Interior Chinatown

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{4.5/5} “‘What are you doing?’ ‘Loading the truck.’ ‘We’re unloading.’ ‘Are you sure?’” Interior Chinatown, aired in 2024 Willis Wu is a background actor in a TV show. Within the show, he’s working as a waiter — but he wants to do more. He witnesses an abduction. Then a detective comes into the restaurant and […]

Shrinking (season 2)

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{5/5} “‘Do you think I have a big ego?’… ‘Well, let’s see. One time, you were so obsessed with work that you didn’t raise me for 18 years.’” Shrinking season 2, aired in 2024 Jimmy’s client Grace is in jail for trying to kill her husband. Jimmy finds a lawyer for her but she’s not […]

The Rookie (season 7)

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{5/5} “In this job we have to separate from the personal. It’s the hardest thing we have to do. Because if we lose control, bad things happen, right?” The Rookie season 7, aired in 2025 Oscar and Jason have escaped from prison but they are proving difficult to track down. Lucy and Tim are training […]

Murdoch Mysteries (season 17)

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{5/5} “Democracy can only shine under the bright light of a free press.” Murdoch Mysteries season 17, aired in 2023-24 George has been promoted to inspector, as both Inspector Brackenreid and Detective Murdoch are gone. William and Julia have been kidnapped and forced to work on a case — a powerful woman is going to […]

Waitress

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{5/5} “I don’t think we can write that on the menu board, hon.” Waitress, released in 2007 Jenna is a waitress and also invents new kinds of pies. She’s unhappy when she finds out she’s pregnant as she’s planning on leaving her husband in a couple of months — she’s secretly saving up money. Becky […]

Winter Spring Summer or Fall

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{4.5/5} “You know, I’m beginning to think that I was in the middle of some sort of plot to make her boyfriend jealous.” Winter Spring Summer or Fall, released in 2024 Remi is top in her class and going to New York to check out Columbia. She would like to go to Harvard for law […]

Wildflower

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{5/5} “I knew something like this was going to happen.” Wildflower, released in 2022 Bea’s parents are intellectually disabled and her grandparents didn’t think they would be able to raise her own their own. But they did, and things turned out OK. She looks after a lot of things herself — like letting her mother […]

Cleaner

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{5/5} “‘Hopefully they won’t see me climbing in through that hole.’ ‘What hole?’ ‘The one your snipers are going to put through the glass.’” Cleaner, released in 2025 Joey cleans windows on the outside of a skyscraper. Her brother Michael, who’s autistic, was kicked out of his home so now he needs to stay with […]

The Endless

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{4/5} “All that happens here is that people live long and healthy lives. Because of that, they grow to be the people they want to be.” The Endless, released in 2017 Aaron and Justin were in a cult when they were kids. They got themselves out, but they’re having a tough time making a living. […]

My Dead Friend Zoe

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{5/5} “Never too late to be surprised.” My Dead Friend Zoe, released in 2024 Merit is back from the war. She still talks to her friend Zoe who she fought with in Afghanistan, but Zoe is dead. She has been ordered to attend group counselling but finds it hard to focus. She finds out that […]