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    Mary & George Recap: To Strategically VomitOur beloved sexy-history show amps up the sex!
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    Mary & George Recap: King James Is a BottomSo many of these men have little pointy beards!
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    Mary & George Series-Premiere Recap: We Face the World TogetherWatch Julianne Moore play a woman who drags her emo son George (Nicholas Galitzine!) to greatness against his will.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: To the Remarkable Mrs. Hall and JesusIt’s a stressful time for James — he’s training for war, his wife is about to have a baby, it’s Christmas, and a cat is missing!
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    All Creatures Great and Small Season-Finale Recap: Who Moves to the Lakes?Helen, please stop working and relax! You almost got kicked by a sick cow!
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Driving LessonsIt’s time to save a cat, which is a metaphor for James and Helen’s situation, but also is a cat.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Knowledge, Fleas, and FamilyThe run of happy, cozy episodes has come to an end.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Siegfried Stands CorrectedWe have to talk about Cedric the Farting Dog.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Recap: Blossom Rides AgainThe number of times this show has made me weep over cows.
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    All Creatures Great and Small Season-Premiere Recap: So Bloody What?All Creatures is getting risqué in season four. How do we feel about that?
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    The Gilded Age Recap: A Finale of Operatic ProportionsIt’s a perfectly Gilded Age finale. No notes. That said, we have some notes.
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    The Gilded Age Recap: Chaos, Intrigue, and SubterfugeCarrie Coon gets to wear a ridiculous hat and have her hair down? Best. Episode. Ever.
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    The Gilded Age Recap: Never Propose in PublicIt is so frustrating to watch Oscar getting scammed.
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    The Gilded Age Recap: I Must Cancel My CongratulationsSo are we just going to trust Ada’s quick engagement and wedding? It’s all too suspicious!
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    The Gilded Age Recap: The Melodrama Is HereA vengeful character wreaking havoc on the social systems is exactly what The Gilded Age needs.
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    The Gilded Age Recap: Trouble in Paradise for the RussellsWhenever a period drama chooses to include a historical figure, it’s a real gamble. Oscar Wilde does not pay off!
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    The Gilded Age Recap: 1880s Nepo BabiesThings are getting steamy in Newport, but we’re not getting enough Bertha and George.
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    The Gilded Age Season-Premiere Recap: Back on Fifth AvenueThere are so many cast members in this show, and it’s been so long since season one.
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    The Ultimatum: Queer Love Finale Recap: It Sucks to Lose YouLet’s talk about this reunion.
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    The Ultimatum: Queer Love Recap: Cute Red FlagsWhat is up with Xander and Vanessa?
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    The Ultimatum: Queer Love Premiere Recap: She’s Like Voldemort to MeWhile some of the worst people were in the original series, Queer Love introduces many likable and relatable couples … and Vanessa.
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    The Great Season-Finale Recap: Everybody Wants to Rule the WorldCatherine realizes that carrying on and ruling Russia is her destiny or whatever.
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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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