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Dance Moms 8x07 Recap: Elliana Walmsley Is Too Good For This Sh...

Dance Moms 8×07 Recap: Elliana Walmsley Is Too Good For This Sh…

To say that I wasn’t excited to see Elliana Walmsley return in Dance Moms 8×07 would simultaneously be a lie and the understatement of the year. The kid is easily one of the best dancers—if not the best dancer—to ever represent Abby Lee Miller and the ALDC (even if she doesget her training literally everywhere else, from Michelle Latimer’s to Master Ballet Academy, to whatever qualifies as the…

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Dance Moms 8x06 Recap: Can The ALDC Hack It Without Brady Farrar?

Dance Moms 8×06 Recap: Can The ALDC Hack It Without Brady Farrar?

Dance Moms 8×06 was the new ALDC’s first chance to prove that the moms’ constant whining about Brady Farrar’s (supposedly undeserved) special attention was actually deserved. Rather than embrace the opportunity to shine, though, the remaining team members…Well. Full spoilers: They didn’t do so well.

Joanne and Gianina Paolantonio had the same conceited reaction to a jazz solo as they did earlier…

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Dance Moms 8x03 Recap: Abby Lee Miller Takes on Thoughts & Prayers

Dance Moms 8×03 Recap: Abby Lee Miller Takes on Thoughts & Prayers

Abby Lee Miller had her hands full in Dance Moms 8×03. Not only did she create a very political group dance, which focused on the frequent “thoughts and prayers” response to mass shootings; but she also had to deal with some rather bratty behavior from Joanne and Gianina Paolantonio. After beginning Dance Moms season 8with two big wins, the ALDC needed to keep up their winning streak. But with…

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When They See Us: Linda Fairstein's CRIMINAL "Justice"

When They See Us: Linda Fairstein’s CRIMINAL “Justice”

Like many people—but still never, ever enough—I watched When They See Usand was utterly and completely horrified. Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, and Raymond Santana were once five teenagers with their whole lives ahead of them until April of 1989. Then, suddenly, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, they suddenly became known as the Central Park Five—monsters…

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Dance Moms 8x02 Recap: Isn't It A Little Early To Crack Under Pressure?

Dance Moms 8×02 Recap: Isn’t It A Little Early To Crack Under Pressure?

As part of the season 8 premiere, Dance Moms 8×02 aired immediately after the season’s first episode and the hour-long special about Abby Lee Miller’s cancer battle. So, apparently, the Lifetime staff thought that we’d missed Abby and the ALDC enough to want to binge watch. Jury’s still out on whether or not that was a smart way to continue introducing us to the new team, but here’s what we can…

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Dance Moms Season 8 Premiere Recap: The ALDC Future Starts Here

Dance Moms Season 8 Premiere Recap: The ALDC Future Starts Here

Dance Moms season 8 premiered with a full night of Abby Lee Miller’s quotable moments, choreography, and of course crazy mama drama. Following a special that detailed just how much suffering everyone’s favorite destroyer of sloppy feet has suffered in the past year or so, Dance Moms gave us two full episodes of the type of content that we all know and loathe love. But can the new ALDC hack it?

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Dance Moms Season 8 Spoilers: Pittsburgh Here We Come

Dance Moms Season 8 Spoilers: Pittsburgh Here We Come

Given everything that Abby Lee Miller has been through in recent years, the existence of Dance Momsseason 8 is something of a reality tv miracle. And we couldn’t be more excited about it! Neither, it seems, can the folks at Lifetime: They’ve used precious airtime to introduce ALDC fans to the new team. In case you deleted your series recording on your dvr when the series officially died nearly…

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Game of Thrones Roundtable: Character Assassination Edition

Game of Thrones Roundtable: Character Assassination Edition

    After eight seasons, three dragons, and countless candidates to take the Iron Throne, Game of Thrones is officially over. But not without more than its fair share of murders. And no, we’re not talking about actual, physical deaths (of which there were plenty); we’re talking about outright character assassination. In the series’ eight season, Game of Thronesproved that no character development…

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Blue Bloods 9x22: Jamie and Eddie Tie the Knot

Blue Bloods 9×22: Jamie and Eddie Tie the Knot

First let me say: All of my nerves leading up to the Blue Bloods finale were for nothing. I am so used to shows going for shock value during a finale that I expected that from Blue Bloods, too. Last season’s ender was happy, so I assumed it would be asking too much to have two in a row that ended with blissful Jamko shipping milestones. I was totally wrong.

Blue Bloodsgave us happiness for the…

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Lucifer Season 4: What's More Powerful Than The Devil?

Lucifer Season 4: What’s More Powerful Than The Devil?

If you’d asked me a year ago if I would be watching Luciferseason 4 — much less if I’d be so inspired as to need to write something about it — I would have called you crazy. In fact, after a messy third season, when the series looked like it was doomed for cancellation, I actively called for it to be sent straight to Hell. And then FOX did exactly that, making me wonder if I’d ever be able to…

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Blue Bloods 9x21: What is Eddie’s Dad Up To Now?

#BlueBloods 9x21: What is Eddie’s Dad Up To Now?

It’s the second to last episode of the season! Are we ready? I am. I am ready to get to this wedding we’ve been anticipating since last season’s finale, but that won’t happen until this Friday. So, until then, let’s talk about last Friday.

Danny & Baez

We start with Danny & Baez at a murder scene and it’s instantly clear that they will have the procedural element of the episode. I don’t have much…

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The 100 6x01 Review: "Sanctum"

The 100 6×01 Review: “Sanctum”

Well, here we are, The 100 fans. Season 6 has FINALLY landed, and pardon my skipping straight to the point, but holy shit. What kind of place have our favorites landed in? Short answer is that it’s actually a moon, not a planet. That’s where the mystery starts.

Backing up a bit, The 100has shown an enduring ability to turn storytelling on its head, and the start of “Book Two” is no exception.…

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The Resident 2x22: Light In Darkness

The Resident 2×22: Light In Darkness

This episode was the episode for me that revealed a lot of true colors. The Resident 2×22 “Broker and Broker”, also led to a goodbye and some terrifying unknowns. For one, we really were enlightened to the harsh veracity of Alec’s (Miles Gaston Villanueva) line-crossing ways. Mina appears to be realizing the complications of her newfound feelings and possibly some of her past mistakes. Nic and…

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Blue Bloods 9x20: Erin Faces the Consequences

Blue Bloods 9×20: Erin Faces the Consequences

We’re back with another episode that has season ending gravitas, this time for Erin. You can really tell we’re reaching the last few episodes because stakes are increasing and individual decisions from earlier episodes are leading to consequences. Let’s discuss.

Erin

We’ll start with Erin considering her plot line felt like one of the heaviest and was the one that illustrated the high stakes. She…

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The Resident 2x20: One of the Most Important Episodes Yet

The Resident 2×20: One of the Most Important Episodes Yet

The Resident 2×20 “If Not Now, When?” is one of the best episodes I have seen on television. Ever. Manish Dayal wins my performance of the week for this chilling episode that shed light on senseless gun violence and the lack of standard of care in postpartum treatment. For such a heavy content episode, the writers still managed to update viewers on the failing health of Nic’s sister, Jessie…

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Blue Bloods Review: 9×19 Is Danny Moving On? We’re getting close to the end of the season! Who’s nervous? I know I am! We got off easy at the end of last season, and if this episode is any indication then it certain feels like Blue Bloods is ramping up for the season 9 finale!

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The Resident 2x19 Review: A Storm Is Coming

The Resident 2×19 Review: A Storm Is Coming

The Resident 2×19 “Snowed In” takes place during a rare Atlanta blizzard. For many reasons, I was less interested and disengaged from this episode than the rest in this season. After so many episodes that have been intensely plot and character accelerating, even the backdrop of an intense southern blizzard couldn’t carry all of the missed opportunities here along.

Three’s A Crowd

I’m just going…

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