To Play and Love: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy Goes to a Play"/"Kimmy Kidnaps Gretchen"

Kimmy Goes to a Play

In episode three, things take off again for Titus and Jacqueline as they try to find their new purpose in life and relationships.

For Titus, he's trying to find something to do with his money from his ex-wife. Kimmy advises him to put on a show about his life, and when that idea comes, it's not just about Titus but one of his past lives. His one-person show called "Kimono You Didn't" tells the tale of Murasaki, a sorrowful Japanese geisha.

He thought the play would be a hit when searching the internet, but when he clicked on a website, it turned out his play was hated. Hated by racial groups, Titus doesn't think he could do it, while Kimmy tries to help but gets a "Chandler message" from the group back.

"Chandler message" is what you call being excellent in a sarcastic way.

When Titus begins his show, everyone from the group boos, but it doesn't stop Titus at all and sings his song. After a minute, one of the members prevents everyone's boos. That one member accepted Titus and apologized for what they'd done. Even one member evaporated from thin air after apologizing.

Weird, right?

Meanwhile, Jacqueline's got her new apartment with certain items that'll help keep her rich friends from judging her. But when Mini comes in looking crazy as she always does, she shows Jacqueline that her ex-husband has already found a lady of his own. And that angers her to go out and find a rich man.

After looking at a fancy place, searching for a rich guy. Kimmy tries talking her down, which gives Jacqueline the idea to date her dog's massage therapist. After a day and another piece of advice from Kimmy, Jacqueline broke up with the massage therapist after spilling red wine on the expensive rug.

Seeing that she sees herself in him as she was with her ex.

It was another hilarious episode for Titus and Jacqueline. I enjoyed more of Titus' storyline a bit more than Jacqueline's. I couldn't believe how many past lives this guy has had, from a dog to a Japanese lady. And, of course, I couldn't get the best line from the episode: "Who's that Kimmy knocking on that door, eating pickle chicken on the hospital floor."

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

Kimmy Kidnaps Gretchen

Can anyone change? That's what Kimmy asked Lillian about in this episode as not only her but Titus deals with it in this hilarious episode.

When Kimmy gets a call from Cyndee about a video, she has to see it. Kimmy runs to the library to see a video commercial for a cult, CosmetoloCruseuse, and she spots no other than Gretchen there as one of the members.
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Just before Kimmy tries to rescue Gretchen, the most adorable and brilliant video of Bunny and Kitty comes on. The video and the lyrics had me saying, " Drop off, please!!"

As Gretchen gets on the ship, she sees a sign with her name and follows it until Kimmy stops her and takes her out. Performing an intervention, Kimmy explains how bad it is to be in a cult but realizes that Gretchen has never been alone or decided what she wanted to do. So they went out to do whatever Gretchen wanted to do.

After some crazy stuff, from ice cream to pit bulls, taking a cop's gun, and even doing drugs with Time Square's Elmo, Kimmy stops it and later advises her to start her cult.

As for Titus, he's never really had a successful relationship. He has a lot of stuff from his exes, from clothes to passports and even a prosthetic arm. But when it comes to going out with Mikey, Titus thinks this might be another disastrous date, even for a first-time gay dater.

The date didn't go off right for Titus, but later on, it did as they talked about their favorite movie (The Lion King). The next day, Titus doesn't think the relationship is going anywhere and breaks it off on the phone after Mikey calls.

Lillian goes to talk to Mikey and explain to him about Titus, but he thinks that it's too much for him. But he comes back because he somehow forgot his tool that helped fix Titus and Kimmy's stove. But after Mikey and Titus talk, Titus kisses Mikey, and things look promising. And that broke Titus' streak of men not coming back.

 Thanks, Lillian!!

I thought that this episode was hilarious. I felt a bit of a reference to 30 Rock with the montage of what Gretchen wanted, from the dog to the gun and the scene with Elmo. There was a lot of character growth with Titus and for the previous couple of episodes as well.

Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

You can catch Season Two of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix right now.

12 Monkeys: Returns - Season 2 | Syfy

Tonight's the season premiere of one of the best shows on television. The premiere of the second season of 12 Monkeys begins tonight and this season time is the enemy that will start the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end. 

You can catch the season premiere of 12 Monkeys tonight at 9/8c on SyFy. 

The Return of Kimmy & Co.: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: "Kimmy Goes Roller Skating"/Kimmy Goes on a Playdate"

It was last year's best new satire. We can reenact the fist pump freeze frame from The Breakfast Club as Season Two of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is now available on Netflix.

"Kimmy Goes Roller Skating"

In the first episode of the season, we come to a Christmas party with everyone from Kimmy, Titus, Jacqueline, and even Mini. But soon, an incident comes, and we go back three months to where we follow our beloved characters.

Kimmy tries to move on after Dong gets married. Lillian tries to cheer her up with a skating party and goes to the store for some stuff, and who just so happens to be there...Dong. Kimmy and Dong talk for a little bit awkwardly. If Dong stays married for two years, he'll become an American citizen; the only issue is that they both still have feelings for one another.

Even Lillian invites Dong to their skating party with her former flame, Bobby (played by Fred Armisen).  Kimmy tries to move on but goes for one last time, and this time, it is at Dong's party where Dong's marriage officer is there to ensure they are a complete couple. Thank god she didn't. Kimmy and Dong kissed in the bathroom after some dead swordfish fell on her.

In the meantime, Titus faces legal issues with his wife, and he leaves her on the dance floor. When Kimmy talks to his wife, all she wants is an apology. But when the lawyer contacts them back, she owes Titus money instead because she tells everyone he is dead.

Also, we get to learn Titus' real name, Ronald Wilkerson. Kimmy hopes that Titus doesn't do the same thing as he did with his wife. She tries talking some sense but realizes that he won't after he walks towards Amtrak and apologizes and dances with his former wife.

And, of course, Jacqueline is back at home with her native family, but she doesn't seem quite to fit in. After switching from a smoking pipe to a viper and her parents asking her to do a traditional dance in the cornfield, she takes the hint that she needs to go back.

This episode never missed a beat, as it still had that odd humor. I thought that Kimmy, Titus, and Jacqueline had perfect storylines in this one. You can catch the rating down below, along with the second episode.

"Kimmy Goes on a Playdate"

In the second episode, Kimmy looks for a job at a Christmas store and gets the job as the helpful elf. Soon, Jacqueline comes crashing in front of her apartment and asks to stay with her and Titus for a few days.

Jacqueline thinks that having $12 million from the divorce is a bad thing for her reputation with other wealthy friends. She asked Kimmy to pick up her son, find her friend Deirdre, and set a play date. After Kimmy sets up the play date, she tells Jacqueline that it will be in her apartment, and the reaction from Jacqueline is like the Terminator busting through the walls.

Jacqueline acts like she has more than what she got from her husband and tries to play the rumors of her down. At one point, she, Kimmy, and her son get in a car, escape from the other side, and head towards the bus.

She explains to Kimmy that she wants to do right and make a charity to get back with her family. Kimmy thinks you have to make them believe you are rich by playing with them, like when Jacqueline bought a painting at an auction. That also helped with Jaqueline's stepdaughter, who didn't want to leave the house.

While that was going on, Titus came to the realization that he had way too many clothes in his closet after they fell apart. After trying to give them to Goodwill, he returned them after folks made fun of him. Hey, the shorts that are longer than pants are my kind of style!!!

After he throws his clothes in the dump, someone picks them up, and he follows them to a construction worker's truck, Mike, who is the guy who hit on Kimmy and Titus last season. Mike tells Titus that he's gay but hasn't come out yet due to the guys he's working with, but he asks Titus for a date.

I thought this was another fantastic episode. I loved the references from the Ninja Turtles on who wrote that, and a photo of Chuck Lorrie shows up. I thought that this was another great Titus and Jacqueline episode. I still believe that those shorts longer than pants could catch on. I'm not ashamed to say it.

Overall, I give "Kimmy Goes Roller Skating" a 9/10 and "Kimmy Goes on a Playdate" a 9/10.

You can catch Season Two of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, available now on Netflix.

The Ringing of the Bells: The Blacklist "Mr. Solomon " (No. 38)"/ "Mr. Solomon: Concussion"

Mr. Solomon (No. 38) 

There's a wedding in the air for Liz and Tom, but those church bells won't be the only ones ringing in this episode.

As Solomon is being transferred to another place, it turns out that he's about to get taken out from his previous employer. But that's until gunshots go off, and a mysterious car comes and takes Solomon.

As Solomon is on the loose, he plans to steal a nuclear weapon from the government. Red informs Liz about it and also cancels the wedding. Of course, you know that wasn't going to happen, as she tells Cooper and the team about it and lets them go while she and Tom get prepared for their big day

After Solomon and the team take the weapon, Ressler and the team spot where they are at a motel. As they try to ambush Solomon's counterpart, they too get ambushed with their squad but catch the counterpart as she is in a jeep but having trouble getting the car to start.

Ressler talks to the suspect, but the suspect informs him about the military's information of the decay of the weapon travels. That worried the army, and they gave her anything she wanted for whatever information she gave them.

Tom gets a surprise visit not only from his ex but from The Major as well. But it didn't last as Tom's ex shot The Major and had him clean it up.

As things get moving for the wedding, Cooper weds the couple, Samar and Aram, the bride's maid and DJ. I would hire Aram to be the DJ for my wedding. And, of course, Red tries to convince her to cancel the wedding. That led him and Dembe to leave, but that gave Red something to think about when it came to that jeep the suspect was trying to escape.

As soon as Red saw the jeep and was told that it ran fine, he called Ressler as they were about to detain the bomb that wasn't there. Red tells him Solomon is after Liz and needs to get there as quickly as possible.

The one moment from this episode that I truly love is when Red walks into the chapel with his gun and walks towards Liz and Tom, almost like it was a father saying, " I've eject!"

Solomon gets there, and he is about to set foot. Everyone takes cover, and Solomon and Red have a nice chat to hand to Liz. The one thing that Red and Tom can agree on is not to give her up. As things get heated, guns are blazing, Ressler makes his move, and soon, Liz and Tom rush out and drive away in the wedding car.

Liz looks back, looking like one of those runaway brides,  and they drive off.

"Mr. Solomon: Concussion"

When they say a bombshell, they mean there will be one. HOLY CRAP!!!

The episode picks off as Tom and Liz drive away. Red and the team are still at the church fighting back, but soon Solomon and his team leave to find Liz.

We see that Solomon's new employer or helper, which, for now, I call "God's Eye," helps Solomon track and give direction.

Solomon and the team find Liz and Tom and try to stop them. Watching a pregnant Liz shooting at Solomon's car reminds me of Bonnie and Clyde. They crash into a moving truck but escape before Solomon arrives.

Liz and Tom walk into a nursing home and hide for now, and after they dodge Solomon, things go wrong for Liz as she starts bleeding and rushes to the hospital. Red calls, asking where they are, and tells Liz he can't protect her and everyone else in that hospital. They leave just in time.

Things get complicated for the baby, and Liz has to have an emergency C-section. The baby is born, a girl, but at first, doesn't breathe but soon recovers and screams like hell. The happy parents take it all in, and then Red comes in. Liz isn't happy and wants him out; Mr. Kaplan tells Red that she'll talk to her.

But soon, Liz isn't doing well and is put on a by-pap machine for breathing. The doctor would need a lot of stuff, and Kaplan provided it, but it wasn't enough, and they needed to rush her to the hospital. Red comes up with a plan to distract Solomon, which it does for a short time, but catches Red and them.

Guns are blazing, and Red moves towards the back with the doctor and Liz. Things aren't looking good at all. Liz goes into cardiac arrest.

Soon, Ressler and the team get there, Solomon escapes (see him in the spinoff), and Ressler and Dembe head towards the van when they see the bombshell of the year...Liz is dead. The doctor had to call it, and we see the most emotional image and scene as Red holds her hand and lies near her. Ressler tells everyone to move back. Kaplan tells Red that he needs to leave.

Red gets out, Ressler puts his jacket over him, and Red tells Kaplan that he doesn't want Liz at the morgue.

We see Ressler walking Red towards the car in a slow fashion. As he gets to the car door, he faints, and Dembe catches him. That look that Spader gave through that scene was remarkable.

The music playing was so eerily and haunting but sweet in a way. The reaction from Cooper, Aram, and even Samar is just heartbreaking. Even when Kaplan pulled and closed the sheet over Liz and walked her toward the van, I burst into tears.

And at the end, we see Tom and Red discussing what to do next. I'm sure Tom will be a great father once he gets the hang of it. That baby is so cute.

Now, where we go from here, I have no idea. But one thing is for sure: I can't wait to see how Red deals with this next week. Is Liz alive or dead? I can't tell, and to keep in mind that this is The Blacklist, and she did die in between scenes.

I thought it was going to be the baby for some reason. I didn't expect Liz to die. I played so much with my emotions that I haven't felt like this since Shay was killed in the season 3 premiere of Chicago Fire.

The first episode brought the suspense, while the second brought us not only suspense but also emotion as well.

Overall, I give each a 9.5/10.

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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Trailer #2 | Paramoun...

The latest new trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been released and it looks totally rad!!! 

The story dives int the ooze that help made the turtles and Beepbob and Rocksteady. But if the turtles tied it, they would turn human and it looks like Ralph is the only one who wants to turn human. 

Hell, I can't wait for this film. Looks like they dive right into the television series with the colorful tone than the previous film. 

TMNT Out of the Shadows comes out on June 8th.

The Blacklist Spinoff Has It's Lead Actor

A couple of weeks ago there was word that a spinoff of The Blacklist was in the works in an episode in May. With Famke Janssen getting the lead actress role now Ryan Eggold is officially in as the lead role.

Deadline.com reports that Eggold "has closed a deal to play the male lead." He'll be reprising his role as the covert op Tom Keen aka Jacob Philips.

If the spinoff is a go, Eggold will be the star of the series of the new series with possible crossover appearances on The Blacklist. But if it's not a go than Eggold will stay on the The Blacklist, resuming his duties as a regular.

The backdrop episode will air on May 12th and it will be written by creator/executive producer Joe Bokenkamp and executive producer/showrunner John Eisendrath.

For what's being heard, the spinoff will be focus on the relationship between Susan "Scottie" Halsted (Janssen) and Tom (Eggold), which are to be alike of Raymond "Red" Reddington and Liz Keen, with Scottie as Tom's handler.

In the spinoff, Jessen and Eggold are being joined by The Blacklist recurring player Edi Gathegi and a new character Tawny Cypress.

The spinoff is created by Bokenkamp and Eisendrath and produced by The Blacklist producers of John Fox and John Davis.

The Blacklist returns this Thursday at 9/8c on NBC, with a can't miss episode that will have you on hyper drive.

The Night Shift Premiere Date

The gang of The Night Shift returns for a third season and on Friday NBC announced the premiere date for the hit summer drama.

The third season will premiere Wednesday, June 1 at 10/9c. Starring Eoin Macken, Jill Flint, Brendan Fehr, Robert Bailey, Jr., JR Lemon, Tanaya Beatty and Scott Wolf. The 2014 #1 new show of the summer follows the team of doctors and nurses at the San Antonio Memorial Emergency Room.

Finally there's a date for the show to return. The series has been nothing but great the last two seasons. It really captures the medicine but the lives of the men and women of the Military services as well. The Night Shift is on my top list of shows to watch this summer.

You can catch The Night Shift for the third season Wed. June 1st at 10/9c on NBC.