Sometimes closure doesn’t mean everything is closed. It opens the door for more issues. It appears that when it comes to the heavier storylines this season, AMLT drafted David Giuntoli’s Eddie for all the angst and heartbreak. Meanwhile, for the most part, everyone else’s current issues got wrapped in a bow or are progressing forward
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NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Changes Coming – TV Fanatic Sundays 9:00 PM on CBS It’s change time for Kensi and Deeks. The couple was at the heart of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 12 Episode 4 and NCIS: Los Angeles Season 12 Episode 5. The first episode was lighthearted; the second not so much. The life shifts are coming
Everyone was protesting something on The Conners Season 3 Episode 5, but despite all of the strong beliefs and good intentions, the rent still needed to get paid. What was most surprising was the happenings at Wellman Plastics and how Becky and Darlene reacted to them. It was Darlene’s response that bewildered me. For someone with the
Bryan Cranston‘s return to dramatic television should be cause for celebration, right? After all, his turn as Breaking Bad‘s Walter White, a meek chemistry teacher who transformed into a sinister drug lord before our very eyes, is one of TV’s all-time great performances. It’s a shame, then, that his new Showtime limited series Your Honor
Claire’s stupidity has reached new heights. While it didn’t seem possible, A Teacher Season 1 Episode 6 further illustrated just how much common sense Claire lacks. The impulse to run away after everything that’s happened is understandable. Still, taking Eric with her, especially after Nate telling her it could be construed as kidnapping, topped the idiot meter
Dead bodies, unsolicited opinions, and grief. More than one person reached their breaking point in Virgin River Season 2 Episode 7, so this episode is aptly titled. The Sheriff comes into the bar and shakes Preacher’s resolve with some unpleasant news. Luckily, the dead body found in the woods was not Wes, but that doesn’t do
On Virgin River Season 2 Episode 2, the drama starts at the very beginning. We saw Virgin River Season 2 Episode 1 end with Mel being startled by a knife-wielding, drug-seeking intruder at Doc’s. Luckily for Mel, Jack was on his way over to talk to her anyway, when he heard her scream. Our knight in
It was a dinner party done Conners’ style when Darlene invited her boss to visit her at home on The Conners Season 3 Episode 4. There were fish sticks made from unspecified seafood, Mark doing a double-take at the stranger who appeared to be his mother’s friend — probably because Darlene doesn’t have friends — and
After a frenetic premiere, things were decidedly less crazy and a lot more subdued on the follow-up installment. Big Sky Season 1 Episode 2 was all about filling in more of the pieces and continuing the story building. With so many characters, it will take a while to get to know everyone, but we’re slowly getting
If you’re a TV viewer of a certain vintage (like me), Saved by the Bell imprinted on you at an early age, whether you liked it or not. (In our defense, there wasn’t much TV to choose from back then.) Yes, the cheesy ’90s high school antics of Zack, Kelly, Slater, et al do have
Welcome to Montana. It’s small-town, country living with a host of colorful characters just living the dream in the gorgeous mountainside. What could possibly go wrong in such an idyllic oasis? Oh, just a rampant kidnapper and a nefarious criminal underworld of sex trafficking. And this all comes out in the first hour of this
Park nailed when she opined that Liz, Red, Katarina, and Dom need family therapy, not jail time. Yet it was Family Feud all over again on The Blacklist Season 8 Episode 1. This premiere felt like the beginning of the end. The powers that be appear to be running out of ideas, and after dropping hints
RELATED STORIES True-crime TV has found its new obsession: The twisted saga of the NVIXM cult, with famous followers like Smallville alum Allison Mack and salacious accusations of sex slavery, has inspired not one but two long-form TV documentaries, along with a number of one-off investigative specials. HBO’s The Vow, which premiered in August, was
HBO’s new drama, Industry, is exciting, jaw-dropping, and irresistible. The show follows five recently hired graduates at a prestigious bank, Pierpoint & Co., as they struggle to prove their indispensability to their employers. Of course, that is never as easy as it seems. The stakes are high, and the competition runs deep on Industry Season 1
Poor Castiel. He’s been such a pivotal part of the show, but his storyline seemingly reached the end of the road on Supernatural Season 15 Episode 18. We know Supernatural uses death loosely, but there was a certain finality to the scene with Cass opening up about the deal, and, of course, how Dean had been
A successful sitcom boils down to two things: characters and chemistry. Even the most inspired premise doesn’t matter after the first few episodes, if the show doesn’t have characters we care about and actors who work well together. Case in point: CBS’ new fall sitcom B Positive, debuting this Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8:30/7:30c. (I’ve
It was inevitable that COVID-19 would end up on our screens. It’s the stuff that medical dramas live for: a deadly disease that has a million seemingly unrelated symptoms and stretches hospital capacity and doctors’ energy to the limits. But considering that viewers have lived through nine months of the real thing, was The Good Doctor
Can we keep him? The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 1 introduced us to Timothy Olyphant’s take on Cobb Vanth, also known as The Marshal, and boy, he was a thrilling addition to the near-perfect season premiere. Introducing him in Boba Fett’s armor made for a wild introduction, but the biggest surprise was Boba Fett himself, appearing
Each episode of FX on Hulu’s A Teacher is preceded by a content warning I’ve never seen before: It warns about “sexual situations,” but also “depictions of grooming that may be disturbing.” And it’s needed, too, because A Teacher — debuting Tuesday, Nov. 10; I’ve seen all ten episodes — is certainly disturbing, depicting a
The day MAFS Fanatics have been waiting for arrived. On Married at First Sight Season 11 Episode 16, we finally found out which couples stayed together and which parted ways, and while most of them were predictable, one came as a bit of a surprise. Three out of the five couples decided to stick it out,
Seventeen years ago, screen legend Bill Murray and then filmmaking prodigy Sofia Coppola got together (with Scarlett Johansson) for Lost in Translation — an enormously beloved flick. With Apple+’s On the Rocks, Murray and Coppola have joined forces yet again (with Rashida Jones this time) to tell the most touching, sometimes hilarious, and often endearing
Where is home? That is the question that faced two of our favorite doctors on Transplant Season 1 Episode 7. While Theo struggled to decide if he wanted his home to be where he grew up or where he is now, Bash struggled to keep Amira and himself under the same roof — or any
Things can change on a dime. On We Are Who We Are Season 1 Episode 6, Caitlin tried to make her father understand that she was no different, despite shaving her hair off, while Fraser tried to get closer to Jonathan. Caitlin has been through the mill in recent episodes, mostly because she feels like she
The closer we get to the end of Supernatural, I can’t shake the one question that keeps nagging me. Can they really save the world by ending its creator? After watching Supernatural Season 15 Episode 15, it seems like that might come into play at some point, but I cannot imagine how. The stakes feel extraordinarily
Oh, what a complicated web of deceit! On We Are Who We Are Season 1 Episode 5, battle lines were drawn between characters, while relationships imploded, and it was a banner hour of this HBO drama series. We’ll start with Maggie and Jenny because their sexual encounter came out of left field. They were forming a
With Nicole Kidman starring in a HBO drama written by David E. Kelley, it’s easy to imagine The Undoing as a sort of Big Little Lies spinoff, with Kidman’s Celeste moving from Monterey to New York City and finding love again with Hugh Grant after that unfortunate Perry situation. (Hey, she deserves it!) But The
Was The Boys Season 2 Episode 8 a satisfying Season finale? I’m not so sure. I am sure that it sets up another season with plenty of possibility, somehow wrapping up with the more pertinent season arcs in some fashion, even if not permanently. The Boys were redeemed, all charges dropped, and despite Butcher’s very ugly streak,
Quarantine has taken a toll on the couples, and to say things got explosive is an understatement. By the end of Married at First Sight Season 11 Episode 13, one couple officially called it quits, and another was on a path of no return. We should pour one out for Olivia & Brett and Christina
If Emily thought working in Paris would be drama-free, she had another thing coming. Emily in Paris Season 1 Episode 2 and Emily in Paris Season 1 Episode 3 found our titular lead embroiled in some gnarly situations. But at least she and Doug are finally over. Beyond his good looks, he lacked personality and didn’t
The mommy issues are strong with this lot. While the premiere had more flash and bang, Filthy Rich Season 1 Episode 2 delved more into some characters, touching upon a vulnerability that was lacking. Everyone has an angle and weakness on Filthy Rich. Eric’s wife, the aptly named Becky — in all of her basicness, remains