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Criminal Record poster7.8 / 10The cover verdictCriminal RecordWORTH IT90% on Rotten Tomatoes from 10 critics. Reviewers found the storytelling confident and the character work strong, though some noted the season's stakes feel more contained than the first.Read the grounded verdict

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S04E09 · FromThe Calm BeforePreparations are complete. The plan is in motion. Farewells are said without anyone admitting that is what they are. Something has been waiting for exactly this moment.S05E01 · Sweet MagnoliasThe Magnolias Take ManhattanHelen confronts Maddie in the kitchen, demanding an apology for past hurts, while lawyers quietly negotiate a settlement over a car and house. The hour pivots from that tense exchange to a daring plan. Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue sketch a spa inside the condemned property, a scheme that forces Helen to reckon with why the town mattered to her. The episode's sharpest beat arrives when Maddie declares, "I'm in the spring play. I'm Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream," a line that cuts against her stated wish for family calm. However, the narrative stumbles by letting Maddie's chaotic spa venture contradict that wish, a tension hinted but never resolved. The payoff of the spa idea prompting Helen's reflection feels earned, while the unresolved contradiction leaves a lingering imbalance. A compelling start that teeters between bold ambition and unmet promise.S01E01 · Every Year AfterEvery Summer AfterPercy’s trembling hands drop the glass as he watches the empty chair where his mother once sat. The hour follows his frantic call with Charlie, the sudden panic attack, and the quiet return of Sam, stitching together a day of broken promises and tentative repair. The episode shines when Percy, after confessing his fear, comforts a grieving friend, echoing his earlier wish that his mother would have understood his choices - a payoff that feels earned. However, the script repeatedly sidesteps the central contradiction: Percy wants to honor his mother yet isolates himself, leaving the funeral scene to linger off‑screen and weakening the emotional climax. The lingering tension between Charlie’s need for support and Sam’s distance remains under‑explored, leaving a narrative thread dangling. A tightly plotted hour, but its own promise is left half‑kept.S02E01 · BerlinThe CollectionTrevor Price gives his résumé like a password, flatly establishing the lie that will power the entire hour. The show then pivots from that cover-work into politics so hot it feels like a weapon itself. A broadcast warns the election is being bent with far-right hate crimes, and suddenly every quiet conversation has a body count hiding inside it. The tense part is not that the CIA is operating. The tense part is that someone with a diplomatic title wants to supervise the CIA’s bloodstream.

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