Aquarius Returns

David Duchovny returns this Thursday in last summer's hit show with a two hour, commercial free movie premiere event.

If you haven't seen Aquarius, the series takes place in America in the 1960s that's was a land of tumult and transformation.

Around the country institutions were rocked by protests both violent and peaceful, assassinations became an all-too common occurrence and each day brought a new headline that spoke to the painful process that the country was going through: revolution. No city felt this pain more than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Police Department Det. Sam Hodiak (David Duchovny, "The X-Files" and "Californication") had served his country in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and now protects his city in the late 60's. When an old flame tells him that her daughter Emma Karn (Emma Dumont, "Salvation") has gone missing, he jumps to action . His search leads him to find Emma living with a group of hippies led by a dirty, slight but violent figure named Charlie Manson (Gethin Anthony, "Game of Thrones"). As he digs deeper to try and pull her out, Hodiak's suit and tie worldview is attacked by the same peace-and-love mantra that is challenging institution across America.

Hodiak enlists the help of undercover vice Officer Brian Shafe (Grey Damon, "True Blood" and "Friday Night Lights"). A Vietnam veteran, Shafe has seen war in a much different light than Hodiak. Even though Shafe is a rookie, he has things to teach Hodiak, such as the bran new Miranda Rights, that are indicative of an emerging style of policing that doesn't turn a blind eye to abuses of power.

As Hodiak and Shafe become further entwined with Manson, and as the country slides deeper into its metamorphosis, the world Hodiak knows begins to disappear before his eyes. This same shifting landscape emboldens Manson to thrust his perverted philosophies upon the world. When the doors of the music industry are closed to him, however, Mason seeks a different way to broadcast his apocalyptic message that will end with one of the most infamous homicides in America history, the Tate-LaBiance murders.

The two men are on a crashing course that will ultimately lead to the gruesome, bloody end of the hippie era and leave America shaken, and once again, changed.

Ringing with the unparalleled music of the era, "Aquarius" is a sprawling work of historical fiction with nuanced characters whose actions in a time of national transformation.

From writer John McNamara ("Trumbo" and "The Magicians") serves as executive producer with Marty Adelstein ("Prison Break"), Becky Clements ("Last Man Standing"), David Duchovny and Melanie Greene, "Aquarius" is a production of Tomorrow Studios.

Season one was the introduction of the characters and how they met, now Season two will be the beginning of Charlie Manson as his name will be known to others. This series does show some really gritty scenes on network television since Hannibal.

In ways, Duchovny performance is nothing but fantastic, with humor and dramatic side. There are times I see Mulder in some scenes but that doesn't really take away the show itself that also shows how Charlie Manson rises but also how America was changing.

If you haven't seen season one, don't worry as season one is streaming on Netflix right now. Also you can catch episodes on NBC.com. 

Here's a promo for Season Two:

You can catch the two hour commercial free movie premiere of Aquarius this Thursday at 9/8c on NBC.

Life Changes: The Night Shift: "The Thing with Feathers"

In part two of this two part episode, lives will change for better or for worst.

We picked off right where the previous episode left off, we see Drew on the floor and as he moves we see blood on his gloved up hands. But not to worry he wasn't shot, but the General was and he soon is taken into the other room as Jennings tells Drew to help him.

Meanwhile, as TC and Jordan pick up the missing kid and tries to get him back to the hospital. With the winds being dangerous for the chopper to go, Jordan performs a chest tube that turned out to be successful and soon the chopper moves.

Scott is waiting for the kid and takes him to the OR, but before that the mother had complications as she was a bit panicky of the news of her son. TC comes in during surgery later on and there seems to be an infection. The only way for the kid to fight the infection is for a blood transfusion, but the parents aren't his parents, adopted parents.

TC later talks to the mother, alone and she tells him a story that came to a surprising twist. Her husband and her stole the kid at the mall. That left TC upset but soon find the parents but won't get on time for transfusion. That lead up to the umbilical cord from the kid, which he found and was on it's way to the hospital.

Jordan has her hands full with a patient and teaching Shannon. When an patient who comes in with nothing wrong with him, but somehow keeps going into cardiac arrest,  Jordan figures out that a fracture in the neck has caused his thyroid issues. But not only did Jordan help the patient, but help him and his daughter become close again.

And as Kenny tries to help Topher get in shape (ha! that was something!), he gets news from Gwen that she got accepted to Georgetown University but she has to leave the next day. Seems like these two are another broken up couple.

As for Drew and Jennings, they helped the brother and his sister and his nephew to escape from the compound. After what had happen, their Captain is not to pleased but he also thought it was a good thing (he gives the high and low of the situation). For the two's punishment, Drew is relieved from duty, even thought he had three months to go. That leads Jennings to stay for another three months as she was about to go home in nine days.

At the end, TC and Topher go for a run, which was fun seeing TC shirtless and Topher wearing running outfit. Jordan and Shannon have breakfast and talk about how Jordan will help her stay calm while Shannon will help Jordan with her outside life and would you know it that the paramedic shows up with his friend and the four have breakfast together...shots.

I enjoyed this episode very much. It picked up quickly and never lost interest at all. Shannon and Jordan have a good intern-doctor chemistry. It had such a good twist, that had me hating her but also feel bad for her too (I know I'm a softy).

It's gonna be awhile for TC and Jordan to get things going I think. Will they get back together, I hope but this could be a break. I couldn't get enough of Paul and his big head attitude towards the nurses and doctors in the ER.

Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch The Night Shift Wednesday nights at 10/9c on NBC.

The Waiting is Over: The Night Shift "The Times They Are A-Changin" Season Premiere

The season premiere of The Night Shift aired Wednesday night and it kicks off pretty fast. Let's get started.

The show jumps a few months after the season two finale, TC and Jordan are trying not to work on the same shift, after we see that TC proposed to Jordan moments after she awoke from her coma in the finale but she declined. But avoiding each other won't last when Topher has them working the same shift.

A call of an accident on the highway gets Topher and TC on the chopper to go, seek and bring back. There seems to be one small problem, it's during a lighting storm, how fun right? Hell yeah!!

A woman is found on the edge of a highway sign as Topher takes care of her, TC provides the supple to him and gets her on the chopper. She's suffering from a cut in the artery with a huge piece of glass that TC takes out with night-vision goggles.

Back at the hospital, Kenny shows the new doctor, Dr. Shannon Rivera, the ropes and has her pronounce a dead body for the funeral home. When Jordan steps out, she knows what he's doing to her, as it's always a tradition for a newbie...scary them. As Shannon lifts the sheet, Paul screams at her and she punches him in the face. That's what I call a setback, my friend and a very good one.

After that we see Paul and Shannon get into it during traumas and such. She really gets under his skin and he shows a bit of romantic interest for her just a bit. But watching those two be the comic relief in this episode was amazing.

Jordan gets a patient, one from the accident that TC was at, that suffers from unstable blood pressure along with the heart stopping and going. Scott comes in and soon they spot a massive in her kidney that explains the what she's been ding through. In surgery, Scott finds the tumor but than her pressure drops again and Jordan thinks there's another tumor. Scott searches and finds it but finds something even more graving, turns out to be cancer and they tell the patient's partner of the news. She tells Jordan that she feels responsible for this as they were fighting, but she tells her that it's not, that the accident has given her a second shot of telling her how much she cares for her.

TC and Jordan do chat for a bit but it's a start. But soon, the man comes in the ER asking about his son, because his wife called him that she was taking him to the hospital. Topher and Kenny check but no one came in with a fever. But than he tells them that she drove a truck to get here and it hits Topher in shock. He treated his wife and gets TC and Jordan to find the son, which they do as they find the kid in it's car seat high up.

Meanwhile, while all of this was going on, Drew was sent to Afghanistan and teams up with Dr. Syd Jennings (Jennifer Beals). As soon as they have some fun, bombs and guns go off. They treat a 15 year old pregnant girl, who happens to be a wife of the Afghan general. Causing problems internationally, Drew does what he does best, save the girl as she need surgery for a tear in the womb. Causing the top officer to really get on him, but as they perform the surgery, the General comes in and points a gun demanding her release to him. Drew calmly fights back, holding the gun away until it goes off and we are left with a "To Be Continued...."

This part one of a two part episode was amazing. They really have you caught up about the characters. The show hasn't lost any step and has gotten better. There wasn't one specific person, but the whole cast was amazing. Will TC and Jordan find a way to work it out and possibly get back together? And what the hell happen with Drew, is he shot or is the General shot?

I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch The Night Shift Wednesday nights at 10/9c on NBC,

Homeland nearing a Two season Renewal

Alright take a nice deep breath, Carrie Mathison and fans of Homeland....you've got a long road ahead of you.

Showtime's CEO David Nevins has announced Wednesday that the network is nearing a deal to renew Homeland for Season 7 and 8.

Nevins has also confirmed that the show's upcoming sixth season will not premiere in the fall, like it has in the past five seasons of the show. Instead, it will premiere in January 2017, while Shameless Season 7 will take over Homeland's fall spot.

"Homeland is a show that is constantly reinventing itself...since it's very much about this Intelligence world," Nevins said to reporters during a conference call. "More than most, this is a show that has an open-ended expiration date, just because of the subject matter."

Homeland's sixth season will be set and shot n New York City, and will take place during the two month period between Election Day and the swearing in of the new POTUS.

"There is this strange period in America where there are 72 days when it's not exactly clear who's in charge, and there is a new president that needs to be educated on what it means to be president," Gansa recently told EW.com. "That is a very complex transfer of power filled with all kinds of anxiety and different competing interests....it's a dangerous time in our democracy."

The Father Committing the Deadliest Sin: Chicago PD: "Start Digging" Season Finale

The phrase I love to use for any season finale that like this is would be "It's the season finale where all hell is breaking loose." That was quote for the season four finale of ER during the final episode of Seinfeld back in 1998. For this season finale, it might as well be that but a 2.0 version.

For the last few episodes, Voight's been hearing that his son, Justin, has been in Chicago, without him knowing about it. Now we jump to Voight's grandson's first birthday with Justin, his wife and Erin there. Voight gives the kid an old child's toy of Justin that he has kept. Later on they they talked about his visiting in town without seeing him and Justin responds saying that it's nothing to get worked about.

Soon, Voight and Erin get a call of a female gunshot to the head and tied up with barbwire in the trunk of a car. They find the victim's address and heads over there but no one was home until a sitter came to them with the victim's son.

During the investigation, they found that the victim was only helping out home robbers of homes. As they dig in dipper they found a car that matches one of the suspects that they are looking for and as Erin and Voight head out there, what they find wasn't the suspect at all, but as they opened the trunk, it was Justin, in the same as the previous victim. Boy did Voight turn upset unlike any other.

Erin and Voight get Justin to Med where things don't look good. Voight told Erin that he wants everyone back at the station, in a voice that I haven't seen him since he and Casey first met. Just before Voight talked, Antonio tells everyone that if they feel uncomfortable just tell him and he'll handle it. Voight overhears and gives a speech that if anyone doesn't feel that they can't pull a 110 percent than take a couple of days vacation.

Everyone's all in and gets word to their CI that they're money for the whereabouts of the suspect that shot Justin. Word from someone that the suspect has a brother and they unit goes out and takes him. Voight soon gets the whereabouts of the suspect and gives it to the unit for them to get, but by the time they got there the place was empty and no one was there. When Erin gets word, she knows what's really going on, Voight is taken the guy for himself.

Voight, who's at his confession spot in an abandoned factory, awaits his retired buddies for the drop off of the suspect. He takes him and drags him to one spot and cuts him free and tells him to start digging a hole. He starts digging and tells him all this bullshit stuff that Voight doesn't buy it. Anything he tells Voight, Voight replies to him to keep digging.

Erin gets there and tries to talk  Voight out of it but when Voight tell Erin to go back, the look on his face was unlike we have ever seen. The eyes, the expression, Voight was gone and knows the one thing that needs to be done. Erin gets back to the car and drives off in tears. Voight hears one more thing from the suspect and as he does, he walks towards him and without seeing what happen, we hear a gun shot as Erin is still driving.

Voight fills the hole/grave back up with dirt and all is done. I mention this on twitter during the episode that it seems the father has to commit the deadliest sins.  

This episode was flat-out amazing. This was one of Jason Beghe's best performance so far. He and the writers have really take Voight to a whole new level that maybe he'll have to suffer from this or not in the next season. This was all Beghe's episode along with a few good performances from the supporting cast.

Also not to forget, Roman has left the CPD and heading to San Diego. Last week's episode he asked Burgess to go with him but tells her that she should stay instead. Hey maybe there's a chance for Burgess and Ruzek to get back?

After the season finale, TVLine has learned that Brian Geraghty won't be returning for Season 4 of Chicago PD.

Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10 and this season a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago PD when the show returns in the fall Wednesday nights at 10/9c on NBC.

A Twist for the Heart: The Blacklist "Alexander Kirk (The Conclusion)

Everything has been leading to this episode, this very season finale that not only had so much emotion but humor and never to mention the very twist that only The Blacklist can bring to this very finale.

Red's plan is just as plan sight as his hat, take out Alexander Kirk and to do so he had Senator Diaz to indict him for questioning. Kirk sees the news coverage and doesn't take the bait. That's until Red has his team and FBI to switch illegal oil onto Kirk's company gas truck.

That my friend was one of many hilarious moments. As Red orders hot dogs that takes about 10 minutes or so, he's distracting the trucker as Tom and team switches the trucker's tank with the tank of oil.

As things went to plan, Red and Cooper had a chat about that Red's gonna kill Kirk. And gave this one of the most beautiful speeches in the three seasons of the show. So good that it felt like a finale.

The plan does work until Keen slips way from Kaplan and takes off on a airplane to Cuba. Kirk has a guy, who is a remembrance to Javier Bardem's character in "No Country for Old Men," following Tom and the baby. Follows him towards Cuba and tell Kirk about it. As Kirk's plane lands in the U.S., he heads to Cuba while his lawyer takes on the questions with the Senators.

That moment when Kirk wasn't there surprised Red as he was going shoot him in the head. Red calls Aram about it and he later finds that Kirk left on the plane to Cuba. While with Aram on, he asked what plane and company that Keen took.

As Red got the name of the company, he heads towards the owner, a friend, and slaps him with his own golf club. The guy thought that Red had ordered the plane, which he didn't, and told that Kaplan was the one who told him.

Kaplan betrays Red. It wasn't a pretty site to see when Red and Kaplan had a talk. He tells her that Kirk is on his way to Cuba and that Keen and Agnus aren't safe, until she responded with and someone else.

Keen gets to Cuba and heads towards a very nice place. He walks in with Agnus and as the camera cuts to the white curtains, who other than Liz pops out. Just to let all of you know I was still in shock, even though with all the talk about she's alive and all.  The three are together for now.

Red and Kaplan are on the plane and Red ask her how this all happen. Kaplan explained that she had to do it to protect her, that she and the baby wasn't protected under him. She talked to the doctor and he had a way to make things look like she was in need of an emergency. He gives her a dose to have her stop breathe for two minutes and after she was taken away in a body bag, he relived her.

My god Kaplan! My god!! She broke his heart. She broke my heart too.

Tom comes back from the store and sees the window broken. He looks around and finds a man in the baby room and kicks the crap out of him until  the big guy knocks him out.

As Red and Kaplan get there, the place is empty. There's broken glass and bottles, there was no sign of anyone. Red comes up to Kaplan with his hands and gun on her head and ask her what should he do with her. In a way, it felt like that scene from The Godfather Part II where Michael grabs Fredo.

In the final scene of the episode, Liz is in an empty room tied to a chair. Kirk comes out and walks towards her and the only thing she's asking is where is her baby and Tom and are they safe. Kirk calls Liz by her real name and tells her that she knows him. He tells her that he is her father. SHOCKING TWIST!!!

What a great finale this turned out to be. IT had enough humor, along with so many twist and emotional turns that writing this took me a day and a half to grab my thoughts together.

This was literally the best season finale that the series has done throughout it's run. The executive producers and writers have done a splendid job that not only answering some questions there's a whole lot more that is asked. Spader, Lennix and Klattenhoff gives a great performance.

I couldn't get those scenes with Red and Cooper along with Red and Ressler out of my head. I kept watching those scenes that still was so beautifully performed as well. It's great to see Megan Boone, because let's face it, it's not The Blacklist without Liz and Red together.  It's so great to see her once again.

I give this episode a 9.5/10. And overall the season a 9.5/10.

What did you think of The Blacklist season finale? Was it good? Was it bad? How excited are you for next season? Any thoughts?

The Blacklist returns this fall same night, new time: Thursdays at 10/9c. It's part of a great new line with with Superstore, The Good Place, Chicago Med.

The Great Indoors - First Look

Coming to CBS this fall a new comedy starring Joel McHale ("The Soup" and "Community"), who's a renowned adventure reporter for an outdoor magazine who must adapt to the times when he becomes the desk-bound boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of the publication.

Jack (McHale) has led a thrilling "outdoorsy" life exploring the edges of the earth while chronicling his adventures for Outdoor Limits. But his globe-trotting days end when the magazine's charismatic founder and outdoor legend, Roland (Stephen Fry), announces the publication's move to web-only and assigns Jack to supervise their online team of "journalists."

Jack's eager 20-something colleagues include Clark (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), a tech nerd who knows everything about surviving on Mars and a zombie apocalypse; Emma (Christine Ko), their social media expert who views Jack as the uman version of dial-up; and Mason (Shaun Brown), a hipster-lumberjack who hasn't spent any actual time outside.

Jack reports to Roland's daughter, Brooke (Susannah Fielding), an ex-flame who caters to the sensitive staffers by giving them all throphies just for working hard. Jack's best friend, Eddie (Chris Williams), runs the local dive bar that's popular with the younger set and helps Jack "decode" his co-workers. Jack is baffled by the world of click-bait and listicles, but if he's patient, he may be able to show these kids that the outside world is much more than something on a screen... if he doesn't beat them with their selfie-sticks first.

Mike Gibbons, Christ Harris and multiple Emmy Award winner Andy Ackerman are executive prodcers for CBS Television Studios. Ackerman directed the pilot.

Get a first look of "The Great Indoors."