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Baptiste's penultimate episode begins with the captive girls. (Remember them?) During a trip to the bathroom, Cristina grabs a shard of glass out of the bathroom window. It's the beginnings of an audacious plan to escape, but it all comes to naught. She stabs her captor,
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As the penultimate episode of World on Fire’s first season begins, Robina welcomes home her son Harry, this time from Dunkirk. And once again, her face freezes when she sees he’s not alone; this time, he’s brought home a Senegalese soldier. She chats politely with Demba (Buom
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On this Mother’s Day, the new episode of Call the Midwife delivers two mothers in challenging circumstances, a young doctor in over his head, one friend helping another and a midwife who’s very concerned about her grandmother. With so much to cover, let’s get straight to the
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Last week's Baptiste ended with Stratton being taken by Constantine while Baptiste struggled with the discovery Niels is his son. This week's cold open, as usual, starts with none of that. Instead, there's a completely random (and paranoid) individual buying a whole lot of
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Several short scenes begin this episode of World on Fire: Lois singing, Harry and his soldiers walking down the road, and Nancy announcing from Berlin that Belgium has fallen. The series hops around a lot, and while this can sometimes be irritating or confusing, sequences like this pack a punch.
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I don’t know whether Call the Midwife is getting more heartbreaking or if I’m extra emotional due to the state of the world today, but I bawled my eyes out watching this episode. There was the lovely, but let’s face it, increasingly habitual community event organized by
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The news that World War II drama World on Fire has already been renewed for a second season probably shouldn't surprise viewers too much. After all, the series has been described from the very beginning as a multi-year project, with each season projected to cover a certain
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At the end of last week's Baptiste, it seemed like both Julien and Celia were in for it, with one trapped in a basement with Stratton and the other about to be a victim of Constantine. Naturally, the cold open leaves both these cliffhangers to wait to neither
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Efficiency, journalist Nancy Campbell reflects in Berlin as World on Fire's fourth episode opens, is what the Germans excel at and which may win them the war. Nevertheless, she’s determined to air her piece on euthanasia, despite her handler Schmidt’s objections. Although her neighbor Mr. Rossler
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I can only speak for myself, but I found this week’s episode of Call the Midwife to be both gleeful and touching. Folks in Poplar are certainly aquiver about the arrival of the nun-centric The Sound of Music! Meanwhile, our actual Nonnatus Sisters are front and center in
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Prepare your emotions, Grantchester fans. The first trailer for Season 5 is here, and it promises something of a fresh start for the popular mystery series. Season 4 marked a rather colossal shift for the show, as original star James Norton departed after just two episodes, leaving everyone to wonder
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After last week's wild ending which revealed Natalie Rose alive and Edward Stratton with a head in his basement, this week's Baptiste picks right back up at Natalie's houseboat hideout. Stratton isn't her uncle; he's a client, and an obsessive