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Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Hostage Situation
Posted on January 10, 2016 | 1 CommentBrooklyn Nine-Nine is, at its core, a goofy workplace sitcom. It’s full of big personalities and office hijinks, and the characters only tangentially seem to be solving crimes. “Hostage Situation,” […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: ‘The Swedes’ & ‘Yippie Kayak’
Posted on December 15, 2015 | No Comments“The Swedes” and “Yippie Kayak,” two inventive episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, close out the first half of the season, a season that has seen more change thus far than most […] -
Scream Queens: ‘Dorkus’ and ‘The Final Girl(s)’
Posted on December 9, 2015 | No CommentsIn tribute to Wes’ love of 90s playlists, I’d like to bid adieu to Scream Queens with an appropriate 90s song choice. Okay, it’s not that hard to say goodbye […] -
Scream Queens: Black Friday
Posted on December 2, 2015 | No CommentsScream Queens opens this week with a tribute to the most holy of American traditions: Black Friday. Chanel thinks it’s the best holiday besides Chanel-o-ween, mostly because she can buy […] -
Scream Queens: Thanksgiving
Posted on November 27, 2015 | No CommentsThanksgiving is a time for traditions, so perhaps take a cue from the characters of Scream Queens and start a new tradition with your family this year. No, not the […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: ‘The Mattress’ and ‘Ava’
Posted on November 25, 2015 | No CommentsJake Peralta as a protagonist occupies one of those special television spaces: he’s capable and confident in his detective work, and yet he’s also simultaneously immature enough to have a […] -
Scream Queens: Ghost Stories
Posted on November 19, 2015 | No CommentsIf you think, based on these recaps, that I went into Scream Queens wanting to hate it, you would be wrong. I wanted to love it. And there are brief […] -
Scream Queens: Mommie Dearest
Posted on November 13, 2015 | No CommentsI’ve had a sneaking suspicion all season long that the strategy of the Scream Queens writers room was to just throw everything at a wall and then let everything stick, […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Into the Woods
Posted on November 9, 2015 | No CommentsBrooklyn Nine-Nine’s solid third season slowed down a bit with “Into the Woods,” an enjoyable and serviceable episode of the show that serves to strengthen existing relationships between the squad. […] -
Scream Queens: Beware of Young Girls
Posted on November 4, 2015 | No CommentsBeware of young girls, too often they crave, to cry at a wedding and dance on a grave. Those are some of the lyrics that close the episode, referring mostly […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Halloween III
Posted on October 27, 2015 | No Comments“Halloween III” is Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s third in a series of Halloween episodes that pit Captain Holt and Jake against each other to see who truly is the best detective slash […] -
Scream Queens: Seven Minutes in Hell
Posted on October 21, 2015 | No CommentsThere are easy jokes to be made when an episode is entitled “Seven Minutes in Hell” but as many criticisms as I have for Scream Queens, it wasn’t quite forty-two […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: ‘Boyle’s Hunch’ and ‘The Oolong Slayer’
Posted on October 21, 2015 | 1 Comment“Boyle’s Hunch” and “The Oolong Slayer,” both balanced, dynamic episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, are a reminder of the way the show has created the world of the NYPD. Brooklyn Nine-Nine […] -
Scream Queens: Pumpkin Patch
Posted on October 14, 2015 | No CommentsThere’s a question that’s been plaguing me since the first episode of Scream Queens: who the hell is this show for? For people who liked Glee but wanted more convoluted […] -
Scream Queens: Haunted House
Posted on October 7, 2015 | No CommentsIn the first of three Halloween themed episodes, Scream Queens brought us plenty of dead bodies, a terrible diet plan, something called Chanel-O-Ween and a few more clues to the […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Funeral
Posted on October 5, 2015 | No Comments“The Funeral” picks up right after last week’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine premiere, framing the episode around Captain Dozerman’s funeral, his untimely death slightly perpetrated by Amy and Jake’s secret rendezvous in […] -
Scream Queens: Chainsaw
Posted on September 30, 2015 | No CommentsEven though this week’s episode of Scream Queens, “Chainsaw,” didn’t really go anywhere and moved slower than last week’s two episodes, I’d rather count the small victories. Like how it […] -
Pilot Perception: The Grinder
Posted on September 30, 2015 | No CommentsWelcome to Pilot Perception, our feature in which we break down the first episode of each new show in order to help you decide whether it’s worth your time. The […] -
Pilot Perception: Grandfathered
Posted on September 30, 2015 | No CommentsWelcome to Pilot Perception, our feature in which we break down the first episode of each new show in order to help you decide whether it’s worth your time. The […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: New Captain
Posted on September 30, 2015 | No CommentsBrooklyn Nine-Nine ended its second season with a whole host of changes: Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago finally, blissfully kissed; Captain Holt took a job in the NYPD’s Public Relations […] -
ATX Files: A Preview of Grandfathered
Posted on September 29, 2015 | No CommentsJohn Stamos returns to weekly TV in big way this year with the reboot of Full House in Fuller House on Netflix, and tonight on Grandfathered, as Jimmy, a freewheeling L.A. […] -
Pilot Perception: The Muppets
Posted on September 23, 2015 | 1 CommentWelcome to Pilot Perception, our feature in which we break down the first episode of each new show in order to help you decide whether it’s worth your time. The […] -
Scream Queens: ‘Pilot’ and ‘Hell Week’
Posted on September 22, 2015 | No CommentsEven if you didn’t tell me that Scream Queens is the product of the same minds who created Glee and American Horror Story, it would be completely obvious even early […] -
Pilot Perception: Scream Queens
Posted on September 22, 2015 | No CommentsWelcome to Pilot Perception, our feature in which we break down the first episode of each new show in order to help you decide whether it’s worth your time. The […] -
Pilot Perception: Life in Pieces
Posted on September 22, 2015 | No CommentsWelcome to Pilot Perception, our feature in which we break down the first episode of each new show in order to help you decide whether it’s worth your time. The […] -
Hannibal: Secondo
Posted on June 25, 2015 | No CommentsIf you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the last few days wiping tears off your face and angrily writing to NBC about Hannibal’s cancellation. How rude, NBC. We eat the […] -
Hannibal: ‘Antipasto’ and ‘Primavera’
Posted on June 15, 2015 | No CommentsHannibal is easily the prettiest show on television, network or otherwise. It’s also my favorite and it has been gone for far too long. Last season’s excellent cliffhanger was the […] -
Caffeine: Canadian Upfront Edition – City TV
Posted on June 2, 2015 | No CommentsIt’s Canadian Network Upfront Week, so we’ll be bringing you Fall schedules and some special surprises! City unveiled its Fall schedule today, with some new series joining their established hits. […] -
A Conversation with Between’s Jesse Carere
Posted on May 28, 2015 | No CommentsLast week, Between premiered on CityTV, shomi and Netflix, and we shared an interview with series star Jennette McCurdy. Between continues this evening, and we have this conversation with Jesse […] -
A Conversation with ‘Between’ Star Jennette McCurdy
Posted on May 21, 2015 | 1 CommentBetween finally makes its debut tonight on CityTV in Canada (tomorrow on shomi) and on Netflix in the US … and we are so excited! We were fortunate enough to visit […]