TV Reviews

While Selina recovers from a secret facelift, Jonah Ryan prepares for his improbable run for the House of Representatives.

The truth of Jamie’s duel with Black Jack comes out on Outlander, and Claire must go to extreme lengths to save Jamie from the Bastille, while still dealing with a terrible loss.

This week, Carter and Lee are tasked with protecting a witness who’s about to testify against her former boss. Easier said than done.

Cosima must contend with her own mortality in this episode of Orphan Black, percolated with sad goodbyes, explosive secrets, and a new villain that threatens the Leda Clones like never before.

Much like a parmigiana dish at Buca de Beppo, quantity does not always make up for lack of quality, and that was the problem with the finale of The Catch. The theme of this week’s episode is family: privilege’s own prison.

Slater is back this week on Archer, as he ropes our agents into a CIA “hunting” trip. Meanwhile the rest of the Figgis Agency gets on their hands and knees.

The Last Panthers meet a tragic end in a finale filled with showdowns and executions.

The Americans feel the strain of doubt when Pastor Tim goes missing in Ethiopia and Frank Gaad is killed while on vacation in Thailand.

Lucious scrambles to cover his tracks as a grand jury looms on the horizon, Rhonda confronts Anika and Hakeem’s wedding comes to a crisis.

Black-ish ends its strong second season with an extended homage to Good Times, as Dre’s financial worries manifest themselves in a gravy-induced dream where his family becomes characters on the seminal 70’s sitcom.

Melissa Manchester can expect a couple checks in the mail after Schitt’s Creek dives into some marital issues this week. Meanwhile the kids go apartment hunting.

Eddie invites Alison over to meet his mother, but a more Chinese version of Alison arrives for dinner on Fresh Off the Boat.

When Lex and Jake coordinate a food drop to stave off a food crisis, Jana risks her life to get rations for her friends. Xander is swept into a tyrannical gang and Katie finds some important clues about the virus’ origin.

Person of Interest takes a mundane case of the week and interweaves it with every plotline that the season is juggling in “ShotSeeker.” Mafia, mystery, and warring artificial intelligences all mix together to create an enjoyable, relevant cocktail.

Agents of SHIELD‘s two-part season finale provides a fitting and fulfilling resolution to a messy season. Individually, each episode stands well, but they’re both sullied by what came before.

In its penultimate outing, The Path delivers an intense, emotional episode as families are ripped apart and hearts are broken.

In the excellent series’ best episode yet, we see the full power of Roper’s weapons in a breath-taking display, Roper attempts to sniff out the rat, and Pine takes the most drastic measures yet to preserve his cover.

Benedict Arnold starts supplying intelligence to the redcoats and Major Hewlett writes his resignation letter on this week’s episode of Turn.

Hugo Strange captures Bruce, Gordon, and Fox during a rescue mission to free Selina, and Fish returns to Gotham with a few DNA-added superpowers.

As ETU tries to catch the illusive Brother #4 on Hunters, Regan gets caught up in a losing battle with her alien side, and Truss has to tangle with his demons as he realizes he’s culpable in the alien uprising.

Mindy gives romance another try with an ex, while Jody once again wrestles with his feelings for her.

On the very satisfying season finale of Bates Motel, Norman struggles with his grief following a death in the family as the show begins to move into territory from the original Psycho film.

Shaw is back on Person of Interest in an appropriately action-packed, torture-filled psychological thriller of an episode. It’s absolute perfection.

One thing’s for certain, 12 Monkeys always surprises and delights week in and week out. Some characters return from last season, and pose new challenges for our time travelers. How they respond to these challenges and counteract them will dictate the course of the future.

This week’s Houdini and Doyle takes a look at the phenomenon of faith healers, while solving the suspicious death of a heckler during a healing service. It’s another faith vs. science excursion featuring our three heroes.

Pied Piper talks their way out of a sticky situation with Jack, and moves forward with their box, making it far more innovative than they initially intended.

Wynonna Earp lets Waverly drive her own episode while Doc rides shotgun. Wynonna investigates the death of a young woman that looks like her, while Dolls fights to keep his job and team together.

We’ve seen this same plotline elsewhere, but ​Fear The Walking Dead‘s sixth episode of season two is finally taking some previously humdrum main cast in interesting directions.

It was an episode of sibling reunions on Game Of Thrones, thrilling fans while advancing the story in an hour that will go down as one of the show’s greatest.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus delivers a stellar performance as Selina is forced to deal with the death of her mother.