Scream Queens "Pilot" & "Hell Week"

It's funny and scary but did I mention funny? Scream Queens the latest new series from the creator of Glee and American Horror Story series hits with such a story that it feels like it's mashed up of AHS, Mean Girls and Scream.

When a sorority party goes wrong as a student was killed, twenty years later revenge comes a calling to the campus, but who is the red devil murderer? This series had me hook not from the first scene of the episode but when Emma Roberts was introduce. Playing this mean girl sorority queen that doesn't seem to have an emotion expect fear when the killer comes around.

In the second episode, we get to watch the girls who are trying to get into the sorority, having to go through some tough challenges known as hell week. And along with that they are also trying to keep each other alive.

There's plenty of murders in the first two episodes. But after watching the last scene of the second episode, are some of these students really dead?

Jamie Lee Curtis is amazing in this series as Dean Cathy Munsch. She doesn't like the sorority that Robert's character the president. Curtis is funny and gives some hints that maybe she could be the murderer. I couldn't get enough of watch Curtis hitting on Gracie's father.

There are a few cinematic camera work that gives this series a bit of a feel of AHS. There's so much comedy in this dramatic series that I can't figure that if it's funny or not and some of the jokes did kind of went through my head anyway.

But I can not lie that I did enjoy the series. The mystery has me so interested in who the killer is and who will die.

Overall, I give the "Pilot" a 7.5/10 and "Hell Week" a 8/10.

You can catch "Scream Queens" Tuesday nights at 9/8c on FOX.

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There are Still Moments Left: Life in Pieces "Pilot"

One of this fall's new comedies is about a family in four stories.

Life in Pieces is a chapter of the Short family, each dealing with their family moments from dating, having a baby, and celebrating a birthday.

The show starts dry with Matt on a date and meeting Colleen's ex-fiance. Soon, they got to Matt's place, his parent's place. That led them to have sex in the car but was stopped by a cop who thought Colleen was a hooker.

The following story was of Greg and Jen having a baby and dealing with delivery. But it was after that Jen was to not look under the equator for six weeks because it wouldn't look pretty. She did look and described it as what the Predator looked like when he took his mask off—funny, but has a lousy image.

The next one was of Heather and her family as they dropped off her son to experience college. Being the mother she is, a helicopter mother. After dropping off their son, they head into the hotel and argue about Santa not being honest.

The children are funny in this scene. One had to stay in the bathroom, and the little one was smart enough to take some air and go into the closet to take in all the realism.

And finally, the last story was of John and Joan Short, who threw a funeral theme birthday party. It was weird at first but hilarious at times when each of their kids gave a eulogy to him. But it was til Joan didn't like it, and the family had a bit of time together, and John tells them that he doesn't think he has any more time for those family moments. Those are those little happy moments that come and go.

In the end, John gets into his casket, but Joan knocks on the door and is stuck in the coffin. The family races him out to get him out.

The show is hilarious at times. Some dry moments weren't able to get as funny, but I think this show has the benefit of the doubt to be a perfect family comedy. Dianne Wiest is hilarious as the mother, and so is Besty Brandt. Colin Hanks has a funny role, too.

Overall, I give the pilot episode 8.5/10.

You can catch Life in Pieces on Monday nights at 8:30/7:30 on CBS.

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Blindspot "Pilot"

Thrilling. Intriguing. On the edge of my seat at times. These come to mind when watching the series premiere of NBC's Blindspot.

The series is about a mysterious woman found in a bag in Times Square; she freaks out the FBI team on who she is and why Agent Kurt Weller has his name tattooed on her back along with others. The team figures out that Jane Doe was drugged with a substance that has made her forget her past.

But when one of the tattoos sparks something, Weller and the team take on a suspect who might know something; it turns out the suspect will plan an explosion of the Statue of Liberty for family reasons.

Jane goes out on the field to help with Weller, who doesn't think it's a good idea. But that changed my mind pretty quickly.

We do get to see some background of who Jane was, like learning how to shoot a gun and also getting drugged by the mysterious breaded man. Who asked the question, what was she doing this for? What was she hiding?

This series started terrific. I was on the edge of my seat at times. The show brings a bit of The Blacklist and Jason Borne.

Jaimie Alexander, who plays Jane Doe, performs excellently, mainly in the outstanding fight scenes. Also, I can't say enough about Sullivan Stapleton as FBI Agent Weller. I'm very much interested to see where this series will be going and who Jane Doe was.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Blindspot on Monday nights at 10/9c on NBC

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