57 Channels and Only This Is On: November 23, 2025

 

Survivor:  A while ago, I made a list of the Dumbest Survivor Contestants ever.  Each was an individual contestant, but if I were ever to update this list, I would be tempted to put everyone this season except for Savannah, Rizo, and Soph. Everyone else is a complete and utter moron.  They have been targeting Savannah and Rizo since the merge, and yet have received a combines one vote at three Tribals.  Sure, Savannah has had immunity the last two, but how do you not force Rizo to play his Idol at least once? 

 

And I would not say Rizo is the smartest either.  There are only three in his alliance, they really could have needed Alex as a number.  With all this stupid, we will at leas have a wild finish.  I guess Sophie is officially with those three now.  Who knows what is going on with the Bottoms Up alliance.  Then you have Kristina kind of on her own island but she does have an Idol, but found it in front of Steven and Alex.  Did Alex tell Soph who has the Knowledge is Power.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Sigh, once again this week’s episode has not shown up On Demand yet.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: November 16, 2025

 

Survivor:  Thar really worked out well for the minority. Savannah and Soph are safe and Rizo is on a tribe with himself and is able to scare everyone else to scramble so they are not the one Rizo vote if he plays his Idol which let Rizo to not play his Idol.  Really could not have played out any better for them.  Now those three have an Idol, and Extra Vote, and Knowledge advantage.  Though a small part of me was hoping the chaos at Tribal was a big show to make Rizo seem safe.  And what exactly did MC say to get everyone so flustered?

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Ooo, another Stake a Claim.  But does Yeremi really want to be stuck with Olivia for the rest of the season?  I think I would rather risk it with Aviv in a potential elimination than stuck with Olivia.

 

57 Channels and Only This Is On: November 9, 2025

 

The Lowdown:  So, the wife was kind of the bad guy the whole time.  I guess I should have seen that coming after Lee hooked up with her.

 

Survivor:  So, what would have happened had Savannah found the keys?  Does she just hold on to them until tribal?  Though losing the vote would not have changed Tribal.  But now we have two Idols that everyone knows about and someone with a Knowledge Is Power advantage that no one knows about. 

 

But Alex is doing a horrible job playing the middle by siding with the majority this vote.  If you are playing the middle, you want the both sides equal.  He should have told former Uli that there were traitors, then Soph (or Sophie, why the fork did they cast two people with the same name?) who could steal MC’s Idol, play it for Nate making 5-4 with him in the middle.  Now it is 6-3 with him “in the middle” and he will end up being at the bottom of the six-person alliance.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  I cannot comment on this week’s episode because it has yet to be put On Demand yet.  Though this begs the question, why are these episodes not on Paramount+ next day?  Seriously Paramount, it is 2025, let your episodes stream the next day like every other show on every other channel does.  I really hope it gets On Demand soon so I am not stuck watching a repeat like it is the nineties.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: November 2, 2025

 

It: Welcome to Derry:  The problem with prequels is we known the Air Force is ultimately going to fail because Pennywise still shows up in the eighties.  So, any of the adult storyline seems worthless.  Then the kids storyline just seems to be a rehash of the movies.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  This was my favorite finale since the second season.  The chained-up scene was so funny (oh, he chose stripper) I will forgive that they conventionally forgot Detective Williams also knew about that room and that they did not bother to loop Williams in on the plan when they knew crooked cops were involved.

 

While I got the mayor right as the murderer, I was very wrong thinking they only brought back Teddy Dimas for the last couple episodes to kill him for the next season mystery.  Instead, we get the shocking reveal that the girl with the curl is actually Cinda Canning… or is it just someone who looks like Cinda Canning?  Could she have been looking into a family member from the across the pond and that is who it was? 

 

I just hope that the news they are filming in London next season turns out like season four where they just filmed one episode in Los Angeles before heading back to the cozy confines of the Arconia.  We do have a bunch of new neighbors to meet.  Maybe we will finally get my fantasy casting of Anna Kendrick. it will also be interesting if they manage to kill Paul Rudd for the fourth straight season.

 

Chad Powers:  I did not realize that the season was only six episodes until I got the push notification saying all episodes are now available.  I guess I just assumed that the season would last the entire football season like every other sports show ever.  But at least the coach’s daughter finally figured out that Chad is actually Russ.  Which means she knows Russ forked her step mom in his cyber truck.  Oof.  Should make for an interesting second season… if there is one.

 

The Lowdown:  Um, how exactly is Lee going to get out of this?  Is all his black and Indian friends going to show up and have a stand off where no bullets are fired?

 

Survivor:  Well, editors made this elimination extremely obvious considering how much they focused on Sage’s irrational hatred of Shannon.  Geeze, no wonder why she had no friends in school.  But once we saw the new tribe breakdown, I knew they would be the team that went to Tribal and it certainly was not going to be Steven going home. But it was ironic that everyone on Uli thought Jawan would be the one to turn, but he was extremely loyal until his name was thrown out there.  Now the former Uli members when from a dominate force that could have easily picked off former Hina, but now it looks like turning on Jawan will be their downfall.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  So, why does the winning team not get to vote?  Winning Immunity on Survivor does not void your vote.  I guess it made a little sense earlier in the game when the winning team got to either save someone or put a team up for the vote. Not being able to vote is a bit of a disadvantage.  But kudos to Theo for being the only one to figure that out.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: October 26, 2025

 

Task:  They really pull one over on us with the scene with Tom telling DJ Grossanova he was coming for him and the later urging him to come only for DJ Grossanova to grow a conscience.  Then the guy was extremely lucky that the biker shot the dude without a gun first instead of him.  But I guess there were a lot of dumb people on this show.

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon:  Oh joy, looks like we are getting another season in Spain.  But why are they acting like this was the last remaining boat in the world?  Fix up some of the other ones.  There seems to be no shortage of cars, motorcycles, and gas to power them when they need to travel long distances on land, but that was apparently the only boat that can be fixed up.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  Another good and like the last episode, it was because we got a bunch of rotating groups playing well each other.  Welcome back Dimas’s though I am pretty convinced Teddy will be the next victim.  I was a little disappointed that Detective did not stay for The Last Supper.  But now I am wonder who at the table is the Judas and do they tie into this mystery or next season’s murder?  I also have to say, it was a simple sight gag, but I did laugh pretty hard at Randall running away leaving the two old men and woman in non-running shoes standing there unable to do anything about it.

 

I was also beginning to wonder, is there even going to be a next season?  It is weird we have not gotten a formal announcement yet.  Could they pull a Penny Dreadful and announce the show is ending with a title card after the final scene?  If it does come back, will they somehow implicate Camilla and everyone will be able to move back in?  Will just the 49% that did not sell be allowed to stay?  It does feel like they might be setting up big changes next season or they are just going to end it without the usual farewell tour.

 

As for the murders at the heart of this season, the new information made things more confusing.  Lester was holding a bloody elevator crank, but Nicky was found with a meat cleaver in his chest.  My first though was maybe he chopped off the finger, but that does not seem like something that is sharp enough to chop off a finger.  I am still fairly convinced the mayor was involved in one if not both murders and that it is his finger.  Then whoever has it has the key to blackmailing him into building their casino.  One final prediction: Jay Fuig will be the narrator for the finale as he explains what exactly happened in the casino that night and does so to help Mabel stay in the Arconia.

 

Chad Powers:  Again, I have to ask, how many times does Russ have to show up around the team before people start putting two and two together?

 

The Lowdown:  So, Dinklage was one and done?  That is a little disappointing.

 

Survivor:  I am so paranoid so any blindside I have to yell at the screen, how could you not see that coming?  Even worse is situations like this week when someone is clearly on the bottom and they still are able to convince that person not to play any advantage or their Shot in the Dark.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Leroy really should have stood there and let America do everything, they may have one that way.  Or at the very least focus on one puzzle at a time.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: October 19, 2025

 

Task:  Well, that was a tense opening scene; if an opening scene can last twenty minutes.  But what exactly was Robbie’s plan?  Was he trying to get the jump on the gang and hoping to take out as many as he could before he got got?  Why not just hang out at that lady’s place, then take your half and go to Canada after she sells it?  But now we get a big showdown between Tom and DJ Grassanovs.  Though, now that we know that the show will be competing for Best Drama and not Limited Series, it has to be asked, will we get a conclusion or is catching DJ Grassanova the second season.

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon:  It took me a while to remember who that lady was.  But why not just join Daryl when he left?  It is weird for her to just tail him and completely miss him while he was wandering the desert and running into lepers.  But of course, they were not able to rescue who they went there for; there is still one episode left.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  This may have been my favorite episode of the season.  The round table of bad ideas was great.  The blackjack table was great.  The therapy session was great.  I just wish they were longer.  There has to be some outtakes somewhere.  It is a shame this show has never released any.

 

As for the mystery, the two most intriguing tidbits we got this week was Sofia was having an affair (or at least Nicky thought so) and Randall was there when Lester died.  As for the latter, I think Randall was cleaning up after someone and was not actually the killer.  As for who Sofia was seeing, I guess the mayor has to be a part of this. Maybe he was teaming up with Sofia as a way to make sure Bash did not get the casino deal.

 

Chad Powers:  So, is Russ going try to hook up with the coach’s daughter as Russ?  Is the coach’s daughter going to put two and two together as to why Russ just happened to be staying at the same hotel as the team in random southern city?

 

The Lowdown:  Why isn’t this a buddy show between Hawke and Dinklage?   I think I would like that show more than what we got.  Now I wonder if Dinklage will be sticking around of was this just a one-episode thing.

 

Survivor:  I thought it was strange that they still had the vote out which would make the swapped tribes of three.  They switched things up and gave us two tribes. But really cruel that they made the best tribe and the worst tribe the two tribes and left it to the luck of the draw as to where you ended up.

 

But, oh my, we actually got a new challenge and I like this a lot better than the same boring puzzle they have been doing for decades.  This was much more entertain watching each tribe trying to figure out the best way to tackle then seeing players just place puzzle pieces.  Hopefully they keep switching these challenges up.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Ok, that was a brilliant plan keeping Theo and his partner from staking a claim.  Though it will likely only work this time and will not work again as Theo came back.  I do wish both men and woman did a couple rounds standing up before going to sudden death in this elimination.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: October 12, 2025

 

Task:  We finally got a face to face with Tom and Robbie.  Though I guess it was more face to back of the head for most of it.  We also got a fairly anticlimactic reveal of the mole.  There has to be another shoe to drop otherwise why do cryptic with the Martha Plimpton phone call last week?

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon:  Wait, there are still lepers in the world?  That seems like something that got cured a while ago.   Or maybe it is something easily curable with modern medicine, but without it, leprosy has returned.  Kind of sucks in a zombie apocalypse you contract a disease that kind of makes you look like a zombie.  But I get Carol not coming, but maybe Daryl should have taken someone else.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  I am not a fan of starting a episode and then giving us "x amount of time earlier" title card.  That trope seemed very unnecessary here.  The Silver Alert bit would have been just as funny if we did not know it was coming, probably funnier.  But what a way to realize that Dylan and Becky Ann Baker are married.

 

I am shocked that I have spotted all the title sequence easter eggs so for this season.  Though this one was pretty obvious as the creepy kid showed up (at least) four times.  I was wonder how they could possibly incorporate that in the show and it did not disappoint.  I am surprised that none of the trio got locked in the basement with the kid.  Maybe that will happen in a future episode.

 

Speaking of Bash Steed offspring, the most interesting clue this week may be that the mayor’s assistant is Bash’s niece (or, more likely his great grandniece).  My mayor prediction seems to be looking better every week.  I am pretty sure he wacked Nicky, but I think there could be someone else who did Lester.

 

But the big money wrench into any theory is why did the billionaires steal the finger?  That was extremely suspicious.  And why would that be a prize?  It has to tie into the casino plans, but what could a rotting finger have to do with that?  But the Celebrity Game bit with all of the Oliver stories helping them win is the highlight of this season so far.

 

The Lowdown:  Hooking up with the widow.  That is an interesting way to work on the case.  I cannot image it will end very well though.

 

Survivor:  It is really time to stop it with these three tribes nonsense.  One team always loses most, if not all, of the Immunity Challenges and it is just boring seeing the same team going to Tribal every week.  Then why even do the Immunity Challenge this week?  Now you are going to have unbalanced tribes with the swap next week.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Okay, the Stake a Claim makes more sense seeing it in practice.  But it is weird that the participants did not get to change their clothes into something more athletic.  Almost as weird, everyone else just had to sit there for what had to be over an hour if it took them 35 minutes to make it up the mountain.  I wonder if they will switch it up if anyone else stakes a claim later this season.  It was kind of a boring competition.

 

Peacemaker:  So, every DC project for the next couple years it just going to have the big bad (and maybe a few good guys) of every movie and show joining Peacemaker in that dimension until their inevitable attempt at Infinity War / Endgame. Oh joy.  That just made an already lackluster finale worse.  And what the fork was up with the random Nelson cameo?

57 Channel and Only This Is On: October 5, 2025

 

Task:  Um, what happened to the phone and when did it get swapped?  And who was Grossanova texting with?  I guess it is very obvious that Martha Plimpton is the mole at this point and she did something with the phone.  Now the question is: does she have any help on the inside.

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon:  There is no why that did catch up to the carriage.  So, what did that and what happened to him and who he was looking for.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  Between Loretta’s apartment being burned (the window being broken makes it seem like it was not an accident), Oliver’s backstory, and Mabel reconnecting with Thé, this felt like a very special episode.  But two lines really stood out to me.  The petition guy talking about turning buildings into casinos.  So, are the billionaires paying off the mayor to make this happen?  Is that who Oliver’s buyer is?  Are they trying to turn all of the Arconia into a casino.  But if Oliver is going to sell his apartment, my guess is that he will sell it to Rainey.

 

The other line that stood out was Sofia mentioning her husband had many businesses at The Arconia.  “Many” seems to imply more than the two we know of.  I wonder what other businesses he had.  But it looks like we will be going back to the billionaires as suspects next week.  Though, with all the businesses that Bash Steed has, I doubt he know everything that is going on with them and someone else exploited the footage and was catfishing Charles.

 

Chad Powers:  So, did they have to get permission from Tesla to have Chad drive one of their trucks to show just how big of a douche he is? But overall, the first episode was kind of dumb, but I will admit I laughed multiple times.  But it feels like the blind chick from the show where she solves crimes with her dog is doing the same thing, just she can see.  Did no one tell her this is a comedy.

 

The Lowdown:  Um, so did the Wildlife guy never look for his jacket?  And what did the dudes who kidnapped Lee have to do with that boat?  And is Lee going to get kidnapped every episode.

 

Survivor:  Oh wow, two of the most annoying players when home the first two weeks.  Though I did not understand the theory of voting out your ally’s number one in hopes they become your number one.  That would just be annoying them and turn on you.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  That new stake a claim twist was confusing.  I guess I have to see it in action to fully understand it.  But I felt bad for Tay, how about take her mask off once she ran out of balls. And to add insult to injury, she had to sit there blindfolded having to only hear that the other team won.

 

Peacemaker:  So white supremacist Auggie actually did not like the Nazis in his world?  Was the guy to a contrarian is every universe.  But just how is Peacemaker going to fit into the finale if he is in prison? Will he get a cell next to Lex?  How will his imprisonment effect a third season?  Will we have to wait another three and a half years for a new season?

57 Channels and Only This Is On: September 28, 2028

 

Task:  So, there is a mole in the task force.  Lizzie is too much of a mess to pull that off, DJ Grossonova seems too obvious, so I will go with Aleah who seemed like the fourth wheel until they gave a monologue this week. I was kind of waiting for her to say she made that up just to get the lady to talk.

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon:  I missed why Justina took the place of the other lady.  Hopefully they recapped that in the Previously On next week.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  I predicted LESTR would not make it to the end of the season, but I was not expecting him die the very next episode.  Or die so hilariously.  But with a new one coming, are they just going to kill LESTR every week?  They will have to run out of money at some point. It is a bit disappointing that in the fight between the upstairs and downstairs, Nina Lin is nowhere to be found.  But hey, we did get Tye-Dye Guy’s dad (at least I think he was The Super).

 

But we have new suspects: the widows. What side hustle were they pulling?  And why was Lester throwing away the invoices at work.  I do not pin them as the killers just yet.  The person who seemed the most suspicious this week was the mayor.  As someone who watches too many mysteries, that guy has to be showing up periodically and played by a recognizable actor for a reason.  Then after the second season twist, the assistant is also sneaking up my murder board.

 

Two more things from this episode: it was nice we got the brothers back (“Mom, I tried salad” might have gotten the biggest laugh of the episode from me), and after getting an offer on his apartment, will Oliver soon become Westie too?  Will Charles also follow them?  If they are all in the West Tower next season, I think Vince Fish may end up being the victim.

 

Alien: Earth:  Um, why did they give the hybrids too much power?  Opening locks, freezing other robots, no auto shutoff.  This just seems like a horrible design which just ruins the show for me.  I know you have to put of with some stupidity when watching horror, but this is a bit much.  And the xenomorphs basically becoming pets is just weird.  Who wants to see domesticated killing machines in a horror show?

 

The Lowdown: Ethan Hawke in this show remind me of his performance in Good Lord Bird, the show is good, but wish Hawke would dial it down a notch or three.

 

Survivor:  Oh, my goodness, Rizgod is quickly moving up the most annoying characters in this show’s history.  And how did he win his challenge.  Keep digging in place.  It is not a hard challenge.  But I cannot believe they do not have rules about looking at other’s progress.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Speaking of cheating, I wish TJ was this passionate about all forms of cheating.  This is another show that does not care if you cheat off your neighbors.  Or help your buddies in elimination.  And contestants have been spitting out food right after going in their mouths for a long time now. Hopefully this is the start of crackdown on all cheating.

 

Peacemaker:  They revealed something that everyone already figured out, they are in Nazi world.  Though we did not figure out what became of Judomaster.  I am guessing when the mob catches up to Adebayo, they will throw her in whatever camp they are keeping Judomaster.  But the question is how will Peacemakers rescue them and get John away from his father?  Hopefully the Sons of Liberty have a big network in this universe.  Thankfully they put Superman on The Max just in time for that cameo to make sense.

 

57 Channels and Only This Is On: September 21, 2025

 

Task:  I was not ready for Marial from The Great to show up in modern day Philadelphia with those bands.  Or for Sir Cristin Cole to be a Catholic School DJ.  What a weird show. 

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon:  Oh yeah, the tale as old as time.  Someone in this franchise happens upon an oppressed group and they have to help them before moving on.  I really need to quit this franchise.  They just recycle the same storylines over and over again.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  Paul Rudd is back!!!  But I guess that means LESTR will most definitely be killed at some point this season.   But what was up with Howard being Team Machine?  That shot him up my murder board. 

 

C’mon Mabel, I do not expect much from the olds, but you gotta read that contract.  I knew Jay Pflug was going to buy that company the moment she brought it up.  I guess she was too blinded by her lie to Thé to think to read it before signing it.  I still do not think the billionaire trio killed Nicky or Lester; they probably just bought it to keep their name out of the news.

 

Now the big question is, if that is not Jay’s finger, whose finger is it?  And just what happened to Jay’s finger.  Camilla White was conspicuously wearing gloves which could hide a missing finger. Though how did those two lose their fingers, but Bash Steeg still had all his digits.

 

Oh, and much like the brother’s mob podcast, I hope we get more “Drunk Slut Do Murder” this season.  Though, if Only Murders in the Building cannot talk about the billionaires on their podcast, they are setting up a bunch of possible alternatives.

 

Alien: Earth:  Why are these people going into a room with escaped aliens without more protection.  Protect your face people.  But know that Boy Cavalier wanted a human specimen for the Eyeball Monster, it is definitely going to end up in him by mistake (or more likely a plan by Raylan).

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Is there a more mismatched elimination for these two?  All CT had to do is sit his old bum on Derek and crush him.  I think Derek may have also been able to win a Hall Brawl unless CT grabbed him and carried him.

 

Peacemaker:  Does ARGUS not have some black site to take Peacemaker?  But poor Judomaster, heading to a new dimension where there is noticeably no minorities and a white supremist is one of the biggest superheroes.  Maybe it would be better if he got stuck in the pocket dimension.    It is not like he should be able to guess the password.

 

57 Channels and Only This Is On: September 14, 2025

 

Task:  Some wild characters in this one.  The girl from CODA is a hillbilly with a mullet.  The girl from Conversations with Friends has no filter and a bad hair dye, Ward Meecham grew his hair out.  Who would have guess that Sir Criton Cole would end up being the most well-adjusted character?  But you really need some interesting character if you are going to stretch for seven episodes when it bis pretty obvious how it is going to end.

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon:  Always disappointing when the title of an episode spoils what is going to happen.  Considering Costa da Morte is in Spain, it was pretty obvious that were not going no make it back to America.  And they killed of Stephan Merchant way too early.  These Walking Dead shows could really use some comedic relief.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  So, the police ruled Lester’s death an accident.  What if they are right?  This could a fake out like the season two finale murder that turned out not to be a murder.  We did get another death that could satisfy the title of the podcast.  In the limited flashbacks, we saw Lester running from something and then hit his head on the fountain.  Granted it is had to explain why exactly Lester went into the fountain.

 

As for the other death, the autopsy scene was hilarious.  I wonder if the crooked cops tie back to season one where Tim Kono’s toxicology report was conveniently not done.  Speaking of Tim Kono, it was nice seeing him again and other dearly departed residents (it was also nice seeing the therapist after taking two seasons off).  I wonder if we will get more flashbacks and if Tye-Dye Guy and/or Zoe will return for them.  Of yeah, and we finally got a Three Amigos reunion in the flashbacks, just not the one I was expecting.

 

Then we leave on the cliffhanger where it looks like Logan Lerhman’s character might be missing a finger.  We know Nicky “the Neck” has all his fingers, and Charles thinks he felt 11 fingers on Lester (I cannot imagine what fingers 10 and 11 were if Lester was missing a finger; I do not even want to think about the 11th finger is if he was not missing any).  Just how does a billionaire’s finger end up in wedding shrimp?  We all know what the mob does when you do not pay your debts, but is a millionaire going to have a hard time paying debts? 

 

Oh, and I hope we get more of the brothers this season.

 

Alien: Earth:  Sigh, more extremely dumb character actions done basically just to move the plot forward.  I get these are ten-year-olds and inherently stupid, but c’mon, why is that dude going all the way into the zoo?  Crack the door open and slide in the tray and close it as fast as possible.  But no excuse for the actual adult trying to rescue the robot by himself.  He is leaking milk; the damage is done.  Call a cleanup crew, do not try and do it yourself.  But if the eyeball monster is so smart and keeps getting these humans and robots killed by his fellow aliens, how did it, or any of these other aliens get caught by these incompetent morons?

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Meh, if you are going to do go-karts, at include Mario Kart type obstacles instead of puzzles.  But now that the rookies have devoured one of their own, I do wonder if there will be further cracks.  That seems to happen a lot on shows like this.

 

Peacemaker:  This just felt like filler since we know ARGUS is going to get into the dimensional pocket thing.  We also know Peacemaker is going to survive the ambush next week.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: September 7, 2025

  

Alien: Earth:  We finally got the flashback to explain how the spaceship ended up so ill-fated.  Though, my new question is just how did all these incompetent workers manage to grab all these seemingly very intelligent aliens as a specimen.  As we saw in the prequel movies, those people did not have very successful run-in with the aliens they met.

 

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox:  Again, I did not follow this story when it happened, but it is completely wild they continued to prosecute Knox when the black dude was quickly convicted and said she was not there when he was there.  There is absolutely no connection between the two.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  I know CT is a legend and all, but how can they accuse of him of tanking?  Look at him.  There is a good reason why he was one of the few guys who skipped climbing the wall earlier in the season.  But I do not know why his team was disqualified.  They still finished.   But Leka has no one but herself to blame for going home.  How does a former collegiate athlete gas out before the five-minute time limit was over?  Five-minute suicides seem like something any athlete, even at the high school level, should be able to do.

 

Peacemaker:  Did I miss where they said which universe that opening scene took place in?  Did it happen in both?  And just why is Rick Flag alive?  Was there no Starro mission in that universe?  That is why I hate multiverse stories.  Too many questions.  But is the main Peacemaker really that stupid to say, “Best universe ever” right into Harcourt’s ear.  That is going to be very suspicious.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: August 31, 2025

 

 Alien: Earth:  Yeah, Raylan is definitely going to let one of these aliens kill the annoying trillionaire.  I would bet all him money on it.  But the question coming from this week (well, after, wait, doesn’t the baby alien look like the alien from Spaceballs?) is, what exactly is inside the redhead?  Does she know something is inside her and think she is pregnant, or is this just a coping mechanism? But like I said after the first week, it was extremely stupid to send a bunch of ten-year-olds on this mission.

 

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox:  How incompetent are these investigators?  They found a bloody fingerprint that does not belong to the victim or the three people they arrested and continued with their trials?  That is infuriating.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Oh no, we lost Cara Maria.  Oh well.  Kind of weird they had Jonna on standby but just let Nia float in the wind before sending her home.  But now that most players have exhausted members of the opposite standings, are we just going to get vet-vet; newbie-newbie pairs for a while?  Then what happens when they run though all those players?  This format was not well thought out.

 

Peacemaker:  Does Eagly have superpowers?  How else can he take out a bunch of federal agents, even if one of them has bird blindness?  But how long until the other world people realize that he is not their Peacemaker?  My guess is maybe twenty minutes.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: August 24, 2025

Alien: Earth:  So, is no one going to notice the lady robot entering the quarantine area and collapses?  But I had to be told afterwards that they were putting the baby xenomorph into the brother’s lungs.  That cannot possibly end well for him.

 

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox:  Well, that started weird.  It is a shame it does not keep that weirdness once the murder happens.  I will admit, this was not a case that I particularly cared about, but the whole African hair seems like something that would exonerate Amanda, not make her a suspect.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  Always a good episode when Johnny gets backpacked again.  But the vets, especially the guys, are looking really old all of the sudden.  It may be a steady stream of vets going home from here on out.

 

Peacemaker:  The new DCU just rebooted and they are already doing a multiverse story?  And doing why while goes into free fall during their multiverse saga.  But extremely weird they are doing a multiverse story and yet reconned the season one finale instead of using the multiverse to explain why season one Peacemaker is not exactly part of the current DCU.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: August 17, 2025

 

Alien: Earth:  I am confused, how is a runaway space ship just allowed to crash into Earth?  Are there not early detection systems?  Why not destroy it before it enters the atmosphere?  And why exactly are they letting a bunch of ten-year-olds go to the crash site?  Sure, they are super-human, but they still have the brains of children and children are forking stupid.

 

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats:  I missed talking about the first couple weeks because there was not anything else on so I signed up for a month of Netflix (Happy Gilmore 2 was great even though the antagonist was bad (why not just have Happy vs. Shooter on the Senior Tour?); Sirens was great, The Hunting Wives was stupid in a highly entertaining way, everything else was… well, there is a reason why I only sign up for Netflix for one month every other year. See you again for the 2027 World Cup Netflix).

 

I do like the swapping of partners as it will shake up voting, though I am slightly disappointed we did not get a full season of Turbo and America as partners.  That would have been very entertaining.  But this episode was a bit boring.  It became quite obvious that Nia would not be cleared, especially when they went to commercial with not enough time to come back and do a full elimination.  Now I wonder what they were going to do with all those logs.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: July 6, 2025

  

Ironheart:  They finally did it. We got Mephisto.  But you could really tell that this was the last gasp of the old philosophy of throwing everything at the wall.  Here we have some character that no one has ever heard of who was crammed into a Black Panther movie so she could be launch into her own show that basically was a vehicle to set up other properties that we probably will never see.  Then we get the big cameo in the last episode and because of the change in philosophy, who know when we will ever see again.  Though it will be hilarious if Mephisto, Jon Snow, Harry Styles, Charlize Theron, The Power Broker, or anyone from those pre-Disney+ shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Cloak and Dagger, or Runaways show up on Secret Wars.

 

Nine Perfect Strangers:  Really, they are setting up another season?  I still think the show should have followed Samara Weaving running the old resort than following Nicole Kidman to some cold resort.  I never really cared about who her dead kid’s father was.

 

Resident Alien: So, who kidnapped Harry?  The Grey’s seem the most obvious.  Maybe he is going back to the moon.  And now we have the mayor and his wife and the cops will now know what each other knows.  How long until they figure out who Harry is?

57 Channels and Only This Is On: June 29, 2025

  

The Walking Dead: Dead City:  So Maggie stabbed Negan but was not fatal; and from the montage, it reminded us that this was not even the first time.  And, unless I missed it, they never did explain why the old lady was not burnt to a crisp.  Sigh.  At least we got one of the most creative kills ever in the franchise with the methane kill.

 

Ironheart:  So, are they just not going to explain why a bunch of street thugs are blindly following some dude in a cape?  At least mention that their leader is wearing a cape.  A cape that appears to have some sort of magical powers.  But kind of bad form to have your hero let someone die, even if they could blow her cover.  No one deserves to die like that.  And the guy is just a street level thug; it is not like he snapped half of the population out of existence.

 

Nine Perfect Strangers:  I mock all the drugs being taken on this show, but this episode could have used some guests tripping.  So, this is just a business show disguised as a drug trip?

 

Resident Alien: So who is getting the kids in this breakup?  Harry’s other kid tried to eat one, so maybe it is best they do not stay with him.  But it is interesting that the cops are still looking for the praying mantis alien even though he is dead.  At what point do they just give up?  Will they find the dead body?  Just how good is that one at at burying bodies?

57 Channels and Only This Is On: June 22, 2025

 

The Walking Dead: Dead City:  Wait, the old lady is not dead?  Is this a twin situation?  If not, who was the burned body?  I always found it weird she died considering they build up her connection with Hershal.  I guess we will finally get to see why they have such a bond.

 

Nine Perfect Strangers:  Wait, why did Imogen and Tina wake up together?  I missed them going to sleep in the middle of the floor together.

 

Resident Alien:  Oh, hey Bird Lady is back.  So, did she murder Praying Mantis or just injure him?  If it was the former, that was an abrupt end when the police just started a manhunt on him.  Speaking of abrupt ends, is this the last time we see Sarah Conners?

57 Channels and Only This Is On: June 15, 2025

  

The Walking Dead: Dead City:  Um, where did that bear come from, and how was it able to break down a steal door?

 

The Librarians: The Next Chapter:  So last week’s episode finally showed up on Kanopy as well as this week’s.  Hopefully they actually show up weekly instead of randomly.

 

Nine Perfect Strangers:  Sometime I wonder if you need to be microdosing on whatever the characters are taking to enjoy and understand this show.

 

Resident Alien: So the Grey’s can suck your essence so another alien cannot shapeshift?  I guess it is best not to question the science on a show about aliens.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: June 8, 2025

 

Mobland:  Wait, did we know that Kevin’s kid was actually his brother?  And since he called his wife his father’s sloppy seconds, does that mean it was an arranged marriage just to keep up appearances?  It does seem that way considering they never had a kid of their own.  I was a little surprised Maeve knew considering how she tried to kill Conrad’s other illegitimate and now so okay with it she wants Eddie to kill Harry.  I am sure there is some racism baked in there.

 

I was also a little lost on the lawyer. I had absolutely no recollection of her at all when she sat down with Harry.  It probably did not help she looked too much like Harry’s wife.

 

But after everything that went down, Maeve is a psychopath who wants Harry dead, his wife is so angry with how their live turned out that she stabbed him, why is Harry so intent on staying?  What did the Harrigan’s do for him that he is this loyal despite have a golden parachute to get him out of there?  Is it going to turn out he is also an illegitimate child of Conrad?  That may be the closest to a rational explanation I can think of.  Except for the whole Harry’s daughter hooking up with Conrad’s kid thing.

 

The Walking Dead: Dead City:  So, everyone is dead now?  Weird they killed off the old lady, it felt like her and Hershel had some weird connection, now we will not see how that pans out.

 

The Librarians: The Next Chapter:  I am not sure how exactly I am supposed to watch this show.  Only the first episode is currently On Demand.  I saw that Kanopy says there are putting new episodes there weekly, except there has been no new episodes this week.  So what day of the week should we expect new episodes and how long from the premiere will they be up?  I hope they do not expect me to watch live when episodes air like a caveman.

 

Nine Perfect Strangers:  I completely forgot to write about the show, but here we are halfway through the season and really nothing is happening except a new drug trip every episode.  At least they decided to get weirder this season.  Enough with the micro-dosing they did in the first season, they are going on full trips this time around.

 

Leverage: Redemption:  The whole black and white thing was confusing.  I never quite figured out what it meant.  I originally thought it was showing that happened a while ago, but it seemed to go back and forth between color during the same timeline. And did they not make a big deal about Harry shaving in the first episode and now the beard was back without any mention.