In the canon of “Sons of Anarchy,” any episode that features something shocking that does not include an explosion or two should be given some notice. What made “Los Fantasmas” specifically an outstanding hour of the series is that it did not try to make a million things happen at once. The stories were very […]
Matt Carter Awkward, awkward season 3 review
Last week, “Awkward” was all about the shock in finding out the news over what happened between Jenna and Collin. This week was all about dealing with the aftermath. What made this episode tonight so strong was the way in which the writers chose to go about handling what could have been one heck of […]
Tonight has turned out to be a singing competition overload, hasn’t it? Not only did you have the first live show of the season on “The X Factor,” but the remaining contestants on “The Voice” took on the knockout rounds in style. These were performances that mostly put Simon Cowell’s show to shame and while […]
“The X Factor” did so much right tonight in its first live show: Great staging, quick criticisms, and a ton of fun performances were jammed into a 125-minute package that was much shorter than this same show last year. Someone also realized that we didn’t need that much time to get to know the contestants, […]
So far this season of “The Biggest Loser” season 15 has brought us a lot of twists and turns, including the new “trainers save”. Jillian Michaels has already used her save on Craig Arrington the first week, but still managed to lose a team member last week. Is Jillian’s team going to be in trouble […]
Matt Carter The Blacklist, The Blacklist season 1 review
After five weeks of cases on “The Blacklist” that felt far too procedural, this was the one that we have been waiting for. It combined the story of Reddington’s exploits with Elizabeth and Tom’s relationship, and gave us something that felt intelligent, action-packed, and relevant. We actually cared about everything that happened, and at first […]
Matt Carter Castle, Castle Season 6 Review
“Castle” tonight presented something that was a bizarre dichotomy: You had a murder case of all things that was rather pleasant and fun to watch, and then a situation involving Castle and Alexis that was depressing and very dramatic. We’re of two minds about Castle’s treatment of Pi, and how his daughter is furious with […]
Matt Carter Dancing with the Stars
For the first few weeks of “Dancing with the Stars” this season, we had a pretty predictable series of eliminations as we progressively said goodbye to the likes of Keyshawn Johnson, Bill Nye, and Valerie Harper. Then some weird things started to happen with the elimination of Christina Milian from the show, and it only […]
Let’s start this review for “The Voice” off with massive praise: This episode was at least a billion times better than the Battle Rounds. There were a ton of performances throughout the two hours, some good coaches’ moments, and a nice ratio of singing / non-singing. If every episode could be like this, we would […]
Matt Carter Beauty and the Beast season 2 review
“Beauty and the Beast” is a show that, for better or worse, is almost entirely based around the Cat / Vincent relationship. So just when you start to think that we are nearing the end of the road for that relationship, of course they are going to find their way back together. So where do […]
