TV Reviews

Season 1, Episode 11 – This week was one of the better episodes of Superior Donuts. It wasn’t ambitious or hilarious, but it was entertaining. Franco takes a job as Fawz’s assistant in order to make some extra cash.

Season 6, Episode 1 – Veep returns for its sixth season with a place-setting episode focused on catching up with the characters and establishing the new status quo. It’s not the funniest episode the show’s done, but it sets up what will be an interesting season.

Season 2, Episode 9 -The day of Axe’s birthday celebration, he contemplates life, his commitment to do things above board, and his relationship with Wendy on Billions. Chuck begins making Sandicot personal, and turns it into an unofficial campaign stop, but runs into obstruction when Foley’s relationship’s make it harder for Chuck to prosecute Axe.

Season 1, Episode 1 – Starz’s new original series The White Princess, tells the story of the conclusion of England’s Wars of the Roses, as King Henry VIII marries defeated Princess Elizabeth of York. But by focusing on the perspective of the women in this story, it kicks off a soapy, but intriguing look at female power in an era when they weren’t supposed to have either.

Season 3, Episode 1 – A lot has changed after the Guilty Remnant overtook the city of Jarden during the finale of The Leftovers last season. Relationship dynamics are completely different, the town has altered, and the populace believes something dramatic is going to happen on the seven-year anniversary of the Departure.

Season 1, Episode 7 – Feud finally hits the right level of vindictive manipulation in “Abandoned!” allowing both Crawford and Davis to own their personal problems while underscoring the true basis of their hatred. The episode emphasizes the issues of the characters themselves, rather than trying to make a misguided point about misogyny, and the story stands up better with that more personal conflict at the core.

Season 3, Episode 6 – American Crime is not for the faint of heart this week, as we lose another main character in the most tragic of ways, and things grow even more grim for the most powerless of our society.

Season 1, Episode 1 – Guerilla is boring. Unfortunate because this John Ridley-created series is inspired by the real-life 1971 Black Liberation Movement. Jas and Marcus are at the forefront, and this is what makes it boring. It seems to be more about them justifying their mixed-race relationship than the cause.

Season 1, Episode 8 – Bill Paxton fans can’t miss this episode of Training Day as Paxton’s Frank Rourke recalls his childhood and father in an emotional arc, with guest appearances from Sam Trammel and Paxton’s own son James.

Season 1, Episode 3 – Eli travels with Phineas to see about a possible business proposition which doesn’t end well, but lets Eli reflect on the future of the McCulloughs. Meanwhile, Pete reckons with his actions regarding the Pedro Garcia’s son in law and the possible fall out that could affect his family.

Season 1, Episode 10 – In the aptly titled season finale, “Chaos,” The-Good-Fight brings back old characters, Maia finds her voice, and Chicago faces a citywide blackout.

Season 10, Episode 1 – In the season premiere of Doctor Who, cafeteria worker Bill Potts gets swept up in one of the Doctor’s adventures when a girl suddenly vanishes alongside a mysterious puddle that shows the wrong reflection. The Doctor and Nardole are back to saving the universe, with Bill now along for the ride!

Season 1, Episode 21 – MacGyver rounds out its season finale in a more than satisfactory way with “Cigar Cutter.” With a lot of questions still unanswered, the show leaves a lot of room for speculation and hope that season two will bring only bigger and better things.

Season 1, Episode 11 – The latest episode of Trial & Error perfectly sets up the final two episodes of the season plot-wise, but is a little lighter on laughs this week.

Season 1, Episode 8 – Carl Perkins makes his debut at Sun Records and Jerry Lee gets married again. Johnny Cash forms his band and Col. Parker schemes to poach Elvis from Sam. Marion struggles with her feelings about her men and fights to keep Elvis at the studio she helped build in the season finale.

Season 1, Episode 8 – Powerless is once again carried by Alan Tudyk’s Van Wayne in an otherwise forgettable episode.

Season 1, Episode 10 – Riverdale puts the fun back in the unexpected rager high school party in “The Lost Weekend.” With a slightly different approach stylistically to the show’s usual storytelling, the episode brings a lot of fun and freshness to what’s always been an intriguing teen drama.

Season 1, Episode 16 – It’s down to the wire as President Kirkman and his administration work hard to get the majority of votes to pass an important gun control bill through Congress. Meanwhile, Agent Wells takes her alarming new discovery to get to the bottom of possible future attacks.

Season 2, Episode 6 – On this week’s Underground, Harriet Tubman gives a talk in Philadelphia, recounting her life story up until this point, and revealing where she thinks the movement needs to go next. Elizabeth is in the audience.

Season 1, Episode 4 – In the fourth installment of Shots Fired, we pick up with Ashe discovering Cory hiding out in his dad’s apartment. She calls Preston and he quickly comes over so he can hear Cory’s story of Joey’s death.

Season 2, Episode 12 – The Expanse provides monsters, moral quandaries, and political intrigue in spades with “The Monster and the Rocket,” turning the tables on established power structures and examining the dilemmas of life in space. The episode takes three storylines that are connected but aiming to achieve separate goals and intertwines them seamlessly.

Season 2, Episode 12 – Quentin attempts the impossible on The Magicians when he tries to reunite Niffin Alice and her shade to make her human again. After Penny retrieves the book from the Poison Room, Julia and Kady have the ability to kill Raynard, but things don’t go as planned. Eliot and Quentin track down the original gateway to Fillory but find something unexpected.

Season 3, Episode 13 – Empire delivers one of the best scenes I can remember in TV. And although we need to have Lucious become a bedridden insane person in order to get there, I think it’s worth it. After a couple of duds, this episode shows that the wheels really seem to be turning at Empire as plots are being pushed forward and decisions are beginning to be made.

Season 2, Episode 13 – The Path’s season finale disappoints, as the main characters are back in essentially the same places they were at the beginning of the season. Although the show was renewed today, there doesn’t seem to be enough story left for another season.

Season 5, Episode 2 – The episode is appropriately titled “Kaniel Outis” because Kaniel Outis is the name Michael’s been using to conduct business as a terrorist. Which really has me wondering what could be going on with him?

Season 1, Episode 10 – Despite the triumph of our trio of exes, and the reveal that they are the titular “imposters,” the season finale of Imposters ultimately felt incomplete, as the show obviously looks forward to a second season, without any guarantee of one.

Season 3, Episode 2 – iZombie delivers its funniest and most dramatic episode as Clive pursues Wally’s killer and gets help from Liv and Major all hopped up on father-daughter brains. Major discovers a lead for Natalie and learns about new brain-goo at mercenary practice. Vivian’s D-day clock moves up a year when an investigation uncovers a zombie-hate movement.

Season 5, Episode 6 – The Americans change the goal of their grain mission and Elizabeth gets an easy new target. Philip asks Gabriel for details about his parents and the Jennings’ take Paige to meet Gabriel in person. Mischa returns to his old life in Russia while Oleg makes an arrest in his corruption case and burns his CIA contact.

Season 1, Episode 3 – In this week’s episode Alice gets “Parent-y” and helps Andy with his Grease audition. Meanwhile Dora is protesting the play due to its anti-feminist message and stages her own play.

Season 1, Episode 19 – American Housewife continues to teach us how to navigate adulthood. This week, the lesson is – Leave past friends in the past (or they will mess up your steez).