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This week’s episode of Humans explores the history of, among others, Laura and Leo, showing how events in their past are informing their present-day actions, in another solid outing for the series.

Individual storylines begin to intersect in this week’s episode, leading to new potential developments for a number of characters, while other characters get some much-needed dimension of their own in one of the better episodes of the season.

Laura explores the possibility of synths having emotions while the show delves into Pete Drummond and what makes him tick in an episode that, while providing disproportionate focus to its key storylines, is nonetheless entertaining.

Hell on Wheels started as one man’s single-minded journey to avenge the death of his family. As the series enters its final season, though, it has been transformed into a deeply meditative look at a changing world, an intricate retelling of a brutal time in American history and powerful examination of the characters that helped create it.

The uneasy relationship between Laura and Anita gets further development this week, while Niska tries to navigate the human world after willfully separating from Max and Leo, in a strong outing for the series.

Dr. Millican’s storyline opens up another way in which synth consciousness would alter their functions, while Laura takes steps to remedy her unease about Anita in an episode that further builds the show’s world.

The series premiere of AMC’s new science fiction series sets up a number of intriguing ideas about a world where humans and robots, aka synths, co-exist, with humans having a range of reactions to this situation.

Some works will last–without the help of critics–as long as the civilization which bred them lasts, as Shakespeare’s plays have done. At times, Matthew Weiner has channeled Shakespeare in Mad Men, portraying the multifaceted nature of what it means to be human.

“The Milk and Honey Route” is one of those episodes that plays off the [soap opera] formula, but delivers meaningful scenes that gain importance from the years of work Mad Men has put into these characters.

Following last week’s “Time & Life,” which featured what will certainly be the final classic Mad Men shakeup of business, Matthew Weiner’s characters find themselves adapting (or failing to adapt) to their new lives at McCann Erickson.

Kim Dickens may be an unrecognizable name, but she is certainly a recognizable face. In the past several years, Dickens has had prominent roles in some of the most acclaimed television shows of all time, Sons of Anarchy, Treme, House of Cards, Lost, and Friday Night Lights just to name a few. In each of …

TV Editor Kate Kulzick, who has seen Breaking Bad, and Managing TV Editor Deepayan Sengupta, who hasn’t, sit down to discuss the first season of Better Call Saul.

In the crushing aftermath of Chuck’s betrayal in last weeks penultimate episode, the season finale moves at a surprisingly quiet pace, working mainly as a character study for the man who will one day be known as Saul Goodman, while filling in some of the blank marks of the time line as established thus far.

“Severance” is haunted by the ghosts of Mad Men’s past and wonders about the lives of its central characters…

In the wake of last week’s slam dunk case, and the revelations concerning Chuck’s mental ailment, “Pimento” was set to be the hour where the brothers McGill finally rode the high country. But alas, things are rarely that in this particular variation of New Mexico.

After Rick’s breakdown, he prepares to talk his way in to staying at Alexandria and is prepared to do whatever it takes, even if it means shedding blood. Meanwhile, Glenn is attacked by Nicholas in the woods, Sasha considers her place among the living, and Daryl and Aaron track a friendly, familiar face in the woods, only to find themselves at death’s doorstep.

After the events of last weeks morally challenging Better Call Saul, Saul/Jimmy is forced to climb back on the horse and deal with the fallout of his (expensive) decision to do the right thing.

In a show that is already full of moral grey areas and ethical dilemmas, the latest Better Call Saul episode puts a special focus on these particular aspects, and resolves one of the season-long arcs in the process.

Glenn leads a group on a mission to restore power to Alexandria that results in a violent disaster, while Abraham joins a group in help to build Alexandria that ends in a test of heroism and fortitude for him. Meanwhile, Rick investigates a neighbor’s owl sculpture that was mysteriously trashed.

After a wild left turn at the end of last weeks episode, “Five-O” is left to follow through on this sudden change of pace, and elaborate on why it should matter–outside of basic fan-service that is. Luckily, it succeeds most assuredly.

Rick and the group try to adapt to their surroundings in Alexandria, as Carol stages a theft in the gun locker preparing for a potential coup. Meanwhile, Daryl bonds with recruiter Aaron over a major opportunity, and Sasha obsesses over the world outside the walls as she grows astonished at the community’s normality.

After last weeks hilariously contrived scam, Saul/Jimmy is all set to reap the benefits of his newfound popularity. Unfortunately, his little stunt may have done him more harm than good.

When Sasha and Maggie bring in seemingly kind stranger Aaron to meet the group, the rest of the band of survivors find it hard to forget Terminus and Woodbury when he promises them membership in a new sanctuary named Alexandria. Especially Rick, who finds himself at odds with Michonne.