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'Unforgotten' Season 4 Episode 3 Recap: No Body, No Crime
After last week the metaphorical cat (i.e. Matt the murder victim) is well and truly out of the bag, and our suspect pool of formerly newly qualified cops knows it. This week, we dive right into the emotional fallout from the press conference, featuring all four of our suspects’ sleepless nights which, in the case of Family Therapist, is so bad she decides to fake a flu to stay home and stew. Not staying home, but absolutely stewing, is Cassie’s boss, who is mad as hell that she’s continuing to investigate a bunch of former/current cops when there’s an obvious and conveniently deceased non-police scapegoat in Dead Hoarder. -
'Unforgotten' Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Race Against Time
Last week, Cassie was red-taped back into her job, the team found a headless, handless body in a freezer, and we met a bunch of people who may or may not have committed a murder right after qualifying as police officers, but who definitely were in a car where one of them got caught driving drunk. That dude (mercilessly given the recap moniker Dead Hoarder by yours truly) recently, well, died, leaving the aforementioned body in his freezer. -
'Unforgotten' Season 4 Episode 1 Recap: Landslide
I can’t be the only one who’s been waiting with bated breath for TWO YEARS for Unforgotten to come back, right? Surely there are other Nicola Walker stans; other Sanjeev Bhaskar disciples, who have bided our time for the triumphant return of this wonderful series? Anyway, quick recap within a recap: last season followed the cold case of a young woman who was found dead off the side of a motorway after disappearing on New Year’s eve. I won’t say who the killer is just in case you haven’t seen season three yet, although if that’s you, what are you doing here? Go watch it! -
'Us' Episode 2 Recap: Someone Like You
Ok, where were we? As you may recall from last week’s episode, Third Wheel has abandoned the sinking ship of his parents’ Last Hurrah Vacation, Not Mandy Moore has returned home, and Knock-Off Jack has followed Third Wheel to Venice in a last ditch attempt to rekindle his relationship with his son, his wife, and his sense of whimsy. -
'Us' Episode 1 Recap: Love Is A Battlefield
It’s summer drama season over at MASTERPIECE, and we’ve got a brand new show: "Us." -
'Atlantic Crossing' Episode 8 Recap: The Winner Takes It All
Last week, FDR gave Martha a literal ship, the gang caught Eliza the Spy, and Olav doubled down on trying to become the eponymous main character of the song “Mr. Brightside.” What’s gonna happen this week, in the final episode? Only one way to find out — on with the show! -
'Atlantic Crossing' Episode 7 Recap: Rolling In The Deep
Last week, we found out that Eliza the Massage Therapist was actually Eliza the Nazi Spy this whole time. All that to say, this sh*t just got real. No, it’s not Bad Boys II, but Martha sure is doing stuff that makes me need to say woosah! -
'Atlantic Crossing' Episode 6 Recap: Come Sail Away
At an unnamed military base, a pair of young soldiers are learning how to use radar. But their normal lesson is interrupted by a super weird reading. Should they call it in? After some debate (they’re technically off duty) they do, only to have their commanding officer tell them to just ignore it. THAT turns out to be a mistake, because (as some of you history buffs might have expected), it’s December 7, 1941, and these guys are stationed at Pearl Harbor. -
'Atlantic Crossing' Episode 5 Recap: Elocution Solution
Well, if you thought people were grumpy about FDR’s sneaky loophole to help the Allied powers at the end of last week’s episode, they’re even MORE upset this week. Protesters gather outside the White House, chanting “keep America out of the war.” Inside, Eleanor takes this opportunity to drop a very pointed “I told you so” at her husband’s feet. FDR, however, is undeterred. After all, if the act passes, it’ll mean new jobs. And if there’s one thing we love here in America, it’s jobs. -
'Atlantic Crossing' Episode 4 Recap: All I Want For Christmas Is You (To Pass the Lend-Lease Act)
We’re starting the week off with a monologue from the one and only FDR. While he prepares for the day with a morning swim, we get a voiceover about how he has big dreams, which are challenged by world events. He goes on to say that World War II is an inevitability, no matter how much everyone wishes that wasn’t the case, but America will NOT be joining the fight. This monologue, by the way, seems to be drawn from both a speech FDR gave in Chautauqua, NY in 1936 and a campaign speech in 1940, which is a pretty cool screenwriting choice. Regardless, it’s probably not the message any of the Allied powers (including our Norwegian friends) are eager to hear.