Hope and for Love: Chicago PD "Mercy" Winter Premiere

In the winter premiere as one cop's life hangs in the balance, another gets surprised during an investigation,  Here's a recap!

Picking up right where we left off from the fall finale; Jay is injured and is taken to Med. While things aren't looking so good, Voight and Burgress meets with Angela about charging her of shooting Jay and more but she doesn't care as she knows the truth about what they did to her husband. More a little later.

While waiting on the condition of Jay, Voight and the team gets a call of a home invasion. While the team goes undercover to meet with someone that might have stolen stuff from the home invasion; Atwater gets a surprising reunion of his brother back in Chicago and is dating what turns to be the suspect of another murder at the end of the episode that the team was persued.

Jay makes a full recovery and will on the sidelines for a while; Voight makes sure that Angela doesn't spill the beans about what really happened to her husband. Atwater tries to get in touch with her brother but doesn't respond. While Hailey tries to confront her feelings to Jay but pulls back after she had to talk him down from talking with Angela's son.

"Mercy" was a very good episode. It really pulled me in at the beginning with heart-pounding moments; like Jay being taken to Med. That look on Voight just took my breath away because of their relationship. The Atwaters brothers reunion was a good story, even though some of it was a bit predictable at times. As much as I think that this whole Marcus West thing is over, I have a feeling it's not by the time the season comes to an end. Overall, I give this episode an 8,5/10.

You can catch Chicago PD Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Save Halstead Chicago PD "Absolution" Fall Finale

The fall finale of Chicago PD left us holding our breaths. Here's a recap!

It has been weeks since Marcus West died for a crime that he didn't commit, and Jay hasn't forgotten it whatsoever. He's been kind of a friend with Marcus's widow, Angela, and his son. But when Angela gets into the wrong kind of job, she and Jay end up held hostage, and the Intelligence Unit hunts down.  Call it that Angelea and Carlos stole the harmful drugs from the wrong gang, and while Intelligence tries to find leads, they go to one man, Darrius.

After meeting and offering with the boss that the drugs belong to, Intelligence waits for the drop off to exchange, but it goes south pretty badly as Jay and Angelea aren't there. After capturing the boss or father to the kidnappers, Hailey played hardball and used the boss's father to give the location of where Jay is. While this was going down, Jay told Angela the truth that he was a cop and was the one who put her husband in jail and killed him.

When Intelligence gets to the location, only Hailey gets in, with the rest following. As Jay knocks out one brother and kills the other, he checks on Angela, who happens to shoot him, leaving in a cliffhanger.

"Absolution" was the best fall finale of the rest of the Chicago series this season. Holy smokes, the episode doesn't hold anything back, and Jesse Lee Soffer performs fantastically. And Tracy Spiridakos gives her best performance, too, as her character fights tooth and nail to find her partner. Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

You can catch Chicago PD on Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

To Take and Search: Chicago PD "Informant"/"No Regrets"

"Informant" 

When the drug carfentanil has taken the lives of children in the neighborhoods, the Intelligence Unit jumps on the case. Hailey uses her CI to get close to someone who's known to sell the drug, but by the time they are working on it, the guy makes a drug bust and dies from the drug that he is taking. Voight uses Darrius as their informant to stop the seller from selling the drug; while the plan is in play, Hailey's CI is made by Darrius, who later gets killed.

Hailey takes the death of her CI very hard and wants to put Darrius away, but after capturing the drug seller of the carfentanil, Hailey has a talk with Voight about how things get done that aren't pretty.

"Informant" was an excellent Hailey-centric episode that puts her on the spot of knowing what should be right and wrong when it comes to someone killing her CI. It was a powerful one to say because the character of Hailey's CI was entertaining and relaxed—good writing and character development in this episode. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"No Regrets" 

When a drug bust goes well, Burgess finds a dead woman in the alley. Burgess and the Intelligence investigate Jane Doe to learn that she was part of a messing case that included another woman. Soon, the Intelligence would have their suspect and go into the home where they found the other woman, but her child was taken from the suspect/kidnapper/father of her baby. After spotting the suspect at a local store, hell broke loose, and the suspect got shot and died. 

With no whereabouts of the child, they search for the suspect's mobile home, where Burgess finds and helps give the kid his medicine. Meanwhile, Burgess learns that she's pregnant, and after telling Ruek about it, she decides whether to keep the child; in the end, she's keeping the child.

"No Regrets" was a good episode from start to finish. This episode was excellent for Burgess, and it was a fine, good one. The performance of Marina Squerciati was excellent. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago PD on Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Close to the Suspect: Chicago PD "My Brother's Keeper" /'False Positive"

"My Brother's Keeper" 

When a man is murdered, the Intelligence Unit investigates that'll track back to the family member of the victim. The father of the suspect would take the fall knowing that his son was killed in for revenge on the real murderer who killed his uncle.

Meanwhile, Ruzek gets a patrolman upset because he doesn't like the way he is abusing his recruit. It led to an investigation, but mainly during their investigation, the Intelligence team didn't get the backup they needed. To settle the score, the officer asks to fight Ruzek for the respect he wants.

"My Brother's Keeper" was a solid story after the big crossover event. IT felt like an easy investigation for the Intelligence, but the story for me focused on the Ruzek vs Patrolman. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"False Positive" 

When two young boys are found murdered, the Intelligence unit investigates the killing as it leads to guns, money, and drugs. During the investigation, the Unit uses a new device that's new to the police that takes a photo or video and identifies it. After getting a suspect, it turns out that the device doesn't work well with people of dark color, and their only suspect ended up attacked and dead.

Voight believes it was someone from the inside who had to have done it, and when looking at the gang members, he found one person who happens to be second in command. After talking with the gang boss, their suspect gets his butt kicked and ends up dead. Halstead, on the other hand, didn't take it so well, knowing that he put an innocent man to death and that Voight had the real suspect get killed.

"False Positive" was another excellent episode. I thought the performance between Jesse Lee Soffer and Jason Beghe worked so well in this episode. The writing was good. All in all, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago PD on Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Acting with Care: Chicago Med "I Will Do No Harm"

Last night's episode of Chicago Med was as gripping as ever. Here's a recap!

Dr. Charles and Natalie treat a man who's ill, but he's not who he says he is. The so-called ex-wife says that he's an actor to play her daughter's father, and she's trying to end it, but instead, he is the one who's ending it by taking poison. Dr. Charles and Natalie do what they can to get their patient to talk, but after trying to fake death in front of the girl, he confesses what he took. Even though the girl understands he's not her father, she still cares for him.

Marcil and Ethan deal with a death-row inmate about to be put to death, but a mistake has occurred, which is killing the patient's arm. As Ethan wants to treat and get him back, Marcil intends to end it here. When the patient's arm is dying quickly, the two take him to the hybrid OR to take out the arm, but it becomes more than just the arm as things get "complicated" and the patient dies. Indiana isn't going to like that at all.

April and Noah try to help a man whose heart is not beating right and who has to keep moving for his heart to keep going. But nothing is working when they are at the gym, and when trying to put a line into shock, the patient stops, and Noah tries his best to get the line in and shock the heart just in time.

I will get a patient who's seven months pregnant and is in severe pain with sickle cell. Will and Maggie do what they can to help fix the problem, but her OB, Dr. Asher, is nowhere to be found. After hours and hours of complications, Will gets the patient to the OR for an emergency c-section; the baby's health and the mother's health are good. Asher returns, and Will isn't buying her lies and gets security to have a sniffing dog check her car, to which the dog smiles something.

"I Will Do No Harm" was an excellent episode and, at times, creepy. Mainly, with the whole actor playing someone's daughter, it seemed a bit far-fetched, but it was excellent storytelling. The dynamic between Ethan and Crockett was terrific, as two different mindsets of doctors finally agreed to not only save their death row patient but to let him die as well. And  John Lutz on the show was just hilarious. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

Difference in Helping: Chicago Med "Pain is For the Living"/"It May Not Be Forever"

"Pain is For the Living."

"Man, the day sucked."

You can say that again, Dr. Charlies. Wow, this episode of Chicago Med titled "Pain is For the Living" was another powerful installment of our heroes at Chicago Med dealing with the not-so-good and some-good moments, from Dr. Charles and Choi treating a family that has an 11-year-old boy that has anger issues after coming in from beating up his little brother. Marcil also didn't have a good day as he lost a patient that he should have saved but later learned that his patient died from a bullet while driving.

Meanwhile, Natalie was struck when a mother, who showed no signs of worry about her baby, came to find out that she had a genetic disorder and could feel no pain. At the same time, Will treats a patient with a cyst in the bowel. But the twist comes when a doctor for his patient happens to be the one that he had saved at the off-site clinic.

This episode was as good as it could have been. The Natalie story was intriguing, with the mother not feeling any pain. Marcil took another nose dive and should have taken the x-ray on that patient but didn't. The angry child storyline was so good and powerful to watch these doctors try to find a way for this kid to get the treatment he needed. And it looks like Halstead is at the corner with Dr. Asher as someone who could take him down. Oh boy! Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"It May Not Be Forever" 

When a car crash victim of a husband and wife comes to Chicago Med, it becomes more than just a random accident. As Natalie treats the wife, she sees evidence of abuse; while Marcil is treating the husband, she needs to have part of his leg taken off. When Marcil asks the wife for permission, she declines and wants to wait. It took Goodwin and the Ethics Board to rule over the wife. But by the end, the wife ended her husband by shutting down his ventral machine and was taken to jail.

Ethan and April deal with a young married couple, and the wife is suffering from some allergic reaction. It was when April saw them having sex in the room that Ethan put two and two together to come up with the idea that the wife was allergic to her husband's seaman. But it's excellent. April and Ethan are close as they have their romantic dinner and a ready crib.

Curry finally gets a solid win as she and Dr. Charles cure a boy from what was a misdiagnosis. While Will tries to get Dr. Asher the help she needs, even if it has him quitting the clinic.

"It May Not Be Forever" was a good episode from start to finish. While some cases, like the one in Ethan and April, were a bit predictable, Curry and Charles were very good with character growth. The Marcil and Natalie story was also good, but I feel this relationship is building to something. I feel like where Will is is a good story arc, and it makes me nervous about where this whole thing with Asher is going. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

Believe: Chicago Med "The Ground Shifts Beneath Us"/"Leave the Choice to Solomon"

"The Ground Shifts Beneath Us"

  When Med gets a call about a plane crash, they get unexpected news that one of them was on the plane. Ethan and Marcil treat Dr. Abrams when he's suffering from third-degree burns. When Abram's wife comes, she wants her husband to be taken off life support, but Ethan doesn't think she should make that decision. After being turned down by the ethics board, Ethan goes outside for air and sees Abrams outside the hospital that just got in. It turns out the patient was a drug reparative.

April and Noah deal with two families whose embryos were switched. The idea of IVF gives April hope that she still wants to have babies with Ethan and wants to provide IV with a try.

Gwen is in trouble for leaving her eight-month-old baby in a cold car; to make matters worse, she is going through a divorce with her husband. Goodwin tries to bond with her and to get her to tell the baby's father the truth. Instead, she doesn't, and Natalie says with the circumstances for Gwen away, Will's plan proposal for an on-site for those that need a drug fix can be supervised.

"The Ground Shifts Beneath Us" was a good episode that kept me on the edge of my seat at times. I thought that the character Gwen lifted the shield to see her softer side, but later on, she put it back in use. Halstead will be in deep water if someone finds out about this illegal offsite for drug users. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Leave the Choice to Solomon"

In this episode, we see Marcil as we've never seen him before. When a school bus crashed, Natalie and Marcil were there; they helped two kids who were trapped with an iron bar through their bodies. Marcil takes the risky approach of cutting them out and moving them back to the Med. There, Marcil gets the boy removed from the bar, but soon, both the girl and boy suffer some complications that put his judgment to the test. Natalie questions why he's playing safe with the boy and soon saves the boy like Marcil only can risk

April and Ethan deal with another student crash victim suffering from respiratory issues. Soon, Ethan learns that the child's father is vaping, which means the patient is also vaping. After running some tests, it shows that the patient's lungs have suffered pretty damaged from vaping and that there's no new treatment since it's unique.

Maggie reunites with a friend about to get a new bone marrow; when the donor has the flu, Maggie jumps to action to get everyone tested. After Goodwin stops the staff from donating blood, people in the waiting room do their part, and after many, many blood samples, there is a donor for Maggie's friend, but it is too late. In the uplifting moment, Maggie learns that what she has done has saved many more lives.

Dr. Charles and Will's work relationships are tested as Will tries desperately to get his patient a new heart valve, but with the history of drug use, it's unlikely. Will does the unthinkable and gives Dr. Solomon a false diagnosis, but the surgery would go even if the patient's partner sneaked him some drugs. I will apologize to Charles and even try to leave the off-site and get a gift from a patient who almost overdosed at the client earlier.

"Leave the choice to Solomon" was a good episode with some interesting cases and an excellent character development of Crockett Marcil. I think he might have lost a child he once had with someone or that he could have lost his family in an accident years ago. The story with the vaping was perfect, and the Halstead and Charles were intense. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

Sing of Your Troubles: Chicago Med "Guess it Doesn't Matter Anymore" Winter Premiere

Chicago Med returns with a powerful episode. Here's a recap.

As the episode opened up, Dr. Charles has lost his wife and tries to keep himself busy in his office. That is until Curry needs help on a patient that has severe panic attacks and she thought that using an app to sing your troubles way would help. But Charles was curious about the patient after she had left and suffered another panic attack after taking another anti-depressant; which leads to a different diagnosis.

April and Marcil battle it out over a patient that doesn't want surgery; but got it anyway when his stomach was big as a balloon. The two also try to make that the kiss meant nothing and that it's water under the bridge. Later that night April gets a surprise visit from Ethan and he proposes to her with only one reception that she couldn't have children, but says yes to his proposal.

Natalie and Will look to be back as friends and when a case of an injured boy and a mother that was high earlier; Halstead learns that the mother was a former patient of his and that he was the one that prescribes the pain meds that she's addicted to. Will tries to find a way to help her and keep her son together and using a rapid detox was the only way. After a day or two later, the detox worked but CPF came and took full custody of her child; in which she ran off and overdosed and died.

In the end, Dr. Charles proves to Curry that singing can take your troubles away and sings a song at Molly's on karaoke night.

"Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore" was a very powerful episode; that opens up the story arc of Will and the pain pill addiction that's been going on for the past few years. I thought that Oliver Platt gave an amazing performance. The writing was good with great character development. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

Fly: Chicago Med "I Can't Imagine the Future" Fall Finale

The fall finale of Chicago Med holds nothing back. Here's a recap!

In the fall finale, we see Dr. Charles do one last thing for his wife: throw a party with family and friends. At the same time, it may not be something new for Charles to do for someone. It's a real turning point for the character as, at the start of the episode, he gets overwhelmed with emotions when Caroline tells him that she wants him to remarry. 

Things aren't looking great for April and Ethan as April learns she's going into early menopause, but with luck, the IVF could work. She takes not having children to heart and takes it out on Ethan, who's been reading a book about being a father. Later on, the two will have even more arguments when both Ethan's and Marcil's patients could be part of the domino transplant. However, when Ethan's patient dies before going on the table, Marcil's patient still gets the kidney from Ethan's patient's mother. Ethan and April leave on bad terms, with April kissing Marcil as Ethan is about to head out overseas.

Will treats a patient who believes he can fly when he skates on the ice. With an injury to the vertebrae, Will options the patient's father for him to have the brace instead of surgery, but that's not what the patient wanted, and he got the surgery and passed with flying colors to make a full recovery. While Maggie takes care of Ben, who almost is at heaven's gate, but instead creates a full recovery from fighting the measles.

As for Natalie, while treating and hoping that Phillip's daughter gets the surgery, her memory returns, as she gets flashbacks to the events leading up to the crash. After learning about the girl making a full recovery, Natalie remembers what she wanted to tell Will and meets him on the roof to say that she loves him, but in return, Will tells her that he's taken to what she had said and has moved on. NO!!!!!!!!

"I Can't Imagine the Future" was a fantastic fall finale with powerful writing and performances from the cast. The Maggie-Ben story was emotional; I wondered if he would make it. Dr. Charles's story was overwhelmingly inspirational; we have never seen his character be that full of emotions that just took my breath away. And the Natalie and Will situation again has me pulling my heart out as I've wanted these two to get back together. It can't end like this again! Once again, I still have hope! Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

Decide and Love: Chicago Med "Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings"/"Too Close to the Sun"

"Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings" 

Let the party begin!!

"Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings" was an okay episode from start to finish. Dr. Charles and Will help treat a patient who believes he's a vampire, but it turns out he's got Hepatitis B. While Natalie and Elsa try to treat a daughter who was in an accident but died due to respiratory issues. Dr. Choi, April, and Marcil try to help a military amputee but get blocked by the army officers because of her status as AWAL. But as Maggie starts her chemo treatments, she meets a man she brings along for Dr. Marcil's crawfish party, which ends with April and Marcil kissing.

This was a good episode. Dr. Charles and Will's story was exciting and weird, but in a good way. This could have been a good Halloween episode. The story about the military soldier was a tough one as she was trying to get to her brother's wedding—good episode, well written and well-performed. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"Too Close to the Sun" 

Sometimes things come back and bite them in the butt.

Noah gets attacked, and April and Marcil learn that he's been keeping that patient they helped treat a few episodes ago. At the same time, Maggie discovers that Ben has measles and has to suspend his treatment to get treated for the measles. Will and Curry treat a patient whose transplanted kidney is in trouble.

But the story to take away from here is when Dr. Choi and Charles treat a patient who happens to be a live-streaming star who lets his viewers decide for him. It causes tension between one another, and the patient comes to his senses.

"Too Close to the Sun" was a good and powerful episode. Marlyne Barrett gives another strong performance as Maggie sacrifices to help fulfill Ben's wishes.  That story was the best out of the rest in the episode. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

Fight to Be Right: Chicago Med "Got a Friend in Me"/"It's All in The Family"

"Got a Friend in Me"

Tensions rise between two doctors, a secret will be revealed, and a doctor will do the unthinkable. Here's a recap!

While Noah starts his surgical training with Marcil, Choi doesn't think that Marcil teaches with the proper methods. But when the patient of Choi got sicker and sicker, the best thing to do was surgical. At the same time, the surgery was a success. While both Choi and Marcil think differently, they see eye to eye for what is best and get what they all want: their patient feeling better.

Maggie, dealing with the chemo, is still secretive with her colleagues about her cancer. After seeing CeeCee, she comes to terms and reveals her secret that she's battling cancer. Will tries to help a patient suffering from DVT, but then it soon turns into a P.E. that ends up killing his patient.

Natalie, who's been on one patient at a time, deals with a child with nose bleeds. But the problem comes when the parents have their methods of treatment. But when Natalie believes that their child has pneumonia and goes against the parents' wishes to treat, that leaves her to lock herself with her patient and give him the treatment. 

"Got a Friend in Me" was a powerful and shocking episode. Marlyne Barrett gives a solid and powerful performance as Maggie shows her struggles with treatment and work. But the powerful scene comes when she finally comes to Natalie and April and removes her wig in front of them. I'm very much enjoying the Choi and Marcil battle chemistry. Two minds think differently. The episode has good writing and character development. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"It's All In The Family" 

Noah and April helped treat an assault victim they found in an alley. As soon as April and Noah learn who the victim is, they try to help her but instead disappear. But Noah brings her to his apartment to stay till she knows what to do next. This could be an issue down the road!

Dr.Charles and Ethan help a patient who happens to be a childhood friend of Charles' growing up who's been transitioning. Charles learns from his friend and her ex-wife maybe two people can reconnect and comfort each other. That's what happened with Sharon and Burt.

Will and Marcil deal with an issue of treating a Jehovah's Witness; Will learns that the patient broke the rules of the religion. But when the patient found out that his parents left and that he had surgery and was given blood, he was distraught.

As Natalie might face jail time for what she's done to her patient, Maggie gives her a sense of hope and tells her to trust her gut. That leads to one more test, but by the time she is about to do it, she gets arrested as the court order is lifted. It turns out that Natalie was right and that the little boy had an autoimmune disease. But that isn't all as Natalie confronts Phillip that she will not marry him, and just as she gives him a ring, Will comes and tells her the truth about how Phillip slipped the ring while she was recovering.

"It's All In The Family" was an excellent episode. Torrey Devitt performs outstandingly as Natalie battles everyone, with a few supporting her efforts to treat that child. The episode had good stories, writing, and performances from the cast. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

Comfort: Chicago Fire "Shut It Down"

This week's episode of Chicago Fire had one of its best case of the week episode this season.

When a 51 gets called to a gas leak at a home that exploded injuring a little girl, the team learns of a pattern. Confronting the gas company, they come to learn that there was a faulty sensor. Meanwhile, Cruz is in a state of panic over the wedding, but Severide lends him a hand, finally. Gallo saved the little girl from the first gas leak house explosion and learned that she's got a long recovery. Kidd tries to cheer him up and learns of why he's been acting like he's been because of his past.

After the previous episode, Brett gets what looks to be a letter from her biological mother. She tells Casey to throw it away, but you know how Casey is...he keeps it. But after throwing it away for the first time, Brett confronts Casey once again and of course, Casey saves it and hands it over to her. But when she opens it, it's just an address of where she is, which isn't too far from Chicago.

"Shut It Down" was a very intense, fun and heartwarming case of the week episode. From the hilarious moments of Cruz dealing with the wedding plans to Mouch trying to prove to Herrmann that he can still be effective on the team. The gas leak storyline was so good and kept the episode interested and on point. The Brett and Casey story was as heartwarming and funny. I just hope that she finds out that Casey could be her half-brother or something. Just a thought. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire as they team up with Chicago PD in the two-hour crossover event on February 26th at 9/8c on NBC.

Chicago Love and Respect: Chicago Fire "A Chicago Welcome"

This episode might be my favorite out of this season.

When someone is in need of help, Chicago is there. That's what I took out of this Chicago Fire episode, "A Chicago Welcome" as Firehouse 51 saved a married couple that had moved to Chicago not too long ago. While the husband survived, his wife didn't and their cat goes missing; but with Brett and Casey being there for him by finding his cat and even pulled a few strings to get more than a few people to come to the funeral. It was enough to make you grab the tissues and as a #Bresey fan, it just makes both Brett and Casey's relationship grand.

Meanwhile, while Froster is throwing a party at Cruz's apartment; Cruz felt that he was left out when he tried to come to the party. Froster apologies and makes it up for him to throw a better party than that one. Truck 81 gets a new truck and Herrmann isn't too pleased about it. Mouch pushes too much on Herrmann that puts a string on their relationship, but not too long.

But it was Grosh that comes back to bring even more hell on Chicago. As he was the reason he gave Truck 81 the new truck. Boden and Severide don't think he has crawled over a new leaf and investigated it. It turns out that Grosh has been scamming the city and in return gets fired.

"A Chicago Welcome" was such an amazing episode. This episode had played a lot in my emotions. Brett and Casey's story won me over so much. We even get the start of Brett's new story arc as she's wondering if she should meet with her biological mother, who sent her a letter. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Real Reason: Chicago Fire "Then Nick Porter Happened"

Someone's been crying wolf with the Firehouse 51, but who could it be?

When Firehouse 51 gets a call from a school's fire alarm being pulled, the headmaster tells them it was a false alarm. But that didn't sit well with Boden, Casey, and Severide, and they get a house call of a father being trapped under a water heater, which would have taken longer to get him out if they didn't waste time with the false alarm.

After that call, Saveride learns that the school has had three other false alarms within the month, which leads them to investigate it. After trying to use their method of ways, they get a tip from a student who doesn't quite like the ways there. When 51 gegotnother called, they checked allele cameras and did a search, which led to a habit of boyboyho popping the fire alarm because he was being bullied.

Meanwhile, the rent at Cruz's apartment wasn't going well with Bret, and he began to look for a third renter. Mouch gives them the idea for Nick Porter, who's been through a nasty divorce. While there, Bret and Cruz weren't too happy having Nick around with his classic NASCAR videos and remembering the good old days with his wife. Brett and Cruz get Mouch to ask Nick's wife if she can take him back. After accepting him back, Nick leaves, and F andoster lives with Brett and Cruz.

"Then Nick Porter Happened" was an excellent episode from start to finish. At first, the whole alarm thing at the school seemed pointless,t but after watching, it had a new meaning. Good writing and solid character development. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire on Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Tension in the Air: Chicago Fire "Hold Our Ground"/"Where We End Up"

"Hold Our Ground" 

In the winter premiere of Chicago Fire, Severide's life is on the line, plus tension between two colleagues builds, and 51 takes down a robber. Here's a recap!

Picking up where we left off, Severide and the arsonist suspect are in the basement and are fighting to get out due to being a lit fire there; Severide saves him and is reprimanded back to Firehouse 51, but the partnership with Wagner is put in question with Kidd, but Severide takes care of that.

Meanwhile, Firehouse 51 learns they'll be sharing districts with Firehouse 20, and some aren't too happy, like Gallo. But after a call of an accident, Truck 81 lost its tool and learned that someone had stolen it to use it to break into ATMs. Gallo and Casey work together to figure out the guy; it turns out that they would meet that guy after being diverted on a call thanks to Firehouse 20. More on that later!

After the first accident, as 51 returned to the station, Mouch had a letter stuck to his boot and tried to bring it back to the post office but wouldn't take it. Mouch tries his best to figure out how to get an address, but with the help of Ritter, Mouch gets that letter delivered home to the wife of a falling soldier.

The tension is building out of the blue between Froster and Brett. It gets so wild that it even brings the atmosphere at Molly's down. Kidd gets them together and tells them to make amends. After their wild chase, Froster tells Brett about how she's been feeling looking at photos of her classmates, making it as doctors and somewhat.

Now, the wild chase to catch a robber was probably the episode's highlight, as it was like Fast and Furious meets Chicago Fire. I'm sure the Ambulance 61 could have taken down that truck alone.

"Hold Our Ground" was entertaining, dramatic, and exciting. The Mouch story was so good and funny but ended in a heartwarming moment. The Gallo was fun, and Brett and Froster were good too. This episode had good writing and character development. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.
You can catch Chicago Fire on Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

"Where We End Up"

The tension between Firehouse 51 and Firehouse 20 builds even further.

The issue of overlapping districts for Firehouse 51 and 20 continued during a car accident that put even more tension between the firehouse. Things took a real turn for the worst as everyone at Firehouse 51 had to leave on behalf of bedbugs. Throughout the episode, while quite fun (mainly with Gallo, Brett, Kidd, and Froster), most were quite severe with Casey and the Captain at 20. But that all subsided after a fire rescue at dry cleaners where Casey and Gallo helped save a life, and Firehouse 20's Captain, in return, got significant respect.

Boden had to be at a meeting where he spots an old friend who happens to be the speaker. The discussion was about firefighters battling cancer because of the ashes, etc, which can cause down the road. In the spirit of Chicago Fire, Gallo, who's running in the marathon, runs with full firefighter gear in support of fighting cancer for firefighters.

"Where We End Up" was a moving and intense episode. While the tension over Firehouse 51 and Firehouse 20 was pretty good, while Brett, Kidd, and Froster worried about what their chief would do to them was hilarious. The main thing from this episode was about how firefighters are diagnosed with cancer, not being aware of cleaning their equipment correctly, and that there needs to be an awareness. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire on Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Music Therapy Session: This Is Us "Clouds"

The therapy session will begin...

This week's episode of This Is Us was another powerful and emotional episode with Sterling K. Brown given another startling performance; as Randall begins his first therapy session that didn't go so well, but the ending will put a smile on your face. Not to mention we get to learn about how Randall made running his therapy.

Toby apologizes to Kate for what he had done; tries to show her his affection with a planned out music studio in the garage. After having brunch with Maidson, Kate forgives her for sleeping with Kevin and takes her advice and accepts Toby's apologie. In the end, we see the future of how the studio will be used for baby Jack.

Kevin spends the day with Rebecca before her doctor's appointment; from record shopping to hunting down for Jodi Mitchell's childhood home. While on the hunt for Jodi Michell's home, we see a flashback of when Rebecca and Kevin spent one day together looking for a baseball card that Kevin needed for his collection. In the end, Rebecca learns that she's got early set Alzheimers; but she tells Kevin to never act differently towards her but make he day fun and exciting like Matt Damon taking her mother to movie premieres.

"Clouds" was such a great episode. This episode was so brilliantly written and performed by the cast that it took my breath away. It was brilliant of keeping the identity of the therapist hidden throughout the episode and kept the camera on Sterling as he shines. While Randall and Kate's stories were so good, Kevin and Rebecca felt like the most emotionally uplifting story of the episode as they bonded before getting that heartbreaking news. And that ending when Randall goes back to the therapy, we got to see the therapist played by Pamela Adlon.  Overall, I give this episode a 10/10.

You can catch This Is Us as they return March 10th at 9/8c on NBC!

Love All Around: This Is Us "A Hell of a Week, Part 3"/"The Cabin"

"A Hell of a Week, Part 3"

Is Kate and Toy's marriage in turmoil? Here a recap to the conclusion to this season's big three trilogy.

As we pick off to a young sleepless Kate wakes up Jack; the two tell a bedtime story together in like a princess and her prince type of story. While telling the story, we see a teenage Kate dealing with her boyfriend's mix emotions and her taking so much crap from him, but even though Rebecca worries about her, Kate still loves the guy and decides to go to the family cabin.

Meanwhile in the present, as Kate prepares for the family trip to a retreat for parents whose kids have a disability; but Toby is looking up information about how a kid had gotten 30 percent of her sight back. Toby doesn't go but Rebecca goes with Kate and the two have a mother/daughter time that broke the barrier even more as the two grew more and more. Even Rebecca tells Kate what's been going on with her. All in all, after an excellent weekend, Kate tells Toby that she needs him to be the man that he needs to be with her and their son.

That's when the phone from Kevin and Randall came and the three plan to go to the family cabin after a week that they just had. And as Kate tells Toby what she's going to do; he tells her that he'll watch Jack for the weekend.

"A Hell of a Weel, Part 3" was a very good episode. I couldn't get enough of the Rebecca and Kate dynamics whether it's the past or the present. But I think the present scenes like when they were in the pool were probably my favorite; the karaoke scene just made me put me in happy tears. The writing was so good with such strong character developments; the performances from Chrissy Metz and Mandy Moore were amazing! Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"The Cabin"

This was the episode that really got me grabbing the tissues.

Let me just get this out of the way, so I can just tell you how much you should watch this episode. In this episode, Kate, Kevin, and Randall join each other at the family cabin; they learn of each other's problems and learn from it, even Kevin gets in the loop about what's going on with Rebecca. 

Meanwhile, Toby and baby Jack are hanging out and while things are going good, Toby gets a scare moment. And Rebecca, Kevin and Randall help save teenage Kate from her abusive boyfriend.
The Big Three get a jolt of life back when they dig up their time capsule that Jack had them do back in 1993. But it was in it that things really got going with a message from Jack that gave everyone hope and an idea that leads us back in the future tense.

"The Cabin" might be my favorite episode of the season so far. It's much from the past storyline the family confronting the boyfriend, which was good; but it wasn't like watching, Sterling, Justin, and Chrissy just take control of each scene with grace and power. Even the scenes with Jack and Rebecca were as good too. But it was that last few minutes when the three was listening to a tape from Jack that really had me grabbing the tissues more and more as the scene played out and the promo came on. If that scene doesn't get you or motivate you, I don't know what to say to you. Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

What did you think of the episodes? Leave a comment and tell us your thoughts!

You can catch This Is Us Tuesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Westworld Season 3 Trailer

"The old gods are coming and their very angry."

On Thursday, the latest new trailer for HBO's Westworld season three was released and gives a much, much clear picture of what we can expect this season. But this is Westworld so expect the unexpected.

Here's the trailer:

You can catch the season premiere of Westworld Sunday, March 15th on HBO.

The Blacklist Renewed for Season 8

It looks like The Blacklist will have more names to cross off its list.

On Thursday, TVLine has learned that the NBC drama has been renewed for Season 8.

"Congratulations to our incredible cast, producers, and crew, all of whom continue to reach excellence week in a week out," Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta, Co-Presidents of Scripted Programming at NBC Entertainment, said in a statement. "WE couldn't be more excited to continue Red and Liz's story into Season 8."

The Blacklist, which debuted in September o 2013, stars James Spader as the wanted criminal Raymond Reddington and Megan Boone as FBI profile Li keen, with whom Red has a complicated personal relationship. Throughout Liz's search for answers about ed's real identity, Red has assisted the FBI with tracking down dangerous and elusive criminals. Diego Klattenhoff, Harry Lennix, Amir Arison and Hisham Tawfiq round out the main cast.

The show is currently in season seven, which will resume Friday, March 20th. In the December's fall finale, Liz's biological mother faked her own death and formed an unexpected alliance with Liz, which neither woman plans to reveal to Red when the show returns.

"At this point, (Li) thinks Katarina may offer her a greater chance of finding out the truth that it seems Red won't share with her," executive producer John Eisendrath told TVLive at the time." But she certainly is not fully trusting of Katarina at this point, so as the season goes on, there will be choices that she'll have to make whether to say aligned with her mother, or whether to be more sympathetic towards Red's point of view."

When the series will also welcome Nip/Tuck alum Joely Richardson for an "intense" season 7 episode, in which she'll play Red's former flame Cassandra Bianchi.

You can catch The Blacklist returning Friday, Mach 20th at 8/7c on NBC.

A Path to Growing: Fresh Off The Boat "Chestnut Gardens"/"Practicum?!"

"Chestnut Gardens" 

The Chestnut is back! Matthew Chestnut returns and it makes Jessica, Eddie, and Trent all suspicious on his return. Jessica sees that Chestnut has taken Louis away from his passion idea of starting a garden and sets up a plan with Eddie and Trent to get Chestnut out of Cattlemen. After Louis learned what had happened and tells Jessica he was disappointed in her; she learned that Louis did start that garden but handed it off to Jenny. Jessica tells Louis that she's happy and that his career move is a business consultant.

Meanwhile, Honey asked Emery and Evan to babysit Marvin while he's on his boat. Emery thinks that Marvin is just old school when it comes to being disrespectful to women. But after teaching Marvin the ropes on how to be a gentleman in the 90s but it turns out the trash-talking comes from Honey herself. But it does give Emery asking about his perspective on women but Evan gives a pep talk that helped him.

"Chestnut Gardens" was a good episode. Bring back Matthew Chestnut and having a conflict wit Jessica, Eddie and Trent with Louis was very good and had very good character development for both Louis and Jessica. At first, I thought the Evan/Emery/Marvin story was going to be a snooze but the ending had a very surprising and heartfelt moment. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Practicum?!" 

When Evan starts wearing a necklace, Jessica starts to worry about him and investigates by using her shadow teacher at Evan's school. There she meets Evan's new friend Geoff and starts embarrassing Evan with remarks about things including his boom booms with applesauce. Evan tries to get his mother out of his school and when Jessica sees how he's been acting, she turns to Emery and learns that Evan just needs his space as he's growing. As she confronts Evan at Geoff's party, they both apologized.

Allen Iverson is coming to Orlando and Eddie wants a signed jersey from him, but Jessica and Louis won't let him skip school. That is until Louis learns that Eddie is writing a paper on his hero for a scholarship that happens to be about Iverson. A jealous Louis picks up Eddie from school to take him to see Iverson but tries too hard when he fakes a car problem that turned into an actual car problem. Soon Eddie learns the truth and forgives Louis, who finally took him to get that jersey signed and even get banned from all NBA games.

"Practicum?!" was a very good episode from start to finish. While I've been loving the dynamic between Eddie and Jessica; the character and relationship growth between Jessica and Evan through the last couple of seasons has been amazing;y well-written. The Eddie and Louis story was just hilarious at times and even the pop culture references in this episode couldn't be denied on how funny it still was. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.


You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8;30/7:30c on ABC.

The Meet and Treat: Fresh Off The Boat "S'mothered"/Hal-Lou-Ween"

"S'Mothered" 

After many, many excuses used, Eddie's girlfriend finally meets with Jessica and just when Eddie's fear of them meeting each other couldn't get him going; until he didn't see that they would become best friends. For the next couple of days, Tina and Jessica would be at each other's side and talk about what they liked and didn't like about Eddie. It got so out of control for Eddie that he made Jessica thought that Tina didn't like Amy Grant. But Eddie realizes that he was wrong for hiding Tina from his mother and it looks like their relationship couldn't be anymore stronger.

Meanwhile, Louis tries to figure out what he's capable of doing for his career. After thinking he could be a great barber or a tour guide, a motivational speaker could be the ticket. After failing to do so, Emery gets Louis back on his feet and even learned that he had motivated someone to start a business about people visiting other people and seeing their photos and etc that would be something called MySpace.

"S'Mothered" was a very good episode from beginning to finish from Jessica and Tina's meeting to even Eddie going nuts about the two being best friends. The Louis story was very good and yet delivered a better shocking ending with the MySpace scene. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"Hal-Lou-Ween"

BEST HALLOWEEN EVER!!!!

Louis plans to give the best Halloween to Jessica by making the house turn into a haunted house; but just after she says no, things turn around when she sees a student dressed up as her character from her novel.  That really got Jessica going and even dressed up and went trick and treating with Louis. But as she adds up all the clues to where the book club would be at the school, she learns that Louis put all of this together to get her to enjoy Halloween.

Evan and Emery try to get Eddie to do one last Halloween with each other before going to college and just when they try to dress up as one of them; it turns into not so funny for Evan. Eddie and Emery apologize and try to dress up as The Three Amigos, but Eddie doesn't quite fit the costume.

"Hal-Lou-Ween" might be my favorite Halloween episode of the series. It was so cleverly written perfectly for character development with Jessica and Louis. Finally, Jessica enjoys Halloween! The brother's story was so good and nailed the ending pretty well as they do the Three Amigos salute. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.


You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8:30/7:30c on ABC.

Y2K Fresh Off The Boat "College"/"Grandma's Boys"

"College"

With Y2K coming the best way to not worry is studying for college exams with Jessica, right? Here's a recap!

As Eddie gives his idea of what Y2K would be (like The Matrix); Jessica has plans for Eddie to study for the college exam while she too studies as well. As they study, Eddie tells Jessica that he wants to have a fun time at college, but she has other plans for him like going to Harvard or Yale. But when Louis tells Jessica of an idea to take the family to California and show Eddie UCLA; that had got her to agree.

But when Eddie and Louis try to show Jessica that it's fun, things take a turn and as she learns that UCLA is a tough college to get into and that made her get Eddie to learn what it takes to be a student at UCLA. But Eddie bailed the tour and just when they meet the Dean of the College Eddie decides to not want to go at all. Soon Jessica tells Eddie about her time at college and how the nickname "Messy Jessy" was born. After their talk, Eddie agrees to keep an open mind and dropped a balloon full of shaving cream on Louis.

Meanwhile, Evan, Emery, and Grandma play with the Y2K scare and goes out to do whatever; from signing up for credit cards UCLA and using them on spending on expensive stuff. While grandma was having a time of her life with a Danny DeVito double, Evan and Emery, learn that sometimes it's just not fun without the other and decide that they would rather spend Y2K with each other than what they just did. 

"College" was such a good and funny episode. The story between Jessica and Eddie had to have been another favorite of mine as they keep learning that they are just alike. The Y2K was funny for the first half of the episode but pretty much died off after. But that Matrix scenes with Eddie, Louis and Jessica were outstanding and hilarious. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Grandma's Boy"

After Marvin's retirement party, Jenny wants a retirement party too. She announces it at Marvin's party and gives Louis a list of what she wants for gifts. That is until Louis just gives her a party and no gits at all. Soon, Louis gets his brother Gene, who happens to have found peace, to help with their mother's issue; but instead creates more problems when Gene gets Jenny that hot tub she wanted. Louis realizes that he too has to let it go and apologies to Gene and thanks to him for the help while in the hot tub.

Meanwhile, Evan believes that he had told Marvin about a secret story while he was under laughing gas. That sparked fear with Emery and Eddie and the three tries to come up with leverage on Marvin; but when they meet with him they talk it over and after learning about a couple of secrets the four agree to keep each other's secret to themselves.

"Grandma's Boy" felt like an average episode that had some good laughs but didn't really sell like the previous two episodes. Ken Jeong was really good and the Gene and Louis story was as good too. But it was the secret story that really fell flat and even the title of the episode as well. This could have been called Mama's Boy or something. I figured this episode was going to be about one of the boys and Jenny but it turns out it's not. Overall, I give this episode a 7/10.

You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8:30/7:30c on ABC

Stranger Things 4 Teaser

On this Valentine's Day, Netflix gives us a gift that will keep our hearts pounding: the first teaser for Stranger Things 4!

Taking place in Russia, it looks like the speculations that someone is alive and well a prisoner too.

Here's the teaser:

Oh man, I had a feeling that Hopper didn't just die. But I just wonder if the final season would be a Christmas theme season. That would fit perfectly with what Eleven and Will planned to meet. 

You can catch the first three seasons of Stranger Things available to watch on Netflix.

"Let Go" This Is Us "A Hell of a Week, Part 2"

Part Two of the Big Three Trilogy takes a look at Kevin as he tries to learn whether he should go back or need to go to move forward.

"A Hell of a Week, Part 2" starts off where we left off in the previous episode with a young Kevin telling Jack that he couldn't sleep due to a mobile that Rebecca has donated. Jack tells Kevin that something that's lost that he loves could always find something else to love. And that was the message throughout the episode for Kevin. As Kevin goes back home to pay respect to Sophie's mother, who had passed. Through flashbacks, we see how the two might have loved each other but Kevin was a bit much self-centered. 

As Kevin meets Sophie at the funeral, the two drive off, eating their favorite donuts. Sophie couldn't handle the pressure from the funeral and asked Kevin to take her somewhere. That place would be the campsite where they went after seeing a movie ("Good Will Hunting") that had been ruined. The two promised not to watch the ending because their way of the ending would be what they make of it. But coming to the present day, the two finally watched the entire movie; but as Sophie was ready to go back and drops her off, Kevin sees Sophie's mother's grave and talks. But in the end, he let Sophie go and headed over to Kate and Toby's place to find them gone and seeing Madison; the two talked and that's who we see Kevin sleeping with when he gets a call from Randall.

As the two talks, they need to get away and they include Kate, who believes her marriage is ending. The three agree to head to the family cabin and into Part 3 where it's Kate's turn.

"A Hell of a Week, Part 2", was another powerful episode in this trilogy and the season. Justin Hartley gives his best performance and Alexandra Breckenridge was at her best as well. The story was well-written with strong character development. It was such a tear-jerking moment when Kevin lets Sophie go. As much as I want to keep believing that Kevin and Sophie would end up together in the end; the way this episode showed with the quote from Jack; how something we love that's gone we could find something else to love again. That hit me hard. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch This Is Us tonight at 9/8c on NBC.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 7 Trailer

We're just two days till the season premiere of Brooklyn Nin-Nine! And while we've been seen promos and clips, here's a trailer to get your tastebuds or your 99 jolting.

Here's the thing about the trailer, it's freakin awesome!!! The way they add previous clips to new clips in the style of the NBC 80's A-Team promos fits perfectly! Oh man, I can't wait for this Thursday!!


Here's the trailer:

You can catch the one-hour season premiere of Brooklyn Nine-Nine Thursday at 8/7c on NBC.