TV Reviews

Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs lead a funny and heartfelt new series that explores modern dating, with all the awkwardness and miscommunication that comes along with it.

Two months after the bloody events of last episode The Walking Dead enjoys a little fun in “The Next World”. Even a few minutes into this episode I’m thinking, “Wow, someone directed the hell outta this thing.” That somebody is director Kari Skogland.

Last night’s episode of USA’s Colony gave us a lot to chew on. In ways, it was the heartiest episode yet.

I’m no detective but I’m pretty sure Woz just gave FBI Agent Stahl the direct evidence that he took part in the murder. If this is so, they don’t need Santos to inform anymore which would change her role completely.

Four and three and two and one, one. Ilana and Abbi are back! Broad City season three opens with a split screen montage of the girls in their respective bathrooms, where we see the months pass by as they eat, smoke, dance, read Hillary Clinton’s autobiography, flush way too many dead goldfish (Abbi), and hook-up (Ilana).

And just like that, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is back on track, though mostly due to supporting cast. And every time I finish an episode thinking, “That was actually really funny,” I’m astounded that a show so deep into its run can still make me feel that way.

After a strong reset in the new year, last night’s episode showed a little signs of wear. “Got Silk?” was another solid outing, but after two great episodes that maintained a tight, fast pace and less of the Miss Piggy-Kermit entanglements this episode still felt like like a step back.

As usual, Limitless delivers on the easy-to-enjoy procedural front, but this was an episode that could have been so much more. “Undercover!” melded a spy movie with a “here’s how it all went down” structure, and it needed to just stuck with one or the other.

Last week THE GRINDER left us in a weird place. Dean Sr. is getting served and it could possibly mean the end of the law firm. But for me, much weirder than that was Maya Rudolph’s character: Jillian.

Fresh Off The Boat explores the first case of cyber bullying in Orlando when “Phil’s Phaves” gives the Cattleman’s a terrible review.

Agent Carter makes me happy. All hail Whitney Frost! Huzzah for romances where ladies still have agency. Yay MCU interconnectivity! And give me all the sci-fi science you can possibly muster because I will inhale it like a kid who’s gotten hold of the cookie jar.

Superstore is a workplace comedy with a heart, and like all the best ones, it deals with the idea that the people you work with are more than just colleagues—they’re family.

Lucifer takes “Player” lessons from a master of manipulation and “Manly Whatnots”. This post Valentine’s Day episode is cloaked in romantic rejection as Lucifer continues to throw himself against Chloe’s icy shell.

I am seriously done with this The X-Files revival. After “Babylon” I am just not having it anymore. This episode was so insubstantial that I barely have anything to say. The clone agents were terrible and pointless. Mulder’s grand revelations about “faith” represented by his belief that he was given shrooms are asinine.

The most interesting aspect of the first season of Better Call Saul was watching Jimmy try his hardest to always do the right thing, only to have it continually blow up in his face. This guy just can’t catch a break, but at the very end of the season when his break arrives, what does he do? He rejects it. The season 2 premiere shows us just exactly how that goes for him.

The entertainment stars aligned this weekend delivering an incredible Deadpool to the big screen and The Walking Dead punched back hard for the small screen with “No Way Out”. It’s a tight, action packed episode loaded with drama and led by an incredible hero, Glenn. But first…

Things are heating up in the Los Angeles bloc and the Green Zone alike, as questions about Phyllis’s brutal murder cause Will to take a close look at his own wife, Katie. The episode felt strong for mid-season, with hints of great drama to come in clashes between principal characters.

We’ve sorted through our DVR to bring you the five best episode of television that you may have missed this week. The Flash travels to Earth-2, Samantha Bee shakes up late night, and Shonda Night is back!

Shades Of Blue kicks it up a notch with the Fall of Man. This is episode is all about secrets and revelations and the pressures those things add to relationships. We’ve seen some of Woz’s secrets play out. This week centers on the havoc created by skeletons Santos’s closet.

And thus the great disparity of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia has been made perfectly clear. How high their highs can be and how “meh” their lows.

As The Muppets strives to stay on the air for its fans and the general public, it seems as though the show may also be fighting to keep ratings up within its storyline.

With another fun case and real progress on the season arc, Limitless has to be the best procedural on television. I’m not saying it needs to win Emmys or that it’s the best show on TV period, but name one other procedural that is as entertaining, irreverent, and self-aware.

Emery Huang is obsessed with romance, where’d he get that obsession from? Who knows, because as we watch Valentine’s Day play out in the Huang household, it becomes very clear that it was not from his parents.

Sometimes, an episode of television is just pure fun and beyond that nothing else particularly matters. Agent Carter hits just enough notes in “The Atomic Job” to make it a joyful sidequest. This episode was one big detour down action/adventure lane, and yet it was so phenomenal at it that we’re tickled.

If you were over the age of five in 1994 when the American Crime Story: The People V. OJ Simpson events actually happened, the episode title probably gives away what this installment focuses on. Does a white Ford Bronco ring a bell?

The Grinder loves to go meta and the excels at it in this week’s episode. Doubly well is that the focus here is not only on Dean and Stewart, but Deborah too. Now one of the low-key, funniest characters is starting to get her just due and it feels good.

As Crazy Ex Girlfriend clearly indicates in this episode’s title, “that text was not meant for Josh.” Rebecca has a problem and the anticipation of what would follow only grows from there. Will more truths continue to unravel? One could only hope!

“For The Girl Who Has Everything” created another simple story with strong emotional impact, but the writers also have finally started trimming the excess plots from the show! It feels like we’re heading into the home stretch of Supergirl‘s inaugural season and may actually be given the strong finish that it deserves.

Lucifer serves up an identity thief in “The Would-Be Prince Of Darkness”. Chloe continues to look for reasonable explanations for Lucifer’s power of persuasion. This show has a lot of fun with themes of sin, evil, injustice, and punishment.

Superstore only has two more episodes left in its trimmed first season, with no word from the network on its renewal status. Both NBC’s The Office and Parks and Recreation had faltering freshman seasons, but grew into their own in their second. Hopefully NBC gives Superstore the chance to do the same.