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

 

The White Lotus:  Gary seemed very guilty for the longest time, but could he really be telling the truth.  Does he really just want to chill in Thailand where he can watch brothers fork his girlfriend?   Oh yeah, there is just one and we have a murder to solve.  There were quite a lot of monkeys in the promo who certainly plays into the theory that monkeys will be involved.

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  The show moved to Friday, but I feel like I missed an episode.  Alice got her job back?  Huh?  Was that the favor she asked the head of the garden society.  But after teasing Gary dying, we saw him in the future timeline.  So what exactly Catherine mean that he would not have worry about him?

 

Daredevil: Born Again:  I know it is silly to nit-pick a show about a blind man who can beat everyone one up, but c’mon, Daredevil can feel a picture and know it was his girlfriend… really?

The Last Anniversary:  So this is a story about a woman that dies and gives her house to not anyone in her family but to a chick who left her grandson at the altar… I mean at an airport right before the wedding.  Kind of sounds like an idea for a wacky sitcom.  A idea so weird for a drama I am interested where this goes even if all the shows based on Lane Moriarty seem to go nowhere.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  That had to be one of the weirdest eliminations ever.  But I am pro weirdness on the show.

 

Survivor:  Wait, are the less annoying players actually going to team up to vote out the annoying players?  It seemed like a long time ago they realized if you just sit next to the next annoying people, they can easily win.  Yet, somehow Sai seems to skirt by every episode, so I am still a little worried she will somehow make it to the end somehow.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: March 30, 2025

 

The White Lotus:  Well, they did it.  They did the incest.  Except the sister was not involved.  Not sure where that ranks on the WTF Power Ranking with Boyd Crowder’s buddy’s monologue last week.

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  Um, so they went from looking like the husband was dead, directly into the side piece.  Are they just going to tease a new person who died every week until they actually reveal which one it was?  But the side piece does not seem like someone who would kill a stranger’s dog, so I do not think it was him.

 

The Righteous Gemstones:  I have been slowly watching Deli Boys and finally realize this week the January 6 guy is BJ without the mustache.  Both shows are pretty weird.

 

Daredevil: Born Again:  If we do not get Matt in Jersey City this season, I will be thoroughly disappointed.  Of course, this begs the question, what exactly what is Ms. Marvel doing in California?  Cassie Lang seems like the most likely answer.  Will they actually give us a Young Avenger’s update on this show?  Could Cassie and Kate Bishop also show up to this dinner party?

 

But we finally got Matt back in the suit.  Only took six episodes.  I guess the final two episodes will be Daredevil and The Punisher against the new vigilante taskforce.  But will anyone else show up?  I am guessing Ms. Marvel will sit this one out since she is in Jersey.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  This is the type of challenge this show should be doing.  TJ thinks this should be some athletic show, but if you are bringing in a bunch of old people, they should be silly, like human shuffleboard through suds.  Though I would quibble with the rules suggesting the points should have been cumulative. 

 

Survivor:  There is nothing dumber on this show than when someone gives up their Immunity.  But in the non-giving up your Immunity power ranking, we had back to back entries in recent weeks.  Last time we had Cedrick keep on voting for Sai before saving her at the last minute if she promised to play nice.  This week we had Briana, who all she had to say to Cedric was that Sai was targeting him for trying to vote her out, or just not say anything else and let there be a tie and hope someone switches, gets voted out for stupidly telling Cedrick she had no vote.

 

Or we have to assume that would have been the outcome because the editors did not bother to let us know when Cedrick and Chrissy teamed up to get rid of Bianca seemingly unbeknownst to their original tribemates.  Blindsides are awesome in this game, just not when the editors blindside the audience.  They have to let us know every possibility.

 

 Between the messy Tribal and the emotional Immunity Challenge, it may be easy to forget that Star gave up her Immunity Idol.  Wait, what?  Plus she gave it to someone she was targeting two weeks ago.  While I just said giving up Immunity is extremely dumb, this actually kind of makes sense.  An Immunity Idol that everyone know about is kind of worthless and puts a target on your back.  Then if what the editors did not show that led to the elimination this week was Cedric and Chrissy teaming up to target the old Lagi tribe, that would put the biggest target on Eva's back.  It will interesting how all the alliance pan out at the Merge.

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

 

The White Lotus:  Well, the Full Moon Party got wild with the two brothers making out, but who could have guessed that two brothers kissing would not be the wildest part of any episode?  Now, I do not think that Boyd Crowder is going to be inspired to find his out lady boy, but I have a sinking suspicion that he is going to ask Chelsea to fork him sometime this season.

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  Wait?  Did we just witness a murder?  But my TV brain tells me it is way too early for that to happen.  I think the husband just disappeared after the fight to collect himself, he is not really dead.  Plus, it makes no sense that the ladies, who were not involved, would cover up that murder for him.  It would make more sense that the murder would implicate all of them, not just one of them.

 

Daredevil: Born Again:  Seeing The Punisher, I was reminded how much I missed those character recaps Marvel used to put on Disney+.  I forgot what happened to him.  I thought he left NYC.  I did watch a lengthy Daredevil recap I found on YouTube but did not think to find one for The Punisher.  I guess I should find one before the next episode.  Now I am wondering if I should look for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones recaps too just in case.  I know I would rather forget Iron Fist (though I vaguely remember thinking the second season was a vast improvement).

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  This show really live driving things off cliffs.  But kind of a boring challenge.  Solve a boring puzzle and just drive off a cliff.  Not so coincidentally, all the female-female teams failed.  Challenges are much more entertaining when everyone can participate at once… or trivia.

 

Survivor:  A wise man once said, “I love it when a plan comes together.”  But for a random swap, there were some conspicuous parings aside from Kamilla and Kyle being with a very strong alliance but multiple advantages.   Sai being stuck with Cedrick who just tried to vote her out.  As well as Star and Eva who have been targeting each other and the lone original Lagi’s on their new Tribe.  It is also pretty convenient that Star is on the same beach where all her clues to her Idol are.  Though this begs the question, will any of her new Tribe members help her solve the puzzle which she still has not gotten.

 

Harley Quinn:  For a second there, I thought they might actually kill everyone off.  I forgot that Lois sent an SOS to Superman.  Now I worry for the future of the show, which started off on DC Universe and has so far survived the transition from HBO Max to just Max.  Does Max even have originals anymore?  I did see a trailer for a show starring Sawyer from Lost (who I have not seen in a long time) and I think that is the first new show since the Harley Quinn spinoff last summer.  Hopefully the penny pinchers forget the show exists and somehow gets renewed.

 

Happy Face:  This is a pretty generic serial killer show.  Though, the teenage daughter storyline is starting out a little weird. 

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

 

The White Lotus:  Well, the boat ride was not the bombshell I thought it was going to be.  Hopefully the Full-Moon Party will bring out the craziness.  And now that Greg and Belinda are cyber stalking each other, that storyline will pick up.

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  Well, if the husband is acting guilty of keeping the gate open, I guess we can cross him off the list of potential dog killers. 

 

The Righteous Gemstones:  Interesting way to start a season, without any of the main cast.  So does Bradly Cooper start going by the Gemstone name again while continuing to be a preacher? 

 

The Hunting Party:  They should lean more into how The Pitt “cured” these criminals.  This was probably the best episode as it showed how the fixed that one guy’s issues, but at the same time created new ones.

 

Daredevil: Born Again: Is Matt good at his job?  Outting his client without his knowledge sounds like grounds of disbarment.  And it ended up getting his client murdered.  Cue the Catholic guilt. But I guess the writers needed a way to get him back in his suit.    

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  As annoying as it was for Fessy to be cast, especially for an All-Star season, it was satisfying to see him go home fairly early.  Dude went home without even getting a Star.  Though the outcome was spoiled by the This Season On… as we knew there was going to be a Nany-Turbo blow up.  It is really annoying when the promo monkeys do things like this.

 

Survivor:  I read this week that Probst said they no longer do the school yard pick for tribes because they do not want them to become lopsided.  Yet when production picks tribes, they end up with some extremely lopsided tribes.  This tribe may have gone down as the most pathetic if there was not a swap next week.  There were no physical threats and they do not even seem to be that bright either.  Seriously, you have a guy who just voted for the same person twice and switched his voted on the promise she would place nice with the third person in the Tribe.  Um, if they mend things up, does he not realize that if they start getting along, they would possibly vote him out?  Of course that is moot because of the swap, but now his two former tribemates left in the game have absolutely no reason to be loyal to him if they end up on the same tribe or make the merge.  This may have been a top five dumbest move in Survivor history.  But we got a historic tribal, yet I was a little disappointed because we were teased a 1-1-1 vote, which would have ended up someone being a wilder way for the Tribal to go.

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

 

The White Lotus:  Oh no did Boyd Crowder not remember wait happened to the snake preacher on Justified?  I guess that was some very strong weed.  But otherwise this was a fairly slow episode.  Hopefully things start to pick up on the yacht.  Unfortunately the blonde blog does not seem to be on it but still plenty of mischief for the douchebag to get in to.

 

Mayfair Witches:  I scoffed at the trigger warning about violence, but I guess I kind of needed one for children drinking demon blood.  But is Lasher dead-dead, or can Rowen give birth to him again?

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  So Birdie is so in deep with the cop he is willing to cover up a body?  Well, that relationship escalates quickly.  But my new suspect as to who killed the dog is Alice’s husband.

 

Paradise:  So last week, no moody cover of a cheesy 80's song to close out the episode and this week, they just recycled Another Day in Paradise. Meh. Let's be honest, the moody covers of cheesy 80's songs and the assassin who is weirdly obsessed with the Wii are the best (only good?) parts of the show.

 

Then nothing spoils a mystery quite like starting an episode with a bunch people we have never met (or at least thought we never met). Of course one of them turned out to be the killer.

 

Daredevil: Born Again: The really felt like an uncanny valley version of the Netflix show.  Sure, it kind of looks and feels like the old show, but something felt a little off.  And it may get worse with Foggy dead (though it seem like a lot of people think that is a misdirect; I guess he would not be the first comic book character to be resurrected) and Karen in San Francisco.  And I had to ask myself while watching these episode, just how old does Vincent D’Onofrio have to get before he is no longer physically imposing in the way Kingpin is supposed to be.  I feel like we are getting really close.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  Finally, Steve and Adam win; time to shake things up.  Sigh, but unfortunately they did not make any big moves and just threw in one of the weaker teams.   Though the switching up how vacant stars were interesting.  But I guess if they cannot be gifted a star, there is almost no chance Katie and Veronica are going to TJ’s final.

 

Survivor:  Sigh, we almost had two of the most annoying people go home the first two weeks.  We almost had one of the funnier moments in Survivor history.  If only that one guy had destroyed the Beware Advantage the other one suggested, that would have been great.  I really hope she does not end up getting it and then getting her wish of getting rid of the autistic hockey player.  She is one of the few interesting players this season.

 

School Spirits:  Um… so is Simon dead?  Is someone else in his body?  It would be funny if football player stole it so he could be with Maddie.  But it was completely absurd that Maddie risked her body to help a bunch of people who were already dead.

 

Ghosts:  Two new dead bodies in two years, at what point does that hurt Jay’s business.  But of all the people who could have died, the Australian stripper is kind of annoying.  Hopefully he gets sucked off soon… or just disappears and is forgotten like Pete’s wife usually is.  Though I have to admit, a It’s Raining Men stunt going horribly wrong is pretty funny.

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

 

The White Lotus:  So are we just going to have a new pairing of the blonde blog every week trashing the missing one?  Granted there is only one pairing left.  I guess after that, somebody is going to have to fork someone outside the trio… unless they will start hooking up with each other.  At what point in the series are we going to learn that happened in college?  Is Leslie Bibb going to hook up with one of Parker Posey’s kids out of spite?  This does feel like a hornier season, so it seems like any iteration of these people could hook up at any point, even two of Posey’s kids.

 

Mayfair Witches:  Well, that was an… um, interesting wedding ritual.  But are they actually suggesting Lasher is a good demon?  Dude has literally killed multiple people.

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  That was fun in a shameless rip-off of Desperate Housewives kind of way.  It is weird how trashy, nighttime soaps have almost gone away since that show went off the air.  I guess trashy TV has morphed into reality shows.  But the dead body better be the dog killer, who I am not convinced is the student who the show is wanting us to believe did it.

 

The Hunting Party:  Oh wow, they killed the lady agent.  Kind of bold for episode four even if she was revived.  I am surprised none of the escapes have tied to kidnap her daughter yet.  Maybe they are saving that for the finale.

 

Paradise:  So Xavier has been holding a grudge with the president this whole time, but he just looks petty now.  The president literally told him to stop letting his wife go to Atlanta.  If you know something bad is coming, and the guy who knows more about it than anyone on the planet tells you to put your foot down with your wife, it is on you to make sure she stays close.

 

But I am confused with the nuclear football with the EMP code.  Umm, were they not on the plane when the president put in that code?  And how does the EMP not affect all the electronics in the bunker?  Those seem like massive plot holes.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  Oh joy, another week and another week where Adam and Steve are the house vote, and another week they send someone home.  Does no one want a star>  I get not going in early, but it is time for non-star holders to think about ways to get one. 

 

Survivor:  You know, maybe it is not the best idea to take a bunch of people we do not know and instantly covering them in mud, making it even harder to figure out who these people are.  But at least this is one of the rare season where one of the most annoying people went home first.

 

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

 

The White Lotus:  C’mon, how are you going to fly Natalie all the way out to Thailand and not have anyone ask to borrow her jacket?  Or maybe they are saving that moment for the finale and she is the one that goes off.  Well, it is either her or the armed guards get in a shootout with the monkeys who somehow get their hands on a gun.  I am also wondering if those gunshots are a red herring because we do have Chekov’s poison fruit.   I have to guess that is going to factor into the season somehow.  Speaking of Natalie, she and Mike White were in a Tribe with Nick, who would go on to become a legislator in Kentucky who introduced legislation that would legalize sex between first cousins.  I cannot help but think the weird sexual tension between those siblings might be inspired by it.

 

Mayfair Witches:  This show going to Scotland made me think of the time Sons of Anarchy went to Ireland which made that show jump the shark.  Granted this show has always been bad.  Maybe it will somehow reverse jump the shark and manage to get better.

 

The Hunting Party:  You can almost hear the NBC execs saying, “The Blacklist was successful for about a decade, let’s just run that back.”  Except this show is severely missing a James Spader type to chew up the scenes.  The chick from Manifest certainly is not cutting it.  Then, this week, the writers seemed proud of the plot twist of the serial killer being the women when they wanted us to expect the dude to killer, expect the title of the episode was a women’s name.  So that just killed that twist.

 

Paradise:  In another obvious twist, Xavier’s wife is still alive.  It is also fairly obvious that she went to Atlanta to do something for Sinatra.  I wonder if there is another bunker there.  Though the Appalachia Mountains are on the western part of the state.  And the eastern seaboard seemed very flooded.  So that may hurt my theory.  But I am also sensing the show is going towards the same ending of Silo season one.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  Yawn, are we really just going to get Adam and Steve eliminating a new team every week?  Does no one else want to go to the finale?  They really need a rule that you cannot be nominated every week so stop this monotonous.  But it was sad that Steve was the only one smart enough to point his shield at the other team to get some extra water in their bin.

 

57 Channels and Only This Is On: January 12, 2024

 

Mayfair Witches:  Wait, Rowen was pregnant and gave birth to the evil dude from season one that is now aging so quickly, they will probably be able to bring back the actor by next episode?  This is why you do not wait two years in-between seasons.  I do not remember any of this crap.  But if they are going to rip off the What We Do in the Shadows’ storyline, they should have put that actor’s head on a baby’s body.  That would have been much more entertaining.

 

Skeleton Crew:   I have been saying that Jude Law will turn on the kids only to save them in the last minute because it seemed clearly he was on a redemption arc, but it is hard to redeem him when he straight up murdered extremely cheap looking werewolf mask guy.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Poor Michele, all she had to do was be more likable than Tori and she wins.  How exactly did Tori have a higher karma vote than Michele?  Was it simply the vacation alliance?

 

Shifting Gears:  If you told me there was a show starring Kat Dennings, Stifler, and the dude from Ed, I would get excited for it.  Unfortunately that show is top-lined by Tim Allen.  Sigh.

 

The Head:  Our long national nightmare is finally over, I have The Max again, and just in time to catch up on this season of The Head.  I was surprised to see the show is being released weekly because the previous two seasons were all at once.  Not only that, The Max usually releases two to three episode at once. 

 

This season is an upgrade from season two.  Maggie is the most interesting character and it is nice having her back in middle of anything instead of just trying to find where Arthur is.  Speaking of Arthur, I have to assume he is not dead, otherwise, why have his flashback?  I am also assuming at this point he is corresponding with Maggie in some mind game.  But is he behind the current timeline?  His daughter has been conspicuously safe so far and I think he gave the playbook of what he would do earlier this season.  As for now, I am going with him, but hoping for a more interesting twist.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: December 22, 2024

 

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew:  So the captain could override the robot into remember he knew the planet but could not stop him from ripping limb from limb anyone who talked about the planet?  Kind of convenient.  Now I wonder if they are just going to go to the other dead planets.  Just how different are they going to be?  And just who was the headless statue?  Could it be someone from Star Wars lore or someone we have seen on the show?  It would be hilarious if it turns out to be Jason Mendoza, but I am leaning towards Fern's mom or someone Jude Law knows. 

 

Survivor:  This was probably the worst season to make the finale a two-parter because it was woefully obvious who was going to win.  But if you are going to go to a four hour finale, how about bringing back the old one hour reunion and do it in a live studio?  Discussing it moments after the vote just is not working.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Good riddance to Cara Maria.  Though someone was not paying attention because Jenny’s puzzle was not correct.  She clearly mixed up the bottom and the top pieces.  Seems likely Jenny goes in instead of Cara Maria, so does she beat Tori instead?  Not that it matters much, obviously Michele is going to win.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: December 15, 2024

 

 

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew:  This show was much better without Jude Law.  What made the Amblin this show is trying to copy so great was there were no adult, and if they were, they were the antagonists.  Jude Law seems more like an anti-hero, the guy who will screw over the kids, but will have a change of heart and go back and rescue them from the peril he probably put them in.  Okay, with that said, Jude Law fighting an Owl was pretty entertaining.

 

Survivor:  Do we really need a four hour, two part finale?  Especially with this boring cast.  Even more so because it is pretty obvious who will win.  Though it would be apropos of this crappy season if the old lady won.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  So one lucky woman gets to go to some cold local just to be eliminated right before the final.  Granted it may be too.  I do wonder if they will throw the elimination towards Rachel if it gets to that just to say every era made the final.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: December 8, 2024

 

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew:  Shout out to whoever on this show went down to their local Halloween store and bought the cheapest werewolf mask they could find.  I really hope we get much more wolf guy this season.  The first episode was a bit slow, but really picked up when they woke up the droid.  But I do have questions about Jude Law.  If he is some Jedi who can use the Force the get the cell key, why does he need a group of kids to escape?  Could he not just escape and steal a spaceship?

 

Survivor:  Is the guy who should have been voted out first, has been dragged along because he seemed like an easy win after having a mental breakdown at the first challenge actually going to win this season?  That would make him a bottom five winner of all time.  Probably a bottom five season too.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  We finally broke the cycle of ping ponging back between Michelle and Johnny.  We are getting too close to get a streak going the other way.

 

57 Channels and Only This Is On: November 24, 2024

 

Survivor:  Well, obviously you give up your Shot in the Dark for rice.  One in six is such poor odds for guaranteed food.  But I wonder if Jeff takes that off the table for future negotiations because it is such and easy and obvious trade going forward.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Johnny does not even go into elimination and Michele still gets a revenge pick.  But at least two of Johnny’s allies are also nominated.  It will be interesting if one of them goes in and Michele is finally spared.  But the Goof has to have one of the worse elimination records ever.  How does he keep getting asked back?  He is so bad at this game.

 

57 Channels and Only This Is On: November 17, 2024

 

Survivor:  So a live Tribal, but they still ended up with the person who it seemed like was going home the whole episode anyway.  Sigh.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Hopefully they can finally get Johnny out next week because this ping-ponging between him and Michele is getting boring.

 

57 Channels and Only This Is On: September 10, 2024

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: The Book of Carol:  So no annoying kid next season?  I like it more already.  Unfortunately the kid is important so I fear we might see him again.  Hopefully they age him up by the next time we see him.

 

Survivor:  Sigh, we have reached the unfortunate part of the season where the generic hot blonde gets voted out.  And we are also at the part of the season where I point out how stupid it is for the person with the most money to not spend it all at the action.  How dumb do you have to be to have the most money and pass hoping that pizza will be next?

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Sigh, they are just not going to be able to get Johnny out this season, are they?  But the one dude pointed out an interesting twist on this current set up.  You kind of want your allies of the opposite sex to be targeted so if they go in and win, they are not going to pick you to be the target.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: November 3, 2024

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: The Book of Carol: Oh yeah, eye guy is still around.  And I forgot he is a good guy now after not murdering a child.  Welcome back I guess.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  “I still haven’t watched The Wire yet” is probably something I might say if someone had a gun to my head.

 

But season four made the same mistake season three did in the killer reveal was a bit too melancholy instead of laugh out loud funny like the first two seasons.  Sure I chuckled a little at the bit on the ledge and let out a laugh when they zoomed in on Jan (for a second there, I thought they might be setting up Marshall as the murder for the next season which could have been interesting halving the killer be the next victim, oh well).  But neither was so funny I had to rewind because missed what came next because I was laughing so hard like with Charles being drugged or the Killer Reveal Party.

 

It was also disappointing with all the doubles this season and with all the mentions of the plot holes in the first season that the twist was Marshall killed Sazz and disposed of her body by himself while the potholes seemingly were just Sazz trying to tighten up her script.  I wonder if the references to the potholes were just the writers winking at their mistakes or are they just toying with us and will finally let us know who wrote Jan’s note and who poisoned Winnie (who finally made her triumphant return to the show; more Winnie next season) by the final season?

 

We also got our usual set up to the next season.  Poor Lester.  But there was also the Téa Leoni cameo as the wife of “The Neck” (I guess Nina Lin’s husband being called “The Neck” back in season  two is just a coincidence and one of the writers really like calling people “The Neck”).  So here is my prediction, Lester is somehow tied into “The Neck” and Téa Leoni had him killed to get the New Three Amigos on the case. 

 

Survivor:  Oh wow, another vote out where the person leaving had a mental breakdown.  Where are they finding these people?  It is time to go back to casting regular people with regular jobs instead of these annoying superfans.  And what a horrible advantage where you have to secretly give the advantage to someone else.  And the choice made it even more lame.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  So we are just going to bounce back and forth between alliences every week, aren’t week?  It is time for a shake up.

 

Agatha All Along:  Oof, those last two episodes were horribly paced.  First we got the unnecessary gratuitous big fight, then a way too long flashback that just killed the finale.  But it ended up being much like WandaVision, great premise that just sputtered out at the end.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: October 20, 2024

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: The Book of Carol:  So to find Carol she is cozying up to the lady who kidnapped him and is searching for him.  What could possibly go wrong?

 

Only Murders in the Building:  So did Paul Rudd make a deal that they could kill him off last season as long as he could come back and be the killer the next season?  Though will two episodes left, it is likely Glen Stubbins will just be the last red herring of the season.  On the other hand, with so many doubles this season, there is bound to be an evil twin out there.  So I would not be surprised if there is an extra Stubbins and that is the one Sazz was talking about.

 

But then again, they brought up Winnie being poisoned for the second week in a row making it seem like the killer has been around since the first season.  So that is another clue that it is probably not Glen Stubbins or a potential evil twin.  Also, it sounds like we are getting a wedding this season and I am guessing there will be a high probability that it will turn into a killer reveal party with one of the guests.  Well, either that or someone will die at the wedding… or maybe both.

 

 Tell Me Lies:  It became fairly obvious as the first season went along that Drew was not at the engagement party because he was either dead or in prison.  Though, I always assumed if it were the former, that Drew killed himself.  Drew dying because Wrigley gave him too many painkillers is rough.  If Wrigley was having a hard time coping in season two, I fear for him during season three.  Granted the bartender giving the obviously underage kid alcohol has some liability too.

 

The Bree-Lucifer storyline was the weakest of the season, but at least it ended hilariously.  At east I was laughing as it was explained to Bree what was really going on.  I guess it will not take very long for her to get back Evan next season.  The biggest question for me all season was does Bree know in the future that he hooked up with Lucy and we did get than answer in dramatic fashion.  You knew something big was about to go down when the wedding string quartet started playing Mr. Brightside.

 

Now the biggest question is how did Evan and Stephen stay friends for long enough so Stephan could sabotage his wedding?  That was an extremely long and petty grudge Stephan held.  Man, it was extremely cathartic watching Leo beat Stephan to a bloody pulp.  I really hope a renewal notice is coming soon.  

 

Survivor:  That was one of the most brutal blindside in a long time.  I do not remember the last time someone got that mad at getting voted off.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Oh wow, it seemed like all Rachel needed was to compete by herself.  But it will be interesting how alliances fall into place now that it is an individual game, especially after two members of the vacation alliance got sent home.

 

Agatha All Along:  Sigh, Ralph Boehner is back.  And for no apparently reason, Agatha was wearing a Boehner Family Reunion shirt with the tagline: Pitch a Tent.  Sigh.

 

The Old Man:  In what was the least shocking plot twist, Maeby is not actually dead.  I think I had that.

 

57 Channels and Only This Is On: September 13, 2024

 

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: The Book of Carol:  So those two chicks kidnapped that dude just to pump out babies?  This franchise has officially run out of ideas.  But I was thinking this week, just how exactly does Carol plan on finding Daryl now that she is in France. 

 

Only Murders in the Building:   At the end of the first season, after they solved the murder, Mabel mentioned about loose ends before grabbing some more campaigns. A new murder presents itself and those loose ends were never brought up again.  Finally, two and half seasons later, the new Three Amigos have brought up those loose ends.  This implies the killer is someone who was around from the beginning.  I think we can cross off Uma and Lester.  Was Tie-Dye guy mad he got written off?   Since the murder seems to have been carried off by multiple people; maybe he recruited all of Mabel’s forgotten love interests.  The Arconiacs have also not been seen in a while.  Then there was the serial murderer that Merv talked about during the blackout episode.   What exactly is the legal status of Teddy Dimas?

 

But one thing we were told to ask by Detective Williams was the “why now?”  Winnie gets poisoned, Jan has a note on her door, and then there is long break at the end of season two, before Sazz is shot.  So why now?  Why were there no threats from the killer with that year break in the middle?  Or were there and we just did not see them? 

 

We did not see the Westies in season but there were theoretically around.  Thankfully they revealed they were the one cashing the checks.  It was extremely obvious it was them, especially when Howard saw there were five different signatures.  Still, I do not think any of them are the killer.  He is the hall pass of one of them.  I still think this will tie back to the first season and Teddy might have shot to the top of my murder board.

 

So much going on at the end, I have not even brought up the old lady cat fight!  Oh my.

 

 Tell Me Lies:  Umm, why was the one sorority sister on the discipline board of someone who was accused of raping one of her sister?  Why would you think she would be impartial?  Except she through her sister under the bus and let the guy get off.  Oof.  So is that really why Lucy and Lydia grew apart?  Then why would Stephan say to Lucy that Lydia was excited to see her?  Does Stephen not know what went on and think they are still friends?  Grant, there is a very high probability that he was just being a troll.

 

There has been a lot focus on Drew the last couple weeks.  I wonder if he will finally make an appearance this season.   I still hold on to the prediction that he is either dead (probably by his own hand) or in prison by the time we get to the wedding.

 

Survivor:  Uh-oh, you do not make big moves this early, that one lady is in trouble.  She even broke two rules of the new era, if someone wants to make a big move early: let them, and let them be the target.  Do not make a counter big move and then become the target.  And certainly do not make a big move to keep the annoying guy because you think you can beat him.  Other people will think that two and will probably get you out first especially if you just pull off a big move.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Ummm, so what are they going to do with no male Era 1 players anymore?  Is Rachel in the clear or can other Eras still chose Rachel, they will just have to pick a different guy to go into the arena.  Are the two guy captains who do not win just automatically going in from here on out?

 

Agatha All Along:  Ummmm, is everyone but Scarlet Witch’s kid dead now?  Where was Rio?  Is she going to come in and save everyone?  She does not really seem like the saving people in danger kind of person.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: October 6, 2024

  

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: The Book of Carol:  I never thought any show could have a dumber name than High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, but this may actually take the cake.  At least High School Musical was likely in on the joke of the silly name.  This is just stupid.  Also stupid: flying to France in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.  No way am I getting in that thing.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  We finally meet Dudenoff… and he is dead (seems obvious the Westies are cashing the checks).  So do we have a serial killer on our hands or just two killers who had the same idea to get rid of a body?  This makes me wonder if the power goes of randomly in any of the first three seasons.  But I guess this exonerates the Brothers Sisters.  But they never did explain why the one’s footprint was on the windowsill.  Did she visit her mentor; look out the window and just leave?  I wonder if that will come back up.  But I did get a vibe from the writer who threw the directors under the bus this week.  The guy does have 20/10 vision which would make for a good sniper shot.  Granted he did have an alibi during his episode, though he would not be the first person to fake an alibi.

 

 Tell Me Lies:  I never thought we could possibly get a Thanksgiving episode as good as Slapsgiving during How I Met Your Mother, but this may have topped that.  There was at least more slapping.  Sure, it was convoluted how they got everyone in the same place at the same time, but it was definitely worth it.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Sigh, another week, another Era 1 player going home.  So Rachel is just the captain every week now?  What if she goes home next week?  Can they no longer send in Era 1?

 

Joan:  Great soundtrack, the rest of the show is forgettable.  Who knew the greasy guy from Fear the Walking Dead was still working?  I cannot remember seeing him in anything since he was killed off.

 

Agatha All Along:  I am still not all that interested in the trial of week format, but Aubrey Plaza being unhinged upped the entertainment level infinitely this week.

 

The Ark: Oh wow, they made it to the planet, but not surprising some did not stay.  People gotta be on the titular ship.  So are they just going to have two storylines next season?  Not that I think there will be a next season.  With Chucky canceled, this will likely follow.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: September 29, 2024

 

Snowpiercer:  The show ends like it began, with the tailies fighting to take control of Snowpiercer.  Apropos I guess.

 

Only Murders in the Building:  More Ben Glenroy double?  If he keeps showing up, I may have to put him on my murder board.  Of course, that is if he survived the episode.  It would be funny if they killed off Paul Rudd twice.  I certainly do not think the Brothers sisters did it.  And it is not just because it is way too early to for them to find the murderer.  We still need a why and a why now.  Then there is also the how: how did they get access to both apartments.  Of course if it is not them, what about the shoes?  Are we just going to learn that it is a common sole? 

 

 Tell Me Lies:  I was skeptical that Lydia’s brother possibly raping Pippa caused their riff in the future, but now I think that just might be it.  And since he did the same thing to Diana’s sorority sister, it seems even more likely that is what he did to Pippa.   But it surprising that we are over halfway through the season and we are just at October.  I wonder if they are going to just do one semester this season.  But it was a bit disappointing with an episode entitled, Evil, Ornery, Scandalous, and Evil” and not overt Sublime reference inside of it.

 

Survivor:  Nothing like an episode entitled, “Epic Boss Girl Move” to spoil that someone in the bro alliances was going home.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Sigh, another week, another Era 1 player going home.  This is getting boring.

 

Agatha All Along:  The first episode was very entertaining, but many they should have stuck with a new prestige parody every week because I am not looking forward to a new Witches’ Road trial for the next month.  This week’s episode really drug along.

 

The Ark: Oh way, they really made it to an inhabitable planet.  Though, I have a feeling something might happen in the finale that will keep them on the ark even longer.  They are trying to blackmail people into blackmailing other people on the ark.  Maybe that is not the place to stay very long.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: September 22

Snowpiercer:  So not only did the big haired scientist we just met put the Earth into deep freeze, but he also turned out to be Alex’s father?  What big reveal related to him do they have in the finale?

 

Only Murders in the Building:  Whatever Paul Rudd was doing last season, it did not work for me. He just cannot do unlikeable very well. His character came off more like a SNL sketch. Now his weirdo Irish stuntman, this was hilarious. Nice to see with all the big names they brought in this season, they still held a few things back.

Ever since Mabel was kicked out of the Arconia, I have been wondering how she would get back in. I could have never guessed that it would be squatting in a killer’s apartment. Though It is pretty obvious the Portugal guy is not the killer, the killer was just taking advantage of the empty room. Could the killer be the Paramount producer? It is obviously way too early to reveal the killer and she will just be a red herring. I am guessing she had some connection to Sazz and that is why she was there. Maybe Sazz got her to be an investor. But why the gun, and why point it at the trio who she has met?

 

 Tell Me Lies:  Oh Diana, what the fork are you doing?  And why do these women keep on coving for this douchebag?  No wonder he is just walking around in the future timeline, these girls keep on giving him alibis and covering up his crimes.

 

Survivor:  There is always someone who breaks the cardinal rule of playing to hard early in the game and gets set home because of it.  Oh well.

 

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras:  Why are people still scared of CT?  The guy put on a bunch of pounds since his last season.  It was not at all surprising he lost.  It was a lot more surprising that Tina was so good at removing nails. 

 

Agatha All Along:  Okay, that was fun, though I kind of wish we had gotten more parodies of prestige television kind of like how Wandavision was a walk through the history of sitcoms.   That should have been the first season and then the witch’s road could have been the second season.

The Ark: This felt too much like the alternative universe episode from earlier this episode, just with less people.  Though it was hilarious that Garnet basically ghosted the clone after they got back.