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Category: TV Recap

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 26, 2016

Supergirl: I'm with President Wonder Woman

The President of the United States (Lynda Carter!) visits National City to sign a historic amnesty bill allowing all aliens to come out of hiding and live among us in peace. And by “aliens”, they mean aliens from other planets, but it’s hard to miss the obvious parallels to the other kind of aliens dominating the shitshow that is our current national political discourse.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 25, 2016

Jane the Virgin: Post Traumatic Telenovela Disorder

Xiomara crashes at Rogelio's, and in exchange for room and board, helps with his accent. It is sounding more American. Unfortunately, the American it sounds like is Matthew McConaughey, and this country doesn't need another one of those.

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· by Julie Kushner · Oct 24, 2016

Once Upon a Time: Aladdin and the Temple of Dude

This week on Once, Aladdin lets Jasmine check out his Man Cave. Hook gets crafty with a pair of Emma's scissors. The Evil Queen and the Wicked Witch get mani/pedis from Goldilocks. And a popular fan theory is swiftly debunked.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 21, 2016

How to Get Away with Murder: '16 Bonnie and Clyde

Previously on How to Get Away With Murder: Annalise is claiming (Well, should I saying “claiming” when it’s technically the truth?) to be an alcoholic as a last ditch effort to keep her university...

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 20, 2016

Let's Do the Time Warp Again! A liveblog of FOX's Rocky Horror Picture Show

And now, because TV executives like to exploit anything that people enjoyed in the past for some cash, FOX is turning The Rocky Horror Picture Show into a two-hour television special.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 19, 2016

Supergirl: Supergirl is dead... set on being a reporter

Previously on Supergirl: Kara always dreamed of teaming up with her cousin to fight bad guys, and it finally happened, as Superman’s boots were filled by an actual actor and together they protected Lex Luthor’s...

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 19, 2016

Scream Queens: Chanel's Blue (Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die)

Welcome to Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens, where awkwardly shoehorned pop culture references are considered clever writing.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 18, 2016

Cop Rock: Stalk like a man

Enjoy my last Cop Rock recap. Yes, like the show itself, these recaps are being put on indefinite hiatus due to lack of interest.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 18, 2016

Jane the Virgin: So much for a happy ending

Previously on Jane the Virgin: Jane and Michael got married! And we were about to lose “the Virgin” in the title, but then Michael got shot! Why did he get shot? He realized that his perky police partner Susanna…

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· by Julie Kushner · Oct 17, 2016

Once Upon a Time: Arrested development

This week on Once: The Beast tries to win back Belle's heart by incarcerating her. (Hey, it worked last time!) Snow White learns that she's a terrible teacher, when the subject is anything other than making a birdhouse. The Evil Queen's kryptonite is finally revealed. And yet another sort-of villain is given a hasty partial redemption arc before meeting his untimely demise.

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· by Marion Stein · Oct 17, 2016

The Exorcist: Sisters doing it for themselves

This week opens with Casey dreaming. You can tell it's a dream and not a flashback because even before the weird stuff starts, there's cowboy polka music playing, which no teen would ever tolerate even to be ironic.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 14, 2016

How to Get Away with Murder: Blame it on the alcohol (no, seriously)

Previously on How to Get Away with Murder: University President Maria LaGuerta is unhappy Annalise got some good PR out of her Perv Client, becaue the university was ready to fire her over the...

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 13, 2016

Scream Queens: OBVIOUS REDRUM SEULC

I think I've figured out why I have such a sweet spot for Chanel #5. No, it's not because I enjoy the cheap vagina dentata jokes. Although, to be fair, who would have predicted that such an outlandish throwaway line would become a recurring joke?

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 12, 2016

Supergirl: Everbody loves Superman

Budgets will be slashed, regular cast members will be demoted to recurring, network-wide crossovers will happen, and hopefully the series will be allowed to appeal to a hipper, savvier audience of superhero fans as opposed to its previous demo of elderly women watching with their granddaughters.

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· by Marion Stein · Oct 11, 2016

The Exorcist: The eXorcist-Files

Here comes the sine qua non of horror tropes: teenage lust. In this case, girl on girl, because that's now a TV requirement.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 10, 2016

Cop Rock: Tots-R-Us

Most new shows take a few episodes to really find their footing, and this episode may be where Cop Rock finally started to improve. It never becomes good, mind you, but it generally avoids anything as embarrassing as the musical numbers of the first three episodes.

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· by Julie Kushner · Oct 10, 2016

Once Upon a Time: Cinderella, armed and dangerous!

This week on Once, Cinderella goes POSTAL... for a few seconds. Also this week, Hook and Emma get baby fever. Rumpel makes Belle a mix tape. And the Evil Queen comes up with a nefarious scheme... to perfect her adopted son's bad posture.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 9, 2016

How to Get Away with Murder: A slap in the face to justice

Previously on How to Get Away with Murder: The university, upset by the bad publicity caused by the “Killer” Poster Culprit, attempted to fire Annalise. Pro-tip: you cannot fire Annalise. Annalise will get that 401k and that gold watch…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 6, 2016

Cop Rock: He's the one they call Dr. Sing-bad

If the point of these numbers is to allow us to get to know the characters in ways that mere spoken dialogue can’t provide, shouldn’t the vast majority of them have been performed by the show’s main cast?

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· by Marion Stein · Oct 6, 2016

The Exorcist: They'll steal your heart

The creepy homeless guy is henceforth referred to as “the schizophrenic”, because priests are such brilliant diagnosticians and there's nothing offensive about referring to people by their illness because look at all those lepers in the Bible.