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‘Happy Valley’ Preps For One Final Showdown [TV Review]

June 19, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

With Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) on the loose, Halifax goes into lockdown as the Sgt. Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) and Clare (Siobhan Finneran) conflict gets mean.

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Filed Under: Happy Valley, TV Tagged With: Alec Secareanu, Amit Shah, Charlie Murphy, Con O’Neill, Derek Riddell, George Costigan, James Norton, Karl Davies, Mark Stanley, Mollie Winnard, Rhys Connah, Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran

The Past is Revealed in Episode Five of ‘The Baby’ [TV Review]

May 23, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A woman sits upright in bed

As HBO’s The Baby moves into its back half, the show makes the daring decision to leave behind Natasha, Mrs Eaves, Bobbi and Barbara for an episode-long character study of the titular child’s mother.

Spoilers follow for episode five…

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Filed Under: The Baby Tagged With: Albie Pascal Hills, Arthur Levi Hills, David Burnett, Eleanor Barrett, Faraz Shariat, HBO, Kara Smith, Karl Davies, Seyan Sarvan, Tanya Reynolds

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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