Last Night’s TV: The Emmys, Fear the Walking Dead, and More (SPOILERS!)

VIEW IN BROWSER THIS ISSUE: The Emmys, Fear the Walking Dead, Masters of Sex, Ray Donovan TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT The 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Make History FOX BECAUSE: It was a night of landmarks at the Emmy Awards: Viola Davis became the first black woman to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama (more on that fantastic moment down below); Game of Thrones shattered the record for Emmys won in a single year with 12 wins; as predicted by host Andy Sandberg, Uzo Aduba officially became the new Ed Asner, while Allison Janney became the old Uzo Aduba/the new new Ed Asner; and after eight practice rounds, Jon Hamm finally got his damn Emmy... and he belly-crawled right up onstage to receive it. It just goes to show: If you put dragons on TV, things are bound to get interesting. READ OUR RECAP Fear the Walking Dead AMC WHAT HAPPENED: Can Madison watch the world as she knows it end in a zombie apocalypse of unknown origin and have it all? It's an age-old question. Of Sunday night's episode, EW recapper Jonathon Dornbush says, "Life as it was known on Fear the Walking Dead has irrevocably changed, even if so much of [the episode] is about the foolish task of maintaining a normal life in the face of collapse." After a nine-day time jump, the military has come to Madison and Travis' neighborhood in full force, establishing a locked-down safe zone with curfews and mobility restrictions. And while Travis wants to continue to act like all of the flesh eating that he's seen on the other side of the fence is a totally manageable problem, Madison just wants to get her kid to maybe not steal drugs from the elderly. See -- totally relatable. Oh, and there's a new antagonistic presence in town, Lieutenant Moyers. Your future vibes are very much felt, Governor -- very much. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: You know what everyone seems pretty cool with? Madison slapping the crap out of Nick for stealing morphine from an old man. FTWD commenters are happy for a little comeuppance while the A.V. Club says Sunday's is the episode that "finally struck a pretty solid balance of family drama and zombie horror, which may have had something to do with the fact that there weren't many zombies involved." It's easy to fear that which you cannot see… especially when you've got an annoying teenager with a camcorder full of flashes that suggest the people who you thought were there to save you are also there to tell you lies that would set your pants simply ablaze. READ OUR RECAP Masters of Sex Showtime WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Hey Masters, what is your deal?! Bill is on a negging tear in Sunday night's episode of Masters of Sex, and no one does he try to fool into believing his actions are acceptable more than himself. Okay, and also Virginia -- he definitely does a number on her. But that's enough about Bill, we've got four words for you: Judy-Greer! Judy-Greer! One of the best actresses on television is playing Dan's wife (surprise!) that Bill invites to an intentionally awkward dinner where he and Virginia are supposed to be celebrating their book advance. Unsurprisingly, it leads to one coat closet fight and the end of at least one marriage. And while Libby is working up her own courage to leave Bill, in a storyline that seems a touch too over the top, detectives come knocking, asking about Bill's interactions with boy-bully Dennis, even though we know they were totally appropriate (well, appropriate enough). EW recapper Nicole Sperling has her plot-priorities in order: "The man has so many bigger issues that need punishing more than a ridiculous pedophilia claim." WHAT HAPPENED: The New York Times had two resounding thoughts regarding Sunday's episode: "Caitlin FitzGerald has emerged as the star of this season" and, "We may be stuck with Dan Logan (Josh Charles) for a long, long time." FitzGerald has filled Libby Masters with incredible growth, so that even when the character didn't quite earn all of her new complexities, the actress did. But a great actor cannot every character make, and it might be time to wrap things up with ol' Dan. Virginia's lack of heart-eyes at his dramatic doorstep love revelation suggests she may think so too. READ OUR RECAP Ray Donovan Showtime WHAT HAPPENED: Liev Schreiber may have lost the Emmy, but -- oh wait, Ray Donovan isn't doing that great either. Cochran is blackmailing Finney into helping him frame Ray for Varick's murder, and EW recapper Kyle Fowle can kind of see the warped justification: "[Cochran] has more than enough reason to go after Ray... he'll frame him for this murder as a stand-in for every other one he's committed." And if Paige corroborates the story Finney comes up with, she gets her NFL team (What is this show??). But when Ray innocently points out to Paige that her father is using her like he has her whole life, she ends up telling the police the truth. With one well-placed fire poker and a DIY dumpster fire, Ray is off the hook and Finney is implicated for his crimes. Ray's life is still a complete and total wreck, of course... but at least he's not getting framed for poking someone to death. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: And that wreck is mostly because of Mickey, who's employing what the Observer calls an "Irish Jedi Mind Trick"; he tells the rest of his family that he has Alzheimer's and is leaving town because he doesn't want to be a burden and is afraid of how Ray will treat him as his guardian. While that would be a valid concern if Mickey wasn't a Jedi L-I-A-R, there's not much Ray can do when his family calls him and is all, "Please don't be a total jerk." Between Ray's forced hand with Mickey, and the conversation he has with Paige to pit her against her own father, the Observer senses a little lesson-learnin' -- "Ray finds out what Mickey has known all along: that the psychological realm is where the game is won and lost." READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... Close the Office Door, Have a Cry FOX BECAUSE: The 67th Annual Emmy Awards had its uproarious moments, handily hosted by an all-grown-up Andy Sandberg, but it was also a particularly emotional one. Start with Viola Davis' acceptance speech where she quotes Harriet Tubman, points out that "the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity," thanks those that are making strides toward creating those opportunities, and shares her love with actresses like Taraji P. Henson and Kerry Washington. Then follow that historic speech up with Tracy Morgan's triumphant surprise return to the Emmy stage following his year-long recovery from the car crash that left him critically injured to have yourself in an inspired puddle by lunchtime. READ OUR RECAP Also Check Out... Recommended by Copyright © 2015 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. WANT MORE? To subscribe to any of EW.com's email products, please click here. PRIVACY POLICY Please click here for our privacy policy. For further communication, please click here Your California Privacy Rights Entertainment Weekly Customer Service ATTENTION: CONSUMER AFFAIRS 3000 University Center Drive Tampa, FL 33612-6408 You are receiving this email because you are a friend of Entertainment Weekly. To unsubscribe from these updates, please click here.