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Listen y'all, for once in 2025, I would like an unambiguous piece of good news. No strings, no asterisks, no "well, considering what else is going on...." Just one piece of good news. Instead, after being reminded just how much I love Grantchester after returning to
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The fourth episode of Atlantic Crossing begins as the previous one did: in the White House pool. But this time, Roosevelt swims alone, and we hear his musings on how his life, and his control over it, have been changed. But as the monologue continues, as the President dresses, Missy
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Every vicar in Grantchester comes with their own set of problems. The series' original Hot Priest, Sidney Chambers (James Norton), came with issues straight out of James Runcie's novels: a working-class WWII vet whose ascent to the priesthood elevated him out of his original class status, yet
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It’s the fourth installment of a six-episode first season, and Patience accelerates a couple of arcs while managing not to rush anything. We get the continuation of the adorable flirting between Patience and Elliot (Tom Lewis), the CSI manager. The enormous amount of plot in the previous episodes didn’
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Episode 3 of Atlantic Crossing opens in Scotland, where Olav and General Fleisher (Stig R. Amdam) are gloomily drilling the Norwegian Brigade. The recruits are volunteers from whaling ships, who may have a great attitude and harpoon skills, but are of little use since the Allies won’t allow them
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Coco Chanel was a Nazi collaborator, but the fashion icon knew what she was on about when she (apocrophally) said “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.” It’s a rule of thumb that many shows should follow more as well: Before sending it
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Now that we’ve introduced the two main characters and laid the basic groundwork for their burgeoning partnership, “The Missing Link,” the third episode of Patience, opens in a classic murder mystery manner: with a dead body. There’s a woman on the floor of York’s Castle Museum, and
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It's finally July around here, which means that the very particular mismatch between the beginning of the TV season (June 1) and the start of the year for PBS (July 1 — as educational television, public broadcasting follows the school year calendar) has realigned. However, Masterpiece (and therefore most
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Patience, an adaptation of the popular French series Astrid, is the newest drama in PBS’ primetime Sunday night lineup. Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis) is a brilliant young woman on the spectrum whose keen eye and unique perspective make her a valuable asset to DI Beatrice Metcalf (Laura Fraser). Patience
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Jules Maigret has been a fixture on screens large and small since writer Georges Simenon introduced him to the world in 1931's Pietr-le-Letton (The Strange Case of Peter the Lett). Moreover, actors who have played the role tended to keep to Simenon's description of the Parisian
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A mystery series where the amateur detective is a book merchant who uses his love of history and literature to solve crimes sounds like a show made for PBS. Add stars Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) and Polly Walker (Bridgerton) as the couple in the center of the series who lead the
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In the opening episode of Atlantic Crossing, we saw the invasion of Norway in a new world order where official neutrality counts for nothing. Crown Princess Märtha and her children have escaped over the border to Sweden, where Ambassador Florence Harriman advises her to leave; Sweden is full of spies,