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Drops of God turns wine into fascinating television [Apple TV+ recap] ★★★★☆

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Where will this strange, and strangely compelling, new Apple TV+ series take us next?
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TV+ ReviewNew Apple TV+ series Drops of God, about a contest of senses to win the fortune of the world’s most famous eccentric wine connoisseur, hits a roadblock this week. Issei considers quitting — and Camille isn’t 100% she’s ready to face him if he doesn’t.

Plus, Camille hatches an elaborate plot to get herself back on equal footing with Issei. And Issei’s plans to save face don’t go as planned. Entitled “Duel,” it’s a most exciting episode of this excitingly peculiar show.

Frog and Toad faithfully adapts the classic book series [Apple TV+ review] ★★★★★

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A delightful children's book series comes to life in Frog and Toad.
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TV+ ReviewNew Apple TV+ children’s show Frog and Toad, based on the classic book series by Arnold Lobel about two amphibious friends, is smartly and simply animated in the style of the Caldecott Award-winning author.

Frog and Toad is a real gem — a welcome inclusion in the Apple TV+ lineup, and an honorable adaptation of a classic.

Our Schmigadoon! heroes find success in Schmicago [Apple TV+ recap] ★★★

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Cecily Strong makes a strong showing this week on Schmigadoon!
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TV+ ReviewApple TV+ musical comedy Schmigadoon! finds love in all the wrong places this week. Melissa goes from nobody to somebody, and Josh finds his calling as a spiritual leader, which is the last thing they need right now.

In their quest to make things right in Schmicago, they tangle things up worse than ever — and they clearly don’t have a clean exit strategy. The episode, entitled “Famous as Hell,” is a rousing chapter of the Schmigadoon! saga.

Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen are hilarious disasters in trailer for Apple TV+ comedy Platonic

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Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen are hilarious disasters in Apple TV+ comedy 'Platonic' trailer
New comedy series Platonic starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen premieres on Apple TV+ in May.
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Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen play a pair of friends having dual midlife crises in Platonic, a comedy series coming to Apple TV+ in May.

The Platonic trailer, released Wednesday, shows just how funny but destructive their friendship can be.

Ted Lasso takes a stab at Total Football [Apple TV+ recap] ★★★

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Ted has a plan!
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TV+ Review Ted Lasso, the Apple TV+ show dipped in positivity and marinated in feculence, sketches a few days in a few of its characters’ lives this week.

Ted, Beard and Roy attempt Total Football. Sam is hounded by the political climate. Keeley needs to learn when to say when, and Jamie has a breakthrough. An otherwise very strong episode of the biggest hit on Apple TV+ is undercut by the series’ usual foibles in the episode, entitled “The Strings That Bind Us.”

Giorgio blows it big time on The Big Door Prize [Apple TV+ recap] ★★★★☆

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Blowhard restaurateur Giorgio (played by Josh Segarra) can't get his mind off Cass.
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TV+ Review The Big Door Prize throws a gala this week in an emotional installment of the Apple TV+ show about a town upended by an apparently psychic machine.

Cass gives herself a huge project, and only Giorgio seems to be on her wavelength about its relative importance. Meanwhile, Dusty gets high, Father Reuben gets jealous, and Izzy goes on the warpath in a very successful episode, entitled “Giorgio.”

The verdict is in on Extrapolations’ finale [Apple TV+ recap] ★★☆☆☆

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Billionaire Nick Bilton (played by Kit Harington, left) faces judgment in the Extrapolations finale.
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TV+ ReviewExtrapolations creator Scott Z. Burns brings his wildly misguided and ambitious Apple TV+ show about global warming, to a close this week the only way he possibly could: with a lengthy, boring courtroom drama

The cast comes out for a bow to sum up, loudly and with no subtext, all of Burns’ findings and thoughts about global climate change and how people need to do something about it. The Extrapolations finale, entitled “2070: Ecocide,” proves just as thrilling as it sounds.

Things get weird this week on The Last Thing He Told Me [Apple TV+ recap] ★★★

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The mystery deepens in The Last Thing He Told Me.
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TV+ ReviewThe Last Thing He Told Me, the new Apple TV+ thriller series about a woman and her moody teenage stepdaughter investigating a disappearance, finds the beleaguered pair in Austin, Texas, this week.

Revelations come fast and furious, and Bailey’s reluctant march toward the wrong conclusion keeps her on edge, while Hannah questions everything she thought she knew. The episode, entitled “Keep Austin Weird,” represents a major step up for this limited series. But there’s still a lot of ground to cover before it could hope to arrive at great.

Ghosted is a lifeless spy flick you should skip [Apple TV+ movie review] ☆☆☆☆

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Movies like Ghosted are basically the hangover after the champagne-chugging party of Marvel's hit movies.
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TV+ ReviewNew Apple TV+ action movie Ghosted is probably the most fake movie you’ll see this year, if indeed you decide to punish yourself by watching it. Slackly paced, howlingly unfunny, acted in complete boredom and frustration, and deeply uninterested in the handful of genres it touches upon, it’s maddeningly devoid of anything resembling a spark of creativity or charisma.

The flick boast some big-name stars, including Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, but Apple kept this one away from critics until the day before release for a very good reason.

Manga-inspired Drops of God turns wine into a high-stakes contest [Apple TV+ recap] ★★★★☆

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Wine fuels a crazy competition from beyond the grave in new Apple TV+ drama Drops of God.
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TV+ ReviewNew Apple TV+ series Drops of God centers on two people possessed by their devotion to and understanding of the art of creating wine. A young heiress to a fortune in wine has to compete with her father’s favorite protege in order to prove which of them learned anything from his years of trying to impart wisdom.

Based on a manga and dripping in elegance, this one’s got a lot to recommend it.

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