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‘Girls’ Season 4, episode 8 recap: ‘Your father is gay’

Hannah’s father has come out as gay. It’s a plot twist Girls seems to thrust at viewers without any forewarning, but in fact, the show actually laid the foundation for Tad Horvath’s (Peter Scolari) revelation way before he admits his preference for men. “Sometimes…

March 11, 2015
Television

‘Girls’ Season 4, episode 6 recap: ‘I don’t need you’

Adam is in unfamiliar territory. The white knight, “at his best when he’s nurturing the poor, the lost, the profoundly damaged,” according to loopy sister Caroline, is now dating a woman who is fiercely independent and dispassionate to the point of repression. Mimi-Rose Howard…

February 24, 2015
Television

‘Girls’ Season 4, episode 4 recap: Hannah heads home

After three seasons of ill-advised choices and poor decisions, it often feels like the girls of Girls are stuck in an endless loop of setbacks, with little or no progress being made in their lives. For this reason, it was refreshing to see Shoshanna…

February 8, 2015
Television

‘Extant’ Season 1 finale recap: ‘This is my purpose’

Extant‘s lackluster first season came to a messy end, failing to tie up several loose threads by closing credits. However, the two major plot lines involving Ethan and the Offspring finally merged, and — as we suspected — they ultimately faced off in the…

September 24, 2014