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Molly Fitzpatrick is a freelance writer who has covered TV for Vulture since 2017. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, GQ, and The Village Voice, among other outlets. She wrote an oral history of Jersey Shore.

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    Below Deck Recap: The ComplainerJill Zarin is the captain now.
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    Below Deck Recap: Vibe TimeOur new deckhand’s arrival immediately threatens to disrupt the boat’s established sexual ecosystem.
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    Below Deck Recap: The PurgeJared and Cat bite the dust. We wish them both well!
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    The Traitors - Season 2
    The Traitors Season-Finale Recap: Big Faithful EnergyA finale full of double and triple crosses ends in fireworks, but something about the ending doesn’t feel right.
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    Below Deck Recap: Queen DrunkJared’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day gets worse.
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    The Traitors Recap: Dead Woman WalkingIs this the end of the Bravo alliance?
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    Below Deck Recap: Boom, Boom, FocusI’m not sure what we did to deserve Jared, but he’s an absolute gift.
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    The Traitors - Season 2
    The Traitors Recap: This Is Not The BachelorWe finally get to see Kate work as a Traitor, but her partnership with Phaedra is off to a rocky start.
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    Below Deck Recap: Pissed as a FartFraser asks Barbie to be nice to Cat, which causes her to be mean to Fraser, as Below Deck law dictates.
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    The Traitors Recap: Duchess of DeceptionWith her back against the wall, Parvati does everything she can to save herself — including forming an uneasy alliance with Peter.
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    Below Deck Recap: The Blame GameThere is a baffling lack of communication, considering all the gossiping that’s going on.
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    The Traitors Recap: Predatory HeadbandA last-minute twist keeps Peter and Parvati from taking shots at each other, but it still has enormous consequences for the game.
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    Below Deck Season-Premiere Recap: What’s a Sook?The entire crew is single, which should make for a combustible season.
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    The Traitors Recap: The Silent SlaughtererDan waited this long to take this shot?
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    The Traitors Recap: I’m a Faithful, You IdiotsDan continues to be incapable of behaving like a normal human being, which isn’t great for his game.
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    The Traitors Recap: It’s Your FuneralWith the faithfuls all but cooked, the traitors are now testing each other’s boundaries.
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    The Traitors Recap: That Girl Is PoisonThe traitors start to feel the heat as the season kicks it up a notch.
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    The Traitors Recap: If I Only Had a BrainA reality-competition legend joins the traitors as the faithfuls lack any credible evidence to base their votes on.
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    The Traitors Season-Premiere Recap: O Come, All Ye FaithfulEveryone’s favorite high-production-value game of Mafia returns by doubling down on our favorite reality stars.
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    The Golden Wedding Recap: True Love, Brought to You by AmazonAt long last, the Gatch kisses his bride (Gride?).
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    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: Ghosts of Pirates PastSadly, we are not getting the Scary Island explanation we’ve been wanting from Kelly.
  22. 25 days of reality
    The Charm OffensiveInside the journey to runaway best seller for Scandoval’s most notorious artifact.
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    April Kirkwood Turned the Golden Bachelor Mansion Into a Sorority House“I go, ‘Come on, girls! I don’t want to sleep by myself on the other side of the room. It’s too far away.’ So we made a big California king–size bed.”
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    The Golden Bachelor Season-Finale Recap: A Goddamn Close SecondGerry manages to pull off a pretty serious heel turn, as Leslie looks quite the part for the first all-but-announced Golden Bachelorette.
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    The Golden Bachelor Recap: Gerry Versus the VolcanoWhy are they making Gerry have back-to-back Fantasy Suites? They’re overworking our Gatch!
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    The Golden Bachelor Recap: The Telltale FartThe “Women Tell All” might feel like fun and games, but we have some major heartbreak here.
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    The Golden Bachelor Recap: The Many Loves of Gerry TurnerIt’s the first hometowns in The Golden Bachelor’s history, and they do not disappoint.
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    The Golden Bachelor Recap: Triangle of SadnessGerry’s on a boat!
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    Gerry Turner’s Rose Is TimelessAmerica’s new favorite hunk is a 72-year-old widower. He may be the best thing ever to happen to The Bachelor franchise.
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    The Golden Bachelor Recap: A Pretty PickleGerry realizes the pain and sacrifice these women are making in his name.
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    The Golden Bachelor Recap: Zip Your LipAlliances are starting to form as Gerry has to balance the women’s rising tensions.
  32. vulture lists
    The 21 Best Witch Movies of All TimeFrom The Craft to The Wizard of Oz to Hocus Pocus.
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    The Golden Bachelor Recap: One HeadlightIt’s only the second rose ceremony and Gerry might be hitting the gas more than he should.
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    The Golden Bachelor Series-Premiere Recap: GerrypilledPerhaps these are famous last words, but I like Gerry!
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: The Princess’s GambitIs it too early to say that Jessel has the makings of a top-tier Housewife?
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    Riverdale Season-Finale Recap: Jughead’s Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyA finale that was never supposed to be a finale leaves us on a confusing cliffhanger, and without the prom we were promised.
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    Riverdale Recap: Fire Walk With MeAs Barchie contemplate an affair, Jughead and Charles team up to track down Riverdale’s camera-toting voyeur.
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    Riverdale Recap: 6 Inches Forward and 5 Inches BackRiverdale’s latest musical episode falls depressingly short of conveying just how radical, heartbreaking, and funny its source material is.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion Recap: What a Decade It’s BeenIt’s a strange comfort that this franchise, like the glittering cock-a-roach it is, has persisted for 10 years, and could very well last another 10.
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    Decamping Upstate With Real Housewife Luann de LessepsVintage shopping and oat-milk cappuccino with the reality-TV fixture.
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    Riverdale Recap: J’AccuseThere is no I in “murder,” but there is a team in “head trauma.”
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    Riverdale Recap: Making a Making a MurdererSo if Barchie is happening, then Jughead must be dead. Right? Sure.
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    Riverdale Recap: Gone Baby GoneIf you’re going to maybe, possibly kill your boyfriend, it’s helpful to have your mutual half-brother who also happens to be an FBI agent on hand.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season Finale Recap: Forgetting Teresa GiudiceTurns out, contrary to seasons of evidence we’ve accumulated, Tre is capable of feeling guilt—or at least feeling embarrassment.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Ol’ Salty’s RevengeA thrilling new chapter in the ponytail saga begins, courtesy of Teresa “Hot Mic” Giudice.
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    Riverdale Recap: Et Tu, Betty?So, how is Riverdale going to explain its way out of this one?
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: After He CheatsTeresa may be the very last human being with basic cable to come to the conclusion that Joe cheated, but at least she found her way there.
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    Riverdale Recap: Chess, Lies, and VideotapeFor now, Jughead lives, and he’s challenged Brett to a school-mandated, three-round nerd contest, for honor?
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Sexually FrustratingIt’s not cute when the RHONJ men insert themselves where they’re not supposed to be.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Wrong Side of HairstoryFor once, refreshingly, Teresa is held accountable by her castmates. Well, briefly.
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