the way, are there even any bad guys LEFT in Amsterdam? -
What to watch after 'The Crown'
If you, like us, were prompted to rewatch Netflix’s The Crown in light of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, you might now be looking for something else in… -
'Guilt' Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: Go to the Light
Remember how last time, Floral Mum surprised us all by being a criminal girl boss, kidnapping Cheekbones, and revealing that she also has Softie stashed… -
'Guilt' Season 2 Episode 3 Recap: Police & Thieves
Hey remember how last episode everyone was making super smart choices vis a vis their love lives? Well this time we get to kick things off with the… -
'Guilt' Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: Take the Money and Run
Last week, we started off with a whole new accidental death to fuss over, Cheekbones’ release from jail, and the newly re-recap-christened Remy’s… -
'Guilt' Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: I'm Coming Out
Last season on Guilt, brothers Softie and Cheekbones hit a guy with a car, desperately covered it up, and accidentally put themselves in a position to… -
From priest to director: Tom Brittney gets behind the cameras on ‘Grantchester’
The third episode of Grantchester season 7 highlights mental health, society’s continued failures to help the homeless, and the struggles of a cancer patient. The episode also highlights Tom Brittney’s emerging talent as a director. -
'Endeavour' Season 8 Episode 3 'Terminus' Recap: fair is foul and foul is fair
I have to say, this UK thing of making seasons hilariously short just kills me. How are we already at the end of this season?? On the plus side, this episode is shaping up to be a real delight. There’s a creepy, potentially haunted country hotel that once saw a horrific multiple murder. And nearby, there’s a late night bus with a laughably small passenger list, including a fashionably dressed young lady in go go boots and a severe middle aged man. When both passengers disembark, one of the bus attendants pervily follows the young woman, claiming he needs to pee. At this point, reader, I become fairly convinced that this poor gal is about to get murdered and/or assualted, but lucky for her, I’m wrong: for the next day, it’s the dead body of the middle aged man that Fred and Strange are looking at in the freezing morning air. -
Endeavour’s Season 8 premiere spotlights race & national identity
Throughout the years, everyone’s favorite failed academic turned detective Endeavour Morse has had several cases that touch on race. “Striker,” the… -
'Endeavour' Season 8 Episode 2 'Scherzo' Recap: unworthy of your love
For the non-musical, scherzo is a “vigorous, light, or playful composition” and those vibes are very much present and accounted for in the opening of this episode. There’s a young couple getting dropped off at a place called Paradise Court by a charming cabbie. There’s a middle aged man dancing through his garden. There’s a ripped gardener. There’s a young lady learning how to drive (and getting leered at in the process, which is less fun). There’s a figure drawing class, which counts among its members Mr. BRIGHT, of all people. Not gonna lie, all of this made me want to go fix a summer cocktail to accompany the episode, and while I fear that that would leave this recap riddled with typos at best and unfinished at worst, there’s nothing stopping YOU, dear reader.