
Caemeron Crain
Caemeron Crain is Executive Editor of TV Obsessive. He struggles with authority, including his own. Caesar non est supra grammaticos
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The Rehearsal Returns to Save Our Lives (S2E1 Recap)
The following recap contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S2E1, “Gotta Have Fun” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Adam Locke-Norton & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) The Rehearsal Season 1 began with a small-stakes episode that seemed fairly self-contained before spiraling out into a continuing narrative that just kept getting weirder. […] More
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Black Mirror S7E6 Recap: “USS Callister: Into Infinity”
The following recap contains spoilers for Black Mirror S7E6, “USS Callister: Into Infinity” (written by Charlie Brooker & Bisha K. Ali & William Bridges & Bekka Bowling and directed by Toby Haynes) The setup for “USS Callister: Into Infinity” is about what one would have expected from a sequel to “USS Callister.” The digital clones […] More
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Black Mirror S7E4 Recap: “Plaything” — Perpetual Terror Would Be a Rational Response
The following recap contains spoilers for Black Mirror S7E4, “Plaything” (written by Charlie Brooker and directed by David Slade) “Plaything” begins with Cameron Walker (Peter Capaldi) getting arrested on purpose. His DNA is a match to an unsolved murder, and the episode is framed through his interrogation by Kano (James Nelson-Joyce) and Minter (Michele Austin). […] More
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Yellowjackets S3E10 Recap: The Season 3 Finale Brings Us “Full Circle”
The following recap contains spoilers for the Yellowjackets Season 3 finale, S3E10, “Full Circle” (written by Ameni Rozsa and directed by Bart Nickerson) By threading in moments of ritualistic cannibalism, the Yellowjackets pilot posed the central question of the series immediately: How would we get from a group of teenage girls crashing in the wilderness […] More
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Yellowjackets S3E9 Recap: This Is Not “How the Story Ends”
The following recap contains spoilers for Yellowjackets S3E9, “How the Story Ends” (written by Sarah L. Thompson and directed by Ben Semanoff) While there are a few big events in Yellowjackets S3E9, the episode largely feels like its spinning its wheels in preparation for whatever is going to happen in next week’s season finale. The […] More
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Yellowjackets S3E8 Recap: We Can Both Keep Our Knives
The following recap contains spoilers for Yellowjackets S3E8, “A Normal, Boring Life” (written by Julia Bicknell and directed by Anya Adams) Let’s start in the 2021 timeline. At the end of last week’s episode, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) had arrived in Richmond, VA to confront Hannah’s (Ashley Sutton) daughter. I might have thought she was about […] More
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Yellowjackets S3E7 Recap: We Hope That You “Croak” — That You Croooaak
The following recap contains spoilers for Yellowjackets S3E7, “Croak” (written by Alisha Brophy & Ameni Rosza and directed by Jennifer Morrison Yellowjackets S3E7 begins by flashing back to three days prior to the events that ended S3E6. It turns out that Hannah (Ashley Sutton) and Edwin (Nelson Franklin) are frog researchers, and Kodiak (Joel McHale) […] More
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Severance S2E10 Recap: The Season 2 Finale Brings Choreography & Merriment
The following recap contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of Severance, S2E10, “Cold Harbor” (written by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller) Severance S2E10 opens right where S2E9 left off: a repetition of Devon (Jen Tullock) asking innie-Mark (Adam Scott) if he remembers the last thing he said to her; his response (“She’s […] More
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Yellowjackets S3E6 Recap: “Thanksgiving (Canada)” — That Is Not a Turkey
The following recap contains spoilers for Yellowjackets S3E6, “Thanksgiving (Canada)” (written by Libby Hill & Emily St. James and directed by Pete Chatmon) Let’s start in 2021, with Misty (Christina Ricci). After she arranges to have biological material from under Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) fingernails tested, Walter (Elijah Wood) makes a peace offering to Misty by […] More
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Severance S2E9 Recap: You Are About To Enter “The After Hours”
The following recap contains spoilers for Severance S2E9, “The After Hours” (written by Dan Erickson and directed by Uta Briesewitz) I mentioned last week that something felt off about how long it took Ms. Cobel (Patricia Arquette) to drive to Salt’s Neck, and I don’t want to belabor the point, but it’s worth noting that […] More
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Yellowjackets S3E5 Recap: “Did Tai Do That?” Or Was It Stefan Urquelle?
The following recap contains spoilers for Yellowjackets S3E5, “Did Tai Do That?” (written by Elise Brown & Sarah L. Thompson and directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd) Let’s start with the 2021 timeline in Yellowjackets S3E5. Misty (Christina Ricci) goes to the morgue and employs some light blackmail to procure Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) personal effects. Nothing […] More
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Severance S2E8 Recap: Inhaling Some “Sweet Vitriol”
The following recap contains spoilers for Severance S2E8, “Sweet Vitriol” (written by Adam Countee & K.C. Perry and directed by Ben Stiller) Severance S2E8 finally checks in with Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette), who has been absent from our story since S2E3. At the beginning of that episode, she was asleep on the side of the […] More