Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Family that's Together, Stays Together: Chicago Fire "Thirty Percent Sleight of Hand"


When Severide saves a father and son, can he save the family too? The heat is on Boden to make a decision for a new lieutenant.  Here's a recap of Chicago Fire.

Tensions build on Boden as he has to make a decision to appoint a new lieutenant. Jerry gives him the perfect candidate Trey Jennings, who happens to be Jerry's brother in law. Whether he picks him or not, Boden makes his decision at the fire fighters fundraiser. When he makes the announcement, Boden appointed Chris Herrmann as the new Lieutenant.

I don't think that Jerry wasn't too pleased to hear and I don't think Trey is going to be crying spilled milk about it either.

Severide rescues a kid as him and his father crashed over a bridge. The accident seemed questionable when the wife/mother get to Med and thinks that her soon to be ex-husband is the one that did it. She gives some convincing points about how he would want to die and take his son along with him, but  after hearing the husband's side of the story Severide decides to look into the accident again.

Looking around with Kidd, Severide looks around even a few feet away from the accident to find a dead deer. Kelly makes it back to the hospital and talks to the mother about how he found a dead deer that caused the accident, not her husband. The mother/wife seems to be very grateful and dropping the divorce.

This was an amazing episode from the beginning to the end. From the case of the week storyline for Severide to help a family before an ugly divorce gets even uglier to the intense moments of Boden's decision. Herrmann is the perfect choice for Lieutenant, and since he took the test a while ago its time for him to shine. There other moments, mainly when Truck 81 gets the call of a magic show gone wrong was hilarious!

Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Fire Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC.


Shocking Reaction: Chicago PD "Bad Boys"


WHAT THE HELL?!!!

Well, that was my first thought when seeing the first scene of "Bad Boys." Upton and Ruzek a couple? That really doesn't make sense but I guess we can give it a try. I guess it was just more than just beers.

Anyway,  when the intelligence unit gets called when a teenage girl of a wealthy Chicagoan is kidnapped. The father is one of those pain in the ash that will give a cash reward on the whereabouts.
But a suspect's tip took them to a warehouse where the teenager is found. After she's at Med, she left pretty quickly, even the father wanted her back home. As they look for the suspect, they didn't know that the one they let go is involved with her .

They searched for the suspect's boss, but by the time they get there; their suspect already shot him and escapes. They use the teenager to show up, but it got into a complicated chase where it leads to children in the line of fire but Ruzek takes the shot of killing the suspect.

Voight arrested the teenager, for helping the suspect escape; but Brennan dropped the charges. She got a nice cash fund for her boss that's running for Mayor.  But Voight got something out of it when he asked Brennan to get Al free from all charges so his wife and daughter could get the benefits, which was in a sense tears of joy.

I thought the episode was a real shocker for mainly Upton and Ruzek hooking up.  I don't know how long this will go, but maybe Ruzek won't jump to concussion on asking for marriage. I always thought maybe Upton and Halstead would be the one hooking up. Even the emotional upset moment when she walks away would be the go to moment. But overall, I very much enjoyed the episode as it was a nice story that had a very nice twist.

Overall, I give this episode a 8.8/10.

You can catch Chicago PD Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.


Gut Decisions: Chicago Med "Heavy Is The Head"


As Conner and Maggie put to the test of saving a patient while a med student is in questioned of her methods.  Here's a recap of Chicago Med!

As Conner's hybrid OR is almost ready, a patient comes in with a bad heart and is need of repair. Conner can't get him up to the OR in time and decides to use his hybrid OR, which upsets Maggie. With the typical OR nurse can't find anything, Maggie steps in and helps Rhodes. In the end, Conner and Maggie saved the patient and he thinks that she would be great if she works with him in the OR. That might come different for Maggie.

Natalie and Curry treat a woman, who's in the early stage of pregnancy, is suffering pain. All signs point out to be an ectopic pregnancy, but the mother won't consent to the surgery thinking that god will help save this baby. Even Charles talks to her but sees that she's talking and thinking clearly about her decision. Curry doesn't like it and misinforms the mother about that there isn't a heart beat and had got the surgery. But Charlies learn that the equipment didn't malfunction and confronts Curry and tells her that he's gonna look thoroughly  of her cases.

Ethan and April deal with a child, who's in need of a kidney transplant. But they learn that the father is red flagged as he kidnapped him and calls the cops. As he's arrested, his son gets worst and tries to look for a kidney. Seeing that the father is a match, Gwen orders the team not to do the transplant. But the father later shoots himself in the head and Choi had no other options but to do the transplant.

And when all things seem to go Halstead's way, after treating his father's old friend, he asked if he could rent out a place that he owns for the wedding reception. After agreeing to terms, he tells Natalie about the deal. As they are thrilled about it; it turns out when a visit from Jay turns things upside down. The guy is a mob boss, who's been under watch for a while now and ask Will to step away.

"Heavy is the Head" is not only a great song from the Zac Brown Band, it's also a really great episode. As much as Ethan and April's story in this episode was very powerful; it was very interesting to see Conner and Maggie work together. The Curry story was shocking and pushing Charles is something I would be afraid to see from now on. And I don't think Will will turn down the place. I don't see why not have a wedding at Molly's, right?

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.



To Help and Bond: Fresh Off The Boat "The Hand that Sits on The Cradle"


Sometimes the best way to deal with disappointment is to help someone else.

With the free time that Jessica has now, she decides to help Honey and Marvin with their baby. She gives them by given them a zuo yue zi or "Sitting the Month." Jessica helps with everything while Honey and Marvin don't do anything but sit and relax, but didn't know it was going to be for a month.

Honey believes something is up. After Day 3, she learns why Jessica has been acting the way she has been. She learns that Jessica's books didn't do so well and comforts her with her southern tradition of drinking sangria.

With Jessica out of the house, Louis tries to bond with Even. From getting their hair done to chasing storms, it gets hard for Louis to fine something they have in common. That is until they can really criticize a movie like Twister.

Eddie and Emery get inspired to start lifting weights from watching "Pumping Iron." But the two never quite go through it and instead bonds with their dad in getting their hair done.

"The Hand that Sits The Cradle" was a hilarious episode and one that will be in my favorite list. The cast puts on a good performance, mainly Constance Wu, Chelsey Crips and Randall Park but Ray Wise does steal some moments.

Overall, I give this  episode a 9/10.

You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8/7c on ABC

















Monday, October 15, 2018

Party!!!!: Superstore "Baby Shower"

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As Amy tries to find a way to get baby gifts, Dina gets her Christmas card photo ready.

"Baby Shower" had many hilarious moments that really made this episode solid good. When Amy tries to figure out a way to get free baby gifts, Jonah comes up with a baby shower. That might be a great idea, but when the co-workers get mad about being not invited, the baby shower is on.

It turned into more than just for Amy as Glenn and his wife invited someone too. From playing games to guessing what kind of expired baby food it was; but the top two moments came when Amy gets a stripper baby and Jonah wrapping Amy in toilet paper like a baby.

But the one person that misses out on the shower, Dina. After getting family photos taken with Glenn and his wife, she wants her Christmas card photos done too. But when Mateo sees, he gets involved with some amazing photo scene moments that really blew away.

Not to mention: Garrett figured out that Jonah and Amy are together. And while Mateo left Dina hanging during a photo shoot, Sandra came in and didn't even help her in a sneaky funny way.

I thought that this episode was hilarious. The writing and performance from the cast was strong. It's hard to choose which had the better moments whether it's Dina or Amy but they both had equal moments. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Superstore Thursdays at 8/7c on NBC.


Coming to Terms: The Good Place "Chapter 30: The Snowplow"

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With Michael and Janet on Earth, they try to guide Eleanor and the gang to the right path.

"The Snowplow" was another fantastic episode that brought some amazing character development. As Michael and Janet are back to Earth; they try to be Eleanor and the gang's snowplow that will guide them on the right path. From Eleanor winning $18,000 dollars to Tahani reuniting with an old boyfriend (an unpopular Hemsworth brother); it only makes things slightly better. That's until Tahani is getting married and moving away and the group is splitting up; which makes Eleanor very unconformable.

Michael give some advice to Eleanor but that really didn't go the way she and he had hoped for. Eleanor leaves with embarrassment and soon talks with Chidi's partner about the situation. After coming to terms about what had happen, she apologizes and come to terms that they would see each other once a year.

With everything not going to plan, Michael comes up with another way to get these guys back together, but by the time they go back Eleanor and the gang see them opening the portal door.

I thought that this was another fantastic episode that coming from a person who don't like change that it hits the nail on the head. It had such strong character developed for Eleanor to come to terms about why she's acting in the way she is when it comes to having to leave the group that she really enjoys so much.  And not only Kristen Bell's performance was amazing but Ted Danson and D'Arcy Carden gave such great moments.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch The Good Place Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.


Sunday, October 14, 2018

Changes A Coming: Supergirl "Battles Lose and Won" Season Finale

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Changes come but the the questions is will everyone be okay.

The season finale of Supergirl delivered a lot thrilling moments to twist and turns unlike before. As Supergirl and the team try to save everyone, the Earth's core fights off Reign. While Sam, who's in Juru, comes to terms with her mother, who tries to help her.

With Selena's plan failing, Coville, who's still alive, gets aboard J'onn's ship and gets the distress call out for Kara and the team to find. As they get there, they battle but when Kara is about to get her kill her but Sam, who comes back with powers, comes there in time and stabs Reign with her sword. But Kara fights back and pushes Reign into the core of the Earth, which gets Reign to use her heart vision to hit everyone, killing everyone expect for J'onn and Kara.

But Kara changes time and instead of Sam stabbing Reign, they hold her down and use the meteor to take Reign back to Juru. Sam fights Reign and defeats her.

As everyone comes back, changes are sure to be made as  Wynn gets word from Brainaic that he's going with Mon-El to the future, J'onn decides to hand over Director duties to Alex, as she wants to make some life changes too. James announces that he's Guardian. And Kara decides that she's staying in National City instead of Argo City with her mother.

But it didn't end just there as we see Lena talking about Phase II. After we see the events of Reign being transferred to Juru, we see in Russia that a Kara is walking to a army base with a blanket.

This was a fantastic season finale with some heartwarming moments and questions about next season. Who's that Kara in Russia? How will things be with Wynn and J'onn gone? Will Sam be part of the DEO helping Kara now ?

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the season premiere of Supergirl Sunday, Oct. 14th at 8/7c on The CW.