A Path to Growing: Fresh Off The Boat "Chestnut Gardens"/"Practicum?!"

"Chestnut Gardens" 

The Chestnut is back! Matthew Chestnut returns and it makes Jessica, Eddie, and Trent all suspicious on his return. Jessica sees that Chestnut has taken Louis away from his passion idea of starting a garden and sets up a plan with Eddie and Trent to get Chestnut out of Cattlemen. After Louis learned what had happened and tells Jessica he was disappointed in her; she learned that Louis did start that garden but handed it off to Jenny. Jessica tells Louis that she's happy and that his career move is a business consultant.

Meanwhile, Honey asked Emery and Evan to babysit Marvin while he's on his boat. Emery thinks that Marvin is just old school when it comes to being disrespectful to women. But after teaching Marvin the ropes on how to be a gentleman in the 90s but it turns out the trash-talking comes from Honey herself. But it does give Emery asking about his perspective on women but Evan gives a pep talk that helped him.

"Chestnut Gardens" was a good episode. Bring back Matthew Chestnut and having a conflict wit Jessica, Eddie and Trent with Louis was very good and had very good character development for both Louis and Jessica. At first, I thought the Evan/Emery/Marvin story was going to be a snooze but the ending had a very surprising and heartfelt moment. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Practicum?!" 

When Evan starts wearing a necklace, Jessica starts to worry about him and investigates by using her shadow teacher at Evan's school. There she meets Evan's new friend Geoff and starts embarrassing Evan with remarks about things including his boom booms with applesauce. Evan tries to get his mother out of his school and when Jessica sees how he's been acting, she turns to Emery and learns that Evan just needs his space as he's growing. As she confronts Evan at Geoff's party, they both apologized.

Allen Iverson is coming to Orlando and Eddie wants a signed jersey from him, but Jessica and Louis won't let him skip school. That is until Louis learns that Eddie is writing a paper on his hero for a scholarship that happens to be about Iverson. A jealous Louis picks up Eddie from school to take him to see Iverson but tries too hard when he fakes a car problem that turned into an actual car problem. Soon Eddie learns the truth and forgives Louis, who finally took him to get that jersey signed and even get banned from all NBA games.

"Practicum?!" was a very good episode from start to finish. While I've been loving the dynamic between Eddie and Jessica; the character and relationship growth between Jessica and Evan through the last couple of seasons has been amazing;y well-written. The Eddie and Louis story was just hilarious at times and even the pop culture references in this episode couldn't be denied on how funny it still was. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.


You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8;30/7:30c on ABC.

The Meet and Treat: Fresh Off The Boat "S'mothered"/Hal-Lou-Ween"

"S'Mothered" 

After many, many excuses used, Eddie's girlfriend finally meets with Jessica and just when Eddie's fear of them meeting each other couldn't get him going; until he didn't see that they would become best friends. For the next couple of days, Tina and Jessica would be at each other's side and talk about what they liked and didn't like about Eddie. It got so out of control for Eddie that he made Jessica thought that Tina didn't like Amy Grant. But Eddie realizes that he was wrong for hiding Tina from his mother and it looks like their relationship couldn't be anymore stronger.

Meanwhile, Louis tries to figure out what he's capable of doing for his career. After thinking he could be a great barber or a tour guide, a motivational speaker could be the ticket. After failing to do so, Emery gets Louis back on his feet and even learned that he had motivated someone to start a business about people visiting other people and seeing their photos and etc that would be something called MySpace.

"S'Mothered" was a very good episode from beginning to finish from Jessica and Tina's meeting to even Eddie going nuts about the two being best friends. The Louis story was very good and yet delivered a better shocking ending with the MySpace scene. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"Hal-Lou-Ween"

BEST HALLOWEEN EVER!!!!

Louis plans to give the best Halloween to Jessica by making the house turn into a haunted house; but just after she says no, things turn around when she sees a student dressed up as her character from her novel.  That really got Jessica going and even dressed up and went trick and treating with Louis. But as she adds up all the clues to where the book club would be at the school, she learns that Louis put all of this together to get her to enjoy Halloween.

Evan and Emery try to get Eddie to do one last Halloween with each other before going to college and just when they try to dress up as one of them; it turns into not so funny for Evan. Eddie and Emery apologize and try to dress up as The Three Amigos, but Eddie doesn't quite fit the costume.

"Hal-Lou-Ween" might be my favorite Halloween episode of the series. It was so cleverly written perfectly for character development with Jessica and Louis. Finally, Jessica enjoys Halloween! The brother's story was so good and nailed the ending pretty well as they do the Three Amigos salute. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.


You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8:30/7:30c on ABC.

Y2K Fresh Off The Boat "College"/"Grandma's Boys"

"College"

With Y2K coming the best way to not worry is studying for college exams with Jessica, right? Here's a recap!

As Eddie gives his idea of what Y2K would be (like The Matrix); Jessica has plans for Eddie to study for the college exam while she too studies as well. As they study, Eddie tells Jessica that he wants to have a fun time at college, but she has other plans for him like going to Harvard or Yale. But when Louis tells Jessica of an idea to take the family to California and show Eddie UCLA; that had got her to agree.

But when Eddie and Louis try to show Jessica that it's fun, things take a turn and as she learns that UCLA is a tough college to get into and that made her get Eddie to learn what it takes to be a student at UCLA. But Eddie bailed the tour and just when they meet the Dean of the College Eddie decides to not want to go at all. Soon Jessica tells Eddie about her time at college and how the nickname "Messy Jessy" was born. After their talk, Eddie agrees to keep an open mind and dropped a balloon full of shaving cream on Louis.

Meanwhile, Evan, Emery, and Grandma play with the Y2K scare and goes out to do whatever; from signing up for credit cards UCLA and using them on spending on expensive stuff. While grandma was having a time of her life with a Danny DeVito double, Evan and Emery, learn that sometimes it's just not fun without the other and decide that they would rather spend Y2K with each other than what they just did. 

"College" was such a good and funny episode. The story between Jessica and Eddie had to have been another favorite of mine as they keep learning that they are just alike. The Y2K was funny for the first half of the episode but pretty much died off after. But that Matrix scenes with Eddie, Louis and Jessica were outstanding and hilarious. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"Grandma's Boy"

After Marvin's retirement party, Jenny wants a retirement party too. She announces it at Marvin's party and gives Louis a list of what she wants for gifts. That is until Louis just gives her a party and no gits at all. Soon, Louis gets his brother Gene, who happens to have found peace, to help with their mother's issue; but instead creates more problems when Gene gets Jenny that hot tub she wanted. Louis realizes that he too has to let it go and apologies to Gene and thanks to him for the help while in the hot tub.

Meanwhile, Evan believes that he had told Marvin about a secret story while he was under laughing gas. That sparked fear with Emery and Eddie and the three tries to come up with leverage on Marvin; but when they meet with him they talk it over and after learning about a couple of secrets the four agree to keep each other's secret to themselves.

"Grandma's Boy" felt like an average episode that had some good laughs but didn't really sell like the previous two episodes. Ken Jeong was really good and the Gene and Louis story was as good too. But it was the secret story that really fell flat and even the title of the episode as well. This could have been called Mama's Boy or something. I figured this episode was going to be about one of the boys and Jenny but it turns out it's not. Overall, I give this episode a 7/10.

You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8:30/7:30c on ABC

Stranger Things 4 Teaser

On this Valentine's Day, Netflix gives us a gift that will keep our hearts pounding: the first teaser for Stranger Things 4!

Taking place in Russia, it looks like the speculations that someone is alive and well a prisoner too.

Here's the teaser:

Oh man, I had a feeling that Hopper didn't just die. But I just wonder if the final season would be a Christmas theme season. That would fit perfectly with what Eleven and Will planned to meet. 

You can catch the first three seasons of Stranger Things available to watch on Netflix.

"Let Go" This Is Us "A Hell of a Week, Part 2"

Part Two of the Big Three Trilogy takes a look at Kevin as he tries to learn whether he should go back or need to go to move forward.

"A Hell of a Week, Part 2" starts off where we left off in the previous episode with a young Kevin telling Jack that he couldn't sleep due to a mobile that Rebecca has donated. Jack tells Kevin that something that's lost that he loves could always find something else to love. And that was the message throughout the episode for Kevin. As Kevin goes back home to pay respect to Sophie's mother, who had passed. Through flashbacks, we see how the two might have loved each other but Kevin was a bit much self-centered. 

As Kevin meets Sophie at the funeral, the two drive off, eating their favorite donuts. Sophie couldn't handle the pressure from the funeral and asked Kevin to take her somewhere. That place would be the campsite where they went after seeing a movie ("Good Will Hunting") that had been ruined. The two promised not to watch the ending because their way of the ending would be what they make of it. But coming to the present day, the two finally watched the entire movie; but as Sophie was ready to go back and drops her off, Kevin sees Sophie's mother's grave and talks. But in the end, he let Sophie go and headed over to Kate and Toby's place to find them gone and seeing Madison; the two talked and that's who we see Kevin sleeping with when he gets a call from Randall.

As the two talks, they need to get away and they include Kate, who believes her marriage is ending. The three agree to head to the family cabin and into Part 3 where it's Kate's turn.

"A Hell of a Week, Part 2", was another powerful episode in this trilogy and the season. Justin Hartley gives his best performance and Alexandra Breckenridge was at her best as well. The story was well-written with strong character development. It was such a tear-jerking moment when Kevin lets Sophie go. As much as I want to keep believing that Kevin and Sophie would end up together in the end; the way this episode showed with the quote from Jack; how something we love that's gone we could find something else to love again. That hit me hard. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

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

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 7 Trailer

We're just two days till the season premiere of Brooklyn Nin-Nine! And while we've been seen promos and clips, here's a trailer to get your tastebuds or your 99 jolting.

Here's the thing about the trailer, it's freakin awesome!!! The way they add previous clips to new clips in the style of the NBC 80's A-Team promos fits perfectly! Oh man, I can't wait for this Thursday!!


Here's the trailer:

You can catch the one-hour season premiere of Brooklyn Nine-Nine Thursday at 8/7c on NBC.

Milkshakes and Vacations: The Good Place "Chapter 51: Patty"

Welcome to The Good Place or is it?

As Eleanor and the gang travel in the air balloon to the Good Place, what they see looks like paradise. As things look amazingly peaceful and warming; Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason go to a party of their own taste that had combined due to entering the portal together. As Jason races gocarts with monkeys, Tahani and Janet meeting with other people; Chidi meets with Hypatia with Eleanor and not only freaks out from talking to one of the great minds. But things aren't what they seem as the gang realizes that the good place is the borning place.

Meanwhile, as Michael thought that he was being sworn in to be a member of The Good Place; but the board members tricked him into signing to be the management of The Good Place. While trying to figure what's going on, Michael, Eleanor, and the gang figure out what to do and that the best thing to do is have the option of knowing that there's a door to the end.

After announcing the plan to the rest of the people that have been around for over five hundred years; everyone had a party and later on Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, Jason, Janet get to live in their Good Place places with Michael making his office close to them. Eleanor and Chidi talk while looking at the sun setting by the mountain as they take-in the moment.

"Patty" was such a great episode that it really felt like it should have been the finale. The performance from the cast was good and the writing was as good as ever. The episode showed that the good place wasn't all that what it seemed; our gang needed to help fix the issues and to provide a solution was good and around out the problem.

But it leaves our characters with when will they go through that door and what will become of them after they go through that door? Is it death? Is it a rebirth of life? This episode would have been an excellent ending; that would have our gang be where they are and had us play out in our minds of what they do after.

I'm pretty anxious, nervous and emotional for this series forking finale. From what I've read in the interviews and such, this could be like the Parks and Recreation finale as it was too a jammed-packed full of emotions and laughs. Move over This Is Us, The Good Place fans will be needing the tissues this week.

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch the one-hour series forking finale of The Good Place Thursday, Jan. 30 at 8:30/7:30c and the post-show interview with Seth Meyers at 9:30/8:30c on NBC