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Those Were the Days of Our Lives This generation will never know the true freedom — and neglect — of being an ’80s kid.
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Nov. 21, 2016
it’s complicated
Apr. 5, 2016
What I Learned About Dating in Alaska To meet guys, all I had to do was go outside.
Regina King on Last Night’s Unsettling Leftovers “You don’t know who’s going to come out on top. It can go either way.”
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Oct. 30, 2015
Which Was Better: Fresh Prince or Gilmore Girls ? A fresh prince squares off against a pair of resilient girls. If anything, you could say this match was rare. Will you follow where it leads?
Louie Recap: Whose Kid Is This?Everything goes sideways for Louie.
Louie Recap: A Goddamn Man of the WorldIt’s Louie versus the Youth this season, and the kids are winning.
Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Roughest Season EverIt’s over! And jeez, what an ending. Did you buy it? Did you shout, “Oh, come on!” at your TV and then eat a fistful of Red Vines like I did?
Louie Recap: Out There, in HereThis episode takes you in and out of reality in a way that’s just as tense and infuriating as the real-life desire to wake up from a bad dream.
Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Tensefull of a FellatioI’ve needed some kind of cereal-box decoder to understand Phaedra since last year.
Did Louie Get Raped? Is this role-play gone bad, or sexual exploration that’s gone too far?
Louie Recap: A Wolf in Pam’s ClothingThis episode is about the reluctance that shapes Louie’s life and decision-making process at every turn.
RHOA Recap: Reunited and It Feels So AwfulThis reunion just got great — or completely awful, depending on your tolerance for yelling.
Louie Recap: We’re Beyond YouLouie will shake a scene around until you’re 180 degrees away from where you started.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Make Up or Break UpWe ended the season as we began it: with most of the cast trying to figure out how to be friends, and with NeNe on the outs.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: New Money IssuesWhy in the goddamn hell are we finding ways to give men more control of our vaginas?
Louie Season 5 Premiere Recap: Hey, Fried Chicken!Louie ’s weirdness is back this season, but in its more sitcom-y form.
Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Peace TreatyWhat good is charity if no one sees it? Isn’t that the first chapter in Dianetics ?
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: No Booze, No Meat, No DramaWe only have psychology to blame for whatever happens in the next two episodes.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: License to Ill“We can’t even have dinner together, how are we going to fly around the world?”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: ‘Not the Ebola, Girl!’Do you know how many friendships could have been salvaged if half of these women just left conversations halfway through?
Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Bless This MessThe winner and still-champion: Kenya, surprisingly.
Broad City Recap: I Now Pronounce You Dog and DogIlana fucked a tree tonight, which felt strangely … inevitable.
The Threat of Domestic Violence on RHOA What’s the responsibility of the show when reality TV becomes this real?
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Apollo LandingListen: This was an uncomfortable episode, but we have to get through the craziness of the beginning before we can address the craziness of the end.
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Feb. 12, 2015
Broad City Recap: Hashtag FOMOA string of parties just gets better and better.
Broad City Recap: Your Precious AssholeThis is the best episode of the series so far.
Scandal Recap: The Killer InsideWelcome back! This week, Olivia kills a guy with a pipe!
Broad City Recap: More Room for Blow JobsA high Drew Barrymore impression does more for Abbi than she could ever have done for herself.
Broad City Recap: ‘Let Your People Go’The couch sore, oh God, the couch sore.
RHOA Recap: The He-Man Woman-Haters ClubHonestly, what’s so hard about apologizing?
Broad City Season 2 Premiere Recap: In HeatSomeone yells, “Were you watching us, perv?!” at a kitten.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Sexology, Party of 10Are they trying to make Demetria happen as a housewife or something? We’re already full up!
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Around-the-Way GirlsOh, the glory that is Sharon yelling, “I will punch her in her mouth!”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Self-Centered Shine“You’re not a liar or a whore, but you are cray-cray and a little ashy.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Bawl So HardWe now live in a world where women are afraid to try on shoes because they’re between pedicures.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: All ApologiesNew housewife Claudia was added to the roster last night.
Scandal Midseason Finale Recap: Dancing On My OwnOlivia seems to have squared away how she feels about her parents.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Apollo Oh NoOne of our favorite Housewives pastimes — throw a party for your minor accomplishments!
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 7 PremiereThis entire season is going to be about Apollo and Phaedra the way New Jersey was all about Teresa and Joe.
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