Posted by Dustin on 01.03.2019 at 10:46 am

So it’s been awhile, and I thought I’d actually make a TV post. I’m on semester break and have a few seconds to breathe. Shockingly the few news shows I picked up this fall became hits and haven’t been canceled. So here’s what’ve I’ve been watching…

The Chilling New Adventures of Sabrina
It only took me until Christmas Day to finally find the time to finish this one, and I absolutely loved it! Like everyone else, I hope we find out why the sisters have different accents, and who the parents of Ambrose are. Obviously, there is another sibling? And I really had hoped we’d get one last clue to what happened to Sabrina’s parents, but it seems the new headmaster may have done them in due to his thirst for power.

Manifest
I really am enjoying this show, my only fear is that it’s going to turn into another Lost, and they are all actually dead.

A Million Little Things
I only watched this one due to the cast, but became instantly hooked. I’m really enjoying it, but like Manifest, I don’t know how it will continue once the big mystery behind John is revealed. Often shows like this go downhill fast once the first mystery is solved and they just come up with absurd things to throw out there, like long lost kids (yeah I’m calling that one now).

New Amsterdam
I have no idea why I decided I needed to watch another medical drama, but I gotta say, this one is really good. The cast and characters are all equally fascinating and fun to watch, and the stories are really good.

Still watching . . . .
I’m still hanging on to Grey’s Anatomy, Supergirl, Flash, I got back into The Legends of Tomorrow after Constantine was added in. I grew tired of This is Us (which a friend calls This is Stupid), no longer bother with Hawaii Five-0, but am looking forward to the new Batgirl show which is supposed to debut this year. I did stop watching Gotham several seasons back. I definitely loved American Horror Story: Apocalypse, though it did take a few weeks to get good… basically when the witches showed up.

Posted by Dustin on 01.03.2015 at 1:34 am

So this is my very overdue post on my quick thoughts on bunches of shows and their Winter finales. Between work and getting sick and then the holidays I just didn’t get to it as soon as I had planned to. Of note I’m heading out on my January vacation. Not too many shows are coming back yet though, but some are. “Pretty Little Liars” is starting up again, as is “American Horror Story,” and ABC is airing “Galavant.” The later I’m worried about since they turned an 8 week series into a 4 week one to just get it over with quicker. Yeah that probably isn’t a good sign.

American Horror Story
I’m just really disappointed with this show overall this season. As I said before, it really has just become nothing more that a shock-fest at this point. It’s hard to care about most of these characters, and the ones you do care for like Ma Petite get offed. I seriously can’t believe they killed her! However even the emotion I felt for her death can’t really save this season.

Constantine
I really enjoy this show and the episode with the fallen angel they had to save was the best of the season because of the twist within. I seriously hope NBC doesn’t cancel this one.

Gotham
This show still has my interest, though I really want an injection of some kind of masked villain or hero at this point. I feel like they aren’t using kid catwoman enough either.

Grey’s Anatomy
Once again Shonda has resorted to causing problems for Meredith and Derek. This far into the show I feel like that is just lazy writing she’s falling back on. We’ve watched too many seasons of that, just let them be happy and deal with other issues. I would also like to see Owen finally get a bit of happiness too. He’s just seemed so angry since Christina left.

Grimm
Grimm is probably my favorite show right now, it is really delivering every week. It looks like Nick’s mom may be making a return with the baby in the second half of the season. I’d really like to see Truble back at some point too. Poor Woo has gone off his rocker though, and who can blame him. Nick should have told him the truth long ago. OF course we know Monroe won’t be dying anytime soon, but what’s going on with poor Julia? Has she really become a hexenbeast?

The Flash
I’m officially adding “The Flash” to the blog. I think this is one of the best new shows of the year. I absolutely loved seeing Dr. Tina McGee reprise her role from the 90s version. I also can’t wait to see how they pull of Firestar, who is one of my favorite DC characters next to Wonder Woman. News has also dropped that Mark Hammill will reprise his role as The Trixter which he too played in the old 90s version. I just hope he doesn’t have that horrid spandex body suit.

Nashville
That mid-season finale was definitely one with some twists and turns I was not expecting. I kinda knew Rayna wouldn’t go through with the wedding, but I never saw an Avery and Juliette wedding that quick. Surprise! I’m also stunned at Deacon’s health issues, I wasn’t expecting those either. Meanwhile Jeff is up S-creek as it looks like Layla may be the latest casualty on the show. Would they really kill her off? Would anyone really care if they did might be a better question. Like Zoe she’s started to outlive her purpose.

Once Upon A Time
So it looks like we haven’t gotten rid of Anna and Elsa just yet, as they seem to now be stuck in Storybrooke with the others. I hope they don’t keep them around simply to keep cashing in on “Frozen.” The rise of the three bad girls looks to be good, and I love me some Maleficent! I loved Belle one-uping Rumple and commanding him to leave town with the dagger. Having to watch Robin leave to save Marianne was heartbreaking though. Poor Regina! At least they are back to looking for the book’s writer, but now Gold has that idea too. Oh boy.

Red Band Society
Red Band left us with a string of cliffhangers, and it looks like we may finally be facing the death of one of the kids. Hunter headed into surgery, Emma passed out at her house, and Jordi is now a drug dealer? Oy! I could do without Jordi’s illegal activities honestly.

Sleepy Hollow
Henry/Walter finally saw the light and turned on Mollock in what was a “effing finally!” moment. I was getting so sick of Henry’s bitching and moaning about his parents abandoning him. I really hope this doesn’t turn out to be a ploy though and he still ends up on the side of evil.

Posted by Dustin on 11.09.2014 at 6:38 pm

So “Grimm” is really getting on my nerves. As I lamented in my last blog about the show, I worried they would drag out powerless Nick for far too long, and it looks like they are doing just that. I hate this! I don’t expect him to get his powers back until at least half-way through the season at this point. I am at least glad Monroe and Rosalie are going behind Juliette’s back to restore his powers. However by the end of the latest episode it appeared that someone was about to raid The Spice Shop and stop them. Meanwhile, Truble has been contacted by the FBI Wesen who have offered to have her work for powerful people to rid the world of bad Wesen. It sounds like the resistance, but something tells me they actually work for the Royals.

I actually have found myself really enjoying “Constantine.” However the numbers apparently aren’t so hot for it. I’m trying not to get too attached to it, but I do hope NBC gives it a chance to find an audience. It’s definitely different and unique, that is for sure.

Of note, I finally caught an episode of “The Mysteries of Laura” on NBC and really liked it. I’m for sure going to catch up on it and keep watching. I never got into “Forever” due to time, but I have heard nothing but good things about “How To Get Away With Murder,” so I want to get into that. Thankfully the winter break period is coming up so I can play catch-up with these new shows.

Spoilers for the next two shows for both “Grimm” and “Constantine” below!

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