Aug 2 2017
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The haymaker’s a move from boxing 101, one that most teachers would advise against using. It’s not that the punch…
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Jul 19 2017
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Over the course of three seasons, we’ve seen various cycles play out on Kingdom—substance abuse, emotional neglect,…
Jul 5 2017
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Despite its title, the episode “All Talk” is much more dynamic than most of the Kingdom episodes that preceded it…
Jun 28 2017
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Just as Nate will disappear for episodes at a time (though probably owing to Nick Jonas’ schedule), there’s also…
Jun 21 2017
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I’ve been doing my best to avoid reading too much into the fact that this is the final season of Kingdom. Creator…
Jun 7 2017
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The “Ritual” of tonight’s episode title can refer to any number of practices the Kulina family and their associates…
May 31 2017
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There’s no way to look at the season three premiere of Kingdom without taking into account the fact that this is the…
Jun 22 2016
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I didn’t know whether to be worried about Christina’s fate when “Do Not Disturb” began with Jay experiencing…
Jun 15 2016
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Even though we’re now more than halfway through the second season of Kingdom, I wasn’t thinking we’d see the Kulina…
Jun 8 2016
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As I mentioned last week, I was hoping to catch up with Christina and Lisa before too much time had passed between…
Jun 1 2016
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There are several ways that “Lay And Pray” could kick off the midseason return of Kingdom. “Traveling Alone”…
Dec 16 2015
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“King Beast” was the tenth episode of Kingdom season one, and served as a nice capper for the show’s freshman…
Dec 9 2015
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There’s nothing like the return of Chekhov’s gun(s) to confirm the feeling that you’ve forgotten about something,…
Dec 2 2015
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If you’re a fan of boxing or mixed-martial arts, you’ve probably wondered what kind of person becomes a professional…
Nov 25 2015
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I’ll admit that I was beginning to worry that Kingdom’s second season was suffering from the dread sophomore slump.…
Nov 18 2015
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A common refrain heard when lauding Kingdom (it happens) is that the show isn’t just about mixed-martial arts—it’s…
Nov 11 2015
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The first season of Kingdom introduced its “weak versus strong” theme by having Alvey pose a mostly rhetorical…
Nov 4 2015
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“Be First” is actually the fourth episode of the second season of Kingdom, but it’s as good a place to start…
Oct 8 2014
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A family drama centered around MMA fighters, Kingdom has flown under the radar for much of the summer, failing to…