Having finished binges of both Parks and Rec (yes, I know I was late to the game) and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, husband and I were pondering what series to tackle next. I threw out Russian Doll, and we watched the first episode . . . and then proceeded to finish the entire show in one night. Here’s why you should add it to your queue right this minute . . .
You may remember that I wrote recaps of the first five episodes of the second season of Luke Cage. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t bring myself to go any further than that (with recapping – I watched the season through to the end).
Ah, depositions – the key to any exciting scene, amiright? Yeah, no. I mean, I’m happy to see Foggy (Elden Henson), but no lawyer can keep Luke from being Luke – so when Cockroach starts BS-ing and the big man loses his temper and busts up the conference room table, Foggy 1) asks Luke if he’s ever considered wearing a mask (funny), and 2) tells Luke that he may want to consider a settlement. But where is Luke going to get $100K, the amount necessary to make the whole lawsuit go away?
After calling some of the companies who were previously interested in a Luke Cage endorsement (BEFORE he got his butt whooped by Bushmaster, of course), he realizes that he might need to cash in on some of his superhero fame. Foggy says he has an appearance opportunity for him – it turns out it’s Piranha, Mariah’s money man, who is more than willing to pay big bucks to get Luke to attend one of his parties.
As I sat down to watch Preacher episode 10, the season finale, I prepared myself for a cliffhanger. Well, we certainly got one. Even though this episode probably raised more questions than it answered, I really, really enjoyed it.
I was watching Younger the other day (SPOILER ALERT – since I haven’t been doing full recaps, the key things you need to know are that Kelsey was sleeping with two guys, Charles stopped being a jerk, Josh is still in love with Liza, and Diana is still the queen of everything), and I was really enjoying a scene between Sutton Foster and guest star Christian Borle.
In addition to thinking how weird it must be to film smoochy scenes with your ex (they used to be married!), I was appreciating that I was watching two Broadway POWERHOUSES in a show on TV Land. Sutton Foster, of course, received two Tony awards (for Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes) before starring in Bunheads (man, I miss that show) and then moving onto Younger, and Christian Borle was the original Emmett in Legally Blonde the musical (he then starred in Smash, which I still maintain was underappreciated).
It got me thinking – a LOT of my favorite TV and movie actors got their start in the theater. Such as . . .
If you are squeamish and don’t like the sight of blood and guts (however fake) on your TV or movie screen, you probably didn’t love much of Preacher episode 9. I was right there with you. While we made some progress on a few plot points, I felt disappointed at the end of this one.
It’s nice to know that even a twisted voodoo she-devil like Gran’Ma has nightmares. That’s where we start this episode – Angelville’s matriarch is dreaming that she meets her end thanks to Jesse and Tulip, and she is having NONE of it.
First and foremost, Preacher episode 7 is called “Hilter,” NOT “Hitler.” Secondly, it’s kind of a bait-and-switch of an episode title, because we get about 5 minutes of the Fuhrer and then he disappears again (reluctantly) with the Saint and Eugene.
Episode 4 picks up right where Episode 3 left off – with Luke getting his ass handed to him by Bushmaster. After coming to and finding a group of (former?) fans standing over him, Luke heads back to the barber shop; when Bobby sees Luke in such a state and asks if he should call Claire, Luke says no. It cannot be good that there is a person who can successfully attack Luke AND that Claire is no longer around to patch Luke up – physically AND emotionally.
When I saw the episode title and teaser for this episode of Preacher, I wasn’t super thrilled. The parts of the comic that dealt with Les Enfents du Sang were some of my least favorites of the whole series, and the television version of events hasn’t done anything to change my mind. But, it’s part of the story whether I like it or not, so I guess I should just get to it.