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Cast Announced for Limited Series ‘Bad Blood’
Posted on January 12, 2017 | No CommentsToday, City announced the cast and production wrap of original limited series Bad Blood, premiering this fall on City and FX Canada. Inspired by true events, Bad Blood follows […] -
Pilot Perception: Lethal Weapon
Posted on September 22, 2016 | No CommentsWelcome to Pilot Perception, our feature in which we break down the first episode of each new show – here Lethal Weapon – in order to help you decide whether […] -
2016 Caffeine Canadian Upfronts Edition: City
Posted on June 6, 2016 | No CommentsTime to kick off the Caffeine Canadian Upfronts Edition posts, as we break down the Canadian networks’ new schedules for the 2016-17 season! First up this week: City. You can learn […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Cheddar
Posted on March 8, 2016 | No CommentsBrooklyn Nine-Nine can’t help but be its emotional, gooey self in “Cheddar,” an episode that continues to strengthen the familial bond between the squad, as the show gets the whole […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: ‘House Mouses’ and ‘Adrian Pimento’
Posted on February 29, 2016 | No Comments“House Mouses” and “Adrian Pimento” are exactly the kinds of episodes Brooklyn Nine-Nine does well: character-driven, joke-heavy, tangentially related to criminal cases but more about personality dynamics than police work. […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The 9-8
Posted on February 15, 2016 | No CommentsAt some point, Brooklyn Nine-Nine will run out of stories featuring guest stars. These past few weeks have been unusually full of 9-9 visitors, from Captain Holt’s sister to Jake’s […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Karen Peralta
Posted on February 7, 2016 | No Comments“Karen Peralta” is a curious episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, one that manages to take out the current political context to body cameras on city cops and make a lot […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Cruise
Posted on January 29, 2016 | 2 CommentsAs soon as Brooklyn Nine-Nine started to drag a bit, in comes “The Cruise,” with enough stellar guest star energy and smart plotting to remind everyone why they love the […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 9 Days
Posted on January 22, 2016 | 1 CommentThe best episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine are ones that take the characters out of their comfort zones and build on the rapport the squad has with one another. “9 Days” […] -
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Hostage Situation
Posted on January 10, 2016 | 3 CommentsBrooklyn 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. […]