Waiting, Waiting and Waiting: This Is Us "The Waiting Room"

Waiting is the hardest thing to do! Tuesday's episode made it the definition as the Pearson family were waiting for any news of Kate and the baby. Tension rises, admission admitted, and emotions go all over the place in this week's episode of This Is Us. Here's a recap!

"The Waiting Room" was an intense emotional drive episode that really depicts the reality of what it's like to be waiting when you worried about someone; but also have so much on your mind. Waiting to see if Kate will be okay and the baby would make to full term; we learn from the doctor that things are looking good and that it's just a waiting game.

As the episode progress, we see Kevin worried; but also the discussion of his drinking that later Zoe tells Beth that he's still drinking. Randall and Beth's working hour situation that even got Rebecca and Miguel involved thinking that they could help them, but they have other plans. They do work things out.

Miguel tries to relive the tension with a game Ranch or Chocolate that some of the foods which seemed fun; but got annoying along the way. Even Madison comes and brought donuts and even talked to Miguel about how Kate planned to have a doll of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in front of him so he can have a strong female figure.

But during Randall and Kevin's argument, Rebecca, who has been quiet, hasn't eaten and not moved from her seat, finally spoken out and talks about what she went through with Jack before he died; but tells them that they are here for Kate and the baby and everything else needs to check out the door.

Soon Kevin gets word that Kate is in emergency c-section, but soon Toby comes out and tells everyone that he's here and very small, but alive. The baby is in the NICU and as we see the episode close; Kate grabs Toby's hand and talks to her father to introduce their little guy, Jack. And asked to help their baby to make it through.

This was a very special episode with one clue being that the intro music wasn't playing. This could be one of the strongest bottle episodes in a long time; the performance from Mandy Moore but Chrissy Metz and Chris Sullivan were amazing with high emotions and strong character development. I would really consider for Moore, Metz, and Sullivan to enter them in this episode at the Emmys. Overall, I give this episode a 10/10.

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

Rivals: Brooklyn Nine-Nine "The Golden Child"

As one is jealous to reunite with her brother, another is jealous for not getting the undercover role. Here's a recap!

The Blacklist Renewed for Season 7

It looks like Raymond Reddington's life will be spared after all.

TVLine has confirmed that NBC has renewed The Blacklist for a seventh season. Deadline, which is TVline sister site, first broke the news, that the core cast that includes James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff and Harry Lennix will all be back for Season 7.

"Congratulations to our amazing producers, cast and crew, all of whom continue to work at the top of their game and make The Blacklist one of NBC's signature series," said Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta, co-presidents of scripted programming at NBC.

The current season sixth of The Blacklist is currently airing Fridays at 9/8c. In recent outing on March 8th, Reddington pleaded guilty to the numerous criminal charges against him and was sentenced to death- a fate made even more worrying after he failed to escape prison later in the episode. (But with Spader's commitment to Season 7, we can assume that the forthcoming lethal injection doesn't go down as planned.)

The current season is averaging a 0.6 in demo rating and about 4 million total viewers, besting only Blindspot and the already canceled Midnight, Texas among all NBC dramas. The Live+7 DVR playback, those numbers go up to 1.2 and 7.3 million.


You can catch The Blacklist Fridays at 9/8c on NBC!

Mayo Equals Happiness?: A.P. Bio "Happiness" Season Premiere

No pencils, no books, but your teacher will give you dirty work for his new book in the season premiere of A.P. Bio. Here's a recap!

Impressive: Superstore "Cloud 9 Academy"

Superstore is back and it's like they have never left that made us laugh and feel. Here's a recap!!

As Amy and Cheyenne take a Cloud 9 management class at the Cloud 9 Academy; Amy isn't quite okay with working with Cheyenne as they had to come up with ideas to help their store that some were good and some of them not.

But when they had to role play and Amy talk to Cheyenne about her absence; things went improv and getting everyone in the class to participate. In the end, after getting their certificates. Amy apologizes to Cheyenne on how she behaved towards and they celebrate by going to the bar with the group.

Meanwhile, when Glenn asked Garrett and Dina to watch his baby because he wants to babyproof his office; they try to refuse but Garrett takes on the task. When Dian sees that Garrett placed the baby in the shopping cart, she takes her out and all here broke loose when the baby wouldn't stop crying.

Soon, Dina would create a place for the baby that would end up being a daycare for her and Garrett to watch all the kids. When Glenn's baby gets hungry, Dina breastfeeds her but when Glenn returns and picked up his baby, it appears that Dina has fed the wrong baby.

Also, Mateo decides to file sanctionary because of his immigration status; but Jonah gets him to create a protest group that ended up going against the President of Venezuela. Protesting and getting the news crew to cover it, Marcus tells the reporter that Mateo is coming for the President of Venezuela.

And as I mentioned before, Glenn left Garrett and Dina to babysit his baby to babyproof his office. Well, let's just say that mission complete but instead, he not only babyproof his office but Glenn-proof it as well. Trying to get out, he calls for help, sends a note through the door that would only go across the hall to another room. But he finally got out, The Shining-style, and gets to his baby.

"Cloud 9 Academy" was amazingly hilarious! The episode had four amazing stories that had such strong character development and moments that I couldn't forget. From Dina and comforting Glenn's baby to Amy and Cheyenne learning from each other; to even Mateo learning the ways of protesting. But it was Glenn's story that was probably the best; that it was totally hilarious without feeling too bad for the character. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.


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

Always There for You: This Is Us "The Graduates"

This week's episode of This Is Us had moments of joyous occasion to heartbreaking moments. But there was a WTF moment that really upset me and it's not what you would think. Here's a recap!

It's Kate's graduation and everyone is looking to give her a celebration from Toby to even Rebecca. But on her happy occasion, she worries about someone, Kevin, who tries to hide his drinking once again. After Kevin "left to meet with a director," Kate went to see him and gets him to go to a meeting. More to come later.

During the episode, we see flashback the day of the big three's graduations. We see Rebecca shopping for a good camcorder for the kids' graduation and bumps into an old friend that asked her out for coffee. Too soon dude! Too soon! As soon as she gets to Randall's graduation, Rebecca has a panic attack and gets advice that she needs to talk about it with a grief group and after dropping Kevin and Randall at the party and being alone at home, she calls Miguel to help her drive to the grief group.

As Kevin and Randall looking forward to it, Kate wasn't because it's she thinks people will judge her after her father just died four months ago or Kevin leaving with Sophie to New York City to be an actor. After skipping graduation, Kate watches family videos and seemed to got her second wind and went to a party that Kevin and Randall and they discuss how this could be the last time they see each other but really we know it's not.

Meanwhile, in the present, we see Randall and Beth trying to make things work with Beth's new job. Later Randall gets a call from Dejia and drivers over there but seeing her walking down the street halfway from the school, she tells him the reason why she was so upset. Her teacher had assigned an essay and that it was so good that she posted on the online school paper without her permission.

As Randall talked to her, he learns that Deja is all caught up and could easily go to high school next year. But Deja doesn't want to do that because she's finally comfortable where she is at and wants to go at her own pace, which I think we could all understand after seeing what she's gone through. 

As Beth comes home, Randall tells her the news about Deja and had a solution to their problem: Beth should take a break while he works. WTF! I know that he didn't just say that! I literally had to rewind that twice. But before they could talk, Randall gets a call from Rebecca about Kate.

As Kate helps Kevin, she flashbacks to the moments of how Kevin has always been there for her and that it's time for her to be there for him. She drives him to a meeting, but by the time they almost get there, Kate goes into labor and things take a real overwhelming moment. As the doctor stops Kate's labor, for now, Kevin comes in to comfort her again, and soon Randall pops in as well as they are all together like they say they would on that graduation night.

"The Graduates" was a good episode from start to finish. I just loved the story between Kate and Kevin as it was one of those that you can see how close they were as kids to now. But also I just loved how the tables turn between each other for helping one another. Also, Rebecca's story was as ever strong but overwhelming with heartbreak to joy as she still struggles but seeks help thanks to Miguel. As much as Randall upset me in this episode with Beth, he did have some good moments from standing up for Deja about her essay being shared to understanding her on moving to high school. But that ending scene with the big three was a tearful moment. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Brooklyn Nine-Nine "The Golden Child" Episode Preview

Here's a preview of this week's episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine titled, "The Golden Child.'

"The Golden Child"

Jake helps Amy navigate the complicated relationship she had with her brother, David. While Charles introduces some drama into an undercover mission involving Terry and Holt.

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You can catch Brooklyn Nine-Nine Thursday at 9/8c on NBC.