“You Don’t Hunt, You Don’t Eat” shows events from (approximately) July 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 1×04 of Cruel Summer.
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“Off With a Bang” shows events from (approximately) July 4th, 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 1×03 of Cruel Summer. This episode also gives a warning for images of domestic violence that may be triggering so this will apply to this review as well.
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Cruel Summer just premiered with two back-to-back episodes — “Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner” and “A Smashing Good Time.” While many can just chalk this two-hour introduction to the series as a way to truly get fans hooked, it seems to almost be done in a way to really drive all of the storytelling aspects that the series is doing home, basically dedicating one episode each to introducing the two main characters, which you will find yourself torn between as you are forced to pick a side.
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The NRW Crew of Robert J. Medina, Steve Escobar and Kuya P AKA Patrick Michael Strange review and discuss the latest Quibi series release, When The Street Lights Go On. You can catch When The Street Lights Go On currently streaming on Quibi!
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Heyyyy! It’s Kuya P and I recently sat down with my NRW Crew of Loy Lee and Glenn Lawrence to review and discuss the HBO Max series, Raised By Wolves Season 1 — Episode 6. Check it out! You can catch Raised By Wolves currently streaming on HBO Max!
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Heyyyy! It’s Kuya P and I recently sat down with my NRW Crew of Loy Lee and Glenn Lawrence to review and discuss the Amazon Prime series, Utopia Season 1 — Episode 1-2. Check it out! You can catch Utopia currently streaming on Amazon Prime!
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Heyyyy! It’s Kuya P and I recently sat down with my NRW Crew of Loy Lee and Glenn Lawrence to review and discuss the HBO Max series, Raised By Wolves Season 1 — Episode 3-5. Check it out! You can catch Raised By Wolves currently streaming on HBO Max!
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The NRW Crew of Robert J. Medina and Steve Escobar review and discuss the Amazon Prime series, The Boys Season 2 — Episodes 7-8. You can catch The Boys: Season 2 currently streaming on Amazon Prime!
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The NRW Crew of Robert J. Medina, Steve Escobar and Kuya P AKA Patrick Michael Strange review and discuss the latest Quibi series release, 50 States of Fright: Michigan & Iowa. You can catch 50 States of Fright currently streaming on Quibi!
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The NRW Crew of Robert J. Medina and Steve Escobar review and discuss the Amazon Prime series, The Boys Season 2 — Episodes 4-6. You can catch The Boys: Season 2 currently streaming on Amazon Prime!
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The NRW Crew of Kuya P AKA Patrick Michael Strange and Loy Lee review and discuss the HBO Max series, Raised By Wolves Season 1 — Episode 2. You can catch Raised By Wolves currently streaming on HBO Max!
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The NRW Crew of Kuya P AKA Patrick Michael Strange and Loy Lee review and discuss the HBO Max series, Raised By Wolves Season 1 — Episode 1. You can catch Raised By Wolves currently streaming on HBO Max!
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The NRW Crew of Robert J. Medina and Steve Escobar review and discuss the Amazon Prime series, The Boys Season 2 — Episodes 1-3. You can catch The Boys: Season 2 currently streaming on Amazon Prime!
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Without spoilers, what I’ll say is: Despite its many problems, I had hope that Game of Thrones would finish strong. That hope pretty much dissipated after I saw the last episode.
Spoilers below.
Welcome back, it’s your humble steward Anna, ever serving in the NOC’s Watch and ready to live tweet episode 2 of Game of Thrones! I’ve read A Song of Ice and Fire twice and have a dog named Daenerys The Frenchie so I swear by the old Gods and new that I am INVESTED in this show.
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Welcome NOC. Our long, boring wait is over, and it’s finally Game of Thrones time!
So that happened.
We’ve been singing the praises of Into the Badlands all season, but man, that death was disappointing. I’ll keep the spoiler about which character(s) met their ultimate demise until after the jump. Just know that it has made me reevaluate how I feel about this show.
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In a fateful example of perfect timing, the airing of Into the Badlands episode nine, titled “Nightingale Sings No More,” coincided with Mother’s Day. So how does the Badlands writing crew celebrate mothers? By ripping their babies away from them, locking them in solitary confinement, and having them duel their daughters in deadly sword-to-sword combat, of course! More on that in a minute…
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There are few nerdy pursuits that bring me a lot of pure joy anymore. Hamilton, of course, is one, and Into the Badlands is the other. And like what the homie Shawn Taylor said, sometimes it just feels better to big up a thing you love than to tear down something you don’t. That’s why I love giving these HamLands recaps to you, the people. One, unwarranted Hamilton references is kinda my thing — just ask my poor family. And two, the hashtag Into the HamLands — which was initially designed to house Badlands-specific Hamilton puns, IS BEING USED BY THE CAST AND WRITERS OF THE SHOW! (Badlands, that is. Still waiting for Lin to chime in.)
So when Veil herself tweeted this gem below, I knew it had to be the title of this week’s ‘cap!
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Apologies for the delay in getting this weeks Badlands recap out1. I know how much you anticipate my weekly Hamilton references! It was probably a good thing that I didn’t watch this episode live though. Not sure I would’ve been able to sleep had I seen Artemis haunt my television right before going to bed!
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Despite my better judgement, I went with a Hamilton pun this week rather than straight up lyrics from the show. Couldn’t help it. The fight scene between the Abbots and Sunny’s old and new sidekicks — juxtaposed against a Christmas-y backdrop, no less — was a highlight! Before settling on “A Winter’s Ball” wordplay, the other obvious number to reference was Jasmine Cephas-Jones’ showstopper “Say No to This,” thanks to twitter user @Bespectacled_Cy!
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Another week, another Into the Badlands recap that takes its cue from a Hamilton song. While it’s pretty obvious that I’m quoting Lin-Manuel’s soliloquy from the end of “The World Was Wide Enough” — fittingly about the lead-up and aftermath of a duel not unlike what Quinn and Ryder did last week — this week’s subtitle has as much to do with #GhostRyder as it does with the return of Sunny and Bajie who are just on the other side of the Badlands as well. And speaking of “other sides,” we see some characters aligning with other sides too. But really, it’s all about Quinn’s son on the other side.
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Once again, we’re venturing back Into the Badlands as we finally get to see the much anticipated Baron Conclave. Last week, if you recall, we saw Minerva and Waldo arrive at Ryder’s estate to take part in the gathering. Basically, this is when all of the barons in the Badlands come together to sign agreements and hash out differences — without swords. Mostly. This particular conclave has been convened to vote on whether the Widow is allowed to even be a baron. Debates ensue, and all I can think of are the lyrics for both “Cabinet Battle” tracks from Hamilton.
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