Smash First off, I loved this show last season. It’s fun seeing a musical on TV, and the music is amazing. It has its flaws–mostly dialogue on the part of Anjelica Huston’s role and a little too much cliche in Karen’s small-town personality–but it’s easy to look past those things with such a great ensemble […]
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Thursday Night Dramas: The Bottom Drops Out
Last Resort James is ready to leave with Tani as she prepares to take her brother back to Australia. When Sam gives him a new set of orders, i.e. people to potentially kill, James has to change his mind and stay. To get Tani to leave, he confesses, angrily, that he slept with Grace while […]
Tuesday and Thursday Comedies: Guest Appearances Galore!
Go On Ryan tries dating again (and we get a pop-in from Barney’s ex, Nora, from HIMYM, AND Shaun White, who plays a nice guy compared to the dick he was in Friends with Benefits) and it turns out he’s not bad at it. In the process, however, he ends up hurting Carrie, whom he’s […]
Wednesday Night and New Thursday Premiere: Drama Building or Crumbling?
American Horror Story: Asylum Kit lives somewhat polygamously with Alma and Grace and their children, but as Grace becomes more obsessed with the visitation and abduction she experienced from the aliens, Alma becomes increasingly distressed and afraid of their return. Without warning, Alma kills Grace in the middle of the night, and Grace goes the […]
Tuesday Night Miracles and Short Term Memories
Parenthood Julia is still hesitating about the adoption, until surprisingly, she talks to Crosby. His faith in her allows her to put her relationship with Victor in perspective and she decides to take the leap and finalize the adoption because she finally feels like she and Victor’s relationship will develop beyond its current plateau. Mark […]
ABC Sunday Night: A New Line Up with Twists and One-Liners
Here we go: recaps from the new Sunday night line-up from ABC! Enjoy! Revenge This one was pretty loaded, let’s see how we can keep up… Amanda tries to take things into her own hands when she finds out why Jack is in jail. Emily plots to bring the initiative, namely Helen Crowley to her […]
Thursday Dramas Heat Up and Try to Make You Cry
I didn’t quite get to Elementary yet, but I believe they’re off this week, so I may take my time getting to it. Apologies! In the meantime, enjoy catching up with last week’s Last Resort and Grey’s! Last Resort Marcus has to deter a ship going after his new allies, the Chinese, who are delivering […]
Tuesday Dramas: Falling a Little Flat
Private Practice This episode is told from Amelia’s perspective. She tries to get back into dating, but it turns out the only man she’s really interested in the new ER doc, James. They spend some time together and really connect, but his conservatism political views throw her a bit, and she is worried her addiction […]
Wednesday Night: Surprises, Twists and Less Than That
American Horror Story: Asylum Lana gets released and visits Dr. Thredson’s apartment to give him the good news that the police are coming to arrest him for the Bloodyface murders. He presses his luck and she shoots him before the police arrive. Astonishingly enough, it looked to me like she missed the vital organs and somehow he still dies. She […]
Tuesday Night: Surrogates, Gay Bars and Bob Costas
Here’s the recaps from Tuesday that we missed because of the unfortunate spring scheduling that pits 8 great shows against each other within a two-hour time block Go On Ryan is faced with a TV appearance embarrassment as Bob Costas asks him to do a screen test of sorts for his show. Mr. K, after assisting with […]