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If you’re anything like this TV Fanatic, you were blown away by the first half of the premiere season of Matlock. To be fair, we had high expectations — the show just exceeded them. It’s no wonder Kathy Bates is an Oscar and Emmy-winning actress. Can you imagine how excited the executives at CBS must’ve

Critic’s Rating: 3 / 5.0 3 Well, that was something. Overall, Accused Season 2 has been hit or miss with the installments, and this one falls closer to the latter than the former. “Margot’s Story” involved a senior-aged woman who became enamored with a con artist and wanted to exercise some control over her life

Carisi spent most of Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 7 chasing after a pedophile he was afraid would hurt someone, while the official case of the week involved a serial rapist targeting sex workers on the street. Did Carisi go too far? Was the case of the week done well? TV Fanatic writers

Critic’s Rating: 4.7 / 5.0 4.7 Brilliant Minds has excelled at exploring living life on a patient’s terms when they need to adapt to new circumstances. In Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 8, Dr. Wolf appealed to June Sullivan’s family to get them to adapt and accept that their mother had changed. June Sullivan had

Ellis Stevens has had a rough go of it in FROM Season 3. When the season began, he and his wife Fatima were in a good place as recent newlyweds expecting their first child, but things have gone from bad to worse, as they typically do in FROM land. After learning they weren’t expecting as

The Equalizer Season 5 Episode 4 featured Marcus’ surprising return. A reunion between Marcus and Robyn has been long overdue since the pair said goodbye at the end of The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 10. It was an emotional episode all about sacrifices and trust, along with a shocking death. (Jocelyn Prescod/CBS) Before we dig

Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 Taylor Sheridan has done it again. His new series Landman on Paramount+ drops viewers right into the rough, risky world of Texas oil, as only Sheridan can. To be clear, critics will not love this show. Just as they have overlooked other Sheridan works like Yellowstone and Tulsa King,

It’s been a long, bumpy ride, but there is some hope for Days of Our Lives’ future. Lead actresses Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie) and Deidre Hall (Marlena) recently confirmed in an interview that the ridiculous Body & Soul storyline will end by the time the new writers take over, if not before. Days of Our

In difficult times, young adults need shows about them more than ever. Adolescence and early adulthood are challenging no matter what’s going on in a young person’s life, and doubly so when they’re growing up in a high-stress, polarized environment. TV gets a lot of things right about young people, though it still misses the

Critic’s Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 4.8 I know I keep saying it, but Blue Bloods’ cancelation is the worst television news in a long time. We’re more than halfway through the final batch of episodes now. Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 15 had everything that made me fall in love with this show and then

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you know that Outer Banks delivered one hell of a cliffhanger by the end of Outer Banks Season 4, and to say people aren’t pleased would be an understatement. No, we’re still not over the decision to write out JJ Maybank, the Pogue Prince, if you will, and we

Critic’s Rating: 3.65 / 5.0 3.65 I have to admit, Grey’s Anatomy Season 21 Episode 7 did not go the way I expected. There was a shocking death, an emotional goodbye, and a heaping portion of callbacks to older Grey’s Anatomy storylines, and I wasn’t really prepared for any of it. Granted, some of the

Critic’s Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 4.6 Cross is an adaptation done right. Unsurprisingly, Aldis Hodge brings the titular character to life, making this iconic hero his own mere seconds into the season premiere. He doesn’t release his hold on the audience, as he completely captivates them, and moves them with his portrayal until the credits

Critic’s Rating: 3.6 / 5.0 3.6 What’s the quintessential Chicago PD motto? Tell Voight the truth so he can lie for you. It’s as simple as that, yet here we are 12 years later, and we see during Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 7 that it still isn’t clicking for the characters. (Elizabeth Sisson/NBC) In

The cast has complained, fans have protested, and industry observers have expressed bafflement at the decision, but as much as we might not like it, Blue Bloods is coming to an end. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the show is going out in style with one of its strongest seasons to

Critic’s Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 4.8 The Irrational Season 2 Episode 6 had everything that makes me love this show. University politics can be crappy, especially when a student’s death is inconvenient for the school’s reputation, but Alec handled the situation — and Simon’s mother — perfectly. I also appreciated how sensitively it handled the

The Matlock writers just won’t give Kathy Bate’s Madeline a break. They’re going to end up giving that sweet old lady a heart attack before she has a chance to get justice for her daughter. First, there was the matter of someone recognizing Matty at the end of “Claws,” and now it seems like her

Critic’s Rating: 4.7 / 5.0 4.7 Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. That’s why Dr. Wolf fought for John Doe, aka Roman, to have the experimental procedure. Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 7 was a beautifully crafted episode that explored Roman’s backstory and why he needed to be heard. Almost every doctor and intern

Some will always disagree, but fantasy TV has undeniably gone south. That’s not saying much since fantasy has never been a strong genre, with a few notable exceptions. Everyone is trying to replicate the success and appeal of Game of Thrones, and no one is asking themselves: What made Game of Thrones so good to

Critic’s Rating: 2.75 / 5.0 2.75 The Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 premiere opened with a moment that viewers have dreaded yet anticipated: the tragic death of John Dutton.  “Desire Is All You Need” navigates the shockwave that ripples through the Dutton family and those closest to them.  Yet, instead of embracing the intense fallout