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Recap: Blindspot Season 1, Episode 9 – To Kill a Character

Blindspot fans: Remember when I said I wanted to see more of a certain character? Well, this isn’t exactly what I had in mind. In this week’s episode, one of my favs shows up briefly and it’s not a good visit. I’m guessing we won’t be seeing him again for a while. He’s not the only special guest star that’s losing access to the craft services, though. Read on for this week’s recap! • BLINDSPOT recaps: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 This […]

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AMC’s genre-bending “Into the Badlands” lives by the sword

It’s hard to pin a label on AMC’s new six-part action drama series Into the Badlands, premiering Sunday, Nov. 15, at 10pm ET/PT. It has the dystopian future politics of The Hunger Games. It has the antiheroes of Westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It has the warrior’s spiritual journey of Kung Fu. It has themes of family bloodlines and ambition like in Game of Thrones or Shakespeare’s history plays. It has the moral codes of classic samurai films, and fight sequences reminiscent of The Matrix and Hong Kong martial arts movies. Into the Badlands fuses together […]

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Recap: Blindspot Season 1, Episode 8 – Let’s Be Careful Out There

When we last left the Blindspot team, Mayfair (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) was about to spill the beans to Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) about Daylight. Are ugoing to be privy to that information? • BLINDSPOT recaps: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 First, we need a little flashback. “Persecute Envoys” opens on a scene from five years ago. Mayfair is meeting Carter (Michael Gaston) and a woman named Sofia (Sarita Choudhury) in a random parking lot. The three have been called there to meet with the White House Chief […]

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Recap: Fargo Season 2, Episode 5 – Leave it to Cleaver

In this week’s episode of Fargo, the war between the Kansas City mafia and the Gerhardts kicked off with a bang. Well, it kicked off with a whole lot of bangs and at least one meat cleaver. I’d say it was definitely worth the wait. Okay then. Let’s get to the recap! • FARGO Season 2 recaps: Episode 1 | Epsiode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 After weeks of fictional Ronald Reagan movies, the fictional version of the 40th President of the United States was in the house – or at least on-screen (and played by Bruce Campbell). […]

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Meet Sherlock’s estranged father in the “Elementary” season premiere

The Elementary Season 4 premiere, “The Past Is Parent”  (CBS Thursday, Nov. 5, at 10pm ET/PT) finds Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) facing possible criminal charges in the aftermath of his recent violent behavior. In an effort to get back into the NYPD’s good graces, Holmes concentrates on the case of a missing wife believed to have been killed by her husband. Meanwhile, Holmes’ estranged father Morland (new regular cast member John Noble) arrives in New York to wield his power and influence to make the problem disappear. Lucy Liu returns as Joan Watson. Then in the Nov. 12 new episode […]

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Ellen Burstyn guest stars on CBS “Mom” Season 3 premiere

In the Mom Season 3 premiere “Terrorists and Gingerbread” Thursday, Oct. 5, at 9pm ET/PT on CBS, Bonnie (Allison Janney) and Christy (Anna Faris) disagree on how to handle Bonnie’s biological mother (guest star Ellen Burstyn) coming into their lives. ALSO SEE: Six reasons to watch Mom on CBS In the Nov. 12 new episode “Thigh Gap and a Rack of Lamb,” Bonnie and Christy try to help a teenage addict (guest star Emily Osment) they met at their meeting. Sara Rue also returns in her guest role as Candace. Also this season, Christy gets a new boss and Regina (Octavia […]

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HBO’s “Kareem: Minority of One” an ode to the NBA’s all-time leading scorer

Liev Schreiber narrates the HBO original documentary Kareem: Minority of One, premiering Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 10pm ET/PT, about basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer who played with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969-89. This HBO exclusive film marks the first time Abdul-Jabbar has participated in a documentary about his life story. Interviews include Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Jerry West, Bill Walton, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson and Billy Crystal. “Kareem waited more than 20 years to tell his story and we’re delighted to present it on the HBO platform,” says producer Deborah Morales, […]

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Recap: Fargo Season 2, Episode 4 – It’s On

A storm is brewing, Fargo fans. OK, so it’s been brewing from the very first scene of the very first episode. However, “Fear and Trembling” seems to be sounding all of the alarms. It’s coming, so you’d better prepare yourself. I know I’m ready! • FARGO Season 2 recaps: Episode 1 | Epsiode 2 | Episode 3 This week’s episode kicks off in 1950s Fargo, North Dakota, with a young Otto Gerhardt (Michael Hogan) taking an even younger Dodd to see the fictional film Moonbase Freedom, starring Ronald Reagan. Well, sort of. The boy seems like he’s there to see […]

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Recap: Blindspot Season 1, Episode 7 – Road Trip!

This episode was another tease. Sure, we finally got a peek at Saúl Guerrero (it’s Lou Diamond Phillips!) and the FBI team moved out beyond the big city. However, the episode ended with so many unanswered questions. Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) was about to get the goods on Daylight, there was no mention of Taylor Shaw or Zapata’s (Audrey Esparza) gambling issues, and Patterson (Ashley Johnson) can’t seem to keep a good man pinned down — why exactly? I guess it’s the mystery that keeps us coming back for more. So are you ready to decipher this week’s episode of Blindspot? […]

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“Flesh and Bone” on Starz: And you thought “Black Swan” was dark

For all the beauty, grace, skill and artistry of a ballet performance, the dancers themselves are often perceived as hypercompetitive, treacherous, chain-smoking, drug-addled, maladjusted bulimics with gross feet. The new Starz limited drama series Flesh and Bone (Sundays at 8pm ET/PT beginning Nov. 8) probably won’t help change that image. The story centers on Claire (Sarah Hay), a talented dancer who flees a deeply disturbed life in Pittsburgh to join an elite ballet company in New York City. She impresses the director and is chosen as the prima, which draws the ire and envy of her colleagues and the lust and […]