Halt and Catch Up: The Best TV of May 2018
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The sun's out, the temperature's rising, and yet another month of TV has come and gone - and the hosts of TV Party are ready to send it off in style! Film editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer joins us once again to weigh on everything we saw (and some we didn't see) in May. (The short version: if you haven't watched Killing Eve, get on that s**t what's wrong with you.)Along with our effusive praise for BBC America's spy-thriller smash hit, we dig deep into the news of the week (including some surprise renewals and exciting casting decisions) and pile more onto our pre-existing love for FX's The Americans and HBO's Barry and Westworld. In the meantime, NBC is doing Hair as a live musical, and we simply don't know what to do with that information. Add to that a murderer's row of geek-outs over space operas, wrestling and kiddie cooking competitions, and it's just another week of delightful mayhem on TV Party. Timestamps:2:00 - TV News: The Expanse renewed by Amazon, John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot(!), Mike White & John Hennigan joining Survivor, Damon Lindelof's Watchmen casting announcement23:39 - Episode of the Month:Consensus: Killing Eve, "God, I'm Tired" (BBC America)Dom: Barry, "Chapter 8 - Know Your Truth" (HBO)Allison: The Americans, "The Summit"/"Jennings, Elizabeth" (FX); Westworld, "Akane No Mai" (HBO)Clint: The Expanse, "Delta-V" (Syfy)48:53 - Performances of the Month:Consensus: Matthew Rhys/Keri Russell, The Americans (FX)Dom: Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America)Allison: Rinko Kikuchi, Westworld (HBO)Clint: Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC)1:08:58 - What We Missed:Clint: Masterchef Junior finale (Fox); Picnic at Hanging Rock (Amazon)Dom: NXT (WWE Network)Allison: Cobra Kai (Youtube Red)1:19:04 - Next Week in TV: Dom: Succession premiere(HBO)Allison: Pose premiere (FX)Clint: Reverie pilot (NBC)
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