"Just the Same Old, Same Old" Doctor Who "The Witch's Familiar "

"The Witch's Familiar" didn't disappoint. Here's my recap/review!

First, how did Clara and Missy stay alive after being exterminated by the Daleks? They were transported thanks to the timey wimey that they carry. The Doctor always is one step ahead of everyone.

In the beginning, I didn't know if I should trust Missy, but after this episode, I didn't after what she had Clara do and near the end. But I couldn't help but like her because she's a bit wacky and wrong, and who doesn't like a character like that? I do!

For heaven's sake, Missy had Clara in an actual Dalek—a little familiar to that part.

The conversation with Darvos was brilliantly well-written and performed. I thought they were having a real moment when Darvos had his hand on the Doctor and showed his eyes. But that turned blank due to being a trap to take the Doctor's regeneration energy and use it for himself and the Daleks to make them strong.

The problem is that there are a bunch of Daleks underneath the facility that caused destruction. Trying to leave, the Doctor spots the Dalek, who has Clara inside. He asks it why it's coming and threatens if it says that Clara is dead. Missy, on the other hand, tells him that that's the Dalek that killed Clara.

I was on the edge of my seat, hoping that there was some way for Clara to get out of there so the Doctor didn't have to kill her. The word "mercy" was spoken, and the Doctor told it to open its body. Clara is in there, and the Doctor's look expresses that he wanted to kill Missy but instead told her to run.

Run she did and was caught by the Daleks.

In the end, the Doctor returned and rescued the young Darvos from the mine's hands and told him the meaning of mercy, which came in handy before.

This episode had a lot of great moments. From the Doctor and Darvos to the adventures of Clara and Missy, who didn't like watching the Doctor ride on Darvos' chair? That was the best entrance to a bunch of Daleks I've ever seen.

The best quote of the episode is, "Oh, the same old, same old, just the Doctor and Clara Oswald in the TARDIS. It was the best!!!

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Doctor Who on Saturday nights on BBC America.

The Stakes Are Higher: Thursday Night Premiere Night

Heroes Reborn: "Brave New World" & "Odessa" 

We've been waiting for this premiere since the surprising short trailer came out during the 2014 Winter Olympics. Heroes was a breakout hit when it premiered 10 years ago but dwindled in ratings after being on the air for four seasons. Now the show is back with a reboot look too it.

The series starts out with both humans and Evos ( people who are evolution with powers) coming together until a bomb was drop and destroyed humans and evos but it caused a lot of trouble when a year later that anyone who's an Evo are being hunted down.

We get a familiar introduction to the Evos and other characters just like the first season of the series. Noah Bennent is back with a fresh new life but lost his daughter in the bombing. Seems to have forgotten the things that happen before Claire's death (or is she really dead?). When Quentin follows Noah and discuss about the Evos and how they need to save the world. They soon work together to try to get information on one person Emily Walker.

There are some characters that are interesting to watch. One is Tommy Clark who has powers to teleport  people to where he is thinking . Along with his crush interest Emily. And also Miko Otomo who has almost the same storyline as Hiro from the regular series of how she's meant to save the world and that she's a character in the comic book as a ninja.

I shouldn't forget that Zachary Levi is playing a great bad ass character. Levi's character Luke Collins, is a dark and seeking revenge the Evos that have killed his son. Hunting down with his wife shooting them down one by one.

This series brings in how one society hates the other and wants them gone for good. And with an event that's soon to be coming, the world will need these heroes soon.

I was amazed from the characters at times. This show seems a lot better from when I last watched the series.

Overall, I give this two hour premiere a 9/10.

You can catch Heroes Reborn Thursday nights at 8/7c on NBC

The Player: "Pilot"

The buzzed about series, The Player gives a lot of action pack adventures of the criminal world of how it's about one thing gambling.

When a cool, edge and handsome FBI agent becomes a security expert, Alex Kane, stops an attacker from killing a high profile resident and soon loses his ex-wife because of a set up. But when a the Dealer Cassandra King comes to his rescue not once but twice and takes him the Mr. Johnson, the pit boss.

Mr. Johnson played by Wesley Snipes, offers Kane a job to be the player in a high stakes crime stopper. There are people that place bets on whether he succeeds or not. The only issue that he can't use any help expect from Cassandra who by the way is one of the best characters in the series along with Snipes.

As I said this series is a high stakes action crime drama. There's more action and some dialogue and some mystery to whether who killed Alex's ex wife and adds to what does Cassandra have any connection to being with his ex.

From the pilot, it was very much enjoyable and very entertaining. I love awesome action scenes in series and this one doesn't hold back at all.

Overall, I give the pilot episode a 8/10.

You catch The Player Thursday nights at 10/9c on NBC

Heroes: Reborn: "Show is Designed for New and Old Viewers Alike"

Tonight is the premiere of the 2 hour event of Heroes: Reborn at 8/7c on NBC.

During a Q&A on Twitter I asked Tim Kring for those who have never seen the series, can they still follow the original series before the new series starts.

He replied, "Abolutely. Former fans will enjoy nods to the past. But show is designed for new and old viewers alike."

I can't wait for the series to start. I know that I will probably miss tonight's live premiere but I'll be watching it late tonight anyway.

You can catch the premiere of Heroes: Reborn tonight at 8/7c on NBC.

Michael: Toaster and Microwave

Changes Come: The Mysteries of Laura "The Mystery of the Taken Boy"

In the season premiere of The Mysteries of Laura starts off big, changes come to a the squad and a missing boy is kidnapped for different reason than you would think.

The case this week starts out from a hit and run when a man at a park warns kids to get out of the way from a runaway taxi cab, that hits the man and kills him. Laura and the team investigates that the comes to find out that he was on his way to fixing his life.

Billy and Meredith search for the taxi cab, which they found all burned but came across a damaged camera that had its chip in it and found out that the boy was a target. Laura and Jake get there too late.

The new captain of the department Capt. Nancy Santiani is a very different character and demands the people that work in her department to keep the volume of talking down. Laura doesn't like her at all and it's not all rainbows and sunshine with her.

Things don't go the way Laura wants it, but when they realize that the parents of the missing boy turns out that he was adopted illegally. The kidnapper made a ransom for money with the parents, Laura and the team try to ambush them but you just can't get rid of the mother's instant. Besides the boy had hours til he need his insulin shot.

After grabbing the guy who was to take the money, Laura gets the final clue that sister of the missing boy had an encounter with the dead victim when they were in rehab.  Jack and Billy get there in time to rescue the boy and give him his insulin shot.

This episode was really good starting off and ended really good. Changes do come to the squad, one of them Frankie is gone because to Santiani she didn't have the seniority of a detective. Also the look of the department looks very different. And it seems that Laura and Jack seem to get along very well and that these two might get back together. They're love for each other doesn't seem to go away.

I like where this new season starts and can't wait to see where it will go. I know that the series is taking a more of a turn of more crime solving and less on the family matters.  I love the battle between Laura and Nancy. And the chemistry of this cast is still amazing to watch.

Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch "The Mysteries of Laura" Wednesday nights at 8/7c on NBC

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.

Michael: Broken Down and Transferring