Death and Wedding Bells Come Knocking in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3 Finale

August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 Nikita Francois

The finale of Season 3 took us through a harrowingly close encounter with death, two reconciliations, and a pregnancy, while also leaving us with an unanswered marriage proposal and family abandonment. In many ways, you’d think this would be how a series would kick-off a new season, but by doing the opposite, The Gilded Age sets the tone of what we can look forward to in Season 4.

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: Vengeance and Violence Everlasting

May 25, 2025May 26, 2025 Mike Manalo

We are at the finale of an incredibly (intentionally) short season of The Last of Us. For those who have played the game, it should make sense why they are stopping here. And for those who haven’t, strap in and prepare for the unexpected!

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: I Hope You Do a Little Better Than Me

May 18, 2025May 19, 2025 Mike Manalo

Oh my goodness. I can’t imagine there being a dry eye in the house after this emotional, beautiful episode of The Last of Us.

It’s good to see Joel again and get more about him despite his untimely demise early this season. We even get to see Pedro Pascal’s name and his silhouette at the end of the opening credits. If you were a fan of the games, you knew where this episode was going. However, surprise, surprise, we get some really great stuff that was exclusive for the show.

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: An Airborne Nightmare

May 11, 2025May 12, 2025 Mike Manalo

Seattle: Day Two has begun, and The Last of Us Season 2 is progressing at an even faster pace than I could have imagined from the game. Dina and Ellie are one step closer to finding Abby; however, Ellie finds herself one step closer to losing her soul. All this and more on this week’s The Last of Us.

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: Take On Me

May 4, 2025May 5, 2025 Mike Manalo

Ellie and Dina have officially reached Seattle. However, almost insurmountable challenges in Ellie’s quest for vengeance present themselves, as the WLFs have taken over the city. Chief among them, a new threat (in the form of a familiar fan-favorite actor) emerges. All this, plus a very emotional and soulful callback, and more in this week’s The Last of Us.

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: The Aftermath of Tragedy Looms on Jackson

April 27, 2025April 28, 2025 Mike Manalo

At the time of writing this, a large portion of the world has bonded over the collective trauma of seeing the first two harrowing episodes of The Last of Us Season 2. The train has officially left the station, and there’s no going back. Which means by now, everyone on it already knows that zero punches are getting pulled, and every blow is about to land right in the gut.

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Sundance Highlights Speculative Storytelling From Southeast Asia

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Lauren Lola

The 2022 Sundance Film Festival has come to a close, following 11 days of presenting in-depth films and conversations from all over the world, for an audience that was originally supposed to be a hybrid one. While there was so much in store in terms of new works, a major takeaway yours truly got from attendance is that there are quite a few speculative works arising from Southeast Asia, and Sundance made the world premieres possible for two of them: Ham Tran’s Maika and Martika Ramirez Escobar’s Leonor Will Never Die.

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‘Euphoria’ Recap: Cal Me By Your Name

January 28, 2022January 31, 2022 Adonis Gonzalez

Let’s get one thing straight, Nate and Cal Jacobs are the worst. Between the patriarchal leader of the Jacobs clan and his sinister offspring, the duo have managed not only to cause the entire town trouble, but also managed to make an enemy out of each other. The list goes on and on, blackmail, bribery, threats, adultery. And those are just the offenses I feel comfortable mentioning. Nate and Cal are downright supervillains at this point.

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‘Euphoria’ Recap: Maybe You Should Go And Love Yourself

January 24, 2022January 31, 2022 Adonis Gonzalez

Euphoria is currently three episodes in to its second season. If you’ve been keeping up with it, you’ll understand why that just doesn’t sound right. I’m just under three hours, Euphoria has already delivered some truly crazy moments in TV history.

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‘Euphoria’ Promises More Drama and Trauma This Season

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 Adonis Gonzalez

Directed by show creator Sam Levinson, the season 2 premiere, “Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door,” transports viewers into another night of Euphoria. That title does more than reference the show’s heavy inclusion of sex, drugs, and more sex and drugs, it’s a nod to its most central theme — that feeling of euphoria is a treasure sought out by most everyone in the series.

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NOC Recap: ‘Riverdale’ Hits Its 100th Episode Milestone with a Bang

December 14, 2021December 15, 2021 Sophia Soto

Time to leave Rivervale and head back to our prime universe, Riverdale. “Chapter One Hundred: The Jughead Paradox” marks the series’ 100th episode as well as the end of the special five-episode Rivervale event, and its filled with answers, emotion, death, twists, and so much more! For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 6×05.

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NOC Recap: ‘Rivervale’ Tells Three Chilling and Surprisingly Emotional Ghost Stories

November 23, 2021November 29, 2021 Sophia Soto

“Chapter Ninety-Seven: Ghost Stories” tells three different tales, testing some of our favorite characters and couples.

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NOC Recap: Say Goodbye to ‘Riverdale’ and Hello to ‘Rivervale’

November 16, 2021November 17, 2021 Sophia Soto

We’re officially not in Riverdale any longer! “Chapter Ninety-Six: Welcome to Rivervale” introduces fans to a whole new universe, one that is definitely a lot darker than we are used to. The series stars KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Mӓdchen Amick, Casey Cott, Charles Melton, Vanessa Morgan, Erinn Westbrook, and Drew Ray Tanner. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 6×01.

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NOC Recap: ‘Riverdale’ Takes on ‘Next to Normal’ for This Season’s Musical

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 Sophia Soto

“Chapter Ninety-Four: Next to Normal” is season 5’s highly anticipated musical episode and it was definitely the most emotional one yet. The series stars KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Mӓdchen Amick, Casey Cott, Mark Consuelos, Charles Melton, Vanessa Morgan, Erinn Westbrook, and Drew Ray Tanner. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 5×18.

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NOC Recap: ‘Riverdale’ Will Make You Fall in Love With The Pussycats All Over Again

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Sophia Soto

In “Chapter Ninety-One: The Return of the Pussycats,” Ashleigh Murray, Hayley Law, and Asha Bromfield are back to give our favorite musical trio the closure they deserve! The series stars KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Mӓdchen Amick, Casey Cott, Mark Consuelos, Charles Melton, Vanessa Morgan, Erinn Westbrook, and Drew Ray Tanner. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 5×15.

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NOC Recap: ‘Riverdale’ Serves Up This Season’s Triptych Episode

September 1, 2021March 2, 2023 Sophia Soto

“Chapter Ninety: The Night Gallery” begins the road to healing for a trio of characters. The series stars KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Mӓdchen Amick, Casey Cott, Mark Consuelos, Charles Melton, Vanessa Morgan, Erinn Westbrook, and Drew Ray Tanner. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 5×14.

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NOC Recap: ‘Riverdale’ Gives Hiram Lodge His Origin Story

August 18, 2021August 19, 2021 Sophia Soto

“Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge” sheds some light on Riverdale’s biggest villain while managing to deliver one of the most well told and deep episode of the series so far. The series stars KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Mӓdchen Amick, Casey Cott, Mark Consuelos, Charles Melton, Vanessa Morgan, Erinn Westbrook, and Drew Ray Tanner. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 5×12.

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NOC Recap: ‘Riverdale’ Returns With All Its Glory

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 Sophia Soto

Wednesday nights were definitely not the same without Riverdale‘s craziness. Luckily, the show has finally returned with “Chapter Eighty-Seven: Strange Bedfellows,” which kicks off the second part of season 5. The series stars KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Mӓdchen Amick, Casey Cott, Mark Consuelos, Charles Melton, Vanessa Morgan, Erinn Westbrook, and Drew Ray Tanner. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 5×11.

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NOC Recap: The ‘Cruel Summer’ Season Finale Wraps Everything Up and Then Blows It All Up Again

June 15, 2021June 16, 2021 Sophia Soto

“Hostile Witness” shows events from (approximately) October 3rd, 1993, 1994, and 1995. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 1×10 of Cruel Summer.

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NOC Recap: ‘Cruel Summer’ Reveals Some Shocking and Interesting Missing Events to the Story

June 1, 2021April 28, 2025 Sophia Soto

“Proof” shows events from (approximately) August 30th, 1993, 1994, and 1995. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 1×08 of Cruel Summer.

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NOC Recap: ‘Cruel Summer’ Episode 7 Changes Everything

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Sophia Soto

“Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis” shows events from (approximately) August 29th, 1993, 1994, and 1995. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 1×07 of Cruel Summer.

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NOC Recap: ‘Cruel Summer’ Episode 6 is a Breaking Point for the Turner Family

May 18, 2021May 19, 2021 Sophia Soto

“An Ocean Inside Me” shows events from (approximately) August 15th, 1993, 1994, and 1995. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 1×06 of Cruel Summer.

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NOC Recap: ‘Cruel Summer’ Episode 5 is a Tangled Web of Twisted Games

May 11, 2021May 15, 2021 Sophia Soto

“As The Carny Gods Intended” shows events from (approximately) July 29th, 1993, 1994, and 1995. For the remainder of this recap, we will be getting into heavy spoilers; so only continue reading if you’ve seen episode 1×05 of Cruel Summer.