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What’s It Like to Be on Netflix’s The Circle?

This article contains spoilers for The Circle season 3 episodes 1-4. Long the bread and butter of network television, reality competition TV shows have become increasingly popular on streaming platforms. And why wouldn’t they? Reality television is usually cheaper to produce than scripted TV series and audiences tend to like unscripted content just as much anyway. Plus, if the past few years have taught us nothing else, it’s that there’s some truth in the notion that reality is often stranger than fiction. Netflix, in particular, has found itself in the reality competition TV game more and more. Nailed It!, Blown…
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Lovecraft Country Episode 10 Review: Full Circle

This Lovecraft Country review contains spoilers. Lovecraft Country Episode 10 Tic recites the spell to open the Book of Names, then he and Leti fall unconscious. Their subconscious/spirits are brought to an ancestral plane and it’s there they learn the truth about magic from the ancestors. They are tasked with casting Hannah’s spell, which will use Christina’s spell against her to take magic from the Braithwhites. The ancestors help Tic and Leti heal Dee, then send them back to their bodies to enact their plan. The season finale of Lovecraft Country is entertaining but emotionally hollow. Maybe it’s the fact…
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