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Ile-Ife Okantah has recapped numerous shows for Vulture including Atlanta, Abbott Elementary, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and P-Valley. She has studied Black culture's impact on popular culture for the last five years.

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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Family MattersIf only all our problematic family members would just drop dead.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: How Mrs. Howard Stole ChristmasThe only thing that surpasses Barbara’s love of Christmas is her dedication to her students.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Fruit There It IsI wish we could have heard Ava’s “the art of the scheme†and “intimidation as motivation†speeches.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Parent-Teacher Fight NightAs former NBA player and podcaster Matt Barnes once said, “Violence is never the answer, but sometimes it is.â€
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Headass HalloweenNothing sends adults into an existential panic like Halloween costumes and parties.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Welcome Home, Sweet CheeksLove is in the air at Abbott, inviting new guest stars and cute moments in a wholesome episode.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Clean FreakI didn’t think the first obstacle in Janine and Gregory’s relationship would be … ringworm?
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    Natasha Rothwell Had to Do the How to Die Alone Cold Plunge Herself“I wasn’t acting. I have never been in a two-piece-underwear situation in public, let alone on national television.â€
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    Abbott Elementary Season-Premiere Recap: The Cat’s Out the Bag!Only time will tell whether Janine and Gregory make it like other great sitcom couples or are destined for heartbreak.
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    How to Die Alone Finale Recap: Leap of FaithMelissa has overcome so many of her fears and is ready to embrace her new outlook — except a few of her mistakes finally catch up with her.
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    Trust No One
    How to Die Alone Recap: Facing FlightHow to Die Alone explores a few TV tropes as it finds its mid-season groove.
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    Lie and Deny
    How to Die Alone Series-Premiere Recap: Lift, Thrust, Weight, DragNatasha Rothwell plays lovable Melissa, who is compelled to change her life and face her loneliness after a near-death experience.
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    Abbott Elementary Season-Finale Recap: School’s OutIt finally happened.
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    TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS
    Abbott Elementary Recap: Field TripWe’re making some progress on the Janine and Gregory front, but it comes in an episode light on laughs.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Parental GuidanceOkay, but Janine and Kevin do have a lot of similarities.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Three Tipsy TeachersNot having Josh Segura as Janine’s love interest feels like a missed opportunity.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Janine’s ChoiceShame on anyone who doubted Ava’s lore.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Out With the Old, In With the NewJanine can’t be serious about leaving Abbott.
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    TATYANA ALI, BRANDON KYLE GOODMAN
    Abbott Elementary Recap: Abbott’s Glowing UpIt’s delightful to see Tatyana Ali play Ava’s nemesis and continue Abbott’s run of bringing in sitcom royalty to guest star.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Barbara’s Library ShowdownBarbara takes issue with the new librarian, so Janine is forced to stand up to her.
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: The Truth About WillardThe number of schools named after racists is alarming!
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Church GirlGive Barbara the lead in the church choir!
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    Married to Medicine Season-Finale Recap: Cheers to Ten YearsThis wasn’t Married to Medicine’s strongest season, but we had a lot of big laughs and love, right?
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: Pick Your PoisonAbbott gets caught up in the failures of just saying no.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Generational DivideThe fragility of the husband’s egos is on full display!
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    Abbott Elementary Recap: The Cool TeacherGregory finds out that with great coolness comes great responsibility.
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    Abbott Elementary Season-Premiere Recap: Janine’s New JobJanine has a new job that puts her affable and resourceful energy to good use.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Dirty LaundryJackie walks into a reality TV trap and has to be the subject of this week’s mess.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Hilton HeadacheIt makes for a perfect M2M episode when the theatrics, comedy, sisterhood, and ostentatious lifestyle porn come together like this.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Current EventsMaybe getting rid of Quad was a mistake.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Stale EnergyPhaedra brings her latest identity to the M2M crew.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Snooze FestOne of the most boring hours of Married to Medicine we’ve seen in a while.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Good-bye, Quad!It’s the end of the Quad era and a whole new world of M2M.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: The Core Four SummitThe question of Quad’s fate within the group lingers after her self-righteous resurrection
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Quad Has Risen!Will Quad ever answer for her many crimes? It sure seems unlikely.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Tea’s Big DayTea’s wedding story line was entertaining enough, but now that it’s concluded, do we want the Luncefords for the rest of the season?
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Here Comes the BrideIt’s days before Tea’s wedding, and we’re trading in red flags for freak flags.
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    Married to Medicine Recap: Who Said That?Phaedra and Quad love to spill tea, stir the pot, and deliver fierce reads. They’re a match made in Bravo cross-over heaven.
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    The Married to Medicine Sisterhood on a Decade of ‘Healthy’ Reality-TV Drama“We got a hit show, and after all these years, people are watching it.â€
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    Married to Medicine Season-Premiere Recap: New Faces, Old TendenciesMarried to Medicine wastes no time acclimating us to the two polarizing new cast members: Phaedra and Lateasha, Gregory’s new fiancée.
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    The Changeling Season-Finale Recap: Forever Lost in the WildIt might have taken all season, but Apollo finally realizes “It’s not a baby.â€
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    The Changeling Recap: Room 205Lillian’s metaphysical trip down memory lane reveals how Apollo found himself in this situation.
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    The Changeling Recap: 12 Levels of Bat Shit CrazyMaternity leave in the U.S. is its own horror story.
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    The Other Black Girl Reads Better OnscreenWith a few key changes to Zakiya Dalila Harris’s story, the TV adaptation is able to address some of the novel’s missed opportunities.
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    The Changeling Recap: Estrogen IslandWe finally get some of Emma’s perspective, but it comes in a painfully plodding episode.
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    The Changeling Recap: To the Waters and the WildWhy is William such a creep?
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    The Changeling Recap: It’s Not a Baby!Emma’s point of view is sorely missing.
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    The Changeling Recap: Sad Truths and Happy LiesBeing a parent is hard enough without someone switching your baby with a changeling.
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    The Changeling Series-Premiere Recap: A Baby Is a Dream Made RealWho knew that these meet-cutes would go so horribly?
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season-Finale Recap: The Emancipation of DrewFinally, RHOA dismantles the fourth wall for the most authentically dramatic moment in the last two seasons.
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