Category Archives: My Take on TV

Fall Pilot Review – HAWAII FIVE-0 on CBS

What? HAWAII FIVE-0 is a contemporary take on the classic series about a new elite federalized task force whose mission is to wipe out the crime that washes up on the Islands’ sun-drenched beaches.  Detective Steve McGarrett, a decorated Naval officer-turned-cop, returns to Oahu to investigate his father’s murder and stays after Hawaii’s Governor persuades him to head up the new team with full blanket authority to hunt down the biggest “game” in town.  Joining McGarrett is Detective Danny “Danno”

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Fall Pilot Review – MIKE AND MOLLY on CBS

What? MIKE & MOLLY is a comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting. Officer Mike Biggs is a good-hearted cop who sincerely wants to lose weight. Mike’s partner, Officer Carl McMillan, is a thin, fast-talking wise-guy who, despite his teasing, encourages Mike on his road to slimness and romance. While speaking at an O.A. meeting, Mike meets Molly Flynn, an instantly likeable fourth-grade teacher with a good sense of humor about her

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Fall Pilot Review – CHASE on NBC

What? CHASE is a lightning-fast drama that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. Marshals hunts down America’s most dangerous fugitives.  The head of the team is U.S. Marshal Annie Frost, a cowboy boot-wearing deputy whose sharp mind and unique Texas upbringing help her track down violent criminals on the run.  The members of Frost’s elite team are Jimmy Godfrey, an East Texas kid who never grew up and is a

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Fall Pilot Review – THE EVENT on NBC

What? THE EVENT is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an Everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée, Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.  Sean’s quest will send ripples through the lives of an eclectic band of strangers, including newly elected U.S. President Elias Martinez ; Sophia Maguire, who is the leader of a mysterious group of detainees; and Leila’s shadowy father. Their futures are on a collision

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Fall Pilot Review – LONE STAR on FOX

What? Robert/Bob Allen is a charismatic and brilliant schemer who has meticulously constructed two lives in two different parts of Texas. He’s juggling two identities and two women in two very different worlds – all under one mountain of lies.   As “Bob,” he lives in Houston and is married to Cat, the beautiful daughter of Clint, the patriarch of an ultra-wealthy Texas oil family. More than 400 miles away in the suburban west Texas town of Midland, he’s “Robert,” living

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Fall Pilot Review – OUTLAW on NBC

What? Few jobs are guaranteed for a lifetime, and a Supreme Court appointment is a position that no one ever quits — unless he is Cyrus Garza.  A playboy and a gambler, Justice Garza always adhered to a strict interpretation of the law until he realized the system he believed in was flawed.  Now, he’s quit the bench and returned to private practice.  Using his inside knowledge of the justice system, Garza and his team will travel across the country

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My Take on…LIFE UNEXPECTED Season 2

When we left our friends in Portland, Baze had finally decided to come clean with Cate, on the day of her wedding.  At her wedding.  In fact, after her wedding ceremony had basically ended.  When the screen cut to black to signal the end of the little-engine-that-could series we all hoped would come back, we were left wondering what happens now.  Well, what happens is a solid Season 2 opener (premiering tonight on the CW at 9/8c), that crams just

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Thursday Must Watch: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES S2 Premiere

From all of the tweets and reviews and previews and things that I’ve seen online in the past week, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES season premiere is one that cannot be missed!  We get to find out the fate of our favorite characters, and we get to meet some new ones, and I honestly never would have thought that this would be one of my most anticipated series of the year, but wow, counting down the hours now!  I already posted my

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Fall Pilot Review – NIKITA on The CW

What? When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who faked her execution and told her she was being given a second chance to start a new life and serve her country. What they didn’t tell her was that she was being trained as a spy and assassin. Throughout her grueling training at Division, Nikita never lost her humanity, even falling in love with a civilian.

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Fall Pilot Review – TERRIERS on FX

What? TERRIERS is a drama series centering on ex-cop Hank Dolworth and his partner and best friend Britt Pollack, two small0time unlicensed private investigators who become embroiled in a big scandal.  Comedic, edgy, original, a show about high stakes in the face of low expectations, TERRIERS explores what it’s like in today’s America to be “too small to fail.”  Along for the ride are Hank’s ex wife Gretchen, Britt’s girlfriend Katie, Hank’s ex colleague Mark Gustafson, and Hank’s attorney Maggie.

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