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Television Without Pity Full Episodes & Clips
Sneak Peek: "The Curse"
As Ryan and the FBI get closer to the cult's location, Joe begins to unravel.
Insider: "Whips and Regret"
An old abandoned military base in Queens turned out to be the perfect location for the training ground for Joe's followers in this episode.
Sneak Peek: "Whips & Regret"
Hardy and Parker discover a place with a dark and twisted secret in an episode that Kevin Williamson calls "one of the scariest."
Insider: Guilt
Joe Carroll's right-hand man Roderick will go to any length to find Claire in this episode. Find out how the machine gun-effect was created.
Sneak Peek: Guilt
Ryan goes to protect Claire when he learns that the cult knows of her whereabouts.
Insider: Love Hurts
In this episode, anyone with the name Claire Matthews is in danger, all because of Joe Carroll.
RECAPS, WEECAPS, AND MORE
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Only This and Nothing MoreThe Final Chapter - Once upon a midnight dreary, while Carroll plotted, bloody and bleary, a quaint and curious volume of cliché and bore, Ryan approached, nearly crazed. Suddenly there came a blaze, of gunfire from the follower most praised, grazed our Mike, whom we adore. They followed the clues, though dazed and sore, to find Claire and Parker, with death in store. |
04.29.2013 | B |
Sara Brady |
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All the Children Are InsaneThe End Is Near - Carroll and his culties go on the run, Jacob finally meets Emma's knife, and Parker blunders her way into a shallow grave. |
04.22.2013 04.23.2013 |
C |
Sara Brady |
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1-13 Weecap |
Let the Circle (of Eyeballs) Be UnbrokenHavenport - Claire stabs Joe, a cultie stabs Donovan, and Joey escapes. Two out of three ain't bad. |
04.15.2013 04.16.2013 |
B |
Sara Brady |
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Father's Little MistakeThe Curse - Carroll has writer's block, so he badgers Ryan endlessly about how his father's murder affected his life. At the cult house, Claire and Emma get in an actual fistfight, but Roderick breaks it up before Claire can peel Emma's face off with her fingernails. Poor form, Roderick. |
04.08.2013 04.09.2013 |
B |
Sara Brady |
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He May Be Bad, But He's Perfectly Good at ItWhips and Regret - Ryan and Parker experiment with S&M, but in this case the initials stand for Sulking and Messing Up. As usual. And Claire finally realizes that it's a bad idea to let your ex-husband's crazy-ass murderer friends kidnap you, and an even worse idea not to make them try harder. |
04.01.2013 04.02.2013 |
D |
Sara Brady |
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Jacob Have I LovedGuilt - After Carroll's men attack Claire's safe house, Ryan and Claire go on the run, to the home of his former partner, Tyson. And Tyson is the most competent good guy this show has ever seen, so of course he gets shot. |
03.25.2013 03.26.2013 |
B |
Sara Brady |
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A Nutcase By Any Other NameLove Hurts - Since Carroll can't get his hands on his ex-wife, Claire Matthews, the cult goes hunting for every other woman named Claire Matthews. And Jacob finally commits his first murder. |
03.18.2013 03.19.2013 |
B |
Sara Brady |
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Filleting Is Such Sweet SorrowWelcome Home - New FBI supervisor Donovan shows up to take over Parker's inept investigation, and under his leadership Mike gets stabbed in the gut and beaten to a bloody pulp. And then the followers have a blood-smeared orgy. |
03.11.2013 03.12.2013 |
C+ |
Sara Brady |
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I Know Why the Caged Girl ScreamsLet Me Go - Joe Carroll escapes from prison and meets up with his dozens (!) of deranged followers, but not before murdering Olivia the Octo-Lawyer and taunting Ryan. Claire's eyebrows are sad. |
03.04.2013 03.06.2013 |
C |
Sara Brady |
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Bludgeoning You With Poe, Forever and Ever, AmenThe Fall - The hostage situation at the farmhouse ends up with a bunch of dead FBI agents and the threesome escaping, but no longer together, because Emma abandoned her boyfriends at the first sign of trouble. Claire's kidnapping also proves short-lived, because everyone is incompetent. |
02.25.2013 02.26.2013 |
D |
Sara Brady |
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The Premature RescueThe Siege - Ryan finally zeroes in on where Paul, Emma, and Jacob are holding Joey and Megan, but before he can be the hero, he gets another cop killed and bumps off another follower. And Claire gets herself kidnapped, because she is a genius. |
02.18.2013 02.19.2013 |
B |
Sara Brady |
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Blade Into YouMad Love - Primetime's stabbiest threesome gets even more psychotic this week, as Jacob reveals he's never killed anyone and Emma and Paul bond over how they're both in love with a timid virgin. Maggie kidnaps Ryan's sister and tries to kill him with batteries. It's a surprisingly bloodless murder attempt for this show. There must be a Karo Syrup shortage on set. |
02.11.2013 02.12.2013 |
C |
Sara Brady |
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1-3 Weecap |
A Psalm of DeathThe Poet's Fire - This week we meet Follower Rick. Rick likes to play with fire, unlike the rest of his little pals, who are more into stabbing. Except for Paul, who's pretty much comfortable killing people however is most convenient. This show is so uplifting. |
02.04.2013 02.05.2013 |
C+ |
Sara Brady |
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A Descent into the Bloody MadhouseChapter Two - Joe Carroll's followers play house with his son, and one of the not-gay boyfriends is totally jealous of how not gay his not boyfriend turned out to be. In other news, Claire still has the hots for Ryan, and Raines is an idiot, but a dangerous one. |
01.28.2013 01.29.2013 |
C |
Sara Brady |
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Stab Her GentlyPilot - English professor-turned-serial killer Joe Carroll escapes from prison and picks up where he left off, which leads retired FBI agent Ryan Hardy to climb out of his vodka bottle and get back on the horse. Unfortunately, Carroll has a tribe of eager helpers who are as deranged as he is. Bloody eye-gougings ensue. |
01.21.2013 01.22.2013 |
B |
Sara Brady |








