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FX The Americans Season 3 finale: “March 8, 1983”

Preview: The Americans Season 3 finale: “March 8, 1983” Season 3 of the FX hit spy thriller The Americans comes to a close Wednesday, April 22, at 10pm ET/PT in this episode titled “March 8, 1983.” While it doesn’t give much hint at what awaits KGB operatives Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell), the titular date was when President Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an “evil empire” in a speech in Orlando, Fla. In the season finale, Elizabeth and Paige (Holly Taylor) take a trip that lands them in treacherous territory. And after an emotionally charged mission, Philip turns […]

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Daredevil Season 2 coming to Netflix in 2016

NOTE: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS ABOUT SEASON 1 OF “MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL” Last night, just as I was completing my enjoyable viewing of the first season of Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix, I learned the equally exciting news that the series has been renewed for a second season. Daredevil Season 2 will premiere on Netflix in 2016. The return will come with some notable changes, as Doug Petrie (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, American Horror Story) and Marco Ramirez (Sons of Anarchy) will serve as show runners. According to Netflix, the two “worked closely with Steven DeKnight and Drew Goddard.” DeKnight was show runner for Season 1, and Goddard created the series, […]

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Comedy

Jane the Virgin Chapter 19 Recap: Run, Petra, Run!

On Chapter 19 of Jane the Virgin, Jane has gone through all the steps of a break-up, leading up to her confronting Rafael about the situation. Rafael mentions that Jane had doubts about him in the first place, so it wasn’t like things were headed down the wrong path anyways. All of a sudden, Jane’s fellow employees and friends barge into Rafael’s room with all the supplies for a baby shower. Could they be any worse with their timing? Luckily, Jane’s friend has some sort of psychic sense and knew felt that the couple weren’t on good terms. She also […]

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Recap of Mad Men Season 7 Episode 10 – “The Forecast” calls for diminished expectations

Recap of Mad Men Season 7 Episode 10, “The Forecast” (original air date April 19, 2015): When Roger assigns Don the task of writing a vision statement on the future of Sterling Cooper for Roger to deliver at an upcoming retreat with other division presidents of McCann, we learn the theme of “The Forecast”: What’s your vision of the future? Reasonable hopes and dreams, Roger advises: “It doesn’t have to be science fiction.” Joan’s in Los Angeles. Why? No matter — it’s all just an excuse for Joan to meet Mr. Too Convenient to Be True, who walks into the […]

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Madness in Monaco: The Royals Episode 6

  When you’re a bored royal, what do you do other than have loads of sex, wear scrumptious clothes and do obscene quantities of drugs? Why you pack that crap up and do it in Monaco for the weekend! And this weekend, that’s what our favorite Brits are doing. And huzzah! my favorite lesser princess, Maribel and Penelope are back! Let the garish costuming commence! I think that pretty much everything Penelope says is, “That doesn’t feel entirely unpleasant.” She said it during her anal bleaching and she said it when she stuffed 8balls up her bum. Liam has invited […]

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Nurse Jackie recap Season 7, Episode 2 – what goes into “The Deal”

Nurse Jackie recap Season 7, Episode 2 “Deal” (original airdate April 19, 2015) After going through sedated detox and being publicly defamed in front of half of her colleagues, Jackie Petyon (Edie Falco) is ready to get her job and life back, or so we hope. Season 7, Episode 2 of Nurse Jackie saw the unwelcome return of Jackie to All Saints Hospital. The episode starts with Jackie outside of the hospital entrance where she sees Zoey and offers her a coffee. Zoey takes a pass referencing that she’s given up caffeine. Jackie empathizes saying she’s 16 days clean of […]

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Recap: Outlander Episode 11 “The Devil’s Mark”

Outlander Episode 11 “The Devil’s Mark” (original airdate April 18, 2015) True friendships come to play in Episode 11 of  Outlander “The Devil’s Mark.” The episode starts with Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek) being thrown into some dark hole, left wondering where the hell they are. Geillis knows. It’s a thieves’ hole and they will be sharing these tight, cold quarters with a bunch of rats. “You only have yourself to blame for this,” Geillas tells Claire, believing that maybe it was Claire who brought the wardens to her house. So not the case. It’s that damn, […]

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Interview with Caitriona Balfe on Geillis Duncan, “she said @#$%ing barbecue”

Oh, I love Outlander’s Geillis Duncan. Wait, hold on, major spoilers ahead if you didn’t watch Outlander, Episode 11 “The Devil’s Mark,” so stop reading. When I interviewed Caitriona Balfe earlier this year I had already screened this episode, one of my personal favorites from the second half of Season 1, where we chatted about the WTF-moment involving Geillis. OK, so who else adores actress Lotte Verbeek? As we witnessed the heated exchange between Claire and Geillis, with Geillis so desperatelly wanting to know the truth about Claire, it was surprising that Claire never caught on to why she was […]

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American Crime Episode 7 recap

The opening of American Crime Episode 7 juxtaposes the current fates of Hector (Richard Cabral) and Carter (Elvis Nolasco), the latter of whom we barely saw in last week’s episode. Now we see what is going on with him. Hector is moved into a more secure facility, as per his request for a deal in exchange for info on Carter last week. There, he has an individual cell, and is actually allowed outside for exercise. We then flash to Carter, who is shivering in a cramped, dim basement of sorts. We find out later in the episode that Carter is […]

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The Messengers — The CW’s new drama is Rapture-ous.

A strange occurrence in the New Mexico desert stops the hearts of five strangers, then resurrects them again — as Earth-bound angels. Not the white-robed, harp-toting kind. The “oracles of the apocalypse” kind, in Everyman clothing. As these unwitting emissaries — a scientist, a single mom, a bullied student, an FBI agent and a televangelist — come to grips with extraordinary new powers and how they got them, their lives begin to intersect with one another’s and that of a mysterious figure known only as “The Man” (Diogo Morgado). Meet The CW’s The Messengers. “If Close Encounters and The Stand […]