Parenthood: Chicago PD "Unforgiven"/"In Your Care"

 

"Unforgiven"

When the Intelligence Unit gets a case of a murdered Chicago police officer, the team tries to figure out whether he was killed as a dirty cop or a cop doing a good item. Upton and Halstead learn one of the suspects held a grudge against the cop, which later indicates that the cop was helping a domestic abuse victim and that the victim's ex-boyfriend was the suspect. 

Meanwhile, Voight tries to get the Dupety Superintendent on board with the investigation while also trying his best to get the cop's family his pension. And while Upton and Halstead's relationship grows, she gets news of her father's health and tries to visit him at Med.

I enjoyed this episode; it's probably one of my rewatchable favorites with the extreme case of the week and whether or not this cop was good or bad. I admit I ate whatever from the Upton and Halstead scenes while enjoying Upton's battle to see her father. I think at the end (spoiler alert: she did see him), she'll regret not seeing him. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"In Your Care"

When the Intelligence Unit gets a case of a rash of carjackings and learns that the offenders happen to be teenagers who are part of a teen prostitution ring that is about to be aged out from the fostering system. While only capturing one of the teenagers, the rest would flee to where they were planning to go, Georiga. 

Meanwhile, whether or not they are back in a relationship, Burgess and Ruzek seem to be in a good place. That is until during this case when Burgess reunites with Mykala at the foster building and learns that her foster mom is having difficulty taking care of her. Soon, the foster mom gives back Mykala, and Burgress jumps to taking care of her, which puts her relationship with Ruzek on hold (I assume as he had a different opinion on the idea). 

"In Your Care" was an excellent episode, and while I thought the case of the week was good, it had its moments. This episode was one of Burgess's best, with her deciding whether or not to take Mykala in her care while taking on this case. 

Marian Squerciati gives another good performance, along with Patrick Flueger and even LaRoyce Hawkins. Their character gave Burgess some excellent and heartwarming advice on whether or not to take care of Mykala. 

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

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

Callback: Chicago Fire "Funny What Things Remind Us"

 

After this week's episode of Chicago Fire, I craved donuts. 

Intense Pressure: Chicago Med "In Search of Forgiveness, Not Permission"

This week's episode of Chicago Med was once against very good as they pushed these characters to new limits. 

One Chicago Chicago Med "In Search of Forgiveness, Not Permission"/Chicago Fire "Funny What Things Remind Us"/Chicago PD "Unforgiven" Episode Preview

 

Here's a preview of Episode four of Chicago Med, Fire and PD. 

Chicago Med "In Search of Forgiveness, No Permission" 

Dr. Marcel and Dr. Manning lay everything on the line to assist a sick woman. Dr. Halstead faces an uphill battle in getting participants involved in his clinical trial. Dr. Choi clashes with a patient who demands absolute perfection of himself. 

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Chicago Fire "Funny What Things Remind Us"

While completing a task assigned by headquarters, Boden makes an unforeseen connection. Gallo is forced to make a surprise rescue of one of their own when the firehouse is called to the site of a construction explosion. And Mouch reignites an old feud. 

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Chicago PD "Unforgiven"

A cop is murdered, and suspicion falls on someone who has been holding a grudge against the officer. Intelligence works hard to solve the case but Deputy Superintendent Miller is hesitant to defend him until she knows the whole story.

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Looks like episode four of these shows looks too good not to miss out. From Halstead's clinical trial storyline to Gallo could be getting his big rescue soon. And Mouch in a feud with someone once again. Oh boy! And PD looks to be another intense episode. I just wonder if the suspect happens to be part of the Intelligence unit? 

Looking forward to Episode Four? Leave a comment below!

Chicago Med, Fire, and PD will return on January 6th at 8/7c with these episodes scheduled set for Jan. 13 on NBC.

Facing Life Challenges: This Is Us "Honestly" Fall Finale

 

The fall finale of This Is Us gave us laughs, a kickass dance move, not to mention being tough, and a past secret revealed. Here's a recap!

I thought this episode was really good. From seeing Kevin learning both young and in real-time learning to toughen up and find a way his way to learn and be the person that he wants to be from the quarterback for the school to give his new director what he wants out of him. 

Then we have Randall and Malik. Malik was overshadowing Randall at his work to learn what a city councilman does for his district. While Malik was a bit late, tired, and even forgot to end Randall's live stream (more on that later). 

We learn the reason why because he was trying to get things to plan not only for him but for his kid. While Randall completely understood where Malik is coming from, he learns of Malik's dream to be the first chef in Philly to get three Michelin stars. 

As for the failure to end the live steam of Randall's daily video; that was pretty much the funniest moment in the episode. I think that we should name that dance move (if it even is a dance move) after Randall. I think I'll be doing that while making Thanksgiving (except for not having clothes on because I don't do that). 

But the video could be the best thing for Randall to say; because this could be the thing to reunite with his birth mother as we see her husband watching the viral video. 

I thought that Rebecca and Jack's story of dealing with Kevin and getting him to sleep was a good story. And we see the difference of styles of Jack and Rebecca's parenting style but knowing that each other does have the same quality as we see Jack about to go into Kevin's room until he stopped crying. 

Pretty much the shocking moment of the episode was Kate and after seeing baby Chloe (which will probably be renamed due to the mother has hated that name for a long time). Kate learned that she almost had an abortion but stopped and decided to give her child up. 

Well, that brought something painful to Kate and after talking to Kevin, she tells Toby the one thing that no one knew about. After her break up (or escape) from her abusive boyfriend, as Rebecca and family were to see Kevin in New York, Kate stayed home and learned that she was pregnant.  And from the promo for the next episode (Jan. 5th) this story is not done yet. 

Could this be the start of Kevin going for his Oscar? I think so. It's been mention in the episode that he wants to take Rebecca to see the biggest award show of all. After this episode, I just want to see where Kate's backstory goes and I don't think it will go well. 

This was a very good episode to close out the fall season (in a way). I know four episodes aren't enough to start but at least we got four episodes. The writing was as good once again with another good performance was the cast. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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This Is Us returns Tuesday, January 5th on NBC.

Superstore "Prize Wheel" Episode Preview

Here's a preview of tonight's episode of Superstore titled, "Prize Wheel."

"Prize Wheel"

On the day of Cloud 9's "in-store-vaganza," Dina finally gets the chance to step up to the plate and run the store. Garrett and Cheyenne search for a mysterious smell. And Jonah finds himself excited about a new opportunity.

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So Dina is in charge? That's a must-see episode!! I can hardly imagine how she will be taking over the store as the possibles are endless. 

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You can catch Superstore tonight at 8/7c on NBC!

 

Friendships and Secrets: Single Parents "Big Widow Wives"/"Sport"

"Big Widow Wives"

After the fire, Angie had a hole in her wall. So she and Will try to patch it up. Angie tries to get Will to help her with other things. But when an opossum is left in the house after the wall gets patched, Angie decides to deal with it herself. Afterward, Angie decides that with the hole in the wall again, she and Graham will stay at Doug's house for a while. 

Meanwhile, Poppy learns that Doug is having a night with the guys, but after she decides not to go with him, she does and learns that Doug doesn't meet with his guys but a grief group of widows. A bit jealous, Poppy talks to Doug about it, and she becomes part of the group. 

Others: Miggy is now learning the meaning of a hard day at the office. When babysitting the kids, he gets them to do chorus for him with a point system that worked. Rory helps Graham, afraid of the fire accident, by pulling a Grey Gardens look that doesn't go well. Graham did ace his fear when helping Angie with the opossum. 

"Big Widow Wives" was an excellent episode. I couldn't get enough of Angie and Will's friendship chemistry in this episode. Whether or not they get to be together in a relationship or keep being friends, I'm okay with it. This episode was one of Brad Garrett's best episodes, with solid character development and excellent moving performance. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"Sport"

As Will gets the Gator soccer team ready for the short season, Poppy asks if Rory can play, even though he has never played soccer. That is, until he can kick the soccer ball like a pro. Will saw the opportunity that using him could take them to the championship, but there's a cost; Rory is not nine but ten years old. 

After Poppy begs Will, he keeps Rory on the team as the team goes to the championship. That is until Poppy takes him out by telling everyone his actual age. It left a lovely moment between Poppy and Rory about hiding his age, and ended up with a birthday party the next day. 

Doug is getting tired of Graham coming up to him like a dog. Angie tries to help by telling Graham to give Doug some space but instead tells him to be himself and let it be. But that pushed Doug to a moment when he talked hard about not wanting to bond with him. Angie hears that, and she tells Doug why Graham has been acting like that because he wants a male role model.
During Rory's birthday party, Doug helps Graham to learn how to tie a necktie. It was so moving that it got Angie eating more of Doug's Jag snacks. 

"Sports" was a hilarious episode. While the Rory, Poppy, and Will story was probably the funniest story of the episode, the best happens between Graham, Doug, and Angie. That story between Angie, Graham, and Doug was so good and showed a lot of heart. And I couldn't get enough of Doug's JAG snack moments. I got to figure out snacks for my shows. Anyway, overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

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

Decisions: Supergirl "In Plain Sight"/"Dangerous Liaisons"

"In Plain Sight" 

As the mystery unfolds about William, a decision is made for one superfriend and the secret is revealed.

As J'onn tries to track down Malcife; Malcife uses Alex to take down J'onn for what he had done to him. But instead of fighting against Alex and DEO techology; J'onn came out to his brother and apologiezes to him. Not seeking forgiveness I guess, J'onn uses the portal device to send his brother back to the phamtom zone.

Kara and Nia does some snooping on William and it takes them to Mexico to what is assume is a murder plot on someone. When Kara gets there, the victim was dead and William rides away. Both Nia and Kara learn where William is staying and as Kara snoops, she learns that William is undercover investigating Andrea because he suspects that she's doing something bad. Looks like William and Kara are now on good terms.

As James takes Kelly to their aunt's house, the town seems to be in poor shape. James learns that the town has been corupt and that no one sitcks for justice for the little guy. After witnessing all of that and hanging out with a kid, that lead to James' decision to leave National City and to be the owner of the town's newspaper.

The episode ended with Malcife not ending up in the phantom zone but at Lena's lab for which she hopes they will work together.

"In Plain Sight" was a fablous episode from beginning to the end. The James and J'onn storyplot was so good and overwhelming at times. It kind of feels that seeing James at the end of the episode has come full circle for the characrer; but I do think he'll be back from time to time. OVerall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"Dangerous Liaisons" 

As Kara and William search for anwsers together, they'll unlock the biggest mystery to this invesitgation.  As William tell Kara about why he's so detertmine to take down Andrea that his best friend was dating her and ended up dead; or so he thought.

A new villain named Rip Roar steels one of Lex Luther's weapons and tried to use it to melt the ice in Antarctica. As Kara and J'onn stopped a massive water leak there, Nia stopped the massive wave from hitting National City. As Rip Roar is captured, Kara tells William that he is his best friend.

Meanwhile, Lena works with Malcife to work on her device that ended up betraying him by using his power against him. Andre gets a visit from the lady from Leviathan telling her abour Rip Roar and Alex and Kelly celebrated their first dateannivery a bit late; but they made it up.

"Dangerous Liaisons" was a good episode. Now that we've got to know William, I'm really liking the Kara and William investigation even when they were in Andrea's office during the late evenings. I thought the writing was good as well as the character development of William, mostly. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Supergirl Sundays at 9/8c on The CW.

Young and Help: Superstore "Mall Closing"/"Self-Care"

"Mall Closing"

With the mall closing, Cloud 9 feels they can take on the teenagers that could come and make a profit, but instead, it backfires and turns Cloud 9 from a shopping store to a hangout place. Amy sees her daughter is hanging out around the store along with her friends and tries to make things better for her. Dina don't like the whole teens and tries to get them out. Cheyenne gets broken by the teenagers and Sandra becomes an idol like figure.

Meanwhile, with Mateo having a hard time finding a job and making money, Jonah tries to give him money while making him bet against him. From betting on if Cher won one Grammy or not to Garrett making a shot; Mateo loses both times until when Jonah gets him to flip a coin. After two tries Mateo won back his money but Jonah, who's a gambling addict, tries to prove that Mateo's method was wrong.

"Mall Closing" was a pretty good episode. It wasn't an episode that had me winning over as the best episode of the season. The Mateo/Jonah/Garrett story was good and won me over, Amy and her daughter story didn't stick too well. Overall, I give this episode a 7/10.

"Self-Care"

As Amy has been working overtime, Jonah and Cheyenne try to give her a self-care day, but things go haywire. From having the health inspector to come early and Jonah signing off on an inappropriate display for hot sauce, Amy, Jonah, and Cheyenne try their best to fix everything while the inspector checked out the store.

Meanwhile, Mateo gets a job working for the store's optometrist but instead of selling glasses; he's given advice and forced to help him with marriage issues. After talking with Garrett and making a comment about his beard is to cover his no chin, he tells his boss to face his wife himself.
Dina tries to get Glenn to eat healthy after he learned that he's diabetic. From eating kale and throwing away broiled chicken; Glenn tries to help Dina with her father issues as it seems she's using this on Glenn.

"Self-Care" was a very good episode and a bit better than the previous one. The story plots were good from Jonah and Cheyenne helping Amy with her tiredness; to helping Amy to get things down with the health inspector. I enjoyed the Dina and Glenn story as it was so good and tied with Mateo/Garrett's moment too. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch Superstore Thursdays at 8/7c on NBC.

Take a Chance: This Is Us "Flip a Coin"

Sometimes the way to face fear is to flip a coin and go for it.

"Flip a Coin" was another well written and well-performed episode so far this season. The episode deals with our characters dealing with issues whether it's Kate and Toby trying to figure out if Jack is ready for baby music class, Kevin dealing with the cancellation of The Manny; also trying to help Cassidey, who's dealing with a possible divorce with her husband, and Nicky, who's mobile home is leaking again.

We jump to see when Randall and Rebecca first met Beth's mother at college. While she may not have thought that Randall was strong enough for Beth, he has proven her wrong. Even more when she sees how he helps with the family during Beth's dance class crises. Rebecca learns a bit from Beth's mother about moving on and after dancing with Kate decides to move out of the depressing apartment.

This was just another good and powerful episode. The ensemble cast gives a solid performance. It was moving and even at times had those good awkward moments as well that you know felt real. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Who's Who?: The Good Place "Chapter 43: Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy"

Could the Bad Place been playing Eleanor and gang this whole time? Here's a recap!

As Eleanor's plan to get the group closer with a fun activity of magic Pictionary; it turned south with Chidi's Frankenstein of a house monster; Eleanor calls it a night and tries to think of more ideas. But Michael believes that they should take a break and have a slumber party. That is until they get a notification that someone is coming, which turns to be Glen from the Bad Place.

Thinking that Shawn is about to ruin their experiment once again; turns out that Glen wants to inform Eleanor that Michael isn't really Michael that it's Vicky in a Michael suit. This becomes the whole dilemma and with twists.

Eleanor, Tahanui, and Jason try to figure out who's telling the truth. Even trying to get Michael to take off his suit; which he can't or else it would ruin the experiment, as a 6,000 fire squid with lots of tentacles, teeth and juice...lots and lots of juice.

Eleanor asks Janet to make a lie detector to prove who's telling the truth and when using it; it blew up Glen. After picking up all of Glen; Michael decides to blow himself up since Eleanor and them don't believe him. And just when he's about ready, Jason handcuffs Janet and appears to be Bad Janet. Jason tells them how he figured it out; only the real Janet would correct Jason that she's not a girl, Bad Janet didn't do that. The next day Michael and Jason went to go get their Janet back while Eleanor and Tahauni take control of The Good Place for a while.

"Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy" was a very good episode; even though maybe most of the viewers and fans had already new about this; I surely didn't think about it. But I think we're all agreed that Manny Jacinto probably gave his best performance while Jason tries to play to Glen's story; it's near the end when he talks about Shawn that stole the whole episode. Good writing and story plot and not to mention the performances from the cast were very good too. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch The Good Place Thursdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Going with Gut and Truth: All Rise "A View From The Bus"

Will a field trip to the scene of the crime help? Plus can a lawyer trust a detective in a trial to convict a drug kingpin? Here's a recap!

When Carmichael orders the jury on a field trip to witness what happened during a trial; things get a bit bumpy. After everything went smooth, a raid of cops comes and instructs them to go into a nightclub building for protection due to an active shooter. Carmichael sees one of the jurors thinks that it's the defendant's fault.

After coming back to the courthouse safe, Carmichael interviews with each juror to see how they were dealing with the events. With taking only two jurors out; the trial continues and after what a couple of crazy moments from the prosecutor. The jurors find the defendant not guilty.

Meanwhile, Callan has a chance to take down a high profile drug kingpin but there's a question from the detective; that has a previous history with Carmichael in the series premiere episode. Callan not only brings the question to his boss but goes to the detective that didn't think she needed to bring her CI due to fear of his safety.

Soon Callan got to the bottom of it and got to the truth and while he got the detective's CI to confess; but also brought in the detective and her boss in to inform him about the news. It looks like that detective will be gone within a week. 

"A View from the Bus" was a solid good episode with some moments a bit predictable at times. Like when the scene was recreated for the jurors that something was going to happen. But with that were some solid good moments like Lopez and Walkins talking with her client and learning about him more and more. I enjoyed that the most out of this episode more than anything else in this story. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch All Rise Mondays at 9/8c on CBS.

Decisions to Make: Life In Pieces "Birth Meddling Jacket Denial"

From meddling in someone's fight to denial about their fitness situation. Here's a recap of this week's episode of Life in Pieces.

In the first story, "Birth," Colleen asks Morgan about her birth plan for her baby. With no plan in place, Colleen shows Morgan options that lead to a home water birth and witnessed a mother going through labor in the process. As Morgan steps out, she tells Colleen she's scared and asks her to be with her when the baby comes. And not to mention, Matt gets stuck helping deliver the baby and probably faints in the pool. 

The "Meddling" story was of Heather and Joan having different opinions regarding the fight between Sam and her friend. Heather doesn't want Sam to hang out with this girl anymore because she's a bad influence on her, while Joan feels that they should at least forgive and stay as friends. Joan butts in and gets Sam and her friend back together again until Heather tells Sam the truth, and not only Sam stays with her friend but asks for her signature to approve the internship.

"The "Jacket" might be one of the Jen and Greg stories so far, as Jen learns that Greg had spent a lot on something. She thinks it's her "push gift" for their second child. After a day, she found the gift of the leather jacket that she wanted and started to wear it. Soon, Greg finds out and realizes that that jacket isn't for Jen but for his mother. That makes things even weirder when not only Heather gets one but Jona as well, and Jen figures it out, but Greg did have a surprise for Jen in her jacket pocket, a necklace that was actually in Jona's pocket that says "best mother."

The "Denial" does not only feel like a PSA for men but one hell of a story showing how men act around their health. When John sees how bad Tim has been looking, he asks him to see a doctor. When Tim does, it seems things don't look all that good, and when he heads off to Sam's soccer game, Tim gets the news that he's got a severe blockage in one of the arteries and must go to the ER now. But of course, Tim doesn't and watches Sam play goalie. But John saves the day as he fools Tim to see the paramedics and soon gets a stint put in, and all is good.

"Bith Meddling Jacket Denial" was another fantastic episode that had some excellent writing but excellent character development from Colleen and Morgan's relationship and the decision on who's going to be with Morgan when the baby comes. Even the Tim story was perfect, too, and probably one of the best Tim stories this season. It should be one that all men should look at and learn. And I couldn't get enough of Jen and Greg's story as they are one of my favorites. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Life In Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Life In Pieces "Birth Meddling Jacket Denial" Episode Preview

Here's a preview of this Thursday's episode of Life In Pieces.

"Birth Meddling Jacket Denial"

When Colleen and Matt learn they may not be allowed into the delivery room for the birth of the baby they are planning to adopt, they try to convince Morgan to have the baby at home. Also, Heather is thrilled when Samantha has a falling-out with her friend who was a bad influence; Jen thinks Greg bought her a beautiful present only to discover it wasn't for her: and John encourages Tim to see a cardiologist.

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You can catch Life In Pieces Thursday at 9:30/8:30c on CBS.

Love and Looks: A.P. Bio "Toledo's Top 100"

Who made it as Toledo, Ohio's top 100 sexiest male bachelor's list?  Here's a recap!

When Jack announced to the staff that his name is on a list of top 100 sexiest male bachelors in Toledo, Ohio; he's not the only one as well as Ralph's name is on the list. After everyone is excited for Ralph, Jack learns that Ralph made it to the top 10 sitting at #8; while Jack is at in the top 90. Jack not only gets some help from the class but gets Ralph to speak up about him at the cover shoot that ended both of them off the list. Jack, feeling bad, helps gets Ralph's name back on the list and exchange to be at the party as a bartender.

Meanwhile, Victor and another classmate try to ask a girl out. But it's Victor's girl-crush that got really comes into questions when he goes telling Stef, the teacher, about how he feels about her and gives her a gift, a purse. Being shocked by the gift and trying to keeps it; she later gives it back to Victor and the two fist pump as friends.

"Toledo's Top 100" was hilarious but also cringle worthy of an episode. The Jack and Ralph storyline was as good as it could be in this episode; with such memorable moments coming from Helen and Heather. But it's Victor and Stef that really had me laughing but in a weird and worried way. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch A.P. Bio Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.

Something to Remember Me By: Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Four Movements"

It's not only one of the funniest episodes, but it's also one of the most emotional episodes. Grab the tissues!

As Gina announced her two week's notice in the utmost Gina-way and tells everyone in the squad room that she'll be spending some time with one another to give them Gina moment. From playing Chess with Capt. Holt to given Amy and Rosa the girls afternoon lunch that really got me started shedding tears. But it was Gina and Jake that had one of the best Gina-Moment moment when Jake tries to give Gina time with Mario Lopez. Later Gina gets Lopez to come to her party but only to get kicked out. Bring Lopez wasn't for her, it was for Jake.

But as days went on, Gina kept coming back and everyone, including Terry, thought that she's afraid to move on. But after many, many days of coming back to the 99, she left a statue of herself with a video message to everyone that also gave the final moment to Terry.   

"Four Movements" is that episode when it's special with a character who decides to leave but shares the best moments with each other characters in their own way. This is what that episode is all about and it's not only brought me to many laughs, but it really brought me to tears. Such a beautifully written episode and well performed from not only Chelsea Peretti but the entire cast as well. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.


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

Defend with No Fear: The Blacklist "The Pharmacist (No. 124)"/"The Pawnbrokers (146/147)"

"The Pharmacist (No. 124)"

As Red is being prosecuted, he gives Liz another blacklister, Dr. Stark, a bio-scientist, who's in need of help after reports of an unauthorized human trial for MCDD has killed people. Liz and the team learn that Stark is not aware that his assistant is the one ruining the trails because of another company in competition. Later Dembe asked to see Dr. Stark and talked to him about his deal with Reddington. 

Meanwhile, Reddington goes alone to defend himself and pulls a big move of letting the judge that he has an agreement with the FBI. After things were looking good for Red, it turns out that he vailed the terms by of the FBI agreement and is taken into jail for a small time till another hearing is scheduled.

"The Pharmacist" was a very good and interesting episode. The blacklister of the week wasn't as thrilling like others but it was interesting to see that one isn't what you would call a killer, but a man trying to find a cure. Also, I think he might be apart of something for Reddington down the road. The trail was one that I couldn't get enough of and boy was it a thrill. Even though I knew Red was going to jail one way or another, but the way it was going it looked like he was going to go free. Good writing along with a strong performance from Spader that remains me of his character from The Practice and Boston Legal.

Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"The Pawnbrokers (No. 146/147)"

Red is in jail and is making some friends, while Liz and the task force deal with a couple that has something that they shouldn't. Here's a recap!

As Red is settling in jail, he quickly strikes enemies with Alfonso, as they threaten to kill him. But Red doesn't fear them and finds a way to get in touch with Dembe; getting help from a rat and the prison sewer pipes. While there Red makes friends with a young kid, who becomes a bit of his right-hand assistant. But as the day came instead of fighting, Red speaks to everyone about why Alfonso is in jail and it wasn't for killing anyone. Soon Alfonso gets word that he's been released and later gets killed from the boss that he cheated on.

Meanwhile, the blacklisters of the week happen to be a married couple, who owns a pawnshop and takes in stuff that no other pawnshops take exchange for loans. Liz and the task force sends in Samar undercover to retrieve highly confidential information. But just as Samar gets it, they are all both ambushed by the Chinese but stops them just before they get to the embassy.

And Jennifer and Liz found what is their biggest lead to Reddington's past so far; thanks to the computer tech, once he gave it another shot.

"The Pawnbrokers" is such a brilliant episode and is one that defines that this show still has teeth for their characters. Just watching Reddington being put into a different environment still has its thrills and enjoyment. The performance was very good and the writing was as good as it could be. The slowly growing Jennifer and Liz storyline is making me want to see more and more happen. The intense is really killing me.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Four Movements" Episode Preview

Here's a preview of Thursday's new episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine tiled, "Four Movements."

"Four Movements"

Gina spends time with each member of the squad.

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