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  1. overnights
    The Boys Recap: Lee Harvey OswaldHave you ever wondered what an insurrection led by Homelander and the Seven would look like?
  2. overnights
    The Boys Recap: Alt-right Cocktail PartyIt’s not a surprise that the richest and evilest people in America get so horrifically filthy.
  3. overnights
    The Boys Season 4
    The Boys Recap: Bread and CircusesWhatever joy there is to be gained from this week’s gnarly farm outing is lost with a depressing culmination of the Hugh Sr. arc.
  4. overnights
    The Boys Season 4
    The Boys Recap: First Pebble Down a MountainHas The Boys gotten too bleak? Where is the joy in satirizing politics and violence?
  5. overnights
    The Boys Season 4
    The Boys Recap: Popularity Is PowerIt’s always fun when The Boys goes espionage thriller mode.
  6. overnights
    The Boys Recap: People Need a SymbolWe’re doing a lot of trauma bonding this season.
  7. overnights
    The Boys Season-Premiere Recap: Toys for Our AmusementThe Boys opens the season with an extremist conspiracy to overthrow an election. Where have we heard that one before?
  8. lingering questions
    What Lies in Outer Range’s Future(s)?Season two pushed the neo-western into a full-blown time-travel-epic territory, with all the perplexing paradoxes that entails.
  9. summer preview 2024
    33 TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch This SummerHit the beach or hit play on any number of new shows — you can’t go wrong either way.
  10. it’s a hole thing
    Outer Range
    Wait, What Happened on Outer Range?Before diving into another season of rodeos, murder, and time paradoxes, let’s travel back two years for a refresher on where we left off.
  11. close read
    What Quiet on Set Leaves Out Is Just As DamningThe docuseries’ tendency toward sensationalism fails to dig into the system’s biggest failures.
  12. interview
    Shōgun’s Moeka Hoshi Knows the Power of Good Communication“I see Fuji as a flexible person. Or, rather, she becomes as such.”
  13. vulture lists
    Every Season of The Traitors, RankedYou’re not a real Faithful until you’ve seen all of them.
  14. chat room
    3 Body Problem’s Jess Hong Can’t Believe Jin Let Her Friend Donate His Brain“You have to be so ambitious to allow that kind of desire to surface.”
  15. overnights
    3 Body Problem Season-Finale Recap: Know Your EnemyWell, at least humanity has 400 years to figure out the next move.
  16. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Never Play With GodWill’s story line actually pays off?
  17. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Forge the New WorldHow do you solve a problem like the San-Ti?
  18. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Higher DimensionsWe now understand what Mike Evans, Ye Wenjie, and the San-Ti are up to, and all it took was some mass murder.
  19. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Keep PlayingWe finally reach the final level of the VR game.
  20. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: A Lie About a LiarA timeline of Ye Wenjie and Mike Evans’s partnership provides a lot of answers.
  21. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Science Over MysticismThe VR game scenes might not make much sense, but the puzzling imagery creates a fun vibe.
  22. overnights
    3 Body Problem Series-Premiere Recap: Nothing Exists AloneNetflix recruits TV veterans to adapt what is considered an unadaptable sci-fi novel. The results are promising.
  23. close read
    The Traitors - Season 2
    How The Traitors Gamed the EditSeason two’s strategy of moments-based storytelling helped it win over reality-TV veterans and newbies alike.
  24. chat room
    Peter Weber Took Pride in Being a Faithful“The level of satisfaction of being able to get to the end would’ve been much higher.”
  25. chat room
    True Detective’s Finn Bennett on Pete’s ‘Biblical’ Sin“Pete, up until this point, represents a good cop. One of the saddest things for me is that he becomes a dirty cop.”
  26. overnights
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Finale Recap: A Wonderful LifeThe Smiths finally, finally get honest with each other in a surprisingly heart-rending finale.
  27. overnights
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Recap: Full-blown Emotional AffairThe Smiths have failed their mission, marriage, and each other.
  28. overnights
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Recap: The Power of the WorkJohn and Jane make an honest effort to talk through their issues with Sarah Paulson’s help.
  29. overnights
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Recap: Twisted HoneymoonRon Perlman plays a giant baby!
  30. overnights
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Recap: Super High-RiskMeet the other Smiths.
  31. overnights
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Recap: A Naked MomentJohn and Jane survive their first fight, but just barely.
  32. overnights
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Recap: Learn Each OtherJohn and Jane really aren’t good spies at all, are they?
  33. overnights
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Series-Premiere RecapDonald Glover and Maya Erskine’s take on Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a darker, messier, and more “relatable” version of the original spy thriller.
  34. overnights
    A Murder at the End of the World Finale Recap: The Things We Do for LoveWell … yeah, that seems about right.
  35. overnights
    A Murder at the End of the World Recap: The Big Old MistakeWe’re starting to get answers, but it all feels anticlimactic.
  36. overnights
    A Murder at the End of the World Recap: Noah’s ArkA breakthrough in the case leads to the best episode so far.
  37. overnights
    A Murder at the End of the World Recap: Smart Little GirlAs the murder mystery progresses with overly familiar beats, it’s the flashback sequences that work best at creating an emotional story.
  38. overnights
    A Murder at the End of the World Recap: Smart Little GirlA frustrating murder makes it feel like we’re back at square one.
  39. overnights
    A Murder at the End of the World Series-Premiere Recap: The Dead Talk to MeBrit Marling and Zal Batmanglij’s new FX series is many things, but above all else, it’s a love story.
  40. overnights
    Gen V Season-Finale Recap: You Are What You DoThese teens learn what supes in The Boys have known for a while — it’s much easier to be a villain than a hero in the real world.
  41. overnights
    Gen V Recap: Compassionate ControlA character from The Boys visits Godolkin University.
  42. overnights
    Gen V Recap: Cate’s HeadA fun “memory sharing” episode helps fill in the blanks on what’s going and invest in the characters’ interior lives.
  43. overnights
    Gen V Recap: BlackoutGen V continues its knack for taking relatable coming-of-age experiences and giving them a superhero twist.
  44. poe-tic license
    Deconstructing The Fall of the House of Usher’s Murderous Poe Mash-UpMike Flanagan’s bloody pharma fable synthesizes dozens of references to Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, poems, and personal life. Let’s break them down.
  45. overnights
    Gen V Recap: A Small Man Playing HeroA true crime parody is right in Gen V’s wheelhouse.
  46. overnights
    Gen V Recap: Complete and Total RebrandWe’re getting big Gossip Girl energy (complimentary).
  47. vulture recommends
    People Actually Talk in No One Will Save You Director Brian Duffield’s Debut… about teens spontaneously exploding.
  48. overnights
    Gen V Recap: Look for the HelpersGen V seems determined to be just as violent and goofy as The Boys.
  49. overnights
    Gen V Series-Premiere Recap: OrientationThe Boys spinoff kicks off setting up a lot of mysteries and conspiracies, and it’s sure to ramp up from here.
  50. overnights
    Sex Education Series-Finale Recap: Forever ChangedThe series ends by showcasing, one last time, how important it is to open your heart and let the people you love see what’s inside.
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