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in Larks & RecsLarks & Recs: Review, Mother Mother, Poor Things and Past Lives
Welcome back for another edition of Larks & Recs! Each week, members of the TVObs staff use this space to recommend things that we’ve been enjoying, or sometimes to go on a bit of a lark. This week, Caemeron Crain revisits Comedy Central’s Review, Robin Moon has been listening to Mother Mother, and Clay Dockery […] More
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Larks & Recs: X-Men ’97, Stupid Pet Tricks, Jon Stewart, and Killers of the Flower Moon
It’s quite a week for nostalgia, as a trailer for X-Men ’97 has been released, Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show, and a Sarah Silverman hosted Stupid Pet Tricks premiered on TBS. Brien Allen has some thoughts to share on the latter two of those things, and Clay Dockery is back with another look […] More
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Only Murders in the Building Season 3 Premiere Recap: Who Killed Ben?
The follow recap contains spoilers for the Only Murders in the Building Season 3 premiere, S3E1 “The Show Must…” & S3E2 “The Beat Goes On” Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t […] More
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Recommendations — Back to the Future: The Musical and Detroiters
Sometimes I find myself thinking about the scene in Back to the Future where Marty tries to order a soda and how it hangs on back-to-back jokes about brands of cola that don’t exist anymore. I wonder if those jokes are in the musical version. Perhaps I should ask Cat, whose recommendation really makes me […] More
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Shoresy Brings Lowbrow Laughs and High-Energy Sports to the Rink
Crave‘s new original sports comedy series, Shoresy, revolves around a character from another Canadian sitcom who’s mostly known for using the toilet and insulting his teammates. This may not sound like a promising setup for a series, but longtime fans of Letterkenny such as myself already know how much fun the titular Shoresy can be. He’s […] More
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Made for Love S1E1: “User One” — Trouble in (Simulated) Paradise
The following contains spoilers for Made for Love S1E1, “User One” (written by Alissa Nutting & Dean Bakopoulos & Patrick Somerville and directed by Stephanie Laing) Like the first line of a novel, the opening scene of a pilot can really set the tone and hook you in. Made for Love opens on a wind-blown […] More
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The Everything Mop Scene from Modern Family Is the Perfect Gift
Modern Family is a mockumentary style sitcom about one extended family living in suburban California. It is the ultimate kind of comfort television, adored for its silliness and unrelenting optimism. I started watching the show when it was in its seventh season (admittedly just so that I’d have something to talk about with a guy […] More
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Ranking All 8 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Halloween Heist Episodes
It’s that time of year again when all the ghosts and ghouls come out to play, and spooky events are taking place left, right, and centre. Pumpkin picking, apple bobbing, and trick or treating, to name a few. But one Halloween-themed television event that was highly anticipated up until this year was Brooklyn Nine Nine’s […] More
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine S8E9 & S8E10: “The Last Day” (Series Finale)
The following contains spoilers for the series finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, “The Last Day” (S8E9 & S8E10) Could it have ended any other way? After wrapping up almost all of the season-long storylines in last week’s “Renewal”, Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s series finale—fittingly titled “The Last Day”—wraps the entire show up in the only way it could—with […] More
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine S8E8: “Renewal”
After a dismal first episode of the night, S8E8 “Renewal” finds Brooklyn Nine-Nine back in form, with a fast-paced episode both humorous and heartfelt, while also functioning as a season finale of sorts before the series finale in two weeks. “Renewal” plays out in the same manner as many of Nine-Nine’s best episodes: a fast-paced […] More
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Rick and Morty S5E10: Evil is Relative in ‘Rickmurai Jack’
A season finale ought to do two things: wrap up the themes and plot lines of the season, while leaving enough open to tease the audience about seasons still to come. Rick and Morty S5E10 returns to a story line that has been left hanging since Season 3’s fantastic ‘Tales From the Citadel’, turning the […] More
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Rick and Morty S5E9: Consequences Come Calling in ‘Forgetting Sarick Mortshall’
The finale double bill has finally arrived, and in this first part the relationship that holds the show together has never been closer to falling apart. As the title (taken from the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall) suggests, Rick and Morty S5E9 is about a breakup. The iconic duo face the prospect of estrangement, because […] More
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