The Fire Still Burning: Chicago Fire Season 6 (Episodes 1-11)

If you thought that after five seasons, the flames of the Chicago Fire would be considered down, you thought wrong, my friend. Season 6 of the hit NBC show has kept the fire burning with fresh and gripping.

Season 6 started where we left off at the end of Season 5 with Casey, Severide, Herrmann, and Mouch trapped in a factory fire. All summer, we'd asked that question: who will survive? Well, everyone stays on the fire after Boden orders the water cannons. Casey gets rewarded a medal for saving a life while trapped in that fire, not to mention getting bumped up to Captain at House 51.

It does put a strain on the relationship between Gabby and Casey due to the fact of what she went through, wondering if he was going to come back alive or not. But also Gabby's dad becomes a total pain for Casey. But when Gabby's dad tried to get a project going, he needed Casey's help at City Hall, but he wouldn't do it. After telling him no, Gabby gets a call about a stabbing at an L track, which happens to be her dad. He survives and takes well with the glory, but maybe he's finally come to his senses.

Throughout the season, the folks at Firehouse 51 dealt with a whole lot of stuff, from an arson fire at Dona's school to dealing with the chain of common between Casey and Severide, which carries on throughout the first half of the season.

Gabby helps a kid out, who at first was at a clinic fire and stealing meds—then tried to help her with her father being a pain addict due to a work injury. When the dad OD, Gabby, and Severide help out, the kid runs off because she doesn't want to go through DCFS. Gabby spends her time searching for her as her father is recovering. When she finds her, she takes her to see her father but also tries to get DCFS to let the girl stay with her and Casey til dad gets well. Let's say it went smoothly, thanks to Casey.

In the meantime, Kidd moves in with Severide after she gets kicked out of her place due to the difference in paying rent. It seemed like these two might restart their relationship, but it doesn't, and Kidd gets into a relationship with a HAZMAT team member. But there's something, and I think that these two will restart their relationship again.

Britt has had a good season so far with her on-again relationship with Antonio and then calling it off again. But I think they'll get back together again; the third time is the charm. She gets a visit from her best friend from her hometown and doesn't get that her friend is trying to steer Kidd away from the firehouse due to her feelings for Severide. Trying to be a helping hand to all, she plays with Kidd's paycheck that doesn't show up. But when word that Kidd was being transferred without Kidd's knowing, Casey figured out that someone forged the signature, which turns out was Britt's friend. And with the help of Miss. Connie, it's bye-bye!

Throughout the season, the relationship between Casey and Severide has been bouncing back and forth, with Casey being named Captain and all. But when Severide gets a visit from his mentor, he tries to push Severide that he should be the Captain, not Casey. After one incident, Casey might be in trouble with his decision-making during a car accident. Casey gets misquoted by Severide's mentor; things get heated again for the two. But when Severide gets word about accommodation for his work, he turns it down.  But it turns out that Casey was the one who filed the paperwork on that.

In the last episode before the Winter Olympics, Casey and Severide were to turn off the gas pressure at the factory, but it wouldn't turn anymore. Casey and Severide decide to jump off the roof of the building like Thema and Louis or Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, and well, all we know is they landed in the water and have to turn in tonight's return at 10/9c on NBC.

So far, Season 6 of Chicago Fire has been a blast with gripping storylines and well-developed characters. The cast is on their feet regarding their performances throughout this season. With many dramatic moments, there are plenty of humorous moments, making Fire one of the best shows on Thursday night. I can't wait to see what the rest of season six will bring with Severide's mother coming, not to mention his ex-girlfriend, who said he was having his child at the end of season one and the beginning of season two, but it turned out it wasn't.

Overall,  Chicago Fire this season is 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire when they return tonight at 10/9c on NBC.

The Accidental Gift: Life In Pieces "Toilet Shaving Stuck Fertility"

From tech toilets to shave or o shave, this episode of Life in Pieces was another hilarious episode.

"Toilet Shaving Stuck Fertility" was another memorable episode with hilarious moments from John accidentally receiving a new tech toilet from Tim as a thank you to Jen and Greg dodging their crazy neighbors and as they were invited to their party. Sophia and Heather's shaving story was perfect, too. The Matt and Colleen story has been nicely developing as they try anything to have a baby, including having someone inspect their stuff to see if it makes them infertile.

It's one of those episodes that will make you laugh and remember it a few days later. I couldn't get enough of John's John and how much John talked to the toilet, and Joan expressed her love for it after using it. The writing was good, and the performances from the cast were as good as the previous episode.

Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch Life In Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Stronger Than You Think: Chicago Med "Down By Law"

Talking about a roller-coaster ride of an episode!

Face it folks, women are much stronger than what they get credit for as Natalie tells Will that at the end of the episode. And she doesn't have to tell me twice about that at all.

"Down By Law" is one of the best Natalie episodes of the season so far as she no only dodges bullets from a drive by shooting after a transfer run, but tries her very best to give her 14 year old patient a chance to make her own decision over her husband, who happens to be the reverend. After diagnosing the girl with a tumor in her uterus, Natalie tells them at they're best option was to take Chemotherapy or the last measure would be a hysterectomy.

With the Reverend not liking any options, he tells Natalie that she won't have any of it as they are trying to have children (EW! right?). Natalie pushes to the limit to get that girl to speak for herself, but soon gets taken off the case and Will takes over. But soon Natalie suffers from a concussion from the shooting when Barry was protecting her.

Will follows on what Natalie was trying to do and gets the reverend to fill out paper work while he tells the patient that the chemo would work. But she tells him about her family history that her mother and grandmother died of what she has and decides to go for the hysterectomy instead of chemo.

Meanwhile, after a night out, Rhodes brings his date to Med for what she thinks is nothing but digesting issues. But it turns out that she had a small heart attack and tries to get her to stay and have a  surgery. But what he didn't know was that she tested positive for cocaine and also she was married.  So Rhodes is playing the Doug Ross card, sweet!

April and Ethan deal with Barry and the shooting that had happen. But the gun that Barry carried was illegal due to the fact that he isn't who we all thought he was and that was more devastating for Maggie, who finally opened up to him.

And with Reese enjoying treating the inmates at Cook County Prison, a patient comes in with thoughts of killing his pregnant wife. Dr. Charles takes his word seriously even if the wife don't think he would do it. After admitting him, Reese pulls off the most dangerous thing she's done: being in the room with the patient and given him a knife to see if he would kill. But he didn't and it didn't sit well with Dr. Charles at all, but it seems that he won't suspended her.

As I said before, this was one of the best Natalie episodes this season. She goes beyond to try to get her patient to speak up for her health decision making rights. Torrey DeVitto gives her best performance this season. Also not to mention Rachel DiPillo and Marlyne Barrett as well as her character Maggie was about to accept Barry into her life but learns that Barry isn't who she thought he was and is taken away by the CPD. Reese going against Dr. Charles and proving the patient isn't a harm to anyone was such a bold and fearful move. The writing was solid in this episode. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Here's a promo for next week's episode.

What Happens in Vegas, Will Help You Out of Vegas: This Is Us "Vegas, Baby"

This Is Us is back for the final three episodes and this week's brings a celebrations with rejuvenation.

Oh man..... Chicago Med "On Shaky Ground"

Another week, another powerful episode of Chicago Med.

The title for this episode "on shaky ground" is probably the best way to describe the episode with it's well developed storylines and conflicts between the characters. From Natalie help deliver a 26 week baby that was still in it's amniotic sack is still alive and tries to do everything to keep him alive. While Bekker performs open heart surgery on her mentor that request that he be awake for it, but Rhodes has her back and helps her get through it. Reese overcomes her fears when going with Dr. Charles when visiting the Cook Country prison.

And not to mention April and Ethan having difference of opinion about a patient and the DCFS. The patient, who's a runaway from home due to the fact that her father beats her, comes in with unknown symptoms until they find that a cockroach had crawled through her nose and in her head drawn to spinal fluid. The reason she's been leaking spinal fluid was from the blows to the head from her father. April gets to Ethan about to reconsider after seeing that the DCFS system isn't the best thing. And April lets her leave to where she's been staying.

"On Shaky Ground" might be one of my favorite episodes so far this episode with some of the medical storylines that were so fascinating. Both the writing and the character growth was strong and not to mention that DeVitto, DaCosta, Tee and Donnell and Kuhling gave good performances. Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

"Okay" This Is Us "The Car"

With the Super Bowl episode being such a tragic event, the episode is a remembrance of the man from the view of the family car. 

"The Car" was a powerful eulogy of who Jack Pearson was as a father and a husband. It just had enough balance of emotion, inspiration, and humor to the previous episode. You see Rebecca and the kids still dealing with the loss but also remembering their father in bits and pieces in time that starts with buying the car and leads to that final weekend. With a bit of help from Dr. K, doing his wise man thing, reminding Rebecca that she's just as strong as Jack and letting her know how much he was scared, too.

After her talk with Dr. K, she takes the kids and Jack's ashes to Jack's favorite tree, which also holds a deep place for Rebecca. She tells Kevin, Kate, and Randall that they should live and not have to worry about who's the man or whose fault it is that leads Jack back into the fire. But the one thing that leaves with a powerful meaning is that Jack was a man who could see into the future, which Rebecca talks about before pouring some of his ashes by the tree.

In the last scene, Jack tells the car dealer he doesn't want to buy a used car. Still, the station wagon means he doesn't have much money to pay for it. Still, all he wants is for his family to be okay, and it ends with Rebecca driving the kids to a Bruce Springsteen concert that Jack bought a couple of weeks ago for them to go and also help her with her fear of driving through the bridge that we see at the beginning she fears.

The writing and the performance of this episode could not be any better. There was depth, and there were well-developed characters, mainly Rebecca, who we see grow a lot. Mandy Moore should be considered for an Emmy role, not to mention Milo Ventimiglia as well. The one scene that stood out was when Dr. K visited and talked with Rebecca, followed by the scene where she and the kids talk about Jack at his favorite tree spot. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Timeless Season 2: New Mission Trailer

Just less than two weeks away til the anticipated season premiere of Timeless. New Season, New Mission, New Enemies for #TimeTeam.

Here's not only a new trailer but how the show got to be last season's beloved hit.

You can catch the season premiere of Timeless Sunday, March 11 at 10/9c on NBC. Set your DVRs now or watch it LIVE!