The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett
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Breaking Bad capitalizes on the momentum built up from last week’s cliffhanger, picking up almost directly after the Hank (Dean Norris)/ Walt (Bryan Cranston) garage showdown. How do things shape up now that it’s very clearly Team Hank vs. Team Walt?
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The second episode of STARZ’s The White Queen reinforces my belief that becoming a queen would just be too much work. All of the plotting, overthrowing, and the need to have sons ASAP? It sounds exhausting.
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Continuum continues its outstanding second season run as a series of debilitating hacks cripple Vancouver and a few politicians make some significant power moves.
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Our ongoing coverage of Netflix’s ladies in prison drama continues as we head towards the finish line. We’ve got prison hook-ups, divine healing, death and…oh yeah, the best episode of the season to date.
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We’re into the second week of Broadchurch and it’s clear that the town is hiding a lot more than anyone initially suspected. And while 1×02 suggestively closes on a moment that would have us believe that the killer has been identified, those of us who have watched a season-long crime show know that the first suspect is rarely the killer.
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It’s a quiet episode of The Bridge as we spend more time on interpersonal relationships than the murder investigation.
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Under The Dome continues to use up its goodwill with yet another “problem of the week” that can be simplistically addressed in a scant 42 minutes. This week: a power grab disguised as a food shortage.
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It’s the penultimate episode of the first half of Teen Wolf‘s third season, although more accurately ‘Alpha Pact’ is really part one of the mid-season finale. After two of the final three sacrifices are snatched, can Scott (Tyler Posey) and co. track down Jennifer Blake (Haley Webb) before it’s too late?
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Dexter continues to plod towards its series finale. While ‘Dress Code’ is better than last week’s reboot, it’s still thuddingly obvious and unsatisfying.
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True Blood uses its penultimate episode of the season to definitively wrap up two storylines: Terry’s (Todd Lowe) life and the end of Vamp Camp. Plus: another death for good measure.
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