The Seen of the Unseen: Bones "The Loyalty in the Lie" Season Premiere

A new season starts off with a strong emotional case. What the hell is Booth up to and why did he fake his death?

The season jumps six months, we see the Bones family all together and get to see the new bundle of joy. Booth goes off to teach his class and gives Brennan and the family one last look like he was going to do something life or death.

That leads to when the Cam and the team to a burning van where they found a body that has the same body built as Booth. Everyone thought it was Booth, until Brennan came in and took over to find out that it wasn't Booth due to a bullet wound that didn't injured one part of his bone.

I do love the montage of clips from the past years between Booth and Bones when Brennan was looking and feeling the bones. But it's not Booth but the sad part is that it's his brother Jared. I had a feeling it might be from the computer imagery that Angelia came up with.

So the hunt is on to find Booth but it doesn't seem to be a search and rescue at all but as a wanted fugitive. Seems like Booth is in a group that's stealing money and the team found his blood in someone's mansion.

Kim Raver, who's one of my favorite TV actresses from Third Watch to Lipstick Jungle, plays such a bad ass FBI agent who turns this team on their feet and is determine that Booth is going to get arrested for this doing. Give Brennan a run for his money when fighting for her man.

The show really starts off very well and ends on a cliffhanger. Booth is injured but for how long will he survive?

I know that this was a storyline to deal with David Boreanaz health scare this summer. It fits so well and gives a great tone to this season.

Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

Here's a promo for next week's episode.

You can catch Bones Thursday nights at 8/7c on FOX.

The Player "Ante Up"

What happens when the best doesn't go down the way it should? This episode explains that concept.

When a group of military men steal money from casinos, and Alex's next job deals with this but also dealing with a familiar face as well.

The man behind the heist is a long time military partner who's following a job that he's doing. There next job is to steal a rare diamond. He's just like Alex except that he's bad. When the bet is set for Alex to take down this job in a day, Alex looses the game.

But there is a double or nothing rule that the stakes are even higher. Alex will have to stop his friend within the hour. There was amazing fight scene that took place on the plane that was unbelievable and not to forget the scene where both Alex and his friend jumping off the plane.

But course, Alex wins the bet.

We do get to deal that maybe Alex's ex-wife isn't dead and Mr. Johnson wants to help him on that quest. Also I couldn't get enough of the chemistry between Alex and Cassandra which is like Jack and Chloe from 24. I LOVE IT!!

Overall, I give this episode a 7.5/10. It was good.

Here's a promo from next week's episode.

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

Heroes Reborn: "Under the Mask"

The hunt still continues but there are surprises all around this week's episode.

We pick up to were we left off with Miko, where she comes back to reality and fighting  against a group of security guards. Then comes Harris Prime who happens to be a hero and a very bad one too. He gets to talk to Miko and kill her but she slices his arm off. The freaky part was that his cut off arm regenerated into another Harris.

Molly Walker, the one that Noah is trying to find, is captured by a group that's run by Erica Kravid with a project called "EPIC." It's design like the Google Glasses and help find the Evos that are hiding and using Walker's powers will help with that.

Apparently Noah's lost of memory is serious than we could have thought. When he takes Quentin to the hospital, he meets up with a doctor who calls on security. He sneaks into the security office and sees old footage of himself at the hospital that he doesn't remember. There was footage of him looking at Claire's dead body. But there were moments in the footage that was lost and the only person he knows that could help is Hiro.

I can't say how much Zachery Levi's performance on this show has been outstanding. But as his character tries hunting down Evos with his wife. He might have a secret of his own when he heats up his steak as he was cutting it and then starts to look like some nuclear man that's blows up.

Also I don't want to leave out that Carlos got his ass kicked when he hunts for the man that killed his brother. But he dresses up as the mask hero that people want killed, but the shocking moment came when Carlos was taking down the cop but the cop turned out to be a Evo with super strengthen powers. Think of Bane vs. Batman. It was that kind of feeling.

This episode wasn't a mess but very good. It might jump from one story to another but these are the pieces that lead up to one big story which is how will these heroes come and help save the world. Will Noah help Molly and escape from project EPIC. How does Luke confront his new ability now that he seems to be an Evo now?

Overall, I give this episode a 7/10. It was good. Keep on pace and some really good character development stories with Noah, Luke and even the beginning of what EPIC is and doing.

Here's a promo link to next week's episode.

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

The Intense of Running: The Blacklist "The Troll Framer" Season Premiere

Take a nice deep breath in......and......out. WOW! WOW! WOW!!! The season premiere of The Blacklist was nothing but intense.

The story starts just seconds after the finale; reports are out that Liz and the  Red are wanted fugitives, so they try to get out but take a detour. Samar spots the van on satellite, but a chopper and cop car follow them in the tunnel until they lose them.

Red and Liz have enough time to escape from the van, dress up as cops, and drive to a hideaway at a local bar. There, they plan to stay for a couple of weeks until the owner's sister makes the terrible mistake of tipping the FBI about them.

Ressler seems that Liz isn't a friend or partner anymore. He'll bring her in no matter what. Ressler has been a butt since Liz was framed, but I like it, and it brings in more intense scenes. Even with Copper trying to tell him the truth, he's all about justice and not about that gut feeling.

Liz and Red escape again and make it to an apartment where they disguise themselves and meet up with a blacklister known as The Troll Farmer, a group of computer hackers who help fugitives escape and draw the attention away.

I couldn't get enough of Liz and Red meeting with Martha, the housekeeper. That was hilarious and sweet at the same time.

Liz and Red talk about her mother and still ask questions about her. Soon, they get into two separate vans to draw away. That worked well until Red got out free, and Liz was still waiting behind a line of cars. Red tells Liz to move and find a place to hide, somewhere no one knows. And she did think of the only place.

As Liz walked, Ressler and Samar finally found her and chased her to United Foreign Nations, where she requested asylum.

Meanwhile, Dembe is back and is dealing with a man that scares the crap out of me. Mr. Solomon comes into Dembe's daughter's place and kidnaps his grandchild. The two had a meeting, and he was under Solomon's control.

This episode had the intensity that everyone said it had—the first twenty minutes, I had to take deep breaths.

It was a tremendous performance from both Megan Boone and James Spader. But mostly Edi Gathgi, who played Mr. Solomon, was very scary, but it was also interesting to know him simultaneously.

The season started with a huge bang; Red was on the run, Liz was playing a risky game, and things looked not in her favor at both ends.  I can't wait to see where this season will go because this show can go anywhere, anytime.

Overall, I give this episode a 10/10.

Here's a promo link for next week's episode.

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

Code Black "Pilot" Series Premiere

Code Black is one of the most interesting new series of the season. It's a medical drama that sets itself pretty close to ER.

The series takes place in an LA hospital that sees more patients yearly than any other in the country and goes code black 300 times out of the year. Marcia Gay Harden plays the hard-headed, strong-witted Dr. Leanne Rorish, the ER residency director. Rorish might be a tough-as-nails doctor, but she has a heart, cares for each patient that comes through their door and tells the truth to everyone without throwing in the white lies to give anyone hope.

The cast is unbelievably good. Raza Jaffrey is Dr. Neal Hudson, the doctor who has issues with the way Rorish treats patients and medical residents as well. They might have some beef with one another, but they always respect each other, and maybe if this series could go far enough, perhaps these two could be an item.

Out of the rest of the cast, Luis Guzman is one of the best-supporting characters as nurse Jesse Salander, who manages the residents and is known as their mamma. In the pilot, the first scene comes of him introducing himself and the hospital to the new residents. It felt like Dr. Benton giving Dr. Carter the lay of the land in the pilot episode of ER.

The medical cases are suitable. I don't think the medical stories will be a massive issue in my book. I couldn't get enough of some of the stories from the older man who suffered a stroke and the teenager who fell and broke his arm, which turned out he suffered from a head injury. Bonnie Somerville's character, Christa Lorenson, saves a pregnant patient from Carbon Monoxide.

It's been a long time since ER and House that I've watched a medical drama. I don't consider Grey's to be a medical drama but more of a prime-time version of General Hospital. And I do not doubt that Code Black is a tremendous series with good writing and outstanding characters. Harden is outstanding.

Overall, I give the pilot an 8.5/10.  

You can catch Code Black on Tuesday nights at 10/9c on CBS.

A Twist in the Act: Mysteries of Laura: "The Mystery of the Cure to Loneliness"

This week's case deals with a death of a cancer patient that look like a suicide, but there's a twist that will have you going "what?!"

Laura gets a call of a cancer patient, who from the look of everything in the apartment look like it was suicide, but that's what Jake and everyone else thought. Laura thought it was murder, apparently she was right.

The victim didn't have cancer at all. She was pretending to have cancer so she could have friends and do something meaningful. But someone caught her in the act and helped her performance by make-up and such.

Going through suspects, the victim's best friend, junkie who Billy chased but fell from the roof by jumping. It turned out to be the food delivery guy, Ted Burns who has been playing and stealing money from cancer patients for years.

This episode had such a good twist. I love how Laura stands her ground and keeps going for what she believes to be the truth.

Of course, Santiani and Diamond butted heads, but makes the relationship seem so bold. And I can't leave out that Jake's hiding a secret from the rest, popping pills. Something to watch out for in the future.

Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

Here's a promo for next week's episode.

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

Once in the Family, Always in the Family: Chicago PD "Life is Fluid" Season Premiere

Chicago PD is back and the premiere did not disappoint at all.

Antonio's intelligent was about to jump off because of her brother and what he's in with a top Heroine dealer. Hank and Company go and get her brother and interrogate him until he gives them some answers and help take down the kingpin.

In there to show proof, Halstead goes in as a buyer but it goes wrong within a minute and Halstead is taken hostage. The kingpin sends Voight a package with a phone and a dvd showing Halstead getting the crap beaten out of him.

The kingpin makes an arrangement to Hank that he wants all the CI files and have a female officer bring it. Well, Voight went to talk to an old friend Eddie, who apparently has a job when he gets out in a couple of months. Voight ask for a name that can help them find where the kingpin stays.

In the meantime, Erin is out partying, drinking and don't have a care in the world. But deep down inside her, she still wants to be back with the CPD. She wouldn't repeat what Halstead asked her that she doesn't want to be his partner anymore.

But things turn when Al calls Erin and tells her about the situation and she heads back to the house and wants to help. Voight wasn't too please to see her and but gives her back her badge.

Erin goes out bring the CI files that are fake and awaits for the guys to come. Halstead wasn't with them so they brought Erin to him.

Erin and the kingpin have a chat and when things don't go the right way, Halstead was going to get it until Erin stabs one of the members multiple times and still fights with him til he's dead. Halstead tries knocking out the kingpin til Erin grabs him and than takes a shot at him. He sees a gun in his desk and head towards it and Erin kills him.

You can see the fear but also the sparkle in her eye that she wants to come back. She does talk to Voight about rejoining the team, but only on his rules that she stays with him, take rapid drug test and cut all ties with her mother.

Looks like she might go for it. Also can't forget to mention, Burgess and Roman gets in a discussion about marriage of two cops, but she doesn't care she'll take the risk. But Burgess finds a syringe that fell out of Roman's backpack, something of concern: what is he doing with that?

And of course, from the end of last season, we found out that Al has another daughter and she's in jail. In this episode, she gets out help from Al but doesn't stay and gets a ride from a guy. But I think she'll be back soon.

This episode was not a disappointment at all. It starts off fast and ended on a very good note to start the season. Sophia Bus gives a great performance.

I wonder what Halstead will be like after this event blow over. What the heck is with Roman and is syringe. And who is Eddie and what job will he be having with Voight when he gets out?

I can't wait to see where this season will be going. It looks like it's going to be a very good season.

Overall I give this episode a 9/10.

Here's a promo for next week's episode.

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