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What do you mean TV insults are not the reason for the season? Family gatherings throughout the holidays are not always bastions of constructive thought and civilized conversation! Well, maybe they are for some. But where is the fun in that? If you’re anything like me, you have a relatively dysfunctional family that hurls as

Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 The Irrational Season 2 Episode 6 wasn’t your usual murder mystery, and that’s okay. Instead of trying to find out who killed the victim of the week, Alec worked with a data expert to try to stop a train disaster. The case resembled those math problems where you have

These days, trigger warnings exist for everything under the sun, including the giant fiery star in the sky. TV has parental warnings, but it would be great to have dog alerts, too. TV has a lot of scenes and sounds that can be as disturbing to dogs as some scenes are to people. Before you

Critic’s Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 4.3 Emotion influences how we see the world, from passionate red to envious green to depressed blue. The main stories in Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 9 demonstrated that, beginning with Gabriel Ferguson, a colorblind painter with an upcoming exhibition. He lost a vital part of himself without communicating through

It’s a great time for teen drama fans! Fresh off the news that Netflix’s hit teen mystery A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is renewed, we have more exciting news about another hit show on the streamer making a return. Kitty Covey is back, and we’re headed back to Seoul soon! We also have some

Critic’s Rating: 3 / 5.0 3 Mel is back with Robyn on the job. And Delilah is ready to make a big decision. And Robyn admits she still has feelings for Marcus in The Equalizer Season 5 Episode 5! (Courtesy of CBS) But there’s more! After weeks of waiting, we learned new information about Aunt

This series is really leaning into the heavy themes, and Landman Season 1 Episode 3, “Hell Has a Front Yard,” doesn’t change that. It dives deep into the oil industry’s inner workings and our complicated relationship with clean energy, continuing with the personal toll this world takes on everyone connected to it. In many ways,

Happy Days may not have been the first TV experiment in nostalgia.  But co-creators Michael Eisner and Tom Miller definitely knew they were taking a risk when they pitched the show to Paramount. Not surprisingly, the concept didn’t fare well with execs, and the studio passed.  (ABC/Screenshot) The market research department said a coming-of-age sitcom

Once upon a time, TV was a passive experience. You turned it on, plopped down on the couch, and let the story unfold without lifting a finger. But then came shows like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, which flipped the script and handed the reins to the audience. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix/Screenshot) Suddenly, viewers were making decisions

Critic’s Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 4.8 The closer Blue Bloods gets to the end, the more upsetting it is that this show is going off the air. Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 16 did the impossible: it explored contentious, potentially divisive issues and explored them in a way that takes a stand without feeling heavy-handed.

Thanksgiving dinner — a time for family, food, and a colorful cast of personalities. But let’s face it, not everyone you’d want at your Thanksgiving table would make it a relaxing meal. Some TV characters would turn it into an evening of laughter and camaraderie, while others, well, let’s just say they’d leave you reaching

Critic’s Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 4.6 It’s official; Grey’s Anatomy just wrapped for the midseason break, and boy, did the latest episode leave us with a lot to think about until spring. The first few minutes were deceptively lackluster, with a confusing November heat wave and a six-week time jump to set the stage. But

In a stunning legal reversal, the Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction for falsely reporting a hate crime in 2019. The court didn’t clear him of wrongdoing but instead ruled that Smollett should never have been prosecuted after Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office initially dropped the charges in a

Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 (Content warning: this article discusses a scene that depicted a suicide attempt.) It feels like the season just started, and it’s already time for Chicago Fire‘s midseason break. What is time, anyway? Overall, the episode was enjoyable, a little stressful, and we finally got a morsel of insight into

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