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 […]
TV Recaps
These are typically posted the day after an episode airs, with the exception for shows that air during overlapping time slots. However, "next day" doesn't always happen, for various reasons, so if you want a recap of a particular episode, search by the tag for the show, or you can usually find it within a week of when the episode aired. Good luck, and enjoy :)
Overdue Recaps: Elementary and The Carrie Diaries
Elementary came back with one episode and then took a hiatus for a few weeks, which has allowed me to procrastinate recapping this particular episode, “M” for longer than I otherwise would. In any case, here are few episode recaps that are perhaps a bit overdue… Elementary Holmes gets personal. When he discovers that the […]
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 […]
Tuesday Night Needs to Pick Up the Pace: Except Justified, Which is Perfect the Way It Is
New Girl Nick’s dad (special guest appearance by Dennis Farina!) shows up for a visit. He wrangles Jess into buying a horse to sell back for a better price. She knows how upset Nick is with his dad, so she abandons them to try to get them to talk it out. It’s fun having guest […]
CBS Monday: Overplayed, New Endings, and TV History
How I Met Your Mother Barney meets Robin’s dad, and from what we’ve seen of him before, he’s a little scary. Barney: Vampire in the daylight! Vampire in the daylight! Ted is desperate not to let Barney and Robin get a wedding band instead of a DJ, and admits that it’s because he still wants […]
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 […]