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‘The New Look’ Recap, Episode 9: ‘Will You Return’

The New Look Will You Return Season 1 Episode 9 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** Photo: Apple TV+ A couture fashion house doesn’t build itself overnight. It requires teamwork and, most essentially, a large number of artisans working to execute their creative director’s vision. While most fashion houses are associated with the man or woman… Continue reading ‘The New Look’ Recap, Episode 9: ‘Will You Return’

‘Palm Royale’ Recap, Episode 4: ‘Maxine Rolls the Dice’

Palm Royale Maxine Rolls the Dice Season 1 Episode 4 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** Photo: Apple TV+ “In Palm Beach, an untold secret is like a loaded gun. You never know when it will go off or who it might hit,” Maxine says in her Forrest Gump–like voiceover, setting the scene for the episode… Continue reading ‘Palm Royale’ Recap, Episode 4: ‘Maxine Rolls the Dice’

‘Constellation’ Season 1 Finale Recap: Space Oddities

Constellation These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruin Season 1 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** Photo: Apple TV+ Constellation ends its first season with an episode that kind of feels like it was lifted from a different series. We spend most of our time here with Jo at Irena’s sadistic “rehabilitation” facility,… Continue reading ‘Constellation’ Season 1 Finale Recap: Space Oddities

‘Vanderpump Rules’ Recap, Season 11 Episode 9

Vanderpump Rules Kiss Kiss, Revenge Bang Season 11 Episode 9 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** Photo: Bravo May this go down as the best episode so far of the post-Scandoval era. Why? One of the major reasons is the editors of this here reality television program. Not only do we get a Southwest plane flying… Continue reading ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Recap, Season 11 Episode 9

‘Manhunt’ Recap, Episode 3: ‘Let the Sheep Flee’

Manhunt Let the Sheep Flee Season 1 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** Photo: Apple TV John Wilkes Booth has seen the future, as this third episode of Manhunt opens, and it looks pretty great. Booth dreams of becoming the second president of the Confederate States. On some level he might know this is a fantasy,… Continue reading ‘Manhunt’ Recap, Episode 3: ‘Let the Sheep Flee’

‘Drag Race’ Recap, Season 16 Episode 12: ‘Bathroom Hunties’

Let’s talk about Jan for a second. Jan is one of the best Drag Race characters of all-time. Her season 12 arc is so perfect that she set in stone a new archetype for the show: the Needy Theater Kid (who Ru doesn’t give a shit about). As drag changed throughout the 2010s due to… Continue reading ‘Drag Race’ Recap, Season 16 Episode 12: ‘Bathroom Hunties’

‘RHOP’ Season 8 Finale Recap, Episode 18: ‘An Iconic Ending’

Photo: Shannon Finney/Bravo Real Housewives of Potomac is in an unsettling state, trapped in the lingering shadow of the fight between Candiace and Monique. In the seasons since a wine night at a barn went horribly wrong, the cast has been retracing the same steps with very little forward progress. A major conflict occurs; the… Continue reading ‘RHOP’ Season 8 Finale Recap, Episode 18: ‘An Iconic Ending’

‘Below Deck’ Recap, Season 11 Episode 8: Dylan’s Vibe Time

Below Deck Murder on the High Seas Season 11 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** Photo: Bravo Physics tells us that drama can be neither created nor destroyed. (At least, that was my personal takeaway.) Now that Cat’s gone, it’s like the tension she had with the rest of the interior re-homed itself between… Continue reading ‘Below Deck’ Recap, Season 11 Episode 8: Dylan’s Vibe Time

‘The Regime’ Recap, Episode 4: ‘Midnight Feast’

The Regime Midnight Feast Season 1 Episode 4 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** Photo: Miya Mizuno/HBO In Alexander Payne’s excellent 1996 debut feature Citizen Ruth, Laura Dern plays a poor, wildly irresponsible drug addict from Nebraska who’s had four children and lost custody of all of them — largely because the state reasonably concluded that a… Continue reading ‘The Regime’ Recap, Episode 4: ‘Midnight Feast’