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<i>Runaways’ </i>final season hints at what the series could be

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Runaways’ final season hints at what the series could be

Putting aside the jokes about how the title characters in Marvel’s Runaways didn’t actually run away from home until…

Eric Thurm

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Runaways ends its second season with all-out war and some new villains

Putting “Last Rites” as early in the season as it is was a big gamble. The episode took a lot of long-standing…

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The penultimate Runaways kicks everything into high gear with a rescue mission

For the bulk of the season, I’ve been talking a lot about how Runaways missions need to include all of the…

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The kids throw a party on a fun, sad Runaways

“Last Waltz” starts the process of setting up for the season’s endgame, which looks like it will shift Runaways’…

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Runaways swings and misses with a big standoff

There’s some good stuff in “Hostile Takeover,” sort of. Gregg Sulkin has a lot of fun as Chase plays negotiator and…

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Loyalties constantly shift on a muddled Runaways

With Jonah gone (for now), there’s a lot of open narrative space on Runaways. What are the kids doing, with their…

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The kids check in while Jonah checks out on a setup-heavy Runaways

“Past Life” starts with the most important piece of information we could possibly learn: How the alien we now know…

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Jonah steals the spotlight on an action-packed Runaways

Who would have guessed that the biggest accomplishment of the second season of Runaways would be humanizing its…

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Everyone comes clean in a tense, suspiciously uneventful Runaways

This feels like where we should be closer to the end of the season, right? Jonah is basically on full tilt, sick and…

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The kids stage an intervention and two dads fight on an exciting Runaways

So it looks like Topher is going to be mostly confined a two-parter, at least for now. By the end of “Rock Bottom,”…

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Karolina hangs out with her dad and everyone else gets suspicious on a decent Runaways

Finally, some fresh blood... sort of. A lot of the running time of “Old School” is devoted to Topher. What’s his…

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Runaways makes its bones in a fast-paced episode

We’re only three episodes into the season, and one of the big plots has already been resolved, sort of. By the end…

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Love is in the air as Runaways tones it down a notch

“Radio On” is definitely a slower episode, starting to move pieces carefully into place so that they can inevitably…

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Look, Runaways season two really does hit the ground running, okay?

Who knew it would take literal teenagers to make a Marvel show have even the slightest sense of play? There are…

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In its second season, Marvel’s Runaways finally earns its title

Season one of Runaways, Marvel’s series on Hulu about teens with superpowers and their villainous parents, was one…

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A dull Runaways finale hints at a much more exciting series to come

If you want a good summary of Runaways’ season one finale, listen to Jonah standing in a dark room, putting a…

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The world is ending and everyone is kissing in an all-over-the-place Runaways

I was worried there would eventually be an episode like “Doomsday.” After three-quarters of a season over-stuffed…

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A single text sends things crashing down on Marvel's Runaways

Man, Alex is being a dick, right?

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It's all time-travel and gunshots in an erratic Runaways

Remember when there was a dinosaur in Marvel’s Runaways?

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Runaways learns to fly in a great episode

One morning, upon awakening from agitated dreams, Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a…

Vinnie Mancuso

12/12/17 2:00PM

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