The Palace of Love: Life In Pieces "Video Piercing Model Hangover"/"Sixteen Spanish Car Leak" Season Finale

The season finale of Life In Pieces was, at times, what you would think, and some came off as a complete shock. Here's a recap!

The first half-hour of "Video Piercing Model Hangover" was hilarious, with moments you would want to rewatch again. Whether trying to get a "Thank You" card from Matt and Colleen that turned into a video message or Sophia making a solid case for her parents to get her ears pierced, which would lead to having Tim outdo her.

But the winner for this episode would be John being the model for the senior citizen's latest gadgets, from the chair lift to the blood pressure monitor that alerted John's high blood pressure. And Jen and Greg, waking up after a hangover from a school auction, see their daughter doing stuff by herself, from making her cereal to getting water for them. It leads to Greg and Jen to have more time, which leads to Jen being pregnant.

The second half hour, "Sixteen Spanish Car Leak," was just as hilarious as the first and probably even better. Matt and Colleen won this episode with their storyline of having a baby after learning their surrogate is pregnant (and it's not theirs). The news leads them to buy a new car, which opens up to having a baby, and they announce after Sam's sixteen birthday that they're going to adopt, but Jen's pregnancy announcement from Lark ruined but brought the family together.

Speaking of Sam's sixteen birthday, when Sam thought that her family had forgotten her birthday, she spent the day with her boyfriend, after a lovely day was about to turn into a night of first. But her parents and family caught every word as she entered the dark house to surprise her. I guess the surprise was on both of them, But just before the party, Joan wanted to explore the world with John and tried to get them to learn to speak Spanish for their Spain trip. Instead of just using an app to help translate, they wanted to know it the old-fashioned way, which became a nightmare when buying stuff at a Spanish market. They went with the translating app.

The season finale was just as hilarious and memorable as the previous episodes. It will also explain why this show is one of the best family sitcoms on television, with fantastic writing and an ensemble cast. The ending of the episode, with everything playing to the song "Listen to the Music" by The Doobie Brothers, with all the love each other brings, makes you satisfied with smiles. I couldn't be more happy with what the next season will bring (even if it's coming in mid-season next season).  Overall, I give this episode a 9/10 and the season a 9.5/10.

You can catch Life In Pieces, as they'll return for a fourth season next year.

Secret Is Revealed: The Blacklist "Sutton Ross (No. 17)" Season Finale

In the season finale of The Blacklist, the secret will be revealed one way or another. Spoiler Alert!

Let's recap it: We meet Sutton Ross as he pretends to be FBI agents and steals Data and information on someone as he tries to steal someone for money. He's the guy that Red and Liz are hunting down, because he has the duffel bag of bones. After both failing to get him, Liz finally got to Sutton with his own game, pretend to be a buyer.

Just as Liz demands answers from Sutton, he tells her that he'll tell her only alone, which happens but til he starts to hold her hostage. Red thinks that Sutton is bluffing, but Aram and Cooper can't take it and lets both of Liz and Sutton go. Sutton calls Red to demand to see him or he'll kill Liz.

After making an arrangement and distracting the FBI on where Red went, Red gets there tied to a chair in-front of Liz. With Red not talking, Sutton takes Liz to the other room and being beaten. It was until Red decides to talk til the FBI came in with Dembe and Red goes in rescuing Liz. He soon leaves with the duffel bag and shoots Sutton point blank in the chest. Red walks out and heads to Dominic's house to burn the bones, thinking that Liz doesn't know, but that's not true.

As Liz is standing over Tom's grave, she's talking to him like he's actually there and tells him what really happen that as soon as Sutton talked that he needed to get out and that the escapee was Liz's plan. Plus Liz meets with the person that helped along with this, Jennifer. They planned to get Red talking, even if Liz had to get hurt badly for it. But she finally tells Tom that she knows the secret of the bones that it's Raymond Reddington and that she'll take down Red one way for good.

So okay, this season finale was everything that I had hoped and more as it was exciting, dramatic, emotional (with Aram and Samar: ALL GOOD!). But the point that I really didn't believe was Liz taken hostage fro Sutton at the Post Office. I would know that Liz would kick Sutton's butt in that situation. Megan is a great actor, but Liz wasn't so much. But I will admit that I was shocked to see Jennifer there as I really didn't think she was involved. To see two half-sisters come together and working against Red was pretty creepy and shocking. This really sets up a terrifying season six, unless Red can figure it out before Liz takes him out with her soon to be assembled team. 

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10 and the season a 9/10.

You can catch The Blacklist as it will return next season (mid-season on Fridays sometime in January) on NBC.

The CW 2018-2019 Fall TV Schedule

As the Upfronts 2018 are coming down to a close, The CW is the final broadcast TV Network (after NBC, Fox, ABC and CBS) to announced its schedule for the fall TV season. Here's what to expect in the new season.

There are big moves coming to The CW. Word about airing original program on Sunday is coming and the first show to launch will be Supergirl kicking the 8/7c leading into the network's new and rebooted Charmed at 9/8c.

Arrow is on the move to Mondays at 9/8c following the lead of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

And the final seasons of Jane the Virgin and iZombie will be held until midseason. While Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which is heading into its final season, will kick off it's goodbye this fall on Fridays again.

Plus The Originals spin-off Legacies has snagged the post-Supernatural Thursday night.

Here's The CW Fall Schedule:

MONDAY
8/7c DC's Legends of Tomorrow
9/8c Arrow

TUESDAY
8/7c The Flash
9/8c Black Lightning

WEDNESDAY
8/7c Riverdale
9/8c All American (New Series)

THURSDAY
8/7c Supernatural
9/8c Legacies (New Series)

FRIDAY
8/7c Dynasty
9/8c Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

SUNDAY
8/7c Supergirl
9/8c Charmed (New Series)

Show for Midseason:
Jane the Virgin, The 100, iZombie, In the Dark and Rosewell, New Mexico

Cancelled:
Life Sentence, The Originals (in its final season) and Valor.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 4 Trailer

America's favorite mole woman is back with a new trailer!

The trailer for the forth season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is out and Kimmy is dealing with #MeToo movement and white privilege.

The first six episodes of Kimmy Schmidt will be released Wednesday, May 30th on Netflix.

CBS TV Fall 2018-2019

Murphy Brown and Magnum P.I are coming back to CBS as the two of the six new series will be premiering on CBS this fall 2018 schedule.

"Stability where we are strong, change where we need it," said CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl on describing the network's schedule for next season. With the network's biggest declines this past season was at Monday, that's where the biggest changes are coming, with the shrinking of the comedy block from two hours to an hour.

Here's the CBS' fall 2018-2019 schedule:

MONDAY
8/7c The Neighborhood (New Series)
8:30/7:30c Happy Together (New Series)
9/8c Magnum P.I. (New Series)
10/9c Bull

TUESDAY
8/7c NCIS
9/8c FBI (New Series)
10/9c NCIS: New Orleans

WEDNESDAY
8/7c Survivor
9/8c SEAL Team
10/9c Criminal Minds

THURSDAY
8/7c The Big Bang Theory
8:30/7:30c Young Sheldon
9/8c Mom
9:30/8:30c Murphy Brown (New Season)
10/9c S.W.A.T.

FRIDAY
8/7c MacGyver
9/8c Hawaii Five-O
10/9c Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8/7c CRIMETIME SATURDAY
9/8c CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10/9c 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7/6c 60 Minutes
8/7c God Friended Me
9/8c NCIS: Los Angeles
10/9c Madam Secretary

Show that are held for Mid-season: Man with a Plan, Life In Pieces, Elementary, Instinct, as well as new drama series The Code and The Red Line. and new comedy Fam.

Breaking and Pushing: Chicago Med "The Tipping Point" Season Finale

The season finale of Chicago Med had everything you were hoping and still leaving you wanting more but it left with some pretty shocking moments.

Let's begin with the most biggest part of the episode: the separation of the twins. Even after Rhodes' stepped down after he lost a patient in last week's episode, he still has a hand in it no matter if he's scared of not. Playing more of viewing from behind the scenes, he did leave his mark and got in there to help perform a difficult procedure that required a shunt in the heart and later helping with the separation. It left with a very nice offer to Rhodes a position at the Mayo Clinic and after telling Bekker about it, it kind of broken things with them.

Ethan get worried about his sister running away with April reminding him that what she did was wrong to take and steal pain meds from the hospital. But when Deb and Kiki come in with pain, throwing up and liver enlarge, turns out that they have Hep. A and both him and Manning headed out there looking at everyone else to make sure they're okay. They find Laura and Ethan's sister as well, all brought back. Laura got the worst of the case and that also includes Hep. C. With her diagnosis, Laura's baby, that was adopted, had to come in to get tested and after seeing her for a few minutes and learning that she will be okay then Laura's condition took a tumble.

Reese has been trying to take care of her dad by helping him pick a nursing home for his rehab and let alone helping him get exercise too (walking). Charles gets word about the parents of the college student was murdered and after a couple of minutes talking with Haywood, he managed to have a chat with the parents and finding a item from her room (stuff monkey) which would later be found in Haywood's apartment.

Goodwin not only had to deal with the big twin separation news, but also was asked to be at board meeting but it was Burt, her ex-husband, that came in after trying to kill himself. Halstead tried to talk to him, even Charles tries to talk to him (even as a friend) but that didn't work til it was Sharon that tells him to think of what he still has, their three children, which kind of helped get him to admit of seeking help.

Now with all those moments, lets put those that left us with in shock state of wishing for the fall season to start. After treating  his sister, Ethan is determined to help Emily but April thinks that she can't get the help due to being damaged but Ethan isn't given up on her and tells her that she's coming back to stay with them that quickly turns into just being with him. After a successful day, Sharon gets word of a new Trauma chief on the floor and a new CCO of the hospital that she might need to keep an eye on. Rhodes and Bekker might have broken things up again.

After losing Laura, word about the twins being separated was celebrated among the hospital and even Frisch comes over to Halstead and asked if he wants to celebrate with him, for which he turns down and  Natalie finally learns who it was that he had a one night. After that went south, he's plan for a proposal up on the roof turned to being in the parking lot and asking on the spot.

But real moment came when Charles confronts Haywood about stories of murders around the campus where he taught and as they talked Haywood tells Charles that he can't admit that he had won his daughter back over what he had tried to do. But when Charles talks more about the case, it pushes Haywood fall to the ground with his new heart stopping leaving with Reese to come in and see both of them on the floor.

"The Tipping Point" seemed to be the tipping point of where are characters are with life challenges. With all the good things that had happen for the characters, it could be broken with one little saying or not informing or pushing to the limits. I thought the season finale was as strong of an episode as ever with strong character development and leaving us some major questions about certain characters: like for one did Natalie said yes or no? Even that was awkward proposal. But the big one was Haywood collapsing to the floor in front of Charles and Reese coming in at the end. Is he dead? If he is I assume that he caused his heart to stop in the way that he had Reese played to his hands an all. Probably not going to make the relationship between Reese and Charles good again. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10 and the season a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Med when they return in the fall Wednesday night of #OneChicago at 8/7c on NBC.

Fight For Love: The Blacklist "Lawrence Dane Devlin (No. 26)"

The hunt is on, not just for the bag of bones for Red, but also for Samar as her life is in the balance.

Picking up where we left off in the previous episode, all hands are on deck to search and find Samar and her abductor and that includes Reddington to help too. Aram goes beyond, once again, to find Samar even if that has him getting answers from Moore, but in exchange for answers he wants his bible, for which Aram got him.

The only answer he would give was of a prolific killer that he had hired to kidnap the girl and Aram took that information and went with it. From searching they wind up finding the suspect Lawrence Dane Devlin, who happens to be a man who likes to kill and feed mother nature of them.

Finding the guy's hide out and lab, missed Samar and Lawrence, who happen to be driving Samar to another location to kill her. But she tries her best to stop him by stabbing him with a broken metal rod from the van but the final blow was for Lawrence was a bear attacking and killing him (thanks bear!). But as Samar grabs Lawrence's phone, the bear knocks the van that she's trapped in and it rolls down to the river, where she quickly calls Aram. Aram thinks of where she could be and when driving up he stops and after looking around seeing dead body and drag marks, he sees the van and runs down there. There he tries breaking in, finds and searches for the right key and as soon as he finds it he gets her out as quick as possible but would she be alive or dead? So far she's alive and on a breathing machine where Aram talks to her about getting married and that he won't leave her side while playing her song.

In the meantime, as Red goes out to searching for the bag of bones, he learns of where it might be at an auction under another crime boss. Red tries to arrange a meeting with him but turns him down til Red shoots the place up and demands to see the man. After they talk and asked about the bag and Ina Garvey but the guy never say a bag til they search at the video tape and see that Ian met with a man that Red thought was dead, Sutton Ross. After looking, he bumps with Liz as she too got the same information as Red did.

The two are at a stand still as both says that they'll find the bag of bones before they do, and leave it left it at that. Red leaves Liz there without given her a ride back home on his plane.

This felt like an episode that deserves a two hour time slot instead of a separating a week apart. As much as Red and Liz's story arc this half of the season has been a thrill ride and unlike any other Red-Liz relationship that we've ever seen, this episode was definitely an Aram and Samar episode. Showing hoe much they each love one another. It's a touching love story for the characters. Even the song playing while Samar is at the hospital was enough to be grabbing the tissues.

Anyway, the season finale is coming next week and with the news coming less than 12 hours before the NBC fall schedule was released the show gets picked up for a six season. And with that calming my mind, I believe that the finale will be unlike anything the show has ever done and that's just watching the promo and where we are at with everything on the line with Sutton Ross.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the season finale of The Blacklist Wednesday, May 16 at 8/7c on NBC.

Chicago Fire Star Not Returning For Season 7

Well, it's officially happening as Gabby Dawson has left Firehouse 51.

Chicago Fire star Monica Raymund, who has played the paramedic since the NBC drama's launched, will not be returning for Season 7.

Raymund had confirmed her departure in a handwritten note posted on Twitter.

As for how Dawson will leave the show, the season 6 finale hinted at a new job opportunity: Dawson finding herself contemplating a valunteer medic position in hurrican-torn Puerto Rico follwing a fight with her husband matt Casey (Jesse Spencer).

As previous announced, leading men Spender and Taylor Kinney have already signed deals to return next season. Eamonn Walker will also be back, as well as Kara Killmer, Miranda Rae Mayo, Christen Stolte, Joe Minoso and Yuri Sardarov. David Eigenberg is expect to return.

Season 7 of Chicago Fire will premiere this fall on NBC with a new #OneChicago WEdnesday night block between Med (8/7c) and PD (10/9c).

FOX 2018-2019 Fall Schedule The Orville Premieres Mid-season, Friday Night Comedy is Back

Fox will be shaking things up, making changes on every night of the week next season (expect for Wednesdays as it will stay with Empire and Star). One of the biggest changes is the addition of Thursday Night Football this fall. Seth MacFarlane's The Orveill, which aired this past fall on Thursday, will return to the night after the end of football, following Dec. 30th premiere behind a double header on Sunday.

Another change is that Fox has gone back to all drama Tuesday night after opening up to single-camera comedy block after cancelling all but one of it's single-camera half-hours, LA to Vegas, which will premiere in Midseason. But the network has picked up three new multi-camera comedies, The Cool Kids and Rel and a new season of Last Man Standing, that will open up a multi-camera comedy block on Fridays. It would be the first time since 2009 that the network aired a multi-camera comedy block since airing Brothers and 'Til Death.


Here's a look at Fox's fall 2018-2019 schedule:

MONDAY
8/7c The Resdient
9/8c 9-1-1

TUESDAY
8/7c The Gifted
9/8c Lethal Weapon

WEDNESDAY
8/7c Empire
9/8c Star

THURSDAY
7:30/6:30c Thursday Night Football Pregame Show
8/7c NFL Football

FRIDAY
8/7c Last Man Standing (New Episodes)
8:30/7:30c The Cool Kids (NEW SERIES)
9/8c Hell's Kitchen

SATURDAY
8/7c Fox Sports Saturday: FOX College Football

SUNDAY
7/6c NFL on FOX
7:30/6:30c The OT/Fox Encores
8/7c The Simpsons
8:30/7:30c Bob's Burgers
9/8c Family Guy
9:30/8:30c REL

Chicago Fire co-star eyeing Season 7 Exit

If you haven't seen the season finale of Chicago Fire, you shouldn't read this til you have due to spoilers.

Seems that there could be some big changes for Firehouse 51. 

TVLine has learned that Chicago Fire star Monica Raymund, who plays Gabby Dawson on the hit NBC firefighter drama, is not expected to return for Season 7.

In the season 6 finale, which aired Thursday, set up Raymund's potential exit, when Dawson was approached to join a team of volunteer paramedics to help out in the hurricane-torn Puerto Rico.

It's been previously reported that both leading men Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney have already signed deals to return next season. Eamon Walker will be back along with Kara killmer, Miranda Rae Mayo, Christian Stolte, Joe Minoso and Yuri Sardarov, that's been reported by Deadline. But contract talks are still in play with David Eigenberg, though he is expect to return.

News about Raymund's eit from the show comes just days after NBC renewed Fire, PD and Med for the 2018-2019 season.

NBC 2018-2019 TV Lineup: SVU moving, One Chicago Night, The Blacklist Midseason

Well the start of Upfronts week, traditional, NBC was the first broadcast-TV network to announce its schedule for the fall TV season. There are a couple of shows missing from the network's line up, Timeless and Champions, but NBC's Chairman Robert Greenblatt have said to make a final decision on both shows "after they finish" and will come down on a quick decision.

But there are some huge moves: Chicago Fire, Chicago Med and Chicago PD will air all on Wednesday nights. While Law & Order: SVU will be moving to Thursday after NBC's returning comedy block (I'm still hoping for a save for Great News!).

Midnight, Texas will move from the summer to fall. The newly saved show Brooklyn Nine-Nine will be held until midseason with Good Girls moving to Sundays at 10/9c on Sundays (when football is done), The Blacklist is shifting to Fridays at 9 after Blindspot, A.P. Bio will be held midseason with a time slot not yet announced. And the recently announced America's Got Talent: The Champions will air Mondays at 8/7c in January and February before The Voice's second cycle begins.

So here's the The Fall schedule:

MONDAY:
8/7c The Voice
10/9c Manifest (NEW SERIES)

TUESDAY
8/7c The Voice
9/8c This Is Us
10/9c New Amsterdam (NEW SERIES)

WEDNESDAY
8/7c Chicago Med
9/8c Chicago Fire
10/9c Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8/7c Superstore
8:30/7:30c The Good Place
9/8c Will 7 Grace
9:30/8:30c I Feel Bad (NEW SERIES)
10/9c Law & Order: SVU

FRIDAY
8/7c Blindspot
9/8c Midnight, Texas
10/9c Dateline

SATURDY
8/7c Dateline Saturday Night Mystery
10/9c Saturday Night Live (encore)
11:30/10:30c Saturday Night Live

SUNDAY
7/6c Football Night in America
8:20/7:20c Sunday Night Football

Reminder: Shows Held for Midseason
A.P. Bio, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Blacklist, Good Girls, World of Dance, Ellen's Game of Games, American's Got Talent: the Champions, The Titan Games, Abby's, The Enemy Within, The Village and The InBetween

Shows that are cancelled: The Brave, Great News, The Night Shift and Rise. Both Timeless and Champions are on the block but there is a chance to be saved if people tune in.

NBC Renews The Blacklist

Well, it looks like the mystery will keep unfolding for the bag of bones at NBC as it has renewed The Blacklist for a six season of 22 episodes.

The Blacklist this season is averaging a 0.9 demo with a 5.7 million weekly total viewers, just off half a tenth in the demo versus last season while up eight percent in audience. Among all the NBC dramas, the series ranks seventh in the demo just behind This is Us and all the Dick Wolf shows and Good Girls.

The show's current fifth season has been an eventful one for the FBI team. After losing her husband in a deadly shootout, Liz has spend the much of the second half of the season on the hunt for his murderer, Ian Garvey, who she successfully tracked down and killed in the April 25 episode.

Meanwhile, Red is in the pursuit of a duffel bag that contains unidentified human remains. According to the series creator Jon Bokenkamp, "we are going to find out the truth that is in this duffel bag and the identity of these bones: in the May 16th season ender.

With the news of The Blacklist getting renewed, there's still no word about Timeless (as both show are produced by the same company). Timeless serves up a wonderfully crazy finale on Sunday night and it's NBC's last remaining "bubble" drama that will either get picked up or dumped.

ABC Renews Fresh Off The Boat and Station 19

Looks like the Huangs are staying put at ABC as the network has renewed the family comedy for a fifth season.

Averaging 3.8 million total viewers and 1.0 demo rating in weekly viewers, Fresh this season has ranked 10th out of ABC's 11 sitcoms airing this TV season.

Also it's been announced that the network has renewed Station 19 for a second season.

Just averaging 5.4 million and 1.1 demo rating in total weekly viewers, Station 19 ranks No. 3 among all ABC dramas, trailing only Grey's Anatomy and The Good Doctor.

ABC will holds it annual Upfronts Presentation at advertisers, where it's complete 2018-2019 schedule and new programming announcements are revealed on Tuesday,May 15th in New York.

Split Decisions: Chicago Fire "One For the Ages'/"The Grand Gesture" Season Finale

 

The Chicago Fire season finale had everything from its usual humorist moments, emotional and intense moments, relationship growth, and maybe a relationship in crisis. Here's a recap!

Let's start with how Boden and Grissom are now head to head against each other for the CFD Commissioner position. Things get heated up after Boden gets early word that he'll get the job until someone spills the beans about how he received a donation, but Boden takes the gossip as a threat and talks to Grissom the way Boden does, yelling at him about it. It didn't help at all, and when Otis found evidence about how Grissom tampered with the numbers of firehouse calls, it was too late as Grissom was handed the position.

The relationship between Severide and Kidd is questioned when Rene tries to win him over with their teamwork and her son, who loves Severide and bonded very well. Kidd mentions it to her about it, but does that stop her in any way? As their case goes to trial, things go great as they win it, and Kelly and Rene have a harvesting moment. Kidd had to get a ride from Herrmann because Kelly forgot to pick her up; she had doubts about their relationship, but that all changed when she got into her apartment as Kelly was there waiting for her and told her that it was done and came to be with her as they lay and hug on her bed.

From one couple to a possible reunited couple with Brett and Cruz, Cruz's feelings have affected his business decisions as someone who happens to be an equipment salesperson for firefighters asks if Brettiss is single. With a no, he then kills the business deal with him, but Brett comes and saves the day after she turns him down for a date. That got Cruz to thinking that he needs to let her know how he feels about her, and Cruz tries to set up a trip for them to go on, but after a call for Brett and Dawson, he goes pretty south, and it affects Brett, all Cruz could do is be her friend and sit next to her.

Let's face it: we all hoped for a happy season ending for #Dawsey, right? Well, you might be thinking wrong, just as when they're on board to try having a baby, they get the word about how if Gabby is pregnant, it's a pregnancy that could kill her. For that, Gabby still wants to have her baby and decides for Casey, even though he thinks it best to adopt, but Gabby can't go through that again after Louie. Soon, the two had a heated moment after Casey chatted with the adoption agency, but Gabby didn't want it. Quickly after their argument, it put both Brett and Gabby's relationship in trouble after a call.

But as Casey and Gabby talked it out again at home, both made perfect arguments with each other, but in this case, I would have to side with Gabby. After Casey tells her that she's always made the decisions without anyone's input, Gabby walks out and later talks to the chief of emergency dispatch about his offer of going to Puerto Rico to help with the hurricane relief.

"One For the Ages"/The Grand Gesture" was a fantastic two-hour season finale worthy of the wild ride from humorist moments that only Chicago Fire brings to the states of whether or not Severide and Kidd would still be a couple after all that Rene has pulled on him. Even Brett and Cruz had an excellent slow restart in their relationship if Cruz does tell her about his feelings for her next season. I'd be scared of what will happen between Boden and Grissom after the big announcement. But the shocking part would be #Dawsey, with everything they want to have a baby but split on to have their baby or adoption. Gabby might head down to Puerto Rico to clear the air sometime between her and Matt. The writing was strong in both episodes, as well as the performances from the cast. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10 and the season a 9/10,

You can catch Chicago Fire in the fall on NBC but catch up on episodes on NBC.com, the NBC app, and demand.

CBS Renews Life In Pieces

Well, Life will go on for the Short family.

TVLine is reporting that CBS has renewed the ensemble comedy Life in Pieces for a fourth season.

The series' cast that includes Betsy Brandt, Colin Hanks, Zoe Lister-Jones, Thomas Sadoski and Dianne Wiest are members of a sprawling family whose lives play out in four short stories each week.

Along with Life, CBS also renews Criminal Minds, Instinct, Man with a Plan and Celebrity Big Brother.

You can catch the two episode season finale of Life in Pieces Thursday, May 17th at 9/8c on CBS.

NBC Rescues Brooklyn Nine-Nine from Cancellation

Hot Damn! The Nine Nine is back!!

That's right, it was announced late Friday that NBC has picked up the cancelled Fox comedy for a sixth season that contains 13 episodes. Andy Samberg and the original cast will be back.

Executive producer Dan Goor broke the news late Friday via Twitter.

"Ever since we sold this show to Fox, I've regretted letting it get away, and it's high time it came back to its rightful home," NBC Entertainent Chairman Robert Greenblatt said in a statement. "Mike Schur, Dan Goor and Andy Samberg grew up on NBC, and we're all thrilled that one of the smartest, funniest, and best cast comedies in a long time will take its place in our comedy line-up. I speak for everyone at NBC, here's to the Nine-Nine!"

It was on Thursday that the show sealed it's fate when Fox announced it was not renewing the show, but the fans (that includes famous names like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Hamill and Guillermo del Toro) had raised such an uproar on social media that NBC took notice. The pick-up now gives EP Michael Schur three comedies on NBC: The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the new comedy Abby's.

With the last 24 hours being rough of learning that the Nine-Nine and Great News were cancelled but when NBC picked up the Nine Nine I was over the moon with excitement. The show is literally one of the greatest comedies of the 21st Century with it's strong cast, writing and humor.

NBC cancels Great News

Well the fate of Great News has came down and it ain't great news.

On Friday, NBC has cancelled the Tina Fey produced workplace comedy after two seasons.

Great News wasn't a ratings winner this season as NBC placed it after Will and Grace Thursday night comedy lineup. Only averaging 3 million total viewers and 0,7 in demos in it's second season.

The comedy starred Briga Heelan as cable news producer Katie Wendelson, whose life was turned upside down when her mother (played by Andrea Martin) scored a gig as an intern at her station. The cast also includes Adam Campbell, Nicole Richie, Horatio Sanz, (Creator) Tracey Wigfield and John Michael Higgins.

This is of course sad news to hear about as it was one of my favorite new shows of the last year. The show was amazing with it's cast, writing and just plan hilarious. But now, the show will always be part of my DVR/Digital Show's List to watch.

Fire Burns Brighter: Chicago Fire Recap (Episodes 16-21)

Before tonight's two-hour season finale of Chicago the Fire, and since I have been behind on the recaps for Fire this television season, I try my best to help catch everyone up.

Let's start with the shock that Otis might not be with Firehouse 51, let alone drive Truck 81 anymore. Yes, there were times when I thought that he could no longer be with the team. But as Otis works his butt off doing psychical therapy, he feels some competitiveness when another fireman comes into the house, Cordova, who doesn't show a whole lot of compassion for the team that's thinking about their friend.

But as time goes on, Otis, who takes over half the duty from Miss. Connie gets his results from physical therapy, and at first, it doesn't look too good due to him pushing himself hard to get back, but after the next test, he finally passes and is welcomed back to Truck 81. But it puts both Otis and Kidd to compete against each other to be the driver of 81, which leads to both of them agreeing to an understanding.

Meanwhile, there has been some history between Cordova and Dawson, and it wasn't too good for Casey when he learns it from a second hand. It puts a damper between them, but when Dawson helps Bria with her prom, it seems to bring them close together and start discussing having children again.

Severide and Kidd's relationship has been a ride to watch from each episode. Taking things nice and easy, it turns awkward when Kelly's mother comes by to visit and reconnect with Benny. After knowing that Kelly could be like his dad, Kidd decides to move out to live in Herrmann's place, but that all changes when Kelly stops her and brings her back. But if you think that it ended there, it didn't, as last week Rene came back and put some reconnecting between her and Severide.

But could Boden be leaving 51 as he puts his hat in the ring after a strong convincing of Severide and Casey to get everyone to support it for the new CFD commissioner? But someone else has decided to put his name in the hat, Grissom.

So far this season, Fire has been on the ball with solid stories and fantastic character development. I've been amazed at what this season has been, and with the news last night of all Chicago shows being renewed, I'm sure after tonight's finale, we can't wait to see where we are headed for next season.

You can catch the Chicago Fire season finale tonight at 9/8c on NBC!

Edge of Your Seat Event: Chicago Fire "Looking For a Lifeline"/"The Chance to Forgive" 2-Hour Movie Event

You know when a show does a two hour event, you know it's pretty serious that everyone must tune in. This one was one of those events not to miss.

The start of the 2 hour Chicago Fire event started off like any other episode, but when a call comes in of a car accident, Casey seems to think it was more than just an accident. After trying to help the husband and wife, the husband seemed to leave without medical treatment. Casey suspects that the accident was a cry for help from the wife and by the way of her husband treats her I wouldn't argue with that assessment. 

Trying to get Antonio and Burgess to help and even Casey telling from his own perspective of seeing spouse abuse, but she would't admit to it. That was until Firehouse 51 gets a call from the same house of the couple and sees that she's sitting on the couch and her husband knocked out on the floor upstairs. She admits to Casey that she did it in a way.

Meanwhile, the Brettonio storyline would keep us on the edge when Brett, who's been feeling not herself, might be pregnant and gets support from Dawson. But after taking a pregnancy test, it turns out that she isn't pregnant, but does that still mean she still loves Antonio?

The business of Cruz's invention goes to everyone's head and Cruz wants to have control over it because it's his and Brett's invention.

But it's when Firehouse 51 gets a call of a house fire but when Kidd and Otis head upstairs, gunshots seem to be firing, hitting Otis and Kidd. Apparently the kid of the house had store books of gun bullets that are going off from the fire. But both Kidd and Otis are helped out and taken to Med, with Kidd being okay thanks to her radio, but Otis got it worst when the bullet hit his neck. After surgery, seems that Otis could be looking at a long recovery.

Meanwhile, seeing that Kidd might want to leave Severide's place, Casey pushes him to move forward with their relationship. Plus after the pregnancy test came out negative, Brett still have feelings for Antonio but before she could ever tell him about it, she learns from him that someone had set him up on a blind date, which probably killed the #Brettonio for now.

"Looking For a Lifeline" and "The Chance to Forgive" was a two hour roller coaster ride of intense, emotionally moments with those humorist moments. It was worth putting this two episode into a two hour spot. The performance from the cast was once again great along with the writing of the episode. Overall, I give this episode event a 910.

You can catch Chicago Fire Thursdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Pain and Suffering Chicago PD "Homecoming" Season Finale

Okay, guys, let's take a breath in and out. This existed a biggie of a season finale of an episode than before. So, let's get to it.

After getting a quick recap of how we got here, as Voight is about to tell what happened to Woods, he receives a call about how Al is at Med with severe stab wounds. Voight gets there, and just as he sees Al, tells him he's going to make it, but as we wait, wait, and wait, Voight finds the surgeon and asks about Al, for which he had died.

After informing the team, who's in disbelief, they pull every heart and energy to find the man who killed Al. My first suspect would be the man who put Al in jail, but we'll get to that later. In the meantime, the team set up shop at the county jail and found out from security tapes that it was a set up by the security guard, letting the man who stabbed Al get to do it. Voight had some lesser words for the man who stabbed Al, even if he wasn't answering questions.

It all laid down to a man getting even with Al for arresting his cousin on gun charges for carrying them for his business and led to trying to get to the man's home, but all there was was his wife and mother-in-law. But Voight didn't get any answers from the wife, but Burgess and Upton got it. The team went to the warehouse, where they took down the leader and his men. Voight had a one-on-one with the man who called for Al's death and shot him twice, knowing that he had a gun, but that's not what two witnesses saw across the way, and even Antonio didn't see it, but I'm sure he still had Voight's back.

In the meantime, with Al gone and Voight's confession out, Woods gets word from the ASA that an eyewitness saw Voight take out the man who shot his son from the bar. Woods gets her information and meets with her, and after hearing her story, he takes it and fixes it, taking her phone jewelry and giving her money. Soon, Woods phones Voight for a meeting, and after talking about how these two got here, knowing each other for over 30 years, Voight admits that he isn't a dirty cop but is the one person who will do anything to protect the city. So Woods tells Voight about a witness who had come forward seeing him taking away the man who killed his son, and Voight returns with how he finds her with a surprised look. Voight finally got the SOB and was taken away thanks to the ASA and Katie (the so-called witness).

But after all that has happened, it was the last few minutes of the emotionally powerful episode, watching Voight grieve, apologizing to Al for all that has happened while drinking on the roof. You see the pain that has finally boiled that he lets his emotions out by punching the door, crying, and screaming; it is unlike anything we saw Voight do in the past five seasons.

"Homecoming" might be ranked as one of the best season finales of CPD in the series. It leads with so much emotion and intensity, from the death of Al to finding the killer to even getting Woods to come down from his mighty sword. The writing was outstanding for this episode and throughout the season, and that closed the chapter of this season's story arc. Some episodes put characters like Voight on the verge (like his son's death), but this one took the cake, and Jason Beghe gave one of his best performances as Voight in the series. I'll be honest: I thought when I saw Voight on Chicago Fire that he was a dirty cop, but after the backdoor episode and the first season of CPD, I had a change of heart.

Overall, I give this episode a 10/10 and the season overall a 9.5/10.

Just as the episode ended, word came out that all Chicago series (Fire, PD, and Med), along with SVU, have been renewed for another season (which we all knew would happen).

You can catch episodes of Chicago PD on demand, NBC.com, and the NBC app, with the new season coming this fall.

Clever Play Dad! The Blacklist "Nicholas T. Moore (No. 110)"

If there's one thing to get Liz to take a Blacklist case, that's to fool her pretty well, and this week's that one.

His doctor sidelines reduce the after suffering a concussion from the car accident that Garvey had caused. Red and Liz discuss searching for the bag for their purpose, but Red puts away a newspaper with a headline about a child found in the forest. Liz thinks it contains Red finding the bag of bones, but it is his clever way of getting her to take a case and for him to meet with his long-lost daughter.

The case that Liz and the FBI take on a cult is that an author has people believing that the events in it are actual. If someone escapes and is found, they must be burned due to the virus they have contained. But when the girl gets kidnapped from the hospital, Samar gets close enough to the suspect, but instead of taking down the guy, she's taken too. Aram is in full worried mode and tries to get Samar back, but after taking down Nicholas Moore and his cult, there is no sign of Samar, which means she is still kidnapped.

Meanwhile, going against his doctor's advice and Liz's, too, Red tries to meet with Jennifer, but she doesn't want to meet with him. But that all changed when she arranged a meeting with him, and in exchange for the location of where Gravey might have done with the bones, she wanted answers to why he left her and her mother. He explains the best he can how he was trying to go against the criminal organization The Kabul. But after all that, she doesn't believe it to be to save her and her mother as she tells him about Naomi, who had died a couple of years ago, and takes him to her grave. After taking him there, Red learns that Garvey went to Costa Rica and booked a flight there, but instead of going, he gets stopped by Liz, who not only wants to go but asks for his help to find Samar.

"Nicholas T. Moore" was another fantastic episode, mainly the story between Red and Jennifer, which was solid and asolidlling but ended with a heartbreaking note of the death of Naomi. The performance between Spader and Fiona Dourif was terrific. Also, Amir Arison gave a strong performance, seeing his character jump out of his shell to save Samar. As much as there have been a couple of times Aram has done that kind of thing, it still reminds me of when he was protecting Liz from The Director in Season 3. I wonder if this guy who has taken Samar is just a random person or is part of a known criminal organization that, for some reason, got a tip from Garvey about the bag of bones. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10,

You can catch The Blacklist Wednesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Wake Up Call: Chicago Med "Crisis of Confidence"

When Rhodes puts himself on the line to save two people, it makes him to make a difficult decision, plus could something be in the future for #Manstead? Here's a recap!

I think we can all agree that since Robin left, Rhodes has been on a dare deviling decisions to save patients lives and what happened Tuesday night proves that he's can't pull all those miracles. When a pregnant mother comes in with defected heart, the only way that seemed to be easy was to abort the baby and fix her heart, but Rhodes thinks he can save both which turns out to not the case and both the patient and baby died.

The mother of the patient gives Rhodes one of the hardest moments he had confronted that it's his fault. It carries on towards the twins separation rundown and tells Dr. Latham and Bekker that he can't help and wants to be taken out of the group.

Ethan gets a call from his sister Emily, after someone at a party that she was attending overdosed. But the question of what was he overdosing turns into questioning Emily about how pain meds were missing from last week's trauma event. April questions it to Ethan and he questions Emily about it but it turns out that she really did steal the pills and sell them. But by the time the truth came out from the patient, Emily was long gone to Vegas.

Meanwhile, Dr. Charles gets a letter with a note about Dr. Reese's father along with news clippings that point to his involvement of murdering a college student. Didn't want to jump the gun, he does snoop around when he helps Reese grab a few things at her dad's apartment, which he spots a photo of the same college student in the clippings. Sharon tries to get him to get the police involved, but when he takes a look at a storage locker of Reese's father, he sees things from books, photos and clothes.

And to the fans of #Manstead, after an emotional moment from last week's episode, Natalie and Halstead takes care of a young patient, who's having trouble breathing. Natalie and Will try to find the cause of the illness but her decision, at first doesn't seem to work, til it actually does and both her and Will share the moment. It put Will thinking that it might be that time, that he ask Jay for their mother's ring to pop the question.

"Crisis of Confidence" was another marvelous episode of tense to joyous moments. The episode had very strong character development pushing characters to memorable moments. Rhodes pretty much had it coming for awhile after performing dangerous procedures that did save lives but now gets a bit of a wake of call. I don't think that he'll get over it in next week's season finale but never say never about a surgeon, this is Conner Rhodes. Dr. Charlies is in dangerous waters right now searching into Dr. Reese's father stuff. I still think have Jay come and take a look at it. And speaking of Halstead, anyone think that a #MansteadWedding could be possible? As much I would love for it, it might be too soon to think about it. I don't think she's ready if he does pop the question. And just when you think someone could change they don't and I really wanted Ethan to be proven wrong about his sister that she could change from what he had been saying about her. The writing was strong and the performances from the cast was as good but not close to last week's episode. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the season finale of Chicago Med next Tuesday at 10/9c on NBC.

NBC Renews A.P. Bio & Loads Up on New Comedies

Well, it looks like we're in for a second helping of Mr. Griffin's non-learning learning of biology.

It was announced Tuesday by TVLine that NBC has renewed A.P. Bio for a second season. The Howerton (It's Always Sunny i Philadelphia) stars as sweater-loving philosoph professor Jacck Griffin, who's reduced to teaching a high school biology after losing out on his dream job. It also co-stars Patton Oswalt as weak-willed principal Ralph Durbib, along with Lric Lewis Mary Sohn and Jean Villepique as Jack's fellow teachers.

Created and executive produced by Mike O'Brien (SNL) and executive produced also by Seth Meyers (Late Night) and Lorne Michaels (SNL).

A.P. Bio premiered in February with a sneak preview, then got a special ratings boosted showcase following the closing of the Winter Olympics. Last week's season finale pulled just 2.1 million total viewers with a 0.6 demo rating, but the overall numbers were probably enough for NBC to order a second season. The network says that A.P. Bio has "one of the most highly educated audiences" on broadcast TV, ranking third among adults 18-49 with four or more years in college. So sees kids, school really does matter.

Also on Tuesday, NBC has ordered to series two new comedies: Amy Poehler EP'd "I Feel Bad" and "Abby's."

The single camera I Feel Bad stars Sarayu Blue (No Tomorrow) as Emet, a most imperfect mom, boss, wife, friend and daughter. The logline says "She feels bad when she has a sexy dream about someone other than her husbad (played by Paul Adelstein), or when she pretends not to know her kids when they misbehave in pubic, or when she uses her staff to help solve personal problems. But that's OD, right? Nobody can have it all and it perfectly."

The multi-cam Abby's, stars Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation, The Grinder and Powerless) as the titular owner of "the best bar in San Diego, home to good prices, great company and of course, Abby. This unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled in her backyard is the opposite of everything annoying about today's party scene. There are rules at Abby's: no cell phones- that een to "look something up"- and earning a seat at the bar takes time and losing a challenge means drinking a lime, sugary, "not-beer" drink. As the oddball cast of regulars (which includes Neil Flynn from The Middle) will tell you, hanging out at Abby's is a coveted honor. But once you're in, you're family. Josh Malmuth (New Girl) is the showrunner/writer/EP.

The two new comedies have joined the three new dramas, New Amsterdam, The Enemy Within and The Village on NBC's roster for the 2018-2019 TV season. You can catch the full lineup when it is unveiled at the NBC's upfront presentation on Monday.

Place Your Bets Here!! Life In Pieces "Lingerie Cookbook Gamble Surrogate"

Place your bets! Here's who won the comedy pool of the funniest episode of this week's Life In Pieces!

Whether you had it or not, the first winner of the funniest story of this episode happens to be Tim and Tyler having to buy a bra for Sam after Heather ruined it in the washer. Awkward, but it couldn't be any funnier than how it turned out to be one of the most hilarious father-and-son bonds I could ever see.

The second comes in a tie with Jen and her cooking, who happens to know little, but when Joan asks for a recipe to put in her cook. But Greg helps by taking a recipe from a restaurant and applying it to Jen's family recipe with a heartbreaking story, which inspires Joan to get all the supplies and have Jen show her how it is done. When all set and done, it turns out that Jen can cook.

Also, who doesn't like betting with their grandfather?  It builds character as it helps Sam deal with her not going to a party and placing bets on what will happen at the party, but when she sees her best friend hugging someone else, she isn't too pleased. That did give John to fix the game as he called the cops on the party to make Sam happy, but she had to pay up, too.

Coming in last would be something that I would have thought was a good, solid story, but it turns out to be annoying as Matthew and Colleen try to help Colleen's sister steer her in the right direction of staying healthy by eating and not partying and eating junk food.

"Lingerie Cookbook Gamble Surrogate" was another excellent, hilarious episode that had some top moments and some that didn't. The performance from the cast was terrific, once again, and the writing was pretty good. Overall, I give this episode an 8,5/10.

You can catch Life in Pieces with its one-hour season finale on Thursday, May 17th at 9/8c on CBS.

It's Not True: Champions "Nepotism"

This week's episode Michael and Vince learns a good lesson in not favoring someone for a job.

"Nepotism" was another hilarious and brings both characters of Michael and Vince a bit closer in learning from each other. Learning that his play is picked to be shown at his school, Michael is full of joy about it but thinks that he's audition for the role that he wrote for himself shouldn't be audition for anyone else until someone did and Michael wasn't to happy.

Meanwhile, Vince, who's trying to find a way to find help, believes that Matthew can't help with other duties at the gym. Everyone thinks that he's favoring over his brother in given him a real helping job. And after realizing what he has been doing and given advice to Michael about not quieting his play, Vince gives Matthew a position of helping new members fill applications and maybe get someone to help with the gym classes.

This was another funny, strong character development episode given Michael and Vince dealing with about the same issue and helping each other. Whether it's the scenes of Ruby and Brittany begging Vince to get additional help because they are doing double duty to Vince threatening Michael to unquiet his play or he'll be kicked out of the house. Also I loved the scenes between Vince and Dana that seems to be something there than just a working relationship. The performances from the cast was amazing and the writing was so good. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Champions when they return Thursday, May 25th on NBC.

Set Back: A.P. Bio "Drenching Dallas" Season Finale

In the season finale, will Jack finally get what he had hoped for since the premiere? Here we go!

After taking the Miles' offer of taking his position at Stanford, Jack parades the school for one last time, but when he sees Colin get pranked by a girl, who asked him out to prom, he decides to help get revenge on her and the drum-line team. Just as they come up with great ideas to get back, Jack gets a call from Miles checking in and reminds him that he shouldn't do anything bad before moving to Stanford, which means he can't help the students' revenge.

Meanwhile, the teachers come up with a goodbye video for Jack at the prom, but when looking through clips they spot a ghost like figure, but they don't believe til Helen tells them the story of Beehive Bethany.

At the dance, the A.P. Bio students get ready for the revenge they've been looking for: to fake the king and queen ballots and Carrie their butts. But by the time it happened and Jack was given his short speech and the goodbye video plays, Jack gets a call from Miles and tells him that he got canned for being in a relationship online with a high school kid.  Which means Jack can't have the Stanford job because of Miles' recommendation and just as he gets the news, the bucket of pigs blood dumps on the king and queen and everyone runs out of the gym.

With a disappointing Jack walking back to school, he tells Durbin that he'll stay and walks back to his class, who thought that he had left for good. Sorry Sarika! But with no revenge plot to go on anymore, the Heather jumps to the chalkboard with a plan of her own to deport Miles. Soon it lefts Jack's spirit and takes down other people that done everyone wrong too even Jack (thanks Sarika!).

"Drenching Dallas" was very good and very much gave a nice closing end to the season, even though Jack didn't get what he wanted but his relationship with the students grown to even more. If there's a season 2 (which I hope there is) I hope it's about seeking revenge on those people they have listed on the board. That would be pretty good. The show has an amazing cast and the writing for the show is really good.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10 and the season one a 8.5/10.

You can catch A.P. Bio available on NBC.com and NBC app.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 4 Trailer and Big News

On Thursday, Netflix has released a first look at the opening minutes of the comedy series' fourth season premiere (which debuts Wednesday, May 30), and in it, we see Ellie Kemper's Kimmy as she's starting her first day at work to the tune of an energetic, Mary Tyler Moore-style theme song (that is sung by co-star Jane Kraskowski). Kimmy even tosses her hat in the air (just like Mary Richards) but it gets stuck in a tree along with a dozen others.

Kimmy's the new HR manager at Giztoob, a hip tech start-up where she hands out unwanted hig-fives and hugs to he fellow co-workers, which includes the robot C.H.E.R.Y.L. But her job isn't as easy as her boss, Zach, informs her that she'll have to fire an employee for being late, and to fix the scratchy record player, while she's at it.

But there is word Thursday from Deadline that the upcoming Season 4 of Kimmy Schmidt will end its run, but a finale movie is in the works to wrap up an loose ends.

The movie will be reportedly be written by Kimmy co-creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock following the production on Season 4, which will be releasing its first six of it's 13 episodes on Wednesday, May 30 with the second half to stream later this year.

Gut-wrenching: Chicago PD "Allegiance"

With Al arrested, does Voight have one more card up his sleeve to help his old partner?

Just like the previous episode, "Allegiance" puts Voight in between situations one being the case of the week of a undercover gun take down and Al getting arrested that puts much stress to his ability. With Atwater and Halstead going undercover to take down a gun deal that left Atwater in a tight situation between brothers, who one of them had to kill in order to make their boss accept and do the deal, but when telling Voight about it, he just replies to Atwater to whatever you had to do to get it done. For which, they did.

But it was the Al story that might have stolen the episode and Voight trying his best to get him out and drop the charges. Using one last card, asking Tommy Wells to take role of the judging for Al. With Al staying in jail, his wife trying to get him to tell the truth and not stand by the code, and the meeting between Voight and Al's wife wasn't pleasant at all. But by the time the bail sentencing, Wells was a no show, knowing that Woods had something to do with it.

Back at the Intelligence, Voight returns stunned and being asked by Antonio about what they could do, but Voight provokes and pushes him and them away while he goes to his office and takes a drink and thinking. It leads to him walking up to Woods' home and wanted to talk. But by the time he get there, Al gets a surprise of someone stabbing him in the stomach multiple times leaving him to bleed out and to be continued. 

"Allegiance" was a strong character driven episode arc for Voight of his downfall from Woods, who's power is taking him to greater lengths than anyone before. The episode really accelerate to intense and emotional moments, mostly to Voight whether it's trying to take down this gun deal with gang members or dealing with Al's case. I would be surprised if Voight really confess to his doing of that suspect, mainly because I think he might have one last move, but what would I know it's been five seasons and I'm still surprised at times. The episode lives to the hype after the previous episode. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the season finale of Chicago PD next Wednesday at 10/9c on NBC.

Overwhelming: Chicago Med "This Is Now"

A massive park shooting turns Med into a war zone of treating and saving with everyone they have with everything they've got.

"This Is Now" turns into one hour of intense, emotional fast pace episode that they haven't really done since last season's blizzard episode. But in this case, this was like five times as big with everyone at Med trying treat victims of a park shooting who can be saved and quickly move on to the next one. Meanwhile, while all of this is going on, Natalie deals with the thought that her son, Owe, might have been there during the shooting and tries to make the calls to her babysitter but no word and Jay was busy trying to find the shooter, who happens to be in the hospital with a severe neck wound but is saved by Rhodes.

Meanwhile, #Manstead fans would be all in the happiest moment when Will made some calls and went to get Owen and brought him over to Natalie. After seeing and hugging her child, all three were together hugging.

After what felt like three months of non stop action, the situation gone down and Goodwin tells the hospital lawyer that her demands of a new CT scanner is not enough of what they have just gone though and asked to more than CT scans and even a bigger ED to handle a massive causality.

This was one of the best action episodes since last season, with such driven and fast pace stories from one character to another.  It brought me back to the days of ER. Putting characters into situations that they are not normally felt comfortable, that goes for Latham who had to perform surgery in the doctor's lounge in the ED. Even the event put not only put April overwhelmed but even Ethan, who was shaken up after. Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Tuesday at 10/9c on NBC.

Stand Off: The Blacklist "Ian Garvey Concussion (No. 13)"

It's the episode that we've been waiting for since the midseason finale and it does it in a classic Blacklist fashion.

It's the episode that we've all been waiting, but the question lays to this: who will get to Garvey first. With the thrills that this show has taken between Liz, Red and Garvey, it couldn't be any better when Red arranges a meeting with Garvey to get his secret bag, but of course you think that Liz will let that go? Nope. When word about how Garvey was going to ambush Red, Red didn't take the bate from Liz and the FBI but arrange form a Blacklist friend, Sinclair for help.

Thinking that Red would get his own double turns out to be the complete opposite as it turns out to be a Garvey double while Red has Garvey tied up. But the man wouldn't be in Red's custody for long when he get the car to crash and escapes.

Meanwhile, Liz has been busy talking to her long lost half sister about how Garvey killed Tom and all. Learning that Red lost Garvey, she asked her for help on where the bag would be, but when Garvey gets to the bar, Liz is there to demanded answers and the bag. But soon Red gets there and it turns into a three gun stand with Liz pointing a gun to Dembe. But it's Garvey that takes the shot at Red, which both Liz and Dembe shoots Garvey multiply times in the chest.

But Red shoots Garvey multiply times, while Liz shoots Red. Red and Dembe escapes when the FBI shows up. Liz tells Garvey that he will not die and comes with him to the ER, where she tries to get answers from him, til it was too late (if you take that by hand).

This episode, after coming back from a couple of weeks on break, was marvelous in the best possible way. It had it's classic Blacklist moments of Red and Garvey stand off, thinking that Red is a fake Red but was just the real Red and Garvey was the fake. It had the intense moment after moment where it's the scenes with Liz and her half sister, Red and Garvey or the stand out between the four at the bar.  This had Liz character driven on high speed throughout the episode, showing that she will do anything to get her answer. I don't know how the relationship between Red and Liz will do after this episode. But I know the hunt is on for the bag of bones and probably the one person that might know is Red's daughter, Jennifer.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch The Blacklist (with three more episodes left!) Wednesday at 8/7c on NBC.