Bonding and Reflecting: This Is Us "Both Things Can Be True"/Brotherly Love"

 

"Both Things Can Be True"

While Kevin tries to send a message to Randall about being his best man, Miguel and Nicky are set to plan for the rehearsal dinner. That is until Nicky tries to go against everything Miguel has offered. That's because of how Nicky thought of Miguel married to Jack's wife. 

But Miguel tells him that he didn't jump to Rebecca's side after Jack died and that his opinion doesn't mean anything to him. We see in a flashback when Jack was planning to propose to Rebecca with the help of Miguel. While the ring got stuck on Miguel's finger, Rebecca's dad, who came over to somewhat give Jack his blessing, helped them get it off Miguel's finger. That was after Miguel stood up against Rebecca's dad after his so-called approval.

Meanwhile, Kate began her new job as a teaching assistant but had some trouble focusing on work and showed the class teacher that she could do the job after he told her that she wasn't his first or second choice. And Beth, who prepares for Tess and Alex's studying, has trouble adjusting to their relationship, even after seeing them kiss in Tess's room. 

After spending the day trying to figure out what to say to Randall, Kevin calls him and asks if he would be his best man at his wedding. But he also tells him that he wants to come up and talk about their last argument. 

"Both Things Can Be True" was a fantastic episode. I loved the Beth-Tess story in this episode because it gave Beth and Carol a great moment to let go of what mothers have planned for their children. And the Miguel flashback was so good that it even tied up with the present day with Miguel and Nicky. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"Brotherly Love"

Kevin and Randall discuss their fight and Randall's racial insensitivities growing up. But as things take a turn, they get locked out of Randall's house and go to a neighbor for a spear key. 

We see not one but two flashbacks in this episode, one that takes place when Jack had the weekend with Randall and Kevin and gets tickets to take them to see a live taping of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The other occurred when Kevin lived in Los Angeles and Randall visited for a college event. Kevin tries to show Randall a fun night, but Randall sees the struggle that Kevin has been dealing with as an actor. 

While the two didn't fix everything, they did improve enough that things looked okay with the two.

"Brotherly Love" might be my favorite episode of the season. I love watching these two characters bond together, whether in tough times, fun times, or emotional times. I was satisfied with how the episode ended. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Bring There: Chicago Med "Letting Go Only to Come Together"/"Some Things Are Worth the Risk"

 

"Letting Go Only to Come Together"

Sometimes, letting go is the only thing that could make you better. 

When Dr. Charles and Halstead help a patient suffering from a seizure and see his dead wife in the corner of the room, they learn that the patient has a brain tumor and won't get it surgically removed because he doesn't want to lose seeing his wife. But Dr. Charles gave one last shot to convince the patient to go with the surgery, to which he agreed. 

April was chosen to work in the COVID unit, but when it comes to helping a patient, her actions might have gotten the best of her, and she might have suffered consequences after pushing meds without the doctor's order.

When a young centers into the ED, Dr. Virani and Choi work together to help treat his heart condition. But it looks like the issue isn't the heart but more of the lungs after multiple bleeds. 

After having a lovely evening with Manning's mother, Marcel, and Manning treat a patient who has been seen and treated for everything but abdominal pain. When they did a CT scan, it showed something no other doctor would have noticed. 

"Letting Go Only to Come Together" was a good episode.: good writing and character development. I love seeing Dr. Virani get into action instead of occasionally popping in. April's activities concern me about her taking on a different career path than just nursing. Also, I'm glad that Michael is leaving. While it brings some terrific drama between Goodwin and the Med, it just felt enough. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Some Things Are Worth the Risk"

She's back!!

Dr. Charles gets a visit from a former patient who wanted to see him over another doctor. But after he declines to be her therapist, Romona returns to the ED after she ingests pesticide to see Dr. Charles. 

As soon as Romona was cleared, Dr. Charles began to talk to her and tried to talk more about her father. But just as they were making some breakthrough, Anna called for help. After that, Romona was gone. 

Marcel and April treated a former COVID-19 patient suffering from trouble breathing. April thinks they are suffering from anxiety, but that's not the case after coughing up blood. It turns out to be endometriosis, but with the patient wanting to have kids, she decides to have surgery to remove the lung portion. 

Manning gets word on her mother's condition, which looks less harmful. Ked Will if he could help get her mother in treatment but couldn't, even after telling Virani about the stunt he had pulled. Meanwhile, she takes away a former patient's drug trial after the patient had died to give to her mother. Yikes!

Archer and Ethan go on a trip to help a trapped patient in a basement. When gunshots were going off, Ethan saw Archer experiencing PTSD and, after saving the patient, tried to talk to him to get help. But we all know he's not going to get it.

"Some Things Are Worth the Risk" was another excellent episode. I thought that Dr. Charles and Romona's storyline was good. Especially in that scene when Anna tells her dad how she feels bad for being the one to let Romona go. Manning is going into dangerous territory. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

What did you think of the episodes? Leave a comment below!

Chicago Med airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC, with all seasons available on PeacockTV.

One Chicago Preview: Chicago Med "Some Things Are Worth The Risk"/Chicago Fire "Natural Born Firefighter"/Chicago PD "Due Process"

 

Here's a preview of this week's new episodes of One Chicago. 

Chicago Med 

"Some Things Are Worth The Risk"

Dean and Ethan respond to a scene that brings back some bad memories. When Carol's condition worsens, Natalie is willing to do whatever it takes to get her mom feeling better.

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Chicago Fire

"Natural Born Firefighter"

While Mouch makes an incredible save, all eyes are on a mystery man who helped save his neighbor. Casey worries about his future at the CFD.

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Chicago PD

"Due Process"

The team pursues a crafty serial rapist. Sergeant Voight finds himself resisting some old, familiar tendencies in his quest for justice.

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I'm so looking forward to this week's new episodes. With Chicago Med, will Natalie turn to Will to help her mother? How will Ethan and Dean deal with the field emergency as it brings back bad memories from their days? I'm going to guess not good. 

With Chicago Fire, I'm so excited to see Mouch save someone but let's face it, the focus on this episode is pretty much about Casey and where or not that he's going to keep his job with the results of his head injury. And yes, it's going to give us another Brettsey moment, just like what we had last season with Brett losing her mother. 

Chicago PD looks to be another goodie to watch. With a serious case, will Voight do the unthinkable this time? We haven't really seen him push his limits since the season premiere of Voight being Voight to suspects. Could this be the week that he does? 

Looking forward to this week's One Chicago? Leave a comment below!

Chicago Med, Fire, and PD air Wednesdays beginning at 8/7c on NBC.

The Spirit of Toledo: A.P. Bio: "Ride the Ram"/"Kinda Sorta" Season Finale

"Ride the Ram" 

It's school spirit week, and as the school is battling its rival in the annual Ram Championship, Whitlock tries to do what it can to win. Even though the blood drive was ruined, Helen saved the day by giving enough blood to win. But when it came to the principal challenge, Ralph couldn't do it due to his procedure.

 

Jack comes in to help Ralph after he had ruined their time at his birthday dinner the other night. Jack gets on the mechanical ram, and instead of going up against the rival principal, he's going up against Heather's former love crush. After Heather's move on Chad, he gets thrown off, and Jack wins it for the school and Ralph's friendship.

"Ride the Ram" was a delightful and hilarious episode. The Ralph and Jack character relationship is so good in this episode that it gives Jack a rethinking of their friendship that, at times, he denies it. Paula Pell does it once again with another standout supporting performance. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"Kinda Sorta"

In the season two finale, Jack has a one-shot out of Toledo if he helps Sarika get into Harvard. But he and the class must help Sarika make a good impression by changing her outlook and not being so rude-looking. After training, Jack and Sarika meet with the advisor of Harvard, who happens to be someone Jack dated. Yikes!

Jack tries his best not to get sexual with the advisor, but after seeing Lynette with someone else at the bar that night, he is considering going for it. But that all ended when he stopped it and ran to see Lynette, telling her about this dream he had with her and their four fat Toledo kids. The two finally become exclusive as boyfriend and girlfriend.

Jack learned that Sarika had snuck her paper into the advisor's bag and that her aunt was impressed with his book. Jack's got an appointment to see her, but will he go? Also, Jack learns from Ralph that he has a new student...Helen! Helen didn't graduate high school. Oh boy!

"Kinda Sorta" While it felt like two parts of the series finale and season finale, I'm glad that the series was saved and moved to the Peacock Streaming Service. I love this episode! This episode was such a good development for the character of Jack to realize that staying in Toledo isn't all that bad with someone that he has feelings for in Lynette. Also, I can't get enough of the Jack and class dynamic, and helping Sarika was just the icing on the cake. I can't wait to see what Season Three has in store. I hope Elizabeth Alderfer, who played Lynette, returns because she was so good in season two.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch A.P. Bio on NBC.com, the NBC app, and the Peacock Streaming Service.

Spinoff and Advice: Fresh Off the Boat "The Magic Motor Inn"/"Mommy and Me"

"The Magic Motor Inn" 

When Evan is worried about the spelling bee, Eddie tries to get him help from a three-time champion  Simryn, a former classmate. While Eddie takes Evan to get her help; he has Trent looking out for his SAT scores just in case Jessica gets a hold of them. But soon Eddie learns that he scores high and Evan learns that while Eddie might not have studied just as hard as he, even Simryn didn't either as they are both naturals.

Eddie tells Evan that his natural is studying hard than the rest of the people and that got the encouragement to be in the spelling bee. Which I think probably won.

Meanwhile, Emery must find a job or he won't be having anything new or to eat. While Louis gave him the benefit of the doubt; Jessica made sure Emery got a job and a job he has got as a shirtless model at the mall. While Jessica tries to hide it from Louis; he finally learned pretty fast about Emery's new job.

"The Magic Motor Inn" was a very good episode from start to finish. This is the episode that has a backdoor pilot for a potential spinoff that I'm very much interested in watching and hopefully ABC will go for it. Megan Suri was very good and funny along with making Mandy Moore references. All in all, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"Mommy and Me"

When Honey asks Jessica for advice about kids clinging to their mothers; what Jessica didn't know was that her advice was going to hit her right back. Just as Jessica was recording the audiobook of her novel, Evan comes home in tears as his girlfriend had broken up with him. This turns Evan into cloning to Jessica in the creepiest way.

After trying and trying, finally, grandma played a recording of Jessica talking about how clinging he has been with her and that pretty much snapped that with Evan.

Meanwhile, Louis, Eddie, and Emery are burger hopping trying out burgers that is until Emery decides that he's going vegan. After doing to a vegan burger shop, Eddie and Louis decide to go on without Emery to a burger joint with Trent. While hurting Emery's feelings, Louis and Eddie come up with a new burger at the Cattleman's of a vegan burger that Emery enjoys.

"Mommy and Me" was a very funny episode. I've always enjoyed an episode story with Jessica and Evan and this one was no expectation. I'd very much enjoyed this and even the Louis and the boys dealing with eating vegan burgers. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

Break Off and Reunion: Single Parents "Welcome to Hilltop!"/Chunkies"

"Welcome to Hilltop" 

As Miggy tells Angie how he's exclusive to his girlfriend, Angie learns from Poppy that her ex-husband's wife is expecting, and the two talk about it. But they soon spot Miggy's girlfriend with another man, and they follow them to her house, where they believe she is cheating, but Poppy and Angie learn that Miggy has a threesome relationship.

Meanwhile, Sophie tries to fight for the school's parrot's right to be taken home for the three-day weekend. But with no approval from the principal, Sophie takes the bird anyway, and while it's just for the weekend, Sophie tries to let the bird fly but falls and crashes to the ground, ending up dead. Will gets Doug and his girls to help and teach Sophie how to lie, but Will doesn't want his girl to lie, so both do clean-up duty at the punishment school.

"Welcome to Hilltop" was an okay episode with some good moments. While I enjoyed the Angie and Poppy story, the Will and Sophie story was a bit predictable. Overall, I give this episode a 7/10.

"Chunkies" 

As Will prepares for his date with his girlfriend, Sophie believes that she will dump her father after their dinner. Sophie tries to fake an illness, but Will's girlfriend catches on and tells Will she's faking it, but he doesn't believe her. That is until he walks into her room, jumping up and down on her bed. Sophie tells her dad, and Will soon understands. Later, he catches up with his girlfriend, and as they talk, they decide to take a break due to what's been going on in the last few weeks.

Graham prepares to meet his father, and by the time he meets him, he gets sick. Angie tries to get Derek back before Graham's subsequent sickness, and soon, the two bond quickly with Q&A. While Angie tries to help put Graham to bed, she's not feeling good, either, and Derek steps up and takes care of her too. The next day, they bonded well.

Emma and Amy tell Doug that their TV is dead, and they try to fix it unsuccessfully. But when Miggy comes over to watch TV, he seems to set the TV. The girls are stunned at what has happened. They learn that Miggy didn't fix the TV at all.

"Chunkies" was an excellent episode, mainly about Graham meeting his father, Derek, for the first time. While the others were funny and heartwarming, Graham, Angie, and Derek were full of heartwarming moments and emotions. Maybe Derek can be the man for Angie to care for Graham and her—solid writing and performances from the cast. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Single Parents Wednesdays at 9:30/8:30 on ABC.

Differences of Opinions: Chicago PD "43rd and Normal"/"The Devil You Know"

"43rd and Normal"

When the Intelligence Unite investigates a series of robbery and vandalism, Burgess and Ruzek's relationship and partnership are put to the test.

Ruzek and Burgess's relationship and partnership is put to the test during an investigation of vandalism that has Ruzk watching out for Burgess. But Burgess doesn't want his help. As the investigation goes, it turns out to be a son of a former cop that Voight, Ruzek, and Upton stops before he could kill himself.

Meanwhile, Ruzek apologizes to Burgress, who gets an awakening gift from Platt and tells Voight about the pregnancy. Ruzek tries to propose to Burgress that she ended up with "no" and tells him that she's been down that road and doesn't want to be married because of a child. The two have found common ground.  And it looks like Atwater and his brother are on good terms.

"43rd and Normal" was a very good episode, mainly for Burgress and Ruzek's story that really carried with strong moments. While Ruzek tries to be there for Burgress whether it's trying to protect her during a standoff with the suspect and the other propose to her. I do think that Burgress has learned to accept what's going on and after the last couple of days in this episode it ended her up telling Voight and accepting Ruzek's help to be there. The writing was so good and the performances as well. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"The Devil You Know"

When the Intelligence unit tries to make a drug bust, a twist turns into that the seller happens to be working with the CPD. Here's a recap!

As a drug bust was about to happen, Upton sees that the person that was exchanging happens to be a cop. Investigating closely, they soon learn that two more are apart of the drug business after planting evidence of drugs from the evidence room that would prove their guilt of selling it.

But who knew that the buyer that was buying happens to be Darris Walker and Voight gets him to help put them away in exchange for his freedom from the CPD. After the deal went totally wrong, both cops dead, Darris walks away free but Upton turns him into other gangs and gets the punishment of being a rat.

"The Devil You Know" was a very good episode and a very good Upton story. Upton gets the revenge for her CI that she's been wanting since he was made by Darris. Tracy Spiridakos gave a good performance. Michael Beach gives one final good performance as well. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

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

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.

Milkshakes and Vacations: The Good Place "Chapter 51: Patty"

Welcome to The Good Place or is it?

As Eleanor and the gang travel in the air balloon to the Good Place, what they see looks like paradise. As things look amazingly peaceful and warming; Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason go to a party of their own taste that had combined due to entering the portal together. As Jason races gocarts with monkeys, Tahani and Janet meeting with other people; Chidi meets with Hypatia with Eleanor and not only freaks out from talking to one of the great minds. But things aren't what they seem as the gang realizes that the good place is the borning place.

Meanwhile, as Michael thought that he was being sworn in to be a member of The Good Place; but the board members tricked him into signing to be the management of The Good Place. While trying to figure what's going on, Michael, Eleanor, and the gang figure out what to do and that the best thing to do is have the option of knowing that there's a door to the end.

After announcing the plan to the rest of the people that have been around for over five hundred years; everyone had a party and later on Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, Jason, Janet get to live in their Good Place places with Michael making his office close to them. Eleanor and Chidi talk while looking at the sun setting by the mountain as they take-in the moment.

"Patty" was such a great episode that it really felt like it should have been the finale. The performance from the cast was good and the writing was as good as ever. The episode showed that the good place wasn't all that what it seemed; our gang needed to help fix the issues and to provide a solution was good and around out the problem.

But it leaves our characters with when will they go through that door and what will become of them after they go through that door? Is it death? Is it a rebirth of life? This episode would have been an excellent ending; that would have our gang be where they are and had us play out in our minds of what they do after.

I'm pretty anxious, nervous and emotional for this series forking finale. From what I've read in the interviews and such, this could be like the Parks and Recreation finale as it was too a jammed-packed full of emotions and laughs. Move over This Is Us, The Good Place fans will be needing the tissues this week.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the one-hour series forking finale of The Good Place Thursday, Jan. 30 at 8:30/7:30c and the post-show interview with Seth Meyers at 9:30/8:30c on NBC

A Not So Funny Valentine: Supergirl "Menagerie"

Will Kara and Alex be the same after the previous episode? Will Nia come to Kara's side to fight for justice? Plus could this be the end of Lena and Jimmy? Here's a recap!

It's Valentine's day so it's pretty much appropriate for an alien to come crashing to Earth to kill humans and steal their hearts. That case leads to having both Alex, Kara, and J'onn working together as each of their cases has drowned to the creature Menagerie.  While it does lead to some Kara and Alex time; it's stressful for Kara.

Meanwhile, as Nia copes from the loss of her mother; Brainy tries to plan a valentine's date. After a talk with Kara; Nia decides to suit up and help Supergirl again Menagerie but even though they had a chance to stop and stun to the creature, the children of Liberty has raised with the son as the leader and sliced the alien's head off the human body. Think that was game over, think again!

During the Menagerie attacks, Haley goes to Lena for help on the President's behalf to stop the aliens. Soon after Jimmy comes with her Valentine's gift and quickly Lena tries to get them to go on a surprise trip, but soon she tells Jimmy about the contract with the President and her studies and even though Jimmy loves her, he just can't stand with her on her project. So the two broke up and Lena agrees to the contract with the government.

After all, was done, the President gets Ben Lockwood out of jail. But back in jail, Meragerine gets a letter from the Manchester Black which looks to be an invitation to join his team.

"Menagerie" was okay of an episode.  There were times when the episode had good moments and some bad ones that I just couldn't stay focus. The bad ones happen to be Lena and Jimmy; as it felt like the band-aid was ripping apart so slow. The villain in this episode was just okay. It really didn't have too much of character growth. The good would be watching Kara trying to find a way to bond with her sister, also I just can't get enough of J'onn and Kara as Private Investigators. And the Child of Liberty was good but I thought that story had run its course but I just they are adding something much more in this season. Overall, I give this episode a 7.5/10.

You can catch Supergirl Sundays at 8/7c on The CW.

Thin Skin: Chicago Fire "Make This Right"

An accident gets a second look that will shock the Firehouse, while two firefighters are on no speaking terms, and a date doesn't end quite as well as someone had imagined. Here's a recap!

There's a blow-up in the firehouse, and it looks like someone was thinking of retirement. It was between Mouch and Otis, with each old and baby. Ritter tries to fix it multiple times. Finally, select the two when coming to Molly's for Trivial Game Night while wearing a ridiculous sweater.

Casey and Severide work on a case of a motorcycle accident that seemed to be a motorist error. Even though the motorist died, his son came to talk and believed that someone had happened because his father was a cautious driver. Casey and Severide looked around and even tried to find the GoPro camera the motorist loved carrying around when driving. After a rescue call, they searched around the accident area one more time and found the GoPro in the trash. The video shows the cop that was on the scene of the accident had caused the accident and tried to hide it.

Foster gets a visit from the doctor from the previous episode. She goes out with Dr. Shaw, and even though it went well, she stopped at her place. He came back to her to see if she would want to go out again, but she declined and broke off their relationship. Well, later on, he turns up at the Trivia Night and tells Foster that he's not going to give up; that quickly leaves her a bit worried.

"Make This Right" was an excellent episode. The episode kept me interested throughout the hour, and it was, at times, thrilling and funny too. I LOVED the Casey and Severide duo teamwork on solving the mystery of the accident, as it reminds me of the duo between Severide and Dawson or Dawson and Shay. The fight between Mouch and Otis was perfect, and I don't think the talk of retirement from Mouch is off the table yet. And the Foster and Shaw story was so thrilling and worrisome at the end.  This episode had strong character development and writing. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

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

Personal Growth: Brooklyn Nine-Nine "The Therapist"/"Casecation"

"The Therapist" 

As Jake deals with one of his enemies, Holt tries to meet Rosa's girlfriend and Terry deals with a personal matter. Here's a recap!

As Jake is asked to help on a case that involves a Therapist; who's worried about his patient killing another patient. Of course, Jake doesn't like therapists, but even more this one and he believes that after looking into the suspect's apartment that the therapist could be the suspect.

Soon Jake sneaks in the therapist's office and found his notes on the patents. After trying to sneak out, he gets stopped by another therapist who thinks she's her new client who has a multiple personality disorder. But as soon as the suspect leaves, Jake leaves and doesn't escape with the evidence quietly as the therapist stops him and takes him on a ride; but he gets stopped by Charles after Jake text without looking.

Meanwhile, Holt invites Rosa and her girlfriend to dinner with his husband; but she doesn't want to because of Holt's judgmental comments. Soon he meets her and it turns out that he was being tested with an actress, but later on, Holt finally meets Rosa's girlfriend and enjoys her sense of humor.
Also, Amy hands over a box order of books that have Terry's name on it as it's for how to spice up your sex life. Terry denies the whole thing that he doesn't need help in the bedroom, but after having Scully pretend that the book was his, it's true for Terry.

I will admit that at first "The Therapist" didn't grab my attention at first but after watching it over and over again I really enjoyed it. There were good moments and moments that I kind of forget that had happened in this episode mainly the Terry storyline.

I thought that the Jake storyline in this episode was outstanding with such strong character growth; as Jake deals with a murdering therapist but also admits that he needs to see a therapist. And the Holt and Rosa storyline was probably a better highlight of the episode than what it was shown. It not only made me laugh but broke my heart and warmed my heart by the end. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"Casecation" 

With a witness under protection in the hospital; it's a casecastion for Jake and Amy that leads to one of the most personal matters in their marriage.  Here's a recap!

With a witness is in the hospital;  Jake and Amy work together to protect from whoever is trying to get him killed. This gives them finally the time to spend together; calling it a "casecation."  Amy soon drops a bombshell to Jake that she wants to plan to start on their family, but Jake isn't too thrilled about it; soon gets into a modified debate. After Holt and many, many others being the moderator, Jake finally admits why he doesn't want to have kids; he's afraid that he could be just like his dad, who wasn't a good one.

So a suspicious person comes on the floor and Rosa and Amy took down, but he was only a distraction. As soon as Jake and Terry walk towards them; Jake figures out who the hitman would be, Pam, one of the patients at the hospital. It turned into a standoff and Jake talks her down and was handed the gun.
When things were cooling down; Jake tells Amy that he doesn't need to think about having a baby anymore that he's ready. He decided after handling the situation with Pam that he could actually be good at parenting. And all things end very well. 

"Casecastion" was another great installment episode. I could eat this episode up so much with the character development of Jake and Amy. I think that Jake was the focus of the episode with his decision to whether he wants to have a family with Amy or not. Personally, I understand Jake's thoughts on the situation with his dad issues and all.

 This episode was another milestone moment in the series. I think that maybe by the time the season ends Amy and Jake will begin their family. Amy Samberg gives an amazing performance. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Brooklyn Nine-Nine Thursdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Snow-Bonding: Superstore "Blizzard"

Superstore did it again with an episode that's truly one of their best! Here's a recap!

The Blacklist "Bastien Moreau: Conclusion" Episode Preview

Here's a preview of this week's part 2 episode of The Blacklist titled, "Bastien Moreau: Conclusion."

Bastien Moreau: Conclusion: 

In part 2, Cooper puts his reputation on the line to appeal to the White House on Red's behalf, as Liz and the Task Force resume their search for The Corsican, a Blacklister with ties to an international conspiracy. Meanwhile, Samar's abilities in the field are tested.

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You can catch The Blacklist Fridays at 9/8c on NBC!

Circle of Life: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy Says Bye!" Series Finale

Will Kimmy help save her apartment building? Will Titus pick career over love? Is this the end for Lillian? Here's a recap for the series finale of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Trying to come up with the money to save their apartment, Kimmy tries to figure out what to do from doing live streaming cash and go pron video with her and the bunkers members but that doesn't work. She thought that website that her boss helped build seems to have not worked as it comes up as an error.

Kimmy tries to help Lillian, who isn't taken well of losing her apartment. Lillian tries to go out with her building until the blast wasn't strong enough to take the whole building down. Lillian gets another calling thanks to Kimmy.

Titus gets the role that he's been waiting for, a spot in The Lion King. He's second in line of another star, but soon gets hurt in a bike accident. Later Titus gets a call from Mikey, who wants him to sing at his wedding, but does he? He chooses career over true love, but Kimmy steps in and helps Mikey decided whether to cancel the wedding or go with it. As Titus gets a break, he realizes that he still loves Mikey and tries to go to the wedding but Mikey gets to the theater first and tells him that he loves him and the two kiss.

Jacquline deals with Eli again. As her business is falling apart, he hits on her in a way that she questions of whether to do or not. But soon, she declines until he tells her that it was an offer work as a junior assistant for him, which she agrees only after learning that he's blind. 

Kimmy tries to figure out what's her next thing, and when she sees Xanthippe, Kimmy realizes that she's been reading her book. Xanthippe tells Kimmy that her book is a hit and that the reason that her website isn't working is because of the many, many people trying to visit it. She confronts Jacquline and Eli and worked up a deal.

Four years later... Lillian is the voice of the New York Transportation, Titus and Mikey are happily married with two kids as Titus is a hit movie star. Jacquline and Eli are a hit top movie agent duos. And as for Kimmy, as big as her book become, she opens a theme park at Universal Studios.

"Kimmy says Goodbye" is really the circle of life wrapped up in a nice and lovable bow. There were many laughs, but many, many tears shedding during this episode that I lost it fully during that montage of Circle of Life. So well written finale with amazing and outstanding performances from the cast. This should be in line with some of the greatest series finales like The Office, 30 Rock and Parks and Rec. Overall, I give this episode a 10/10.

You can catch the entire series of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt available on Netflix.

Past Regrets and Futures Truths: This Is Us "Songbird Road, Part 2"

After more than a few weeks of a break, This Is Us returns with moments of intense chills, humorist and a shocking slip. Here's a recap!

This Is Us returned last night with another amazing and powerful episode. Picking up where we left off in Part 1, Kevin decides to take Nick back with them, with Kate and Randall not so sure that helping him would do anything now. Soon Rebecca shows up the next morning and meets with Nick for the first time and sees the resemblance of Jack, with the eyebrows. Kevin finds a Veteran place where he could get the help that he needs but turns him down after checking it out. Rebecca gets a flashback to when she took Kevin to get his rookie baseball card signed from a player that could be traded and learns that Kevin really is like Jack in fixing or making things better for others.

Rebecca talks with Nick and later Nick walks out after telling her that he can't be fixed. But it for a second shot, Rebecca talks with Nick one more time and it does get through to him. Nick knocks on Kevin's door and after fixing his ceiling in his motor home and tells Kevin that he's gonna go to a meeting and gonna take it one step at a time. As Kevin and Rebecca drive home, Rebecca was happy that Kevin did such a good thing, but Kevin wasn't too happy as he flashback to the moment when he was back at Nick's motorhome and looks at a bottle of whiskey and decides to drink.

Meanwhile, as Kate and Randall head back, they decided to check out their house that they use to lived in. Kate remembers that day when it was fun, but Randall remembers differently. We see Jack struggling to terms about his brother. Randall remembers Jack yelling at them for making a mess, while Kate remembers what happened after when Jack apologizes to them and started to have fun. Later as soon as they each got home, Kate tells Toby that she wants to show their son everything that they love from movies to even events. While Randall comes home not only to give some gifts to the girls but gets word from Beth that her mother had an accident and is leaving to see her along with Zoey.

"Songbird Road, Part 2" was worth the wait as it was another amazing, powerful that gave me chills throughout the episode. Parker Bates and Justin Hartley's performance really strong as his character make another revelation that he's not just a Hollywood poster. But when it comes to trying to help others it always doesn't go the way it's supposed and watching him slip back to his habit of drinking/ It was not only heartbreaking but also shocking as well.

Griffin Dunne gave another strong performance in this episode as Nick Pearson. The rest of the cast gave a really good performance. The writing was so strong along with the character development in the characters of Kevin and Nick.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Blast from the Past: Chicago PD "Outrage"

When a blast from the past comes back to Jay, did he do the un-ultimate thing? Here's a recap!

As an undercover gig goes a bust when Jay Halstead meets a blast from the past of a former suspect that kidnapped a girl, who they never have found. Not to mention that the guy has recently been released from jail and won some money from the city due to the fact that someone used abusive power.

With Voight and Intelligence team ordered to stand down, Jay makes a heavy case to investigate that guy for selling drugs. But as the drop was about to go down with Burgess and Ruzek pretending to be partners in the dealing, Jay's guy was not there to make the deal and was told where he was at; a warehouse. As Jay gets there, alone, he sees their suspect down in a pool of blood. Jay tries to help him and also get him to tell where he buried that girl, but instead laughed and died.

Halstead being questioned not only by Voight and his partner but also the investigating detective about what happened in that time when he went in that warehouse alone Jay stands his ground and fights back. Voight and the team found the real person of interest and things were back to normal with Halstead in a way. That is til Jay and Upton had drinks and got that look with one another that something could be there still and she leaves to be with Ruzek.

"Outrage" was a good episode. It was another intense episode for Jay Halstead and another that really puts the character is dangerous territory when it comes to a blast from the past. Good writing, good performances from the cast and Jesse Lee Soffer is amazing too. Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

You can catch Chicago PD as they return tonight at 10/9c on NBC.

Second Chances: Chicago Med "The Things We Do"

This episode of Chicago Med was one hour that was not to forget. Here's a recap!

On her way transporting a child in a helicopter, Dr. Manning experience crash landing and in need of help. Halstead rushes out there to help and after bring that child and saving him; Natalie wants Will to come back home with her only to get rid of that gun. After agreeing, Will never really did it and kept his gun.

Dr. Rhodes and Beker aren't on good terms after Conner's conversation with his father.  Conner takes things out of Bekker during their case treating a pregnant woman with down syndrome. Split with different opinions on treating their patient that needs surgery to repair her heart because of her mother's power of attorney and wanting to risk aborting her baby. But the patient came out great along with her baby boy too as her mother comes to terms of accepting the baby too. As for Conner and Ava, that's another story but I would rethink Conner's decision on taking his father side.

Dr. Choi and Cr. Charles deals with a patient who's suffering from liver failure and coming to terms about his alcohol problem. But what they don't know that their patient's drinking and all caused his son to try to take his own life but thanks to Charles who saved him by talking to him.

Meanwhile, when Curry gets word that her patient is coding, it turns out that he was allergic to contrast for testing and died. She shows her shield towards April, Sthol and even the patient's wife, but really let down her shield when she showed her emotion in a private moment.

"The Things We Do" was a fine episode that really "kept on your toes." Strong storylines and performances from the cast but Molly Bernard as Dr. Curry stole the episode with her storyline. Will is going on a path that seems to be not going too good; mainly his decision choices. I think Ava needs to get ahead and come clean to whatever had happen between her and Conner's dad. I still don't think she came on to him, besides she was supposed to go to a gala that night when she meets with Conner's dad. And I couldn't get enough of Sharon and Charles talking about online dating and even Sharon helping him too. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Growing Up Driver's Birthday: Fresh Off The Boat "You've Got a Girlfriend"/"Driver's Eddie 2: Orlando Drift"/"Legends of the Fortieth"

"You've Got a Girlfriend"

When Evan is given a note from a girl with a question if he likes her or not; but when Jessica learns about it, she does what she can do to stop her youngest child from growing up. Jessica tries to bring down Evan by fixing his grade from an A to an A-. But after talking with Louis, Jessica fixed it by setting up Evan with his girlfriend at the pottery shop.

Meanwhile, Eddie, Emery, and Honey decide to see a movie, they get worried about taking Louis with them because he has an act of making a lot of movie references in situations. When they go see "You've Got Mail," Louis didn't like it because it resembles him of what he was doing to the ma and pa shops. But when he tries to fix it, it just turned into a bad situation and soon realizes that he's not like Joe Fox and then starts to make the title of the movie in situations on television

"You've Got a Girlfriend" was a good episode. I very much enjoyed watching the story between Jessica and Evan as a mother is realizing that her youngest is growing up. It was a bit of a shock to see someone hating You've Got Mail as it's one of the best rom-com movies of all time. It played out well. The episode had good character development and writing. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Driver's Eddie 2: Orlando Drift"

When Eddie gets his driver's license, Jessica makes sure that driving is a privilege and not all for fun and games. With a lot of stuff to do, Jessica gives Eddie the opportunity to prove that he can do all of her daily chores and still have time for fun. Not having a lot of fun, Eddie decides to not follow and go with his friends to the concert but realizes that he's getting responsible and apologizes to Jessica.

Meanwhile, Louis tries to hang out with Marvin by taking him out to the chili con, but Marvin wasn't too excited to go and Honey comes along too. A disappointed Louis learns the real reason why Marvin isn't too thrill eating chili; he's got a health issue with digesting certain foods like beans and seeds. The two makes up and eats chili without beans.

"Driver's Eddie 2: Orlando Drift" was another good episode. It holds up pretty good with its good character development. The Jessica and Eddie and Louis and Marvin story plot were good and not bested one another. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Legends of the Fortieth" 

It's Louis's 40th birthday and all he wants is to have fun and a good time. But the boys don't want to have to do something that Louis was hoping for: camping. Instead, they get him to have a birthday party and that didn't sit well with Jessica as she had to find a gift that means something to Louis.

From going through Louis's party plan book to learning have to dance, the boys stop Louis's excitement. After Jessica learns about what had happened, they did the one thing that will help it all: watch Legends of the Fall. They got the perfect idea for Louis to give him the Legends of the Fall camping trip in the backyard. And boy, wasn't he excited.

:"Legends of the Fortieth" was one of my favorite episodes of the season. The story was so good and the performances from the ensemble cast were strong. I couldn't get enough of Louis's excitement for his birthday with Eddie, Emery, and Evan. And Jessica trying to figure out what to give and trying to find a way was just hilarious. Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

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