The Old Man — TV Episode Recaps & News

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  1. Episode 7 VII
    The Old Man Season-Finale Recap: Who’s Your Daddy? The Old Man’s major disclosure was validating but also pretty anti-climatic.
  2. Episode 6 VI
    The Old Man Recap: Paternity Test Angela now stars in her own version of Taken.
  3. Episode 5 V
    The Old Man Recap: Juggling Chainsaws The shift in alliances we were all waiting for.
  4. Episode 4 IV
    The Old Man Recap: Partners in Crime Zoe and Angela shift from quiet supporting participants to emboldened main players.
  5. Episode 3 III
    The Old Man Recap: My Two Dads The Old Man is getting closer to hitting its sweet spot.
  6. Episode 2 II
    The Old Man Recap: Scrambled Eggs We meet Amy Brenneman’s cheerless divorcée and Alia Shawkat’s junior FBI agent — the two truly compelling characters of the series.
  7. Episode 1 I
    The Old Man Series-Premiere Recap: On the Run The new FX series follows Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges), the old, grizzled ex-CIA operative with a very special set of skills — and a very checkered past.
  1. Episode 8 XV
    The Old Man Season-Finale Recap: Like Father, Like Daughter Emily is taking back control of her life, which means putting Dan to work on her terms.
  2. Episode 7 XIV
    The Old Man Recap: Church of the Poison Mind Dan is abandoned and near death, but maybe that’s his plan?
  3. Episode 6 XIII
    The Old Man Recap: Taken An action-packed sequence and expository monologue in the final minutes keep this episode from being classified as filler.
  4. Episode 5 XII
    The Old Man Recap: In the Dark Would you believe that all of the secret spy shenanigans are starting to weigh on Harper’s marriage?
  5. Episode 4 XI
    The Old Man Recap: Rescue Dogs Dave and Carol’s triumphant return couldn’t have come at a better time. (And Zoe, too, I guess.)
  6. Episode 3 X
    The Old Man Recap: Family Feud With the whole makeshift family finally together, Emily has to reevaluate her relationships with her father figures.
  7. Episode 2 IX
    The Old Man Recap: Love Versus Trust Emily’s family reunion isn’t as smoothly as everyone would have hoped.
  8. Episode 1 VIII
    The Old Man Season-Premiere Recap: Reality Bites The Old Man bursts into the new season with an action-packed episode and an annoying cliffhanger.

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  5. strange frequencies
    The Old Man’s Secret CodeThe sneakily unconventional series returns bearing all the idiosyncratic qualities that keep it from becoming another predictable spy thriller.
    By Roxana Hadadi and Nicholas Quah
  6. dog watch
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    By Anne Victoria Clark
  7. dog watch
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    By Anne Victoria Clark
  8. casting
    Jeff Bridges to Bless Your TV As the Star of FX’s The Old ManHe’s a man off the grid.
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