The Blacklist "Natalie Luca (No. 184)"/"Isabella Stone (No. 34)"

"Natalie Luca (No. 184)" 

I love a really good deadly virus thrilling story, I know I'm weird, but it just brings everything to a whole meaning. And this episode was just that exception.

"Natalie Luca" is a fascinating episode with memorable characters and moments. It's got that throwback to such virus TV movies to even I thought the Mary Tyler Moore Show.

We continue from the previous episode of Red's accountant, who was murdered, gets Liz and the FBI to find the person who killed him. But down the road they found out that he was taken out from a deadly disease and that this suspect turns out to be a carrier that has been part of a corporation experiment since she was a litle girl.

This suspect, Natalie, goes by the name Typhoid Mary. Her and her partner, a scientist, who's trying to figure a cure for her. But the FBI gets closer and when they catch her, they handed her over to not the Hazmat team but the Corporation that she escaped from but her partner get there in time but gets killed. The two have one of those romantic moments that you just get pulled into.

Even Red gets into an articulation with a foe that he has known. Red grabs Tom and has him as his secret assassin that everyone has heard of but is really fake. The foe tries to take Tom from Red but it was a distraction to get Red to meet with his foe. There was a nice monologue from Red about death that was so chilling.

But later, Red makes a stop to see Natalie about who had her and her partner kill his associate and she tells him the name "Isabella Stone." For which is what the next episode is about.

I'd enjoyed this episode a lot. As I said before I'm a sucker for very good deadly virus thrillers and this one comes close to it to say the least. I loved the story and there's some montage like The Mary Tyler Moore Show when Samar sees Aram's paycheck that he makes more than her and later on she gets a 16% bump thanks to Aram. The writing was good. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Isabella Stone (No. 34)"

Talking about a lady who wants to take down the great Reddington.

"Isabella Stone" is the continuation from the previous episode, as Red's world is being threaten, he knows that everything has been coming from Isabella Stone. Red tells Liz of Stone as the next blacklister but in this case, not only was she taking down his business but she's been doing some horrible things as well in the past. Kill two birds with one stone, right?  

In the search for Stone, Ressler gets a call about his brother needing heart surgery. It's a nice backstory for Ressler but it really didn't do much at all if it was going to bring him and Samar together to so.

Stone tries to take out Red's two known associates, one in Europe and the other in the states. One in Europe, is with his wife at a casino, when he plays cribs, he gets drugged by Stone's people and she drags him up to his room where his wife is dead and he is out cold. She frames him for murder but Red get there and gets him out but he dies from gun shots from the police.

The other is a well know entrepreneur (who suffers from ALS), when Stone gets to his business dinner, word gets around that he has been taking money from criminals, like Red. Stone later takes him back to his house and demands him to say what she wants him to say, but by the time he was going to, Liz and FBI get there and Stone pushes the guy in the pool.   Liz recuses him and Stone is in FBI custody.

In the meantime, Tom gets word that his father has died in a plane crash. He wants to find out what happen 30 years ago. As much as I would agree with Red that the past is the past, I would want to be in Tom's shoes and find out who my father was and what had happen in that accident that made him disappear years ago.

This episode was not only good but there's a side of Red that we've never seen before. He's losing a lot of his associates in the last couple of weeks and it seems that he's going to go rouge more than ever. This seems to be coming from after Kaplan's so-what-death. But there was a very nice moment that Red and Liz had near the end that I really enjoy with the coo cu clock that's a gift for Agnus. But also Red did take Stone is his own hands once again, I don't know how long Cooper has the temper for this anymore. I think it'll blow up pretty soon.  Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

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

Blindspot "Droll Autumn, Unmutual Lord"/"Devil Never Even Lived"

"Droll Autumn, Unmutual Lord"

The team tackles two serious matters, one a terrorist coming to the states hoping the doctors can give his son a new heart and helping Roman, either one sounds a point for total danger. 

When the team comes to learn that a terrorist is in the country, Weller and the team track him down but finds him with the CIA Deputy Director Keaton, hoping for an exchange his son gets a new heart while Keaton gets information. That turned south when the guy's son passes away and threatens for revenge. 

And believe me it was a revenge on Keaton and his kid, who happens to be at her basketball game. Keaton, Weller and team head toward the school, where the basketball game is taken place. Of course, Keaton gets one of his agents to take her out but the guy's men took his agent out, but Keaton's girl ran off. 

It turns into a search and meet when Keaton and Weller made contact with her. Meanwhile, Jane, Reade and Zapata looking for the bomb. Reade and Zapata finds it and later Patterson disarms it by jamming the phone signals. 

As the bomb is disarmed, Keaton finds his daughter but is taken hostage. Talking, trying to make a trade for him in exchange for her. Just as they were going to switch, Jane shoots the suspect saving Keaton's ass. He does tell her thank you, but I wouldn't forgive what he did to Jane too.

As this was going on, Roman gets treated to see where he is mentally as he relives dreams of his time as a child, locked in a cold cell. Nas gets a therapist on it and it seems to help. But after things approve a little, a tattoo has been solved when Roman is playing a game.

Zapata and Reade's relationship seems to be okay for now. They don't seem to want to talk about their kiss an episode back. But after the day they had and had a couple of drinks at the bar, Zapata give Reade to another person who has an interest for him and she leaves.

This was a good episode. It tends to be one of those episodes that deals with one thing and ends up being another. I enjoyed it like the other stand alone episodes that really didn't go anywhere til the end of the episode. Love the action, love the tension between Jane and Keaton, even though I feel like Keaton should be dumped in hot oil for what he did to her. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10

"Devil Never Even Lived"

When word of the leopard tattoo was solved it gave a clue of what Sheppard might be planning next and it leads to someone that Roman knows...personally. 

I thought this was a very good episode. Even though it was a gamble to use Roman out in the field. Jane suggest that Roman goes out there in the field to go to where he got weapons for Sheppard before. Weller thinking it's  a bad idea, but the therapist thinks he would be okay. 

After making the deal and revisiting old love, the plan backfire on the team. The team seem to have their moment as they planted weapons for Sheppard to take but by the time they get there all were gone.

But the shocking part came at the end when Jane came over to Weller's place, trying to cheer him up after Alison said she was moving away. Jane and Weller talked and talked about how he played basketball and just as Jane sees a photo and spots Sheppard. Weller sees it and tells Jane that he knows her. 

This was a better episode than the previous one. I thought the writing was very good and that it had Roman involved with the plan. Even though they didn't get Sheppard, we do know that Weller finally says that he remembers Sheppard. I thought the acting was good as well. Kind a hope that Roman's love interest would have lived, maybe that could have helped him along the line personally. Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch Blindspot Wednesday nights at 8/7c on NBC. 

Chicago Fire "The People We Meet"/"Who Lives and Who Dies"

Both "The People We Meet" and "Who Lives and Who Dies" set a real tone both emotionally, fearing and thrilling. Here's a short recap of the previous two episodes of Chicago Fire.

"The People We Meet"

This episode had fear and emotion written all over it. Let me just say this that there were no dry eyes at the end of this episode and along with that couldn't sleep for another.

Casey and Dawson after getting news about Louie's father going back, things seemed to go their way, until the father comes back and decided to stay and take Louie back. Talk about ripping your heart out twice and doing the chi chi slide, right?

Dawson and Casey seem to go all the way to keep Louie until they get a meeting with Louie's father along with several other members of his family, for which was just another knife to the gut for our couple. Dawson decides that fighting this would just be hard on all and they decided that Louie should be with his father and family.

Watching them give away Louie one last time probably stands as one of the most emotional moment of the week (when it aired and still after watching it over and over again). Man, the writers really wanted us to go full tissues when Louie and his father walked down the street as they leave Dawson and Casey.

Meanwhile, after his accident during the crossover event, Severide gets news that he can't donate bone morrow due to bruises where they're to take the morrow out. But as a big of a man Kelly can be he fights to do it after hearing that he can still donate without pain meds during the procedure. Goodwin tries to stop him but gives him the forms.

We we see the procedure happening, it wasn't as pretty as it looked or even sounded when they take a wide shot and we hear Kelly screaming like hell. That put fear in my head. It's just the good person in Kelly but also how much he really cares for the lady that he wants to save.

My thought will be at the bottom along with the thoughts of the next episode.

"Who Lives and Who Dies" 

Talk about the grief and lost at the same episode.

Severide is back at work and gets word that his lady friend that he saved will be out later in the week. He visits her and sees how she's doing and hoping that they'll be more close friends. She tells him that he can pick her up the next day in the morning but by that time when he gets there she's gone but leaves a message that they'll be together soon.

Also waiting is Kidd, who happens to wonder what kind of relationship that her and Severide have. They seem to be just friends but they're more than just friends that we've seen since she came on the team.

Meanwhile, Casey and Dawson are having some difficult time dealing with the lost of Louie. Casey tries to clean and pack up all the toys and books that were in Louie's room. Also after Herrmann finds a rat getting into some of the food. That made Casey go full battle mode and made all of Truck get down and clean and move things.

Dawson on the other hand, dealt with her lost on a father who just learned that his daughter had a baby. He didn't treat his daughter the right way and Dawson didn't like how it was handled. But she got a word from the daughter's aunt about it and apologies to him for her actions.

When enough was enough at the house, Herrmann was firm and steady to tell Casey that he and Dawson has to come together and grief together. After talking, they decide to drop off  Louie's stuff to the father and daughter place. Leaving on a nice note, the daughter named her baby Gabby after Dawson.

Shouldn't leave this note out, during a call Casey and Kidd were in the basement of a burning apartment where Kidd needed help to save a kid while Casey was trying to save a man caught underneath stuff. But when Casey tries to help Kidd, the man points a gun at Casey but he still went to help Kidd and got that child out of the building. Casey and Severide went back in and couldn't find the guy. Was Casey really losing it? I don't think so. Because in tonight's new episode we'll be seeing him.


Both episodes I thought were really good. Maybe "Who Lives and Who Dies" should really put down the date and time since it's been a week since Severide had his procedure. Other than that, I loved it. The writing was really good and the acting from the three cast members Kinny, Spencer and Raymund. I can't wait for tonight's new episode to see how this all plays out with that guy and Casey. Overall, I give both episodes a 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire Tuesday nights at 10/9c on NBC.

An Awaken Moment: This Is Us "Three Sentences"

"Three Sentences" might be a confusing title at first for what the episode stands but it really doesn't matter the episode really delivered once again.

Let's just dive into Randle and William. William seems to be like he won a million dollars and he should be after being off chemo and radiation. As William is taking every second of every moment to do what he loves and enjoys. Randle faces a challenge from a co-worker at work about a project, but William comes in and ask him to join him to do the things he wants to do, so Randle agreed, even if he didn't like it.

The two spent a lot of time clothes shopping, cream soda searching and even taking the car and listen to his song that he heard at a record shop when he was a kid. He tells Randle how he wanted to be the owner, who drove a cool car. There he realize and has William drive the car, but instead of driving around (because he hasn't had a driver's licence). Randle had William drive around the park, literally around in circles.  

The flashback portion was of the big three's birthday party. After seeing old clips of the past birthdays and traditions, Kate and Kevin wanted to have their own birthday party, Randle too. After going through memory lane, Jack asked Rebecca about having another kid. That conversation went back and forth a couple of times, but decided no.

When the party was going on, Kate and Kevin had their friends, but Randle had only his friends not his classmates. Jack and Rebecca tries to get some of Kate and Kevin's friends to join Randle's party but Randle was fine with just having his own friends at the party.  But that didn't end as Kate decided to be by herself for a while and Jack tries to cheer her up, even though he did a great job, she still wanted to be alone. Jack and Rebecca asked Kevin why Kate's friends were at his party, it was because he loves Kate's friend Sophia, who happens to love the Princess Bride, for which Kevin ask to have for a theme for his party.

That does leave to Kevin and Kate, for which I thought stand out the most in this episode.

For Kevin, he realizes that Sloane doesn't want to be around someone that thinks he has to be with her. So that left Kevin in a bad mood but hey Toby was there to help guide him to what he really wanted and that was to go to the person he truly loves....Sophia...his ex-wife. Yeah talk about a left turn, right?

He goes to her place and asked that they have a cup of coffee and talk. From her look it doesn't look like she was in the mood talking but she's gonna give it a shot.

Meanwhile, Kate decides not to go with the surgery and was given a chance to go to a camp for those with weight issues. Thinking that this was going to be like the biggest loser type of camp, it wasn't it was most of therapy camp. Thinking that it wasn't for her, she gets  pushed to do it from some employee there, who happens to have a crush on her.

After going back to the group exercises, she starts doing, listening and even going back to a dark moment in time, for which was the moment with her dad and cutting it to Jack's funeral. After viewing those moments, Kate starts to do her exercise faster and then screams loudly. Just watching that scene was probably the oh my god moments of the episode, probably the season as we kind of figure out Kate's emotional state.

I thought this episode was very, very good. The writing was as good as the previous episode. The cast was amazing and I thought that Chrissy Metz gave a great emotional performance.  The only thing that I might have an issue is the title, for which I don't get, after watching it three to four times. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch This Is Us Tuesday nights at 9/8c on NBC.

With Great Power, Comes Great Teamwork: Powerless "Wayne or Lose" Series Premiere

It's a great concept: "It's a superhero world and we live in it."

Powerless, the first comedy from DC Comics, dives into the world where normal non-superpower people who lives with superheroes battling villains everyday and suffers from it. That's where we meet a team that tries to help those in those everyday crisis.

Emily Locke becomes the Director of Research and Development at Wayne Security to help inspire her team to come up with something new; instead of making some kind of knock off from Lexcrop or just changing a color to something that has already been made.

But when Bruce Wayne calls and tells his cousin, Van Wayne, that he's fired everyone. Emily tries her best to get inspirational with her team, but they don't seem to want to get creative now that they're fired. After a moment alone with Jackie, Van's personal assistant, talking, the idea pops that got the ball rolling from an invention that tracts someone's whereabouts before they get there.

I've really enjoyed "Wayne or Lose." The writing is amazingly strong with such interesting characters. It's fresh and it's just a different fun perspective of the normal people in a superhero world. Vanessa Hudgens really shines! Even though this is her first time at comedy, it's like she has been doing comedy for a couple of years. Plus the way her character is presented, she's gotten me motivated to do something too. The ensemble cast is amazing and brings a lot to the show. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Powerless Thursday nights at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.

Bugged-Eye Grimm: Grimm "The Seven Year Itch"

Well, this episode will probably make you bug out one way or another.

"The Seven Year Itch" may not have enough story development for one thing but it was entertaining anyway.

The monster of the week happens to be one mother of a bug, that calls itself that party monster. This wesen happens to come out every seven years and goes out to hunt for an plus size female to take with him to feed while underground, nothing wrong there, right?

It just so happens to be one of the founders of the park over 150 years ago. The story plot was fine for this, it develop well until the end, when Hank, Nick and Wu were battling it in the park and all of the sudden the victim that the Wesen was taken happen to be a Wesen that look like a Rhino. I find it too quick but yet one of the most WTF moments of the episode.

Other moments during the episode: One we all waited for Monrosalee baby, what are they gonna have? Well, it turns out that they're going to have triplets. I think I called that in the preview (just because triplets are a hit on NBC (This Is Us)). I enjoyed that moment the most.

Adalind and Eve: That would probably be the nerve wracking moment. Just seeing those two together after all of this mess. Diana tells Adalind that Eve was in the wall and is sick, Adalind helps her up and tries to nurse her but Diana goes in the tunnel and sees Eve's art work of what she saw. Adalind tells Eve she apologizes  and just as she does Nick comes and talks to Eve. Nothing else happens after that, even though Eve thinks she doesn't belong there, you think?!

Probably the one thing that could probably develop more was Renard's story line wit Meisner. After a long night, Renard goes to a pawnshop for help to get rid of the evil spirit from his body. Doing so with a giant toy box shape, Renard gets in (and once again gets naked) and the spirit comes out but does so attacks the shop owner and changes to Meisner.

Meisner then turns the machine on high and it seemed to burn Renard til we see him fully clothed and in shop with everything all gone. I really couldn't tell if Renard was in another world or Meisner was back in the real world. I would love to see more in this episode.

I enjoyed this episode with the writing to be good, but not as it was in the previous episodes. I think the one thing I'll remember from this episode would happen to be the bug Wesen, Monroe and Rosalee and even the Adalind/Eve moment. But I will say this that Renard and Meisner does have another humorist moment during the first scene together. Plus Nick, Wu and Hank at the park investigating the crime scene of a dead body at the park that happens to be naked. Overall, I give it a 7.5/10.


You can catch Grimm Friday nights at 8/7c on NBC.

The Blacklist "The Harem (No. 102)

"The Harem" has to be one of the fun and interesting episodes of the season.

We've seen a lot of Blacklisters from men to women but now it's a team of bad women who love to play and steal to the bone. When a list of those that are in the witness protection project has been stolen, it's up to Liz to go undercover and get it, but could she make it in the group of The Harem"?

As I said before The Harem is like an Ocean's 8 style of women (shorter number though), who steal and make a name for themselves. Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan & Law & Order alum) guest stars as the leader Margot, who's planning to steal the list of witness protection people. Red gets Liz and the FBI involved and used Margot's brother to get Liz in with the group.

After passing Margot's test, Liz was in the group, but not her brother anymore. The group starts off slow and moves on. Liz gets involved with another member, Emma (Anastasia Griffith (Royal Pains & Trauma)), is one of Margot's trusted members, but also turns out to be Red's old undercover who went cold on him for the past couple of years. When the Liz and Emma talked, they had a deep plan of what they were going to do, until things went south that Emma caused in China and took the list for herself, leaving Liz and other members by themselves.

After escaping, Liz and the FBI make their move and caught Margot. Meanwhile, Red meets with Emma and is given the electronic list of the witness protection. Red tells her if she was in trouble that she should had come to him sooner and gave her a place to stay and money to have as they watch her son practice soccer that he has no clue she's his mother.

In the meantime, during this episode, Red tries to get his business moving by helping a curse ship business help carry some stuff around. But things took a tumble when one of his guy's died of a heart attack and someone else had purchased and helped the cruse line ship. Someone seems to be making moves on Red's business and it seems that this is only the beginning.

But let me just end this with one of the highlight notes of this episode, Liz and Red meet at a restaurant and he gives her the list. Liz tells him that she knows that he killed Mr. Kaplan and soon he tells her why he needed to get that list. It wasn't for him, it was to keep Kaplan's sister hidden. Liz tells him that it doesn't count for what he had done to Kaplan and he knows that, but it seems that after he tells Liz about it and that she knows about Kaplan that it was a bit of a relief for him.

I loved this episode, that I even watched this over and over for the last week since this episode aired. Hennessy and Griffith was amazing along with Megan Boone as well. All three stole my hearts in a way. It's just fun to watch strong female characters do some bad ass things. Overall, I enjoyed that scene with Liz and Red near the end of the episode. The writing was good as well as the directing too. Overall, I give this episode an 9/10.

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