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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

Throughout the years, everyone’s favorite failed academic turned detective Endeavour Morse has had several cases that touch on race. “Striker,” the…

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.

There comes a time when one must take a good hard look at one’s priorities. Why, for instance, have I thus far never recapped Endeavour, despite being more than a little obsessed with the show? Alas, this mystery will have to remain unsolved, since I can’t call upon our pals at the Thames Valley station for assistance. That being said, we’re here now, so let’s crack on: season eight opens, as Endeavour episodes are wont to do, with sweeping music, and a string of moments that will undoubtedly make me yell “oh, THAT’S what that meant!” later.

How did the sophomore seasons of these Regency-era period dramas with diverse casts and dedicated fans turn out?