TV Reviews

Season 2, Episodes 5-7 – Los Pepes is the new terror of Escobar’s dreams and his family is very close to being in the palm of their hands. Remember how these the Castano Brothers and Judy Moncada wanted Agent Pena to join them in hunting Escobar? Well, he does, and now he regrets it.

Season 1, Episode 1 – Better Things lets us inside the whirlwind life of Sam, a divorced single mother of 3, working her way up in Hollywood. This all sounds tragic, but it’s damn funny.

Camila’s plan to sideline Epifanio works, though she draws significant blowback from Isabella while Teresa and Brenda follow a map to extreme danger in Queen of the South.

The past has come to haunt Reid and Drake as they untangle the web of lies and cover-ups of Augustus Dove on the season finale of Ripper Street, but how many dead will there before they can put the Whitechapel killer behind bars?

Just when we thought the Suits team was in the clear and Mike was coming home well before his 2-year stint in prison is over, Mike finds out he has to wait a few more days. This is an eternity for Mike because time is running out on his promise to get Gallo out.

Although Tyrant has been promising major blowups all season, the season finale-turned-series-finale wraps things up while still leaving room for new twists and turns to set up a season four we’ll never see.

American Gothic closes out its mystery with solid storytelling, great artistic choices, and an extraordinary performance in the finale two-parter: “Madame X” and “Whistlers Mother.”

Season 3, Episode 2 – Gretchen finally sees a therapist, played by Samira Wiley, while Jimmy worries about his book proposal and both Edgar and Lindsay begin to unravel.

Elliot may not be the only person who’s constructed an elaborate fantasy life on Mr. Robot, and Dom figures out how to track down Cisco and Darlene, but can she get to them before The Dark Army?

Season 1, Episodes 1-4 – In the first four episodes of StartUp, Nick Talman, Izzy Morales and Ronald Dacey found a startup company, the globalized digital currency app GenCoin, while their actions are monitored by morally murky federal agent Phil Rask.

We’ve always known that Cameron doesn’t play well with others on Halt and Catch Fire, but if she doesn’t change something soon, she may lose everything. The situation puts Donna in an awkward position that may ruin their partnership.

Season 1, Episodes 1-2 – In the debut episodes of Donald Glover’s low-key homegrown dramedy Atlanta, self-acknowledged loser Earn Marks tries to convince his up-and-coming scene rapper cousin, Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles, to let Earn manage him.

Season 1, Episode 1 – Immediately after the first few minutes of watching Mary + Jane in their Eastside Los Angeles-hipster apartment, inventing words like “ganjapreneurs,” I decided that the show was basically Portlandia, but set in L.A. The impression continued through the next 30 minutes of the show.

Season 2, Episodes 1-4 – As if it were a racehorse, the second season of Narcos comes out of the gate with excellent poise, full speed and the focus of a champion. There seems to be no stopping its momentum.

Difficult People ends its second season with a strong episode, as Julie gets a personal essay optioned by a development exec played by Julianne Moore.

BrainDead pushes the audience to maximum effort in “Six Points on the New Congressional Budget: The False Dichotomy of Austerity vs. Expansionary Policies” as Red releases part of his invasion plans buried in a thick budget proposal and Gustav attacks the queen.

Fear the Walking Dead explores a classic apocalyptic theme in “Do Not Disturb.” There’s a thing in storytelling called the promise of the premise and Fear the Walking Dead chose to go in another direction early on.

The Strain is already picking up speed as we continue to catch up with old friends and foes, and new alliances and subplots are formed.

Ghost is a few steps behind Milan, and Tommy for that matter, as the all-knowing proves to know nothing this week on Power.

In a disappointing season finale, Hildy and Terry get definitive proof that Paul Barnes is responsible for Normandy’s murder, but Paul’s ex-wife takes matters into her own hands. Molk and Navarro investigate a new case, while Mario settles with the husband of his victim.

This week on Survivor’s Remorse, Reggie faces off against Jimmy Flaherty but risks losing Jimmy’s friendship, and possibly Cam’s place on the team.

Killjoys simply kills the finale, bringing both joy and action packed excitement as our heroes learn the full truth of the green goo’s purpose and team up with a foe to bring down their unforeseen enemies.

Queen of the South deals Epifanio his worst week ever for “Punto Sin Retorno.” Camila really poked the bear this week. Setting aside her mandate for illegal activities, she regularly displays the qualities of great leadership. Epifanio may be the guy running for office, but Camila is best suited to lead.

When Reid, Drake, and Jackson discover the murdered body of Thomas, it throws a past investigation into disarray and makes Drake question his complacency in future murders. In the Ripper Street fourth season penultimate episode, everything comes to a head, but who will survive it?

If the time was running out in the last episode of Suits the time has officially run out in this week’s episode, “Borrowed Time”. Harvey calls for a 3 day delay in Sutter’s case, Jessica and Rachel have 5 more days in Bailey’s case, and Gallo gives Mike till just 6pm to get him parole before he tells Kevin about Mike’s plan to inform on him.

American Gothic draws on the unreliable narrator for “Freedom From Fear.” Brady finds Garrett crushing a skeleton in a field and holds him at gunpoint. I kept expecting Garrett to attack Brady, instead, he just gave him a detailed account of who the skeleton belonged to, why Garrett knew exactly where to find it and why he was destroying it.

“How to Live” opens where the last episode of Tyrant left off, Bassam’s friends are speaking out against him, including Fauzi, once his strongest supporter. Like his brother and father before him, Bassam reacts to Fauzi’s “treachery” by ordering him arrested but not hurt.

Season 3, Episode 1 – You’re The Worst returns for its third season with a hilarious, cynical episode culminating in a shocking scene that takes the insanity of these characters to new heights.

There are some strange things happening to Elliot’s relationship with Mr. Robot in this week’s episode that take even his alter ego by surprise. With Mobley and Trenton having vanished, Darlene and Elliot are the only members of fsociety left to finish their mission. What is phase 2, and what does The Dark Army have planned?

Tonight, Dead of Summer took its final bow of the season (and perhaps of all — it has yet to be renewed), and proved Freeform’s small-budget but big-hearted camp thriller has more teeth than we initially may have thought.