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The Best Period Dramas to Stream For Independence Day
Though we tend to associate period dramas almost exclusively with British or European stories, these American-focused series are more than worth your time.
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'Jamestown' Recap: Season 3, Episode 8
Previously on Jamestown: Jocelyn, Verity, Pedro and James Read all head off to search for the mariners who originally brought slaves to Jamestown. Along the way, Joss gets shot with an arrow in the gut, but doesn’t die thanks to James savvy medical skills, which involve digging around in
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'Jamestown' Recap: Season 3, Episode 7
Previously on Jamestown: Since Temperance is pregnant, Yeardley decides to write a will, in which he transfers ownership of Pedro and Maria to his unborn child. Everyone in town is suddenly real upset about this, which is somehow a step further than owning people generally, flogging them and forcing them
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'Jamestown' Recap: Season 3, Episode 6
Previously on Jamestown: Chacrow moves into Jamestown to work for Yeardley and kill Silas Sharrow, on the orders of the Pamunkey chief. Silas seems weirdly fine with this, but it all turns out fine anyway, since Chacrow can’t do it after he has some sort of religious experience while
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'Jamestown' Recap: Season 3, Episode 5
Previously on Jamestown: This season continues to spiral into the absurd, as the entire colony becomes obsessed with a random palomino horse from…somewhere, and then spends the bulk of the episode chasing it through the woods. (I wish I was making this up.) But, thanks to Henry acquiring said
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'Jamestown' Recap: Season 3, Episode 4
Previously on Jamestown: Pedro and Maria attempt to run away from the colony, but their efforts are thwarted thanks to (who else?) Yeardley, despite the fact that the rest of the town conspires to help them get out. Silas tries to do us all a favor by killing the Governor
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'Jamestown' Recap: Season 3, Episode 3
Previously on Jamestown: Meredith and Verity take in a random child newly arrived on the boats from England after Rutter – who appears to be in some kind of mental decline – decides that young Tam is actually his son. Who is dead. Elsewhere, Henry Sharrow’s daughter sickens and dies thanks
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'Jamestown' Recap: Season 3, Episode 2
Previously, on Jamestown: Alice Sharrow departs Jamestown with her son when she realizes it’s unlikely Silas will ever return from his new life with the natives. Jocelyn’s secret partnership with Farlow is exposed, and the magistrate literally gets beheaded for his trouble, as Yeardley brands him a traitor
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5 PBS Series You Must Stream This Summer
The solstice is upon us, and Sumer Is Icumen In. Once upon a time, summer was all about beach reading, as families took leave of their homes and televisions and escaped to vacation fun and the beach. But that was the 20th century way of doing things. As the second
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'Jamestown' Recap: Season 3, Episode 1
Previously on Jamestown: There’s honestly too much to fit here, so go skim the Season 2 recaps if you need a refresher on where we left things after last season. Fair warning: A whole lot of crazy happens. Reminder: Jamestown is a WETA Passport-exclusive series, meaning that in
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'Jamestown' Season 3 Will Come to America This June
It’s official: The third season of popular period drama Jamestown will come tio America this June! All eight episodes of Season 3 will be available to stream beginning Sunday, June 16 at 12pm ET on WETA Passport, an online member benefit that provides users with access to an online
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Period Drama ‘Jamestown’ Will Return for a Third Season
Good news for those of you who love period drama Jamestown! The series will indeed be back for a third season, and likely sooner than you might think. U.K. network Sky One announced the commission of Season 3 immediately following the airing of the series’ second run in the