The Big C (season 4)
{5/5} “I just want to feel like me for as long as I can.” Cathy is going through chemo, which is making her feel horrible in itself. She wants to play “The Entertainer” on the piano and tells Paul he should get remarried after she dies. Paul is giving seminars and writing a book. Andrea […]
The Big Bang Theory (season 6)
{5/5} “I was thinking of writing a book called ‘A Brief History of the Time I Made Stephen Hawking Cry Like a Little Girl.’” Howard has some trouble with the other astronauts on the Space Station, Sheldon hires an assistant, Penny takes a college class, and Sheldon and Howard fight over a parking spot. Sheldon […]
New Girl (season 2)
{4.5/5} “If a happening happened and you didn’t know that it happened, did it happen?” Jess loses her teaching job, and Cece gets engaged. Winston and Jess decide to get a bathtub installed in the apartment, and Nick thinks that one person in Jess’s writing class is really a killer. Nick and Schmidt celebrate being roommates for 10 […]
Castle (season 5)
{5/5} “There’s only two things to do at the docks, kill someone or go fishing. It’s a little late to go fishing, isn’t it?” Castle and Beckett are finally together, but will it last? And can they keep it a secret from Captain Gates? Beckett finally discovers who’s responsible for her mother’s murder. Following the clues […]
Parks and Recreation (season 5)
{5/5} “Just hit a fire hydrant, but I survived. #Unbreakable #WhatsMrGlassUpToTheseDays #WhyNoSequel?” Leslie finds that the other city councillors are somewhat difficult to work with. Ben, on the other hand, is doing really well with his job in Washington DC. Tom comes up with another idea for a new business and tries to find investors. […]
Raising Hope (season 3)
{4.5/5} “Nothing says family like squirting your 86 year-old grandmother in the face so she won’t hit your granddaughter with a fireplace poker.” Jimmy and Sabrina get married, Virginia and Burt act young because they’re feeling old, and Maw Maw gets taken away to a nursing home. Jimmy is shocked to discover that his parents […]
How to Live with Your Parents (premiere)
{4/5} “Why don’t you just tell her there’s no Santa?” Polly breaks up with her husband and shows up unannounced at her parents’ doorstep with her daughter. Her mom and stepdad are happy to have them until they can get back on their feet. Her mom speaks her mind at all times, and her stepdad […]
10 Items or Less
{4.5/5} “You know what I like to do sometimes when I’m feeling stale, you know, and I need to come at the work fresh? British. I do everything with a British accent.” An actor who hasn’t been getting many roles lately is considering accepting a role in an independent movie. He would be playing a grocery […]
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
{4.5/5} “It’s theoretically possible in the same way as a manned mission to Mars is theoretically possible.” A fabulously wealthy sheikh wants to bring salmon fishing to the desert of Yemen. On the surface, it seems an implausible project. But the British prime minister’s office was looking for a good news story involving Britain and […]
Moonrise Kingdom
{5/5} “‘Does it concern you that your daughter’s just run away from home?’ ‘That’s a loaded question.’” It’s 1965. Sam and Suzy are 12-year-olds who both have trouble making friends, but they’ve formed a bond with each other. After writing back and forth a few times they decide to run away together. Sam is a […]