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Alice Burton has been a Vulture contributor since 2018. She has covered history, books, and pop culture since 2011 and is currently a contributing editor for Book Riot, where she co-hosts the nonfiction podcast For Real.

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    The Great Recap: Don’t Conk People on the HeadCatherine has to keep busy, so she legalizes divorce. Huzzah?
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    The Great Recap: My Heart Is BrokenCatherine is in denial about what happened with [REDACTED]. We’re all in denial!
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    The Great Recap: A Monkey for Every VillageCatherine’s efforts to make tangible change in Russia are getting off to a rough start.
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    The Great Season-Premiere Recap: A Psychopath and an IdealistCatherine and Peter are working through their issues (attempted murder, sex with Catherine’s mom, etc etc).
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    The Fact and Fiction of Queen Charlotte’s Royal RomanceThe Bridgerton prequel is a love story, not a history lesson, but the bond between Charlotte and George was very real.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Choices Are MadeThis Christmas episode is about Siegfried convincing himself it’s okay to injure a horse and Mrs. Hall deciding she’s into Gerald. Why?
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    All Creatures Great and Small Season-Finale Recap: A Declaration of WarThe looming specter of war finally stops looming and just full-on arrives at England’s doorstep.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Take the Biscuits, EdwardMrs. Hall and Tristan deserve better than this, but at least no cows died in this episode … that we know of.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Follow That Cow!Who would’ve thought the Ministry of Agriculture could be so terrifying?
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Siegfried Goes Full Horse GirlOur normally calm and gentle show has a whole bunch of war flashbacks and horse murder this week.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Cows in PerilThis week is all about adjustment — and also saving baby cows.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Season-Premiere Recap: Cozy Escapist Show ReturnsWhat could possible stand between James and his wedding? What about 77 cows that may or may not have tuberculosis?
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    Dangerous Liaisons Season-Finale Recap: Accusation at the OperaThe crypt! The opera! But Gabriel has to come in and ruin a nearly perfect finale.
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    Dangerous Liaisons Recap: The Red-Thread MysteryThey were bound to replace all the orgies with a bunch of plot threads at some point.
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    Dangerous Liaisons Recap: Sexpectations at the Masked BallAre we at the setup for the original Dangerous Liaisons?
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    Dangerous Liaisons Recap: Who’s Sexing the Queen?I knew sexy praying was possible but had never seen it done.
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    Dangerous Liaisons Recap: The Sex DungeonThe growing bromance between Camille and Valmont is delightful.
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    Dangerous Liaisons Recap: The Game Is AfootMean Girls, but make it 18th century.
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    Dangerous Liaisons Recap: Sudden DeathCamille is not going back to her extremely dangerous old life without a fight.
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    Dangerous Liaisons Series-Premiere Recap: Sexy IntrigueWe all know why we’re here: to watch people in period clothes bang. And bang they do.
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    The Serpent Queen Season-Finale Recap: Trust No OneCatherine de’ Medici: so complicated. So many layers. A true onion of a person. But, like, a scheming onion.
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    The Serpent Queen Recap: Everyone’s RelatedMary thinks if she tells Rahima all the facts, Rahima will lend her her mediocre snooping skills.
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    The Serpent Queen Recap: Heading for a WeddingLet us call this a turning point for Catherine.
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    The Serpent Queen Recap: Cutting Out the MiddlemanIs this because of all that gold Diane has been drinking?
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    The Serpent Queen Recap: Stealing Castles, Taking NamesNever underestimate your enemy.
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    The Serpent Queen Recap: The Melon and the EggplantCatherine and Diane are now united, which makes for great television.
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    The Serpent Queen Recap: Lessons in VengeanceCan we get more Samantha Morton?
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    The Serpent Queen Series-Premiere Recap: The Villain We DeserveCatherine de’ Medici looks back on her life filled with a ridiculous number of murders and various assorted crimes. And it’s exciting!
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    Becoming Elizabeth Season-Finale Recap: The King Is (Almost) DeadMary is so close to the throne. And yet …
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    Becoming Elizabeth Recap: England Will Burn“In short, we are to make England great … again.”
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    The Last Movie Stars Series-Finale Recap: Paul and Joanne’s Greatest Success“A good marriage must be created. It is standing together, facing the world. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.”
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    The Last Movie Stars Recap: Who Is Paul Newman?Amid scenes from his better-known films, Hawke and his friends examine Newman’s inscrutable persona.
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    The Last Movie Stars Series-Premiere Recap: They Meet, They Marry, They Make ItEthan Hawke’s six-part documentary examines Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman’s marriage, careers, and the Hollywood era in which they reigned.
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    Becoming Elizabeth Recap: Bye, TomWe’re all in on the amazing Tudor sibling content.
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    Becoming Elizabeth Recap: The Poor Odds of Thomas SeymourThomas is up to a lot of dumb and awful things this week.
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    Becoming Elizabeth Recap: That Girl is DeadCatherine and Elizabeth could have thrown Thomas in a ditch and lived together when they had the chance.
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    Becoming Elizabeth Recap: Elizabeth Learns a LessonCatherine Parr, we love you.
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    Becoming Elizabeth Recap: We Are TudorsReligious fanaticism is genuinely awful, but in the context of this show, it brings so much tension and is great.
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    Becoming Elizabeth Series-Premiere Recap: Succession, Tudor StyleHenry VIII is dead and Elizabeth is now an orphan and political pawn. It’s all bonkers and worrisome.
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    Gaslit Recap: Martha Was RightWhy men followed Nixon is not a question that we really ask ourselves because we all know why.
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    Gaslit Recap: What’s Your Point, Ed?Liddy and the Mitchells’ trials are recounted in maybe the most uneven installment of the series to date.
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    Gaslit Recap: The John Dean Watch PartyA man and his cat reunited. Thank God.
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    Gaslit Recap: Who’s Gonna Accept All This Watergate Blame Already?Just when things were going so well for John Dean …
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    Gaslit Recap: Hot Tub Backroom-Deal MachineIt’s pretty clear that Dean does not like himself right now. Nor should he!
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    Gaslit Recap: The Hunt for Howard’s Safe of Evidence“What if these guys aren’t five steps ahead of us? What if they’re morons?”
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    Julia Season-Finale Recap: The Joy of JuliaJulia and The French Chef both have a lot to get to in season two, but first, Julia has to go to France and hang out with Isabella Rossellini.
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    Gaslit Recap: All the President’s Inept SpiesThe Watergate break-in doesn’t go water-great. 
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    Julia Recap: The Feminine Urge to Debate at GalasDespite all her success, Julia just can’t seem to win.
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    Gaslit Series-Premiere Recap: Something to Spy AboutMeet the creeps behind the Watergate scandal.
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    Sanditon Season-Finale Recap: Two Engagements and a BabySanditon is kind enough to wrap up some plots before leaving us hanging for season three.
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