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  In "Flower of Evil," the first episode introduces viewers to Baek Hee-sung, a seemingly normal man who leads a tranquil life with Cha Ji-won, his wife, and their little daughter.  He owns a metalworking company, and those around him find him charming and amiable. But as the series goes on, more and more details of Baek Hee-sung's enigmatic history come to light. Memories of a horrific event involving his father when he was younger are revealed, inflicting mental and bodily wounds. These flashes into his past suggest a more sinister side to his character. A committed detective named Cha Ji-won is looking into a string of killings that have been happening in their neighborhood. She is concerned about her husband's secrecy and his reluctance to discuss his background, even though she is successful professionally. Cha Ji-won's suspicions are beginning to mount, and Baek Hee-sung is finding it difficult to keep up the appearance of normalcy. The scene is set for an e...

There will never be another show like Game of Thrones. As our pop-culture consumption is increasingly determined by individual, algorithm-driven home screens, the HBO fantasy drama is one final vestige of the monoculture — the last thing in America, besides maybe Thanksgiving, that can bring woke millennials and their conservative uncles together. Coming at both the tail end of the Golden Age of TV, and the advent of the social media age, The premiere of Game of Thrones aired six months after Instagram hit the App Store. it also holds the distinction of being the most covered show on television. Now that TV was great art, spending hours on Tumblr reading fan theories about secret Targaryens wasn’t a waste of time, it was serious artistic analysis. As Thrones prepares to make like Elissa Farman and fade away into the sunset, Yes, Westeros has sunsets. it’s time to take a look back. Maybe you’re a new viewer who is currently binge-watching the entire run, maybe you’re an old hand who jus...

 The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 1 Recap The cold open is anything but, since it lays out the plans of Fire Lord Sozin, leader of the Fire Nation. Avatar introduces a world in which the four elements –earth, air, fire, and water are kept in check by the titular Avatar, who has the power to control or “bend”, in the show’s parlance all four elements. The Avatar keeps the world in peace, but when one dies, their spirit is reborn, and another Avatar emerges – though this is a process that seems to take a bit of time. Sozin sees it as an opportunity to lay waste to the Airbenders, from whose ranks the latest Avatar will be chosen, and then take over the world without a viable challenger to his dominance. This is all explained in a rather clunky early info dump. Needless to say, our hero Aang is that Avatar. We’re introduced to Aang as a slightly smug little prodigy. His best friend is his sky bison, Appa, and his primary teacher is Brother Gyatso, who doesn’t think he’s ready for m...