TV Show Reviews

Grace & Frankie (2015-?)

Grace-and-Frankie

Grace & Frankie (2015-?)

Network:

Netflix

Starring:

Jane Fonda

Lily Tomlin

Martin Sheen

Sam Waterston

Plot:

A pair of rivals find out their husbands want to run off with each other.

Review:

There is something so refreshing about this show. It’s not too serious but it’s not too funny, it’s perfect. I felt so bad for Lily Tomlin’s character, she loved her husband, they had a good life, and then he cheats on her for twenty years.

I watched past the pilot and I liked the fact that the guys didn’t get completely off for cheating even though it was with other men.

Really liked the show and I’ve already binge watched most of it.

4/5

Daredevil (2015-?)

Daredevil

Daredevil (2015-?)

Network:

Netflix

Starring:

Charlie Cox

Deborah Ann Woll

Elden Henson

Plot:

A blind lawyer with his other senses superhumanly enhanced fights crime as a costumed superhero.

Review:

Best pilot since Marvel’s Agent Carter. So far I’ve consumed four episodes and I love this show so much. A lot of the fight scenes have been better shot than most action movies being released lately. The story is compelling and I like how they’ve worked in mentions to the Avengers. Not the characters but the destruction they did to the city. The characters are real, but not so real that you can’t see them donning black and kicking butt.

I purposefully didn’t read much about this show going in because I wanted to see it without any expectations, and these first four episodes have been incredible. I’m so looking forward to the rest of this season and all the Marvel+Netflix series to come.

5/5

Side note: Kind of sad to read that AKA Jessica Jones might not be released this year, it’s times like this when I’m reminded that we’re in a whole new world of TV and have no idea what “networks” are going to do

iZombie (2015-?)

Pilot

iZombie (2015-?)

Network:

CW

Starring:

Rose McIver

Malcolm Goodwin

Rahul Kohli

Plot:

A medical student finds that being a zombie has its perks, which she uses to assist the police.

Review:

Not the biggest fan of zombies but I feel that I need to know my enemy so I watch them sometimes.

iZombie definitely wasn’t going for super 28 days later scary zombies, though I think there will be something like that in the future. They seemed to be going more towards the zombies are people too, direction. Not sure how I feel about that, though, they weren’t trying to hide that in the trailers so I wasn’t blindsided.

I’m not sure if I’m going to continue watching. I had no problem with the characters or the story, but nothing really grabbed me and gave me that feeling that I had to watch to find out what happens next. It seemed like a cute show, but that’s about it.

3/5

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)

Network:

Netflix

Starring:

Ellie Kemper

Tituss Burgess

Carol Kane

Jane Krakowski

Plot:

A woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in New York City.

Review:

Great premise and I love that they didn’t go super dark. Kimmy, Ellie Kemper, is optimistic, dated, and hilarious. The supporting cast is just as good and I’m excited to see the rest of the episodes.

In fact, my husband, who hates TV, caught the beginning of the fourth episode and made me start the whole season over again so he could watch.

4/5

Powers (2015-?)

Powers

Powers (2015-?)

Network:

PlayStation Network

Starring:

Sharlto Copley

Eddie Izzard

Susan Heyward

Michelle Forbes

Plot:

Set in a world where humans and super heroes co-exist, a homicide detective, who had his own powers taken from him, investigates crimes involving superhumans along with his partner.

Review:

Everyone seems to have their own TV shows now a days, as long as their good I don’t really care where they are, though.

It’s been a few years since I read the Powers comics, and I’ll be honest I forgot most of the story, all I remember is that I thought it was great, so I was interested to see what they would do with a TV show. Since it’s on a network that’s never given me anything before I wasn’t sure what to expect until I saw the trailer, which did a nice job setting my expectations.

As far as pilots went I thought Powers was fairly strong, it did a great job introducing the players and the world and left me wanting more, which is exactly what it’s supposed to do. Since there are already two more episodes up I know what I’m going to be doing the rest of the night.

It was darker and had more nudity than Marvel’s Agents of Shield and more blood and violence than Gotham. It’s an adult superhero show and as long as it doesn’t abuse the fact that it can do all of that on its network, and they keep giving me a good story, I look forwarding to watching.

4/5