This week: Star Trek: Discovery, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Gifted, Scorpion, The Middle, Lucifer, Fresh Off the Boat, Black-ish, This Is Us, The Mayor, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, The Good Place, Scandal, The Orville, Once Upon a Time
by Kat Bittner Have I mentioned I have a weakness for brainy bearded brunets? (What? That’s the masculine form of the word.) So I had a fangirl squee moment, seeing Roger MacKenzie in the opening of episode four “Of Lost Things”. He, Brianna, and Claire are playing history detective, trying to locate where Jamie went after the Battle of Culloden. They find his name among a list of prisoners in Ardsmuir. Roger sees this as a reason to have a victory drink him with Brianna, but Claire wants to find out what happened to Jamie after prison… …which smoothly transitions to the Downton… Read more »
A sun drenched weekend in Chicago surrounded by live music and spirited company would sound too good to be true if we didn’t have proof that Riot Fest 2017 was exactly that.
AMC has announced Into the Badlands is about to get even more starpower for season 3.
Fall TV season is in full swing, so you’d better cancel all your plans and turn on your TV, stat.
by Kat Bittner It’s been a few years since Claire began med school and she and Frank have settled into a domestic routine. They lament in the same way many immigrant parents complain when their kid prefers “American” pop-culture like Eggos and Dr. Seuss (rather than proper English breakfast and Dickens). But the big reveal, as the episode progresses, is Claire is not the only one who has had relations outside her and Frank’s marriage. The years have also passed for Jamie. He has become a leader among the prisoners at Ardsmuir Prison when a new governor Lord John Grey arrives. Grey wants to continue… Read more »
With LIGHTS’ new concept Skin&Earth she’s taken world-building one step further, pairing the record with a comic book series of her own design.
by Kat Bittner Basically: Surrender your clothes, but don’t give your heart away! If the season premiere was about the internal struggle to move, episode two is Claire and Jamie’s first tentative step back into the world through family, burgeoning friendships and career. The redcoats are looking for a bearded man with a gigantic cap, called Dunbonnet, who has been making trouble for them in the countryside and gaining followers among those left after the rebellion. No matter how many times the redcoats search Lallybroch (held in custody by his brother-in-law, Ian) they cannot find Jamie or his infamous alter ego Dunbonnet. We find that Jamie is hiding out… Read more »
The Inbox Jukebox is the new column bringing you fresh new tunes and bands. This week features new tracks from Noah Gundersen, Hill,Aly & AJ, and Yoke Lore.
The clouds have parted, the sun is shining, “Angel’s” are rejoicing… Matt Toka has returned.
