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Angelica Jade Bastién is a critic for New York and Vulture focusing on pop culture. She was once described by a close friend as “deliciously vulgar”.

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    Humans Recap: The Belly of the BeastEmily Berrington is one of this show’s greatest weapons.
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    The Flash Recap: Welcome to the Jungle“Attack on Gorilla City” is a failure of imagination.
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    Humans Recap: Uncharted TerritoryNiska wants to start a revolution, but it’s coming at an awfully high price.
  4. close reads
    Why Keanu Reeves Is Such an Unusual (and Great) Action StarHe works in both the tradition of Hong Kong action films and classic Hollywood.
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    Humans Season-Premiere Recap: Brave New WorldBy expanding its narrative, will Humans lose what makes it unique?
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    The Flash Recap: Run, Wally, Run!The Flash has been here many times before.
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    The Flash Recap: Death Wish“Dead or Alive” is the season’s best episode yet.
  8. close reads
    The Dangerous Beauty of Jude LawLaw is the ne plus ultra of actors who innately understand how beauty can add complexity to a role.
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    The Affair Season Finale Recap: The Most Important JobThe Showtime drama hits rock bottom with an utterly terrible finale.
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    The Flash Recap: Nothing Is Written“Borrowing Problems From the Future” is a remarkably lackluster episode.
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    The Affair Recap: Man in the MirrorAt last, The Affair answers the season’s big question about Noah.
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    The Affair Recap: The Awful TruthCole’s love for Alison may lead to his undoing.
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    The Affair Recap: Welcome HomeNoah and Helen are a match made in hell.
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    The Affair Recap: Memory LaneIn a moving episode, The Affair tackles class divisions in a truly fascinating way.
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    The Affair Recap: Trip to Block IslandWhere do Alison and Noah go from here?
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    The Affair Recap: As Good As It GetsThe love between Alison and Cole is like gravity — there’s just no denying it.
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    The Flash Recap: Future ImperfectThe mid-season finale predicts a troubling fate for Team Flash.
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    James Marsden Is a Great, Underappreciated ActorHis versatility and perfect good looks are antithetical to what it takes to be a star.
  19. overnights
    The Affair Recap: Person of InterestThis is a confounding episode.
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    The Flash Recap: Crossing Over“Invasion!” feels both overstuffed and incredibly hollow.
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    The Affair Recap: Out of the PastAlison Lockhart is Montauk’s very own madwoman in the attic.
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    The Fall Season Finale Recap: A ReckoningThe Spector investigation reaches its bloody, devastating end.
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    The Flash Recap: Do No HarmKevin Smith directs one of the season’s best episodes.
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    The Affair Recap: A Haunted ManTime doesn’t heal all wounds on The Affair. It magnifies them.
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    The Flash Recap: The God of Speed“Shade” is one of the season’s best episodes.
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    The Fall Recap: A History of Violence“Wounds of Deadly Hate” sets the stage for a final showdown between Stella and Spector.
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    The Fall Recap: Dream Within a Dream“The Hell Within Him” finally lets us into Stella’s mind.
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    Luke Cage Season-Finale Recap: Origin StoryMisty Knight is the hero worth watching in “You Know My Steez.”
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    Luke Cage Recap: The Ballad of Luke CageThis show wants to create a hero, but it fails imagine him as a man.
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    The Fall Recap: Under the MicroscopeWhy does “The Gates of Light” offer up sympathy for Paul Spector?
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    The Flash Recap: Introducing H.R. Wells The Flash is losing sight of its greatest strengths.
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    The Fall Recap: Breakdowns and Breakthroughs“His Troubled Thoughts” adds a soap-opera twist to the Spector investigation. But why?
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    The Fall Season-Premiere Recap: Law and DisorderAt its best, The Fall understands the price women pay to survive misogyny.
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    The Flash Recap: Greetings From Earth-19The Flash returns to top form with “The New Rogues.”
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    Luke Cage Recap: Hostage SituationMisty Knight and Claire Temple should get their own Marvel show.
  36. close reads
    Why Alfre Woodard’s Mariah Is Luke Cage’s Secret WeaponAll hail the queenpin.
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    The Flash Recap: The Return of Jesse Quick For all its wonder, The Flash lacks a compelling villain.
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    Luke Cage Recap: The Past Is PresentThis show has some of the best female characters on television.
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    Luke Cage Recap: You Ain’t HoudiniDear Marvel, please make a show about Misty Knight.
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    The Flash Recap: Just in TimeBarry Allen needs to grow up.
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    Luke Cage Recap: False IdolsDiamondback finally makes his grand entrance, but he’s no great villain.
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    Luke Cage Recap: Family First“Manifest” gives Luke Cage its most emotionally resonant scene yet.
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    Luke Cage’s Alfre Woodard on Mariah, Episode 7“I just wept and wept and wept whenever we had a table read.”
  44. overnights
    The Flash Season-Premiere Recap: It’s a Wonderful LifeWelcome back, Barry Allen!
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    Luke Cage Recap: Hood FamousIn “Suckas Need Bodyguards,” Luke Cage slowly regains its footing.
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    Mahershala Ali on How He Humanized Cottonmouth, Luke Cage’s Villain Cottonmouth is one of the most fascinating and vulnerable Marvel villains yet.
  47. 10 Ways to Make The Flash Great Again in Season 3Less dark backstory, more Gorilla Grodd. 
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    Luke Cage Recap: Dishwasher Lazarus“Just to Get a Rep” should be a powerhouse episode, but it isn’t.
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    Luke Cage Recap: Damaged GoodsThe real test of Luke Cage’s artistry lies in how it treats its female characters.
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    Luke Cage Recap: Wolves at the Door“Nothing humbles a man like gravity.”
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