The Good Wife - Bitcoin for Dummies
A lawyer, played by guest-star Jason Biggs, is arrested
under suspicion of being an online programmer who illegally invented a currency
traded over the internet. Basically, this whole episode was watching Kalinda be
a brilliant investigator and figure everything out. People said “Mr. Bitcoin” a
lot. Too much, we think. Kalinda turns over evidence implicating Will for
bribery in order to save Alicia from possibly losing her bar license. That
should turn out to be interesting. This episode was a little "meh" to us, if still technically good. This season as a whole has rocked though. This is a show that can afford an average week.
Episode grade: B-
Episode grade: B-
Gossip Girl - The End of the Affair?
Of all the STUPID reasons to keep Chuck and Blair apart,
(and there have been many) this takes the cake. Blair promised God that she
would honor her vow to Louis to marry him, if only Chuck would pull through after
their car accident. After Blair said “amen,” a nurse came to tell her that
Chuck had woken up. OBVIOUSLY Blair can’t tell Chuck and Louis this “secret”
and must only confide in Dan Humphrey and a priest who says this is “between
her and God.” WHAT?!! Priests aren’t allowed to give advice when it is so sorely
needed? Serena came through on the theology front when she told Blair that God
wouldn’t want Blair to marry someone she doesn’t love. Thank you, Serena.
However, Blair decided that if she didn’t marry Louis, something bad might
happen to Chuck. We guess this fits Blair’s superstitious character, but COME.
ON. Ughhhhhhh
Nate finds out that the accident wasn’t completely the
fault of the paparazzi. Someone tampered with the breaks. Gossip Girl is going
to help Nate find out who did it, in exchange for his help, probably on getting
Gossip Girl back in business. Everyone is sending Serena blasts now instead of
Gossip Girl. Serena decided to start posting a few, always keeping her
conscience in mind. Also, Blair and Chuck got in the wrong car that fateful
night. The car that was tampered with was meant for Nate. Lily hires a private detective to track down Charlie. He
finds the real Charlie, but Lily just thinks that there are two people with the
name Charlie Rhodes and the PI found the wrong one. We assume Lily will find
out the truth this season. Vera Wang guest stars.
While this episode entertained us, we cannot believe the
lengths to which this show will go in order to keep the Chair drama alive. How
is this wedding still going on? Stupid, stupid, stupid. In other news, did you
guys know that Blake Lively, the actress who plays Serena, doesn’t drink? While
her character sometimes sets a bad example, we admire the example set by an
actress who doesn’t roll with what the world at large is doing, even if we don’t
condemn drinking if you are of age and able to handle it. We like when people
aren’t partiers and are proud of that (as long as they aren't holier-than-thou about it). Keep being yourself, Blake.
Episode grade: C+
Episode grade: C+
Parenthood - It is What it Is
Zeek gets bad news from his doctor and chooses to keep it
from his children…for now. Crosby kisses the cellist and tries to take Jabbar
to one of her shows. Jabbar’s mom and her boyfriend insist on attending the
show as well, where we see that Jasmine is jealous of Crozby’s new girl. Amber
helps her boss out at an event, and he asks her to have a bite to eat with him.
Amber turns him down but is obviously confused as to whether this is romantic
interest or not. Julia starts to worry that Zoe might want to keep her baby
when Zoe starts experiencing some rough emotions. Poor thing, seriously. Haddie
gets into Cornell, her dream college, and her parents realize it’s going to be
hard to fund Haddie’s education in this economy and on their current income.
This episode was sweet, well-acted, and well-written, as
usual. This show continues to be one of the best dramas on TV and absolutely the
best ensemble family show. Yep, we’re looking at you, Modern Family. While the
shows are different, Parenthood beats MF in overall quality.
Episode grade: A-
Episode grade: A-
Justified - The Gunfighter
Raylan is off his game after being shot, but that doesn’t
mean he can’t outsmart a new bad guy. It looks like the “Dixie Mafia” is going to
be the force to contend with this season. Question: Why is Ava still alive? Not
only do we hate the character, the actress who plays her is clearly a yankee.
That accent isn’t working, girl. We haven’t talked about this show before in
the past because we just caught up on it this week! What you need to know is
that the dialogue is out of this world. The show has some of the best-written
lines on TV. The show is overrated though. The main character looks like a
young and way cuter Billy-Bob Thornton, which is something that is annoying
after you notice that (sorry for pointing it out, haha). The show fails
miserably in creating romances that the audience will care about. Everyone
Raylan Givens has ever bedded on this show (a grand total of two girls that we
remember) could drop dead for all we care.
We don’t know what the show is doing with Boyd Crowder
and we never have. But this show is like a modern-day Western mashed up with a
Flannery O’Connor short story. The action is pretty great and it’s just an
overall, well-written, entertaining show. This season opener was a little hard
for one of us to follow though, and we pride ourselves on being at least
smarter than the average TV viewer. Being too complicated can work against a
show and we hope this one has the sense to lay a few things out for the viewer
later in the season. We’re excited to cover season three, but we miss Mags
Bennett. Who doesn’t? The new big bads have some mighty shoes to fill. Did you see that Dexter alum? (Quinn)
Episode grade: B+
Episode grade: B+
Revenge - Commitment
It’s Revenge. Of course it was a good episode! Amanda
shows some hesitance about her revenge plan when she realizes that it affects
people she does not intend for it to hurt. The person affected is Jack. He is
beaten and has to endure Emily/Fake Amanda leaving him. Originally, Amanda
intended to frame Emily for burning down that house, but instead comes clean
with Emily about her revenge plan and convinces Emily to leave town, for her
own safety. Daniel proposes to Amanda (in the rain! On a boat! We love him!)
and Amanda says yes. Sidenote: Daniel was so sweet to his mom in this episode, too. We really hope he isn't the dead body from the season premiere. We want him to
survive.
Amanda has second thoughts about the engagement, because
she has a heart after all. We loved seeing that side of her. But when Victoria
tells Daniel that David Clarke raped her, and this is how Charlotte was sired,
Amanda asks Daniel when the wedding date will be. Ha! Muah haha! We love this
show. Charlotte is basically disowned by the only father she has ever known
after Amanda releases the information about Charlotte’s paternity to the
Grayson couple. They are so awful. We love it. Charlotte doesn’t know why she
has to move back into her mother’s house, but she is not happy. Nolan continues
to rule. This show continues to rule.
Episode grade: A
Episode grade: A
I loved Revenge. I love Daniel too! I've always been Team Daniel although most people are on Jack's side. I hope he doesn't die. Well I don't have much to say, I agree with everything you guys wrote and those were exactly my thoughts too! :) But we have to wait 2 weeks for a new episode :(
ReplyDeleteYES. Team Daniel.
DeleteRevenge was amazing per usual! Such a good show, so well written/acted...Shame it didn't win any Golden Globes, but I expect it'll get some emmy love come this fall!
ReplyDeleteIt's more in the guilty pleasure category than the award-winning category, but it deserves some for acting.
DeleteQuinn was amazing in this episode. I actually thought he was a different actor because of how good he was..also because he slightly looks different on Justified then on Dexter to me
ReplyDeleteYes, he was very creepy! He's showing a bit of range.
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