TV Reviews

BrainDead deploys the power of love and a dose of comedy while exploring “The Path to War Part One: The Gathering Political Storm.” This week’s episode was a giant tonal step forward from the torture story of episode seven.

The trials of both Andrew Lipton and Mario Siletti begin this week as the police continue to investigate the increasingly complicated Normany Parker case, but the show flounders when it comes to romantic relationships.

In this week’s Ballers Spencer deals with a new health problem, and continues to court Travis Mack. Meanwhile, Ricky continues to search for a new team, and has a surprise run in.

In a middling episode of The Jim Gaffigan Show, Jim takes his five young children to the museum, only to (predictably) lose them, prompting a museum wide search to fix his mistake before Jeannie arrives.

Missy exercises her people skills as Cam’s media consultant, but goes a step too far. Cassie and Chen come to a crossroads on Survivor’s Remorse.

Ray Donovan goes into crisis mode when Hector Campos’ disturbing secret is broadcast to the world and Connor is accused of a violent prank.

In this episode, we find out what sparked Phil’s legendary career as a roadie, Reg labors over who’s going on the Staton-House Band’s European Tour before making a truly shocking and troubling discovery, and Bill’s reminded of where Shelli’s ultimate loyalty lies.

Neal Gamby and Lee Russell have a falling out while Dr. Belinda Brown decides to make some changes.

In this week’s Rush Hour Carter and Lee chase after a vengeful man targeting and exposing seemingly upstanding citizens.

Killjoys explores a darker theme this week, as the characters gear up towards the end of the season.

Queen Of The South presents two drug deals and the danger of doing business in “Billete de Magia.” Brenda has her team working hard on their new meth business.

Reid begins his new life in Whitechapel with Matilda on Ripper Street, while working as an inspector for the police under Drake. When a young boy dies in his arms, it brings up past experiences with his wife as the case touches a personal nerve.

Although Tyrant seems as though it could celebrate Islamic culture and show moderate, contemporary Muslim life, too often it goes for the obvious acts of random violence to really be a complex, layered show that goes a step further than the easy road.

Harvey is trying to trust that Cahill’s deal will work, Mike is trying to get Kevin to trust him with the details of his incarceration, Donna wants Louis to trust her ability to find him a Hampton home, and Rachel wants her innocence project client to trust that she will fight for him. But who can anyone really trust?

We’re nine episodes into season two of Another Period and Lillian may have finally found a new husband to save the Bellacourt family fortune in the form of a media mogul on his deathbed named Laverne. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Frederick go to extremes (that could not possibly end well) in order to stop sleeping with one another.

American Gothic explores the difference Mrs. Right can make in the bad boy’s life with “Kindred Spirits.” This week was a lot of fun on and off screen. Director Lexi Alexander brought a lot of style to “Kindred Spirits,” the story performs on a whole different level.

Mr. Robot gives us a glimpse into what it would be like if it were a 90’s sitcom, while also exploring the aftermath of the attack on the FBI in China, and Elliot’s beat down by Ray’s thugs. Zhang seems to be the puppet master pulling all of the strings at this point, but what is he up to?

A major change in the Hughes/Scott family rocks the dynamic, and nobody has an answer for what Joe is feeling, in another solid episode of The A Word.

Animal Kingdom wraps its first season with a “What Have You Done,” a clever, suspenseful season finale. I had three main questions going into the finale; what about the money, what about the boy, and what about the girl?

Garrett comes up with a plan to stop the killings, but it puts Amy at great risk; the identity of the Teacher in the Lake Stillwater cult is revealed.

After a surprisingly great episode last week, Casual delivers probably its worst episode yet. Laura is the only character that shows any progression, both moral and emotional, and yet it’s relegated to such a sideline that it barely makes anything of an impact on the episode as a whole.

Difficult People shows shades of growth as Billy actually falls for a man while Julie tries to repair her relationship with her mother in a hilarious, sweet episode.

This week on the Season finale of UnREAL, Quinn and Rachel square off against Coleman and Yael. In this battle, Everlasting’s future isn’t the only one at stake.

Natalie and Stan will stop at nothing to exonerate Grace; Prince Theo can no longer keep his fantasy life a secret; the search for Molly Ryan’s killer starts drawing to a conclusion.

Braindead turns to Shaloub’s Wheatus to entertain while Laurel is prepped for torture by a special team of uninfected FBI agents. It sounds worse when you say it out loud.

Sunday night’s episode of Power thrilled this reviewer. We are at the apex of each character’s arc, and excitement is building as we wait to see how their actions lead to their ultimate fates.

In this week’s episode, Naz transforms himself in order to adapt and survive prison life, but at what cost? Only three episodes left and we continue to find ourselves invested for more answers.

Jim’s brother Mitch (Andy Ritcher) visits New York City to chase his own dreams of being a comedian, inspired by Louie C.K.

In this week’s Ballers Jason courts a difficult rookie in the glades, and Spencer and Joe try to dig up dirt on Andre.

The series thus far has portrayed Dr. Belinda Brown as the villain, and Neal Gamby as the arrogantly incompetent vice principal. We’re supposed to root for Gamby even if he isn’t the most likable person. But Vice Principals decided to flip the script for today’s episode, and it looks like it’s for the best.