(She directed every episode of the season.)
And yet while Adlons expression could get deeply sad, it was always awash with humanity.
The show was firing on all cylinders, balancing its absurdist extremes (Holt wallowing in a spa mask!

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Amy role playing asDie Hards Holly Gennero!)
Pretty sure were all Derry girls now its more of a state of mind anyway.
Ruth Kinane
“Original Cast Album: Co-Op” Documentary Now!

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Pennebakers 1970 doc about the Stephen Sondheim classic.
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What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!
Thesecond season of Phoebe Waller-Bridges dark comedywas pretty much television perfection and the first episode set that tone.

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The episode is a chaotic whirlwind of fast-paced conversation.
Sound like a lot?
While some TV musicals give us the flim flam flummox, Williams truly razzle-dazzled.

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Its time to step into the ring for one more season that already promises to be the best yet.
In classicGood Fightfashion, the hour effortlessly juggles both of these very opposing tones.
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“They Did What?”

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DidGothambecome the very best Batman property in its final season by going completely balls to the wall insane?
And this episode is all the evidence you need.
), which then turned out so good that it won first place (relief!).

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(Take that,Fleabag.)
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Things soon take an unexpected turn when he encounters Osama Bin Laden (Christopher Tramantana) in his kitchen.
And creator Jesse Armstrong managed to cap it off with the best episode of the bunch.

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Hes a killer, indeed.
With help from Tuca (Tiffany Haddish), Bertie is finally able to confront her problems.
Simply, it was the best.

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Chris Brochu as Derek and Arjun Gupta as Penny Adiyodi in ‘The Magicians’ season 4 episode “The Side Effect,” which examined the show’s story from the perspective of supposedly supporting characters.Eric Milner/SYFY

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