One Last Moment: Chicago Fire "All the Proof"

With Gorsch taking over 51 for the day that wasn't the only shocking moment in this episode of Chicago Fire. Grab the tissues!

Gorsch tells Boden that he's taking over duty thanks to Grissom. But it doesn't don't go so smoothly when the team gets called for a questionable odor. Turns out someone was committing suicide with chemicals, but while getting everyone out of the apartment they had to look for a kid.

Gorsch seemed to be a step behind when trying to lead the team from calling the hazmat team and more. But he wasn't too happy either when telling Boden that there was no one following orders from him.

Casey gets asked for help again from Namoi, the reporter, that later becomes a dinner date. The two hit it off quite a bit. He notices that Namoi is like Gabby in a way and when she tries to kiss him after dinner, she realizes that he's still in a relationship. They'll be back for more.

After the apartment rescue, Cruz decides that the team needs to learn Spanish as they can't always rely on him to translate. After trying to put sticky notes everywhere, Kidd advises Cruz to do some visual help for them...Spanish soap opera. And it worked! Kind of wish it was Days of Our Lives (I'm so hooked on that show now!).

Foster loving Halloween; expect for Brett as she tells her that crazy things happen on this Halloween. They get a call that at first turned out to be a Halloween prank, but it was just a few houses down to a girl who's having seizures. Thinking that it was candy, til the father realizes that she got into his secret edible stash.

Later on Foster realizes that Brett might have a crush on the new Chaplain. Foster tells her that she never dated him; only because he was a patient that she helped treated.   So we could see Brett and the new Chaplain going out.

With the issue with Gorsch, Boden hopes that Severide could get something from Benny. When Severide was waiting for Benny to show up, he was a no-show. But the next day he gets a call from Med about his father and when he got there Ava informs him that Benny suffered a stroke and has died. The whole team unites at Med only for Severide to be there for him.

Boden meets with Gorsch, who's mad because Grissom has reassigned him. That got the ball rolling to think that maybe that Benny did help. Boden sits with Severide at Med's chapel, he tells Boden that the last words to Benny were that he was more of a father than he would ever be. But Boden tells him that he did come through as Benny went to Grissom and gave him hell to get Gorsch off of 51's back. And that was the grab the tissues moment as Kelly broke down and cried.

"All the Proof" was an excellent episode of drama, humor and that shocking moment. It was a tearjerking moment to see Severide losing his father. The writing was so good. The character development was strong too. I think that this will effect Severide for a while, maybe more than when he lost Shay. All I know that from the promo for next week's episode it's going to be one episode to grab the tissues. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Painful Past: Chicago PD "True or False"

A case that will have the Intelligence shaking there heads leads to one detective's past coming out. Here's a recap of Chicago PD.

When the Intelligence comes to a murder of an Alderman's wife being beaten. Ruzek sees the suspect's car where it leads to one kid, who clearly tells them that he wasn't there. After Atwater to Voight interviewed the kid; it all leads to Hailey opening up to the kid about his past that they have something in common; coming from an abusive family. After he confessed, it turns out he wasn't the murderer.

When Hailey goes back to talk with him, he hung himself in his cell. It really affects her to the degree that Halstead drinks with her at her apartment. But as they try to get their suspect, they found him dead. Going through the suspect's phone records, it leads to one person...the Alderman. After going through more records, they see the whole picture that their victim was trying to leave her husband after being abused by him.

After updating Brennan about it, she gets the Alderman to meet with her. But he runs as soon as the Intelligence Unit chases him. As Hailey confronts the Alderman, she tries to reason with him but as he pulls a gun on her it's Ruzek that shoots him down as she was there frozen.

After talking with Voight about it, Hailey and Ruzek head back home where she tells him that what she told their first suspect was true.

"True or False" was literally one of the best episodes of the season. It was powerful with such strong character development as we see Hailey's dark past come to light. The case might have been a little bit predictable, but the double twist kept the episode interesting.  But it was Tracy Spridakos' performance was outstanding and it makes me love the character more and more. And it gave the fans an awkward moment when Halstead, Hailey, and Ruzek were in the same place together.

Overall, I give this episode an 8.9/10.

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

Trick or Treat: Chicago Med "Lesser of Two Evils"

When a child's life is in the balance, a secret will be revealed—this and many more, plus a party for Natalie and Will in this recap of Chicago Med.

When Ethan and April care for a child whose kidneys aren't working, it corresponds to Wilson's Disease.  She needs a transplant, but her parents aren't her biological parent. When Dr. Charles comes in to help, he feels there's something more than what meets the eye. The truth comes out when the mother tells Charles and Ethan that they didn't fully adopt her—but saved her when she was alone while her birth mother got high. The birth mother and smothered daughter don't want to see her. But even if that happened, she wanted to thank those who took her in.

Conner and Lanik butted heads this week, and I was looking for some fist-to-face moment, but I know Conner is better. When seeing Terry bring Lanik coffee and other things, Conner is amazed at how much scutwork Terry does. But when a trauma comes in, Lanik pressures Terry to put a central line in, but he fails nervously. Conner gives some advice to Terry while he tells him that maybe being a doctor was a bad choice. The wrong patient needs to lose his good chance to save the leg. Lanik doesn't think keeping the guy is essential because Conner thinks he's afraid that they 'lose him.

While getting ready for a Bachelor and Bachelorette party, Natalie and Will treat a woman who's shown bruises on her face down to her hips.  Thinking that it's her husband, Natalie gets the truth out of the patient. But soon, her patient had a blood clot, and any stress would cause the clot to burst. But her husband won't listen and brings her to leave. That is until that clot burst, and they pronounced her dead. Her husband goes pretty quickly while Natalie and Will get their patient help after she faked her death. It was such a tremendous Halloween-themed moment.

At the party, Will talks with Jay about Ray again and tells him he must bring him in for his heart condition. But Jay tells him not to because things won't be good. But it doesn't look like Will will leave it alone.

"Lesser Of Two Evils" was a very excellent ring episode.  The writing was so good. Ethan's story was so good,d and it could be an honest bitee about the difference between kidnapping and saving a child's life.  I was stunned, but I understood what they did was for the best of the child; I think that maybe the biological mother would want to share custody with them. There were many momomentsoo from Conner and Lanik butting heads to Conner and Ava having some good moments and Will and Natalie's party too. Will will do what he thinks is best as a doctor to treat his patients. Sorry, Jay.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

War is Set: Chicago Fire "A Volatile Mixture"

From a mysterious trailer fire to Gorsch dictating the firehouse, here's a recap of the Chicago Fire.

With Gorsch back, he's been dictating everything that 51 has done, from telling Casey to give the reporter's story to the PR, even getting Boden to step down from his position and join his squad. But both Casey and Boden ignore Gorsch and carry on like they always do.

After a trailer fire, Casey was asked by a reporter to help to see if that fire was similar to the ones that she'd been investigating.  It turned out it was, and not only did they solve it and make it into the papers, but there's an excellent connection between them.

Gorsch pressures Boden to take it to Grissom, who ignores him completely. After telling Casey and Severide, Severide decides to talk to Benny and ask for help.  But with a look of sadness and defeat, Benny tells Severide that he'll try to help.

Brett and Foster are off to a great start in their friendship after some awkward moments. But doesn't that build the company?

"A Volatile Mixture" is a good episode and one that I would love to rewatch again and again. There were funny moments and moments we should consider, like Casey and the reporter. There seems to be something there right off the bat. Hopefully, let's take this slow and steady. Also, I think that Benny is hiding something and might take the next episode on what it is that will happen.  Benny wasn't being Benny in this episode like in the show's past six seasons. Also, the friendship between Brett and Foster was awkwardly funny and made me want to rewatch the attack repeatedly. As for Boden, the battle has been set between him and Gorsch. Bring it on!

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Smile: This Is Us "Kamsahamnida"

There are times to throw punches and there are times when you just face it head-on.  Here's a recap of last night's episode of This Is Us.

As Toby is going through his depression and waiting to see when his medicine would kick in; Kate is trying to do her best. But when she takes their dog out for a walk, the dog accidentally ate something out of the garbage bag; which was a rock. Worried enough as it is, Kate calls Rebecca for advice on making a decision about the baby, Toby and the dog whether or not to have surgery.

Later Kate decides to go home and take Toby out when the dog was ready to go out. Kate tells Toby that she's never gonna leave him and soon their dog finally passed the rock.

Randall tries to connect to the voters by going to the neighborhood church; but when Solomon Brown welcomes him at the church, it's a true battle. After talking with Kevin about looking into Jack's past; Randall uses Kevin is popularity with the people in Koreatown to get people to register to vote. But he meets with a Korean American man who calls him out but Randall gives not only him and his mother and sister but everyone around the real reason why he's running, which got everyone to support him.

We see the past when Jack comes home with a black eye and tells Rebecca about his boxing. Well, Randall asked Jack to teach him boxing because a kid at school was picking on him. But after Jack and Rebecca learn the truth, Randall tells Jack that he doesn't have his DNA to be tough. Jack tells him that he is his son and tells him that boxing isn't just about fighting. When they watch a boxing match, Jack tells Randall about how fighters intimate opponents with their smile. Which back in the present, Randall confronts Solomon and tells him that he's got a strong team and shows a smile.

Beth, on the other hand, isn't having the best day. When trying to get her girls to sell girl scout cookies, it gets overwhelming. Deja tells Beth about that she needs to tell Randall what's going on and what he says will make her feel better. As Randall comes home, Beth tells him that she's not fine after getting fired. Randall asks her to become apart of his campaign team, which she accepts.

Kevin is attracted to finding out who the lady is in the photo with Jack. Even after talking with Randall, he decides that he has to pull off the wallpaper to find out what's there. He confronts to Zoe about it and tells her that he loves her and if she wants to go with him to Vitamin there's a spare ticket for her, which she accepts too.

"Kamsahamnida" is another good, powerful and inspiring episode. There were many moments from this episode that won me over, but the Kevin and Randall scenes I couldn't get enough. But I did love how Jack teaches Randall that boxing isn't always about fighting that there's non-fighting too. The cast was amazing and gives another strong performance. The writing was simply beautiful with a lot of strong character development. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

Also in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh shooting, the show ended the episode with a strong message:

I want to say that our hearts and prayers go to the citizens of Pittsburgh and that we stand by them too.

You can catch a new This Is Us two week (Nov. 13 due to the mid-term election on Nov. 6) at 9/8c on NBC.

Open Minds: Black Lightning "The Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry"

Will Jefferson catch Tobias and give Jennifer so peace to this madness that she's in? Here's a recap of Black Lightning.

After helping with the police with another Green Light victim, Black Lightning and Gambi search for Tobias and Painkiller from the video cameras at the school; but that turned up dead. Soon Henderson comes to Jefferson for some help a case of a bad cop dead in a burned van. Jefferson gets info from an inside man and gets the info to give Henderson that it was Tobias.

In the meantime, Jefferson confronts Painkiller's mother on the whereabouts and asked her to give a call to meet with him. Jefferson tries to talk with Painkiller and how Tobias uses him. But after he shoots one of his darts, Jefferson stops it and takes it with him, for which I hope he gets Giambi to make something out of it.

Jennifer, who's tired of being cooped up in the house with her unknown and uncontrolled powers. She goes on her walks, she meets with someone, Perenna. She's a therapist with telepathic powers that can help Jennifer with her powers. After the first trial not good, Jefferson confronts Jennifer and apologies that if he could take all this away he could. And that sparked another meeting with Perenna, which helped and looks like she'll be seeing her more and more.

Anissa is trying to fix her relationship with Grace; after being noticed in another relationship on social media. But she turned to her secret vigilante mode with Giambi and take another bag of cash from another drug dealer. It went down as smooth as it could be.

Lynn is dealing with another addition to the ASA team as they bring in a convicted criminal Helga Jace. Not liking the idea, Lynn makes a deal with her in exchange to help with her to cure the kids in the pod. There are a few bumps in the road but I think they'll work it out.

As for Tobias, he trains Painkiller to do the things that Syonide use to do for him. After pushing him, he heads to the cemetery where his sister is placed. Just as he lights the candles and bends down, Henderson and his squad take him down and arrested him. I think he was planning this for a bit. 

"The Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry" was a very good episode that had a very mix blend of action and drama. There were many moments, but I think that one of the best moments was when Jefferson hugs Jennifer and apologies to her. I think it gave Jennifer the idea to take another look into meeting with Perenna. I very much enjoyed the introduction of Perenna. Very mysterious, funny and exciting. And I think that Tobias has something planned just before he got arrested. That whole scene just felt funny and weird that something was going to happen but it'll probably come down in episode four. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Black Lightning Tuesdays at 9/8c on The CW.

Truth Comes Out: Black Lightning "The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues"

The search is on for an escape pod kid. Here's a recap of Black Lightning.

When a pod child with electrokinesis powers is freed and kills an ASA scientist; another escapes with using aerokinesis powers.  Lynn another other scientists try to keep the kid calm but failed. When Lynn tells Jefferson about what happened, Gambi tells them that the child that escape is Wendy Henandez.

But later Lynn learns of one of the kids that came back from the dead is alive and takes in Issa Williams, a  young metahuman who was killed by the police and subsequently rejected by his family. Issa joins the Pierces family for dinner and soon they snap on each other and soon realize that Issa's powers make people spill out the truth. Jennifer helps Issa on how to use his powers by not looking into their eyes.

Meanwhile, while looking Wendy, Black Lightning and Thunder have some differences of using their powers; mainly Thunder showing off to the public as they cheer. But Black Lightning confronts Wendy and eventually was able to shock her out of psychotic spill. Lynn confronts Wendy, who realizes that everyone she knew 30 years ago is gone, opts to go back in the pods until Lynn can find a cure.

Jefferson makes the toughest decision when he resigns as principal, due to high pressure from the school board. But when he tells the students the news but he'll remain as a teacher, the students chant his mantras in support.

After losing Syonide, Tobias makes some loose ends from killing some of his informants that knew him. This is after he's close to a breakthrough on Metahumans. Probably that briefcase he's got from the ASA.

"The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues" was an amazing episode. With only a little bit of action, the drama really keeps you on your toes with its rich storyline and character development. There were scenes from Thunder showing off and Black Lightning trying to act more responsible to the dinner table truth moment were hilarious. But there were moments like Jennifer helping Issa with his powers to even Jefferson confronting his students on his resignation as principal was powerful even when the students stood up to his motto. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Black Lightning Tuesdays at 9/8c on The CW.