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Forking Awesome!: The Good Place: "Pilot' & "Flying"

The Good Place premiere last night, and it was a forking awesome!!

We meet Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), who had just died and is in what Michael (Ted Danson) calls The Good Place. There, it's like a magical place where everyone exists happy, has a soulmate, and can't die. The problem is that Eleanor is not supposed to be in The Good Place, and Michael messed up on the calculation. They think she's another person who has done many good things.

With that in mind, Eleanor meets her soulmate, Chidi Anagoyne (William Jackson Harper), an ethics professor. He learns about Eleanor's situation and tries to figure out that maybe it's a test to see how good of a person Eleanor is, but if we've seen who Eleanor was and still is, a person who gets away with things and acts irresponsibly.

We meet other characters like Tahani Al-Jamil (Jameela Jamil), a British-Indian woman who's wealthy, and her soulmate Jianyu (Manny Jacinto), who's a silent Buddhist monk. Not to mention the creepy, hilarious Janet (D'Arcy Carden) as the go-to-person guide for all the information.

As Eleanor tries to adjust to the new place, Tahani throws a party for the entire neighborhood. At the party, she and Chidi see that everyone doesn't have a wrong side to them and that everyone is good. When she returns to her tiny home (for which I would love to live), she tells Chidi her story that she came from a divorced family at a young age.

But as she goes to sleep, she wakes up to the sound of chaos as giant bugs walking around, giraffes, flying shrimp, and giant frogs. This whole thing freaks out, Michael. Everyone wears yellow and black striped outfits except for Eleanor, who is the one who has caused the chaos.

When Michael calls a town meeting, he starts freaking out and thinking that if you sweat, you lick it off or wipe it and then lick it off, which was one of the funniest moments in the episode. But soon, everything went back to normal.

For Day 2, Michael had the idea to give the people of The Good Place something to live a little. So they flew in simulation suits, but before anyone could go zipping and soaring, Tahani had the idea to clean up the mess from the weird event. Almost everyone wanted to volunteer to help, and Eleanor wanted to go flying, but Chidi raised and called them to do it, proving that Eleanor could do some good instead of evil.

As everyone was flying, Eleanor was cleaning up, looking jealous, until she took her last bag to the trash. It ripped, and with only five minutes left, she dumped the garbage everywhere, from inside a home to bicycle baskets. She gets the suit on, and as she flies up, a thunderstorm of trash is dumped in the neighborhood.

It comes to Chidi that Eleanor isn't worth helping to become a good person. It takes a while until she dreams of a night at the bar as the designated driver and blows off her friends to have sex with the bartender. Eleanor wakes up and picks up the trash in the neighborhood. Later, Chidi comes, and after seeing what she's doing, he helps her until Janet comes.

The next day, Eleanor and Chidi begin the long process of being a good person. Soon, a note slides through the door saying, "You Don't Belong Here." Who could it be? Who knows that Eleanor isn't who they think she should be?

An excellent first two episodes. I loved it from the moment Bell and Danson scene where we learn a bit about what's going on. It's undoubtedly a different kind of comedy with the imaginative side of things, which I love.

The different curse words from "fork," "bullshirt," and "mother-forker" are just so clever that I might have to use them now. Bell and Danson are incredible, as are the rest of the cast. The writing of these two episodes was excellent. Michael Shur has done it again!!!

Overall, I give these two episodes 10/10.

You can catch The Good Place at its regular time on Thursdays at 8:30/7:30 on NBC

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The King is Back! Kevin Can Wait: "Pilot"

The King of Comedy is back! Well, that's what I've been hearing all summer and they're right. Kevin James returns to CBS in another sitcom Kevin Can Wait and it's one of those classic simple funny family sitcoms.

Kevin Gable is about to have his retirement party as a police officer. Things look really good for him as he has plans with his other retired officer buddies to do fun guy stuff like combine paintball and go carts, calling one of the idea "Go Balls."

Before the retirement party comes, Kevin's daughter, Kendra, comes for the special occasion from college, bring home burgers and fires for the family. But it's Kevin James and food, burgers and fries for a family of four is the equal amount for Kevin to eat for an original person.

But when she tells her mom, Donna, about the boyfriend, they planed to introduce him to Kevin after Sunday church, but plans change when her friend and boyfriend comes. Kevin mistaken one guy to be her boyfriend, but she takes both Kevin and Donna in the kitchen and tells her about her boyfriend and who it is. It may be a shock to Kevin but it'll be more of a shock to both of her parents when she tells them that her and Chale are engaged and that she's quitting college to support his App designing.

Upsetting Kevin, him and Donna talk it out and decide to have them live in their house. Kevin talks to Kendra about it and tells her that he would love to have them live back home and have her still go to school. The awkward part for him was to tell Chale about it.

Even though this might set back his retirement, Kevin now looks for a part time job play for the stuff that he has ordered. But that didn't stop his "Go Balls" with his buddies.

I enjoyed this show. I know that people would think that it's predictable. The plot is old and not original bah bah bah! But it's one of those classic family sitcoms that I'm use to from the 90's and early 00's. This is the kind of show that not only me but my grandmother and family would watch. I love something that is simple enough to seat down and turn on something that can make me or my family laugh in the best possible way instead of having to think about the joke. Kevin James is funny and so are some of the characters like his wife Donna, played by Erinn Hayes.

Overall, I give this show a 7.5/10.

You can catch Kevin Can Wait Mondays at 8:30/730c on CBS.

Monday Night Kickoff to the Fall Season

As America's Got Talent finale was the kickoff to the end of summer and the Primetime Emmy Awards the start of the fall. That means the 2016-2017 television season kicks off tonight with big season premieres, sneak peaks and series premieres. So let's start with tonight's lineup of shows to watch:

8/7c The Voice (NBC): The singing competition show just grab it's third Emmy win last night. After what we saw last season, the show steps up in their coaches with Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus. Ever since the news about these two joining I've been thrilled and the promos, trailers and even the Olympic sneak peak has me pumped up to tune in and see how Blake and Adam can handle some real competition.

8:30/7:30c Kevin Can Wait (CBS): Kevin James is back on CBS and he returns in a new family comedy. James plays a newly retired police officer who's looking forward to quality time with his family and his fellow retired cops. But when his oldest daughter announces she's dropping out of college to support her fiance, Kevin knows his only choice is to move them both into his home to keep her in school. The run has to wait as his family is his new beat. From the promos and trailers, this really looked good.

9/8c Lucifer (FOX): It was one of the most weirdest but yet interesting new shows I've seen last season. When Lucifer is tired of working for his dad, he takes a vacation. As he runs a nightclub and having some fun, he sees those that gets away with crime. Works with Det. Chloe Decker, the two butt heads and solves crime together but not with difficulties for Lucifer as he loses he mortality and feels what real pain feels like. But when season two comes, word is out that his mother has escape prison and on the loose, probably looking for Lucifer.

10/9c The Good Place (1 Hour Sneak Peak) (NBC): After The Voice is a sneak peak of one of the most talked new comedy of the fall, The Good Place. Kristen Bell plays Eleanor Shellstrop, a woman who gets killed by a tractor-trailer carrying erectile dysfunction products, wakes up in the afterlife. But when Michael (Ted Danson) tells her that she's in "the good place because of her good deed of by helping innocent people off death row, but she realizes that a mistake has been made and they think she's someone else. This show looks amazing! I mean, a place where no one curses or gets drunk clever, mostly the curses words being uses ("fork" or "bull-shirt"). As I mention it, it's only a hour sneak peak (2 episodes) but it'll move to it's regular time and day Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c after Superstore. The Good Place should be on everyone's must watch list!

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My 2016 Primetime Emmy Predictions

Tonight are the awards of all awards, the Oscars of television (and way better than the Oscars). I'm talking about Primetime Emmy Awards. What a year it has been. So many great shows that were on and the acting, writing, directing, music and etc have been outstanding.

So since I won't be able to watch this years awards (due to football), I've got predictions right here.

Outstanding Comedy Series:
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Drama Series
Mr. Robot

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Documentary Now!


Outstanding Limited Series
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Outstanding Television Movie
Confirmation

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Voice

Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series
Jeffery Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Lead Actor in Limited Series or Movie
Cuba Gooding Jr., The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Outstanding Lead Actress in Comedy Series
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama Series
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black

Outstanding Lead Actress in Limited Series or Movie
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Titus Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Kit Harrington, Game of Thrones

Outstanding Supporting Actor in Limited Series or Movie
John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Constance Zimmer, UnREAL

Outstanding Supporting Actress in Limited Series or Movie
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Hotel