Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season One & Two Recap/Review

Netflix hit comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt will be streaming tomorrow. If you haven't seen the series, you've been missing out on one of the best comedies. Here's a recap of the first two seasons of the show.

Season One: 

The series started when Kimmy Schmidt and three other women were in an underground bunker for the past 15 years with Reverend Richard Gary Wayne who kidnapped them to joining his cult thinking that the world had ended and they were the last survivors. Soon Kimmy and the women were rescued  and appeared on the Today Show with Matt Lauer (even though one of them called him Bryant thinking that he was Bryant Gumbel).

When Lauer asked the question what is next, Kimmy really didn't know what to say and after thinking about it she decides to head out on her own in New York City. On her own, she tries swinging on a swing, eating shark gummy for dinner and even letting a horse free.

As she roams around in the city she spots a place that was for rent to live, she meets with the landlady Lillian Kaushtupper and offers Kimmy a chance to room with Titus Andromedon in her downstairs apartment. But with no job or any references, Kimmy went out to find a job at the candy shop until she spotted the kid that she saw earlier and takes him to his home to his mother, that's where she meets with Jacqueline Voorhees, a Manhattan trophy wife, who mistaken Kimmy for the nanny but Kimmy mistaken her for someone trapped in a cult.

Later on, Kimmy goes for her GED and meets and falls in love with a Vietnamese man named Dong. Near the end of the season, Kimmy had to face the Reverend once again on trial  and soon catches him in in own game and gets him found guilty and sent to prison. Jacqueline goes through life changes from has her marriage comes to an end and deals with her past head on. Even Titus tries to go for his dream being in a musical but meets his nemesis for the musical of Spiderman. But Titus makes a music video about "Peeno Noir" which becomes a huge hit online. And at the end with being the close friend of Kimmy's, speaking to the press for her might not be the best thing for him as it not only gave him attention (even freezing up while on live television) but also it drove out his wife to come see him who he hasn't seen in a long time.

Season one was a smashing home run in it's first season. There were some dark themes in the show but the characters were so rich and amazingly hilarious. After being on "The Office" and "Bridesmaids", Ellie Kemper shines own her own and has a bunch of helpful colorful ensemble cast. Titus Burgess makes his mark on the show as one of the best supporting actors in comedy. Carol Kane as Lillian is another as she's just amazing and lights up the scene. And Jane Krakowski playing Jacqueline at first seems to be a rich Jenna from 30 Rock but shines and really makes her mark as well with her comedy timing. The writing was outstanding and there were a lot of memorable episodes. Season One overall gets a 10/10.

Season Two

In season two, I like to call it the Blast from the 90's, there were a ton of 90's referneces in season that too many for me to remember. But if I had to choice one of them, it would have to be parody songs from the 90's like R. Kelly's I Believe I can Fly" into Art Smelly's "I'm Convinced I Can Swim" and Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" into Dusk Mountie's Brother Baptist.

But throughout the season Kimmy quits working for Jacqeline and gets a job at a year round Christmas store and later becomes an Uber driver. Carol tries to get her back out on the market but runs into Dong, who's in a green card marriage with another GED student. But they try to get back together nad tries to have sex but soon he gets deported.

Jacqueline goes back to her home town with her native american family. She tries to fit back in but she's doesn't and her parents tell her to go back to New York where she's got connections and such. Just before she leaves, she gets a vision to help her family and friends by throwing a gala party to take down the Washington Redskins logo, but her nemesis Deidre throws another party as well. But Jacqueline's friend Mini mistakenly put the date of the party the wrong way and people think it's for December instead of October. She later dates a layer that happens to be the owner of the Redskins.

Titus begins dating a construction worker, Mike. They're relationship seems to go well even meeting his family for dinner. Near the end of the season, he leaves to be a performer on a cruise and Lillian tries protesting the invasion of hipsters as they try to put a new apartments.

Throughout the season, Kimmy there's been this storyline that circles around her burping. In the middle of the season as she's working as an uber driver, she picks up a psychiatrist who's drunk and fun at night and normal and boring in the day. She talks to the psychiatrist about what she's been through at the bunker thinking that's what the burping was from until it's actually about her mother.  Kimmy makes amends with her mother but soon gets a phone from The Reverend from prison informing her that they need to get a divorce.

Season two was another home runs season with outstanding writing and performing from Kemper and Burgess and Krakowski. Great performances from guest stars like Amy Sedaris, Fred Armisen, Jeff Goldblum, Josh Charles and Lisa Kudrow. I couldn't get enough of the 90's references from tape cassettes to listening to parody songs and even watching Kimmy learning that some of the hot singers in the day are gay now. OVerall, I give this season a 10/10.

You can catch the third season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt available to stream on Netflix this Friday, May 19.  

WOW! WOW! OH MY GOD!!!!! Chicago Fire "My Miracle" Season Finale

WOW! OH MY GOD!! WOW!! OH MY GOD!!!

Last night's season finale ended on a tear-jerker cliffhanger unlike any other. Hell, I'm still shaking up from it.

Let's get to recapping; Casey is not only dealing with his alderman problem but also Gabby's father staying with them. He thinks Dawson's father should get tough love and get him going on finding a new home and a job, but Gabby wants to take some time with him. But when Casey talks with his alderman rivals about agreeing to support each one's bill they are trying to pass, Dawson's dad comes up and makes a fool out of himself and Casey, and the deal is off. That sent Casey to spend the night at Severide's place.

Meanwhile, when there is a car accident on the bridge, Herrmann saves a boy trapped in the van. The van soon burns in flames, including the boy's Chicago Cubs baseball cards, some signed by the team, and was on their way to get Kris Bryant's autograph. Herrmann felt so bad that he was going to hand him his cards, but he forgot that he sold them years ago for cross-country skies but then sold those for something else. But that led him to go over to Wrigley Field and ask if some of the players Bryant, mostly, would sign the kid's cast. Of course, Herrmann and the team take him on a ride and introduce them to Kris and Jake. Not to mention Mike Tirco, who's fantastic too. But also Grandpa Rossy makes a special appearance as a sweeper.

Cruz is still upset with Mouch, and Mouch is trying to make things right, but Cruz isn't going to have it. Cruz keeps acting depressed about it, and who wouldn't be suspended for sixty days and can't pay for his cousin's college fund? I would also know that Mouch had tried everything he had done. But Mouch thinks that with things changing around and getting older, he believes it's time, as he told Trudy after looking back at his Fire Academy class photo. He gets a job as a salesman, selling gas detectors and other things.

Casey, in the meantime, makes an appearance at an alderman meeting and makes a case about his opponent on how his bill would make a big tax cut, but makes his case on his statement that firefighters are the heroes that put their jobs on the line every day for the city and make the case that he's family and his job as alderman have taken a toll. He announces that he will step down and nominates Tamera as his successor.


Then we come to the factory fire, calling everyone to the scene. Bowden gives his gut feeling about a four-minute window for his crew to get in and get out, but time wasn't on their side at all. Before going in, Mouch tells Herrmann that this will be his last shift and that he will retire.

As Squad takes the north, Truck takes the front, and soon, the fire takes a thing of its own with the roof coming down. Casey spots someone and tries to take her out, but Bowden calls everyone out as the fire grows. Mouch stops, and Herrmann tells him they must go but soon collapses and suffers a heart attack. Cruz, who finally comes to his senses, tries to get Mouch to get up and get out of the building. Soon, the ceilings start to collapse around them. Not only Casey, Herrmann, and Mouch are stuck, but Severide and a few of his men are trapped. They could do nothing; Casey called Gabby on the walkies and told her she meant a lot to him and that she was his miracle.  It was enough not only to scream out, "Get the hell out of there," but also to cry your eyes out. We see Dawson looking at the front of the factory building as the front entrance is covered with flames, and we cut to the end of the scene and the season.

"My Miracle" was one hell of an episode that not only had humor and heartwarming but gave such an emotional punch at the end that only Chicago Fire could do. That ending that cliffhanger was such a powerful scene, still enough to make me rethink it and tear up again. The Herrmann storyline was once again so unique and heartwarming, but don't forget humor as well.

And how about the Cubbies in the episode? Bryant can look good on the field, off the field, and television. As for who will live and who will die, I'll have to take my time thinking over this summer. Last time, I didn't know Shay would die, but she died in Season Three. So, as the writers and executives say, think of what could make a good storyline for the characters. Overall, I give this episode a 10/10. And I share this season's season a valid 10/10. It was by far their best season yet.

To all the #ChiHards (Chicago fans) out there, have a great summer, and see you guys in the fall!
 (I'm thinking October again, right? But let's hope for a September premiere).

Chicago Fire will be back in the fall on Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Chicago Fire "Carry Me"/"Sixty Days"

The 

"Carry Me"

Casey tries his best to save his friend from a career-ending decision. Anna's situation takes a turn for the worse.

Casey tries to do everything possible, thinking his friend's accident report was not his fault. After trying to get things into motion, he and Bowden talked to the heads of the fire committee. They granted that Casey was in the clear with a report that it was not his fault but not anyone else's fault, keeping the other firefighter legacy, who had died, intact. And also, he's joining House 51.

Meanwhile, Britt tries again to be Cruz and Otis' roommate. After a horrible interview, she wins them with free parking tickets. After a day, she has everything in proper order and fashion, but Cruz apologizes after he freaks out from her moving his things around. All is cool! Britt would be a fantastic roommate to have.

Severide and Anna's relationship worsens when Anna's cancer takes a wrong turn. After a call of a house fire, an elderly lady was trying to save her things. At first, Severide didn't think about why she was there but knew she shouldn't have been there. Anna tells him it's not about the house but the memories. Going back, he talks to the lady of the house and talks about the memories and such. She gives Severide something to think about and tells Anna when her health worsens, she soon passes away. Watching Severide's reaction was as painful as watching Dawson and Casey lose their child. After the funeral, Severide drives to the lady's house and helps her take out the board for the door to take with her because she couldn't live there.

Also, Cruz fights with someone at the bar as he tries to take the guy out because he is being too much of a jerk. The guy catches Cruz's fire logo on his arm and runs off, which is not a good thing.

"Carry Me" was a very emotional and memorable episode so far. It's painful to watch Severide go through that. It's admirable to see Casey and his friend on good terms after helping him. The writing was excellent, and Taylor Kenny's performance was terrific. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

Sixty Days"

Things change. 

Casey's friend Kannell joins Squad 3, and Severide tries to make him feel at home by ensuring he does his job. Severide helps him build a dryer for their firesuits. It was pretty nice. 

Meanwhile, Cruz could face being fired or suspended and ask Mouch to help. But Mouch is behind what's going on at the top office. There were changes like new laws. Mouch tries his best to help Cruz, but in the end, Cruz gets a 60-day suspension, and Cruz isn't happy with that result, blaming Mouch for being a slacker.

Dawson gets a visit from her father, who wants to spend time with her. After she turns him down because she is at work, she goes to his place to visit and finds him in a heat with someone with whom he owns money. It gets worse when Dawson and Casey are about to have a nice date night til they get a call from Herrmann about her dad being upset and drunk that he lost his house. 

"Sixty Days" seems to be the go-ahead of maybe change coming with our favorite characters. I'm not up to date on what's going on at the Fire Office. I'm also considering retiring and selling smoke alarms. I enjoyed this episode. It was good and something I would want to look back and watch again. The writing was good, and so was the acting performance. Overall, I give this episode a 7/10.

You can catch the season finale of Chicago Fire tonight at 10/9c on NBC. 

Chicago Fire "Babies And Fools"/"Take a Knee"/"Carry Their Legacy"

"Babies and Fools"

When a call comes of a car accident, Dawson suspects something very fishy.

When Dawson and Severide get a call about a car accident, they come to a scene where not only a mother is hurt, but her youngest child is missing from her car seat. As everyone was searching, one man heard a cry and found the baby in a drain, but the baby would be okay without a scratch on her.

After taking the mother and children to Med, Dawson couldn't stop figuring out how that all happened—and even tried some experiment tests like dropping off a piece of concrete from the Firehouse roof, almost hitting Cruz.

Dawson pushes the detective who's investigating to pick up the pace. After another call from a man, who probably wanted a free ride to Med for a prescription fill-up, another paramedic got a call of an accident and had someone there saving the victim before they got there, which turned out to be the same guy at the other scene. Dawson tries to chase him, but he leaves quickly and talks to the detective about it. Even Dr. Charlies got in on it, given his opinion that it's hero syndrome, someone who wants 15 minutes of fame.

After that, Dawson goes out and investigates the guy's patch that he had on his jacket and gets the name. he tells the detective about it, and after going to his house with no one home, they leave and wait. Later, Firehouse 51 gets a call of an accident, and Dawson and Britt are ahead of each other until that man on the overpass drops a piece of concrete on them, but they are okay. Casey and the team chase the man and catch him.

Meanwhile, Casey gets a visitor asking for help with the construction site near his home. When Casey tries to reason with the boss, the guy won't agree on anything, so Casey tries to find a way, but nothing comes to the guy's house and explains. But it just turned out that the guy wanted the bathroom to move away from the guy's bedroom window. Damn! I know, right?

Also, Herrmann and Kidd decided to jump on the bar hop route,e but Otis didn't like it, and even if it did cost a lot, it was worth everything as there was a massive crowd. But Herrmann was thoughtful in putting one of Otis' ideas to good use: disco night.

"Babies and Fools" was an excellent episode, memorable at that, with how Dawson investigated the streams of accidents. With that, it had a lot more humor with Herrmann, Kidd, and Otis for the bar crawl; just when you thought Otis might be right about it, it turned out to be the complete opposite. Also, the Casey story with the guy asking to move the bathroom was funny near the end, but I did feel that Casey did have that Politician charm. Overall, I give this episode a 7.5/10.
 

"Take a Knee" 

Benny comes back and not in the best way, drunk, and is picked up by CPD. Severide picks him up, and after he takes a long nap at the firehouse, Benny offers to meet Severide's girlfriend, Anna. Anna is thrilled at first, but soon, things turn near the end when she appears at dinner with Benny, his girlfriend, and Severide, and soon she leaves without making any sense.

Casey spots a house that could be a drug house. After making a quick run after a call, he sees a baby inside the car and tries to break the window open until the mother, or what he assumes to be the mother, runs out and takes off. Casey talks with Al from PD about it, and after digging around, it's a real drug house.

Casey finds the lady who ran out on them earlier, but it isn't what you would have thought. She was there looking for her other child, who happened to be in the house, being held up by the drug dealer. Casey takes action before the CPD comes in and busts in; they bust in and try to get the girl out, and they do it successfully, but in a real thriller.

Meanwhile, Herrmann teaches his son about what being an American means. He takes him to a breakfast fundraiser for those who serve or have served in the armed forces.  It was very heartwarming.

But the fun part of the episode happens to be with Britt and Dawson as they get a trainee coming along for the day, but when a call comes, they try to figure out what may have been the cause. The trainee spots another one, finds a spray, and points out what could be, but also performs CPR on the guy near him, which he shouldn't have done. He cracks the guy's rib, but when Dawson comes over, things are good. Unlike him, he was about to be thrown out of the program until Dawson and Britt said they told him to perform and that they needed to retake the MT class.

"Take a Knee" was another excellent episode. The relationship between Anna and Severide has taken a turn. Casey is the hero once again in the best possible way, and Dawson and Britt see a future EMT that they went out to save him from being thrown out. Anything Herrmann does is just heartwarming at 110 percent. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Carry Their Legacy"

Things turn for the worse in Severide's relationship, and an old friend returns to see Casey.

Severide tries to find out about Anna after a call just across from Chicago Med. He asked about the nurse, and they responded that Anna had taken a leave for a reason. Soon, Kelly approached Anna's house and asked her dad to see her. Soon, she invited him in and told him that her cancer was back, and it didn't look good. Severide gives her a vote of confidence that she can pull this through.

Meanwhile, Casey reunites with an old friend growing up, and the two catch up, but when a call comes, a gas leak explodes near a construction site. Casey goes down and recuses his friend and two other firefighters.  But only one of the two that came out survived, while the other died of nasty burns.

Casey's friend took a toll and took full responsibility for what had happened, but it wasn't because it was his lieutenant who made that call. Plus, what he had put down in his report didn't make sense to Casey and Bowden. Casey tries to talk to his friend about it, but all he can say is that it was his fault, his mistake.

Dawson and Britt retook the EMT class, and this time. It was a funny storyline in this episode. Dawson acts like the cool kid while Britt studies her best, and both pass their test.

In the end, everyone gathers at the bar and tries to donate as much as possible for the families of the firefighters at Molly's.

"Carry Their Legacy" was a powerful episode with moments I could have seen coming, like Anna. Casey's friend and that gas explosion was a shocker, and watching his friend also take the fall.  I did enjoy watching Dawson and Britt in class; it was just hilarious and also reminded me of my days in school as well. I was more like Britt, and I know a couple like Dawson Sne, who are thriving today. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

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

Will & Grace - Back This Fall

Here's the trailer for the return of Will & Grace!!



Returning to Thursday nights at 8/7c this fall as Must See TV is back on NBC!

New Girl Returns for a Final Season

TVLine has learned that Fox has given New Girl a Seventh and Final season of the Fox comedy.

Even though a Fox rep has not confirmed how many episodes, there have been sources saying that the farewell season will content of eight episodes. And co-star Jake Johnson had confirmed in on Twitter.

New Girl was a breakout hit when it premiered in 2011, drawing 10.3 million viewers and a 4,8 demo rating. But the ratings have cooled down with it's sixth season averaging 2.7 million viewers and a 1.3 demo rating.

I'm excited for the show to get one more season. It deserves a nice ending to its run. It's been one of my favorite shows on FOX to watch.

NBC 2017-2018 Fall Line Up

Sunday, NBC has reviled it's up coming fall schedule for the 2017-2018 TV season and it comes with some big news comes on the returning show. The Peacock network has annouced that the breakout hit The Is Us is moving from Tuesdays at 9pm to Thursdays at 9pm. In it's new slot, it will follow the must anticipated return of Will & Grace at 8pm and the Tina Fey produced sophomore comedy Great News at 8:30pm.

"Our Hopes is to create the return of Must See TV on Thursday," said NBC Chairman Robert Greenblatt in a conference call with reporters on Sunday. "We really wanted to go after Thursday in a big way."

Greenblatt that the actual Must See brand will return this fall. And as previously reported, Will & Grace's episodes has increased to 12 and not to mention also revealed that Fey will make several guest appearances on Great News this fall.  

Former Thursday staple The Blacklist will move into Wednesday lead off position, while Superstore and The Good Place will head to Tuesdays.

To Note: Blindspot will be relocating to Fridays at 8pm where it will be paired with the second season of Taken. While the new military drama The Brave has scored the Voice post Monday nights.

Regarding on the fates of remaining bubble shows like Chicago Justice and Trail and Error, Greenblatt said that the decisions on those shows will be made in the coming days and (possible) weeks. Also the buzzy Casey Wilson-Busy Philips comedy pilot The Sackett Sisters is not dead, saying that "we haven't definitively said no "to picking it up."

On for Midseason or later: returning shows Chicago Med, Shades of Blue and Timeless plus new scripted series Rise, A.P. Bio, Good Girls Champions and Reverie.

Big news also This Is Us will get the Super Bowl Post Show!

Here's what the schedule looks like:

MONDAY
8/7c  The Voice
10/9c The Brave (NEW)

TUESDAY
8/7c The Voice
9/8c Superstore
9:30/8:30c The Good Place
10/9c Chicago Fire

WEDNESDAY
8/7c The Blacklist
9/8c Law & Order SVU
10/9c Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8/7c Will & Grace (NEW)
8;30/7:30c Great News
9/8c This Is Us
10/9c Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders

FRIDAY
8/7c Blindspot
9/8c Taken
10/9c Dateline

SATURDAY
8pm Dateline Mysterious
10/9c Saturday Night Live (encores)

SUNDAY
7/6c Football Night in America
8:20/7:20c Sunday Night Football

Not Returning: Aquarius, The Blacklist: Redemption, Grimm and Powerless.