Tracker Season 2 Report Card: A Trail Worth Following — Mostly
Looking back at Tracker Season 2 years from now, when the successful series is into its eighth or ninth season because it’s poised for that kind of long-term run, how will we judge it? It took on a...
View ArticleThe 1% Club Makes a Critical Mistake with New Host
The 1% Club returns this summer with a much worse host. FOX has fallen victim to the Ryan Seacrest curse, where the network decides that nearly every show needs to feature a familiar face. In this...
View ArticleIs the Bravo Network’s Real Housewives Franchise Crumbling?
The Real Housewives franchise has been Bravo‘s golden child for almost two decades. But, is the empire crumbling? For some, the answer is yes. Longtime viewers, including myself, have grown bored with...
View ArticleIt: Welcome to Derry Trailer Expands Stephen King Saga — But Can It Succeed?
When IT got the remake treatment in 2017, new and old fans welcomed it with open arms. At a time when remakes were prevalent and most were not very good, it captured the essence of the original and...
View ArticleChicago Med Season 10 Episode 22 Offers An Acceptable Story But No Exciting...
I was wrong. Chicago Med Season 10 Episode 22 was far better than it seemed like it would be from the preview trailer. The best news is that the father who grabbed a gun waited until near the end of...
View ArticleChicago Fire Season 13 Finale Review: It Had to End This Way (Did It, Though?)
We walked into the Chicago Fire Season 13 finale bracing for heartbreak. Rumors swirled. Departures felt imminent. And yet, Chicago Fire Season 13 Episode 22 didn’t play out at all the way I expected....
View ArticleChicago PD Season 12’s Finale Rushes Reid Arc, Fumbles Burzek & Doesn’t Stick...
And Chicago PD‘s greatest villain ever has officially fallen. But was it satisfying? Well, that’s an entirely different question, as Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 22 rushes to a conclusion on this arc....
View ArticleChicago PD Season 12 Episode 22 Recap: Vows
For the final time this season, let’s recap Chicago PD. If you want my thoughts on the finale, then you can check out my Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 22 Review. In the meantime, here is a...
View ArticleTime to Say Goodbye: Criminal Minds Honors Will’s Death with Heart and Grace
Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3 Episode 3 slowed its pace but deepened its pulse. “Time to Say Goodbye” isn’t a standard episode. It’s a meditation on grief, guilt, and how loss ripples through...
View ArticleThe Rookie Season 7 — The Good, the Bad, and the Chenford
Random. Exciting. Confusing. Pointless. Redundant. Those are just a few words one could use to describe The Rookie Season 7. The season has had many highs and lows, introduced some interesting...
View ArticleWeaponized Trauma: How The Walking Dead: Dead City Uses Hershel to Reignite...
Given their traumatic past, Maggie teaming up with Negan on The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 1 sparked much debate, and understandably so. We spent much of the season questioning her motives for...
View ArticleChicago Fire Won’t Be the Same Without Darren Ritter – And That’s a...
Chicago Fire is tightening its belt ahead of Season 14, and in the process, it’s cutting loose Darren Ritter. For longtime fans, that’s not just disappointing — it feels like a gut punch. Ritter,...
View ArticleA Missing Character Finally Returns To Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5...
I know this is beating a very dead horse at this point, but why the heck did Law & Order: Organized Crime handle the Joe Jr. story this way? Joe’s disappearance feels like the biggest dropped...
View ArticleDuster Season 1 Episode 2 Review: Secrets, Suede, and the Saint of Slippery...
If Episode 1 blew the dust off, Duster Season 1 Episode 2 stomps on the gas pedal with blue suede shoes, bowling alley brawls, and a dirty cop named Groomes who just won’t die. Duster continues to be...
View ArticleStephanie Laing on Directing the Emotional Heartbeat of Your Friends & Neighbors
When a show like Your Friends & Neighbors shifts gears as effortlessly as it does between heartbreak, humor, and unexpected humanity, it’s not by accident. Director and executive producer...
View ArticleNetflix Removing Bandersnatch is a Tragedy
Seven years after its release, Bandersnatch has been removed from Netflix. As part of its removal of interactive content, the streamer wiped this beloved Black Mirror from its platform. And, quite...
View ArticleThe Handmaid’s Tale and the Quiet Death of Male Redemption
Sometimes an episode starts a conversation you can’t stop thinking about. Even in fiction, women have to earn their redemption. Men just show up. In the penultimate episode of The Handmaid’s Tale,...
View ArticleLaw & Order Should Bring These 3 Characters Back as Guest Stars
It’s always a pleasant surprise when one of our favorites from the past returns on Law & Order. We’ve seen so many great actors and characters come and go from the main show and its spinoffs, and...
View ArticleZach Braff’s Scrubs Reboot Update Sounds Better Than The Original Concept,...
ABC is proceeding with the Scrubs reboot, and Zach Braff’s update sounds better than the original concept description. I was worried that the classic sitcom might try to recreate the magic with...
View ArticleThe Cleaning Lady Love Triangle Needs a Cleanup Crew
I support women’s rights and also women’s wrongs. Goodness knows I’d have to for the sake of continuing to watch The Cleaning Lady, given that Thony De La Rosa is a trouble magnet who hurls herself...
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