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Netflix has its finger on the pulse of international TV, and the streamer already setting “The Marked Heart” (“Pálpito”) for a Season 2 return is hard evidence of that. Season 1 of the Columbian series gets pulses racing with a dramatic storyline centering on organ trafficking. At the heart of the …

“Heirs to the Land” is finally here! Netflix is back with a heartrending Spanish epic that does its best to claim “Game of Thrones” level glory. Actor Yon González is the headliner for this sudsy action-adventure. There is just one huge catch. González does not appear until well into Episode 3.Yes,…

If you love history, mystery, and time travel, Season 1 of “Midnight at the Pera Palace” (“Pera Palas’ta Gece Yarisi”) is the TV show you have been waiting for. It begins in beautiful Istanbul as an ambitious reporter, Esra, attempts to make a name for herself in her current position. Tasked with c…

Wow. “The Fame Game” is everything you need if you crave rich drama and a sophisticated tale of suspense. Created and helmed by “General Hospital: Night Shift” head writer Sri Rao, the talented scribe knows his way around a sudsy storyline, and it shows. “The Fame Game” is as sumptuous as TV gets, …

When love and lust blur lines, it can take you over lanes of traffic you could have never anticipated. That is the central premise of Netflix’s steamy, addictive drama “Dark Desire,” which recently returned for a sizzling Season 2 after scorching earth with Season 1. And if you loved the Netflix se…

“The Thing About Pam” may be the best TV show that network television has produced in recent memory. It is a dramatization of the true crime podcast of the same name, which chronicles the mind-blowing story of Pamela “Pam” Hupp, the murder of her so-called “best friend” Betsy Faria, and the prosecu…

It’s finally here. The first dramatized rendering of the saga that swept away the universe in 2020 has arrived. Two years after that initial pandemonium, Peacock has unleashed “Joe vs. Carole,” a theatrical rendering of Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin’s claws-out war over the tiger world. The tale is …

If there is one series worth binge-watching on Amazon Prime Video - it is “Absentia.” There are multiple reasons to dive into the series, including that you can watch it in its entirety. Season 3 marks the ending chapter of the hit TV show. So, how does the series end? It is time for it to all get …

“Inventing Anna” is the new Netflix limited series from TV creator extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes. It covers the stranger than fiction tale of Anna Delvey (Sorokin), a convicted fraudster whose yarn is still unfolding as we speak. Among her crimes when “Inventing Anna” picks up in the premiere episod…

Can “The Blacklist” continue without Liz in the long term? She is the counterbalance that formed the foundation of the crime thriller. Following her death, the show has marched into headwinds without Liz for action, Dembe as Red’s conscience, and Glen’s mother for laughs. I will say it. I was growi…

“The Blacklist” Season 9 signed off ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics with a bit of a bang. Fans finally learned what led to the rift between Dembe and Red and why Dembe went from the most infamous criminal in the world’s protector to an FBI agent. So, why did Dembe leave Red?What HappenedIn a nuts…

“Ozark” comes roaring back in Season 4 Part 1 with shifting loyalties, family politics, and scores of shocks. Okay, two play heaviest, while others get heavily teased in Season 4, Part 1. It is safe to say that the Byrdes are circling an explosively ominous ending. Without spoiling a thing about th…

Beth Dutton has lost my support. The divisive “Yellowstone” character hit a new low in the Season 4 finale, and her actions have lost me well ahead of Season 5. In the season-ender, John Dutton’s firebrand of a daughter backed her older brother Jamie into a corner that he could not escape.
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