Last Night's TV: The Flash, Scream Queens, and More (SPOILERS!)

VIEW IN BROWSER THIS ISSUE: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Flash, Scream Queens, iZombie TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT Agents, Unite! ABC BECAUSE: The Kree monolith taketh, and the Kree monolith giveth back on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. -- as long as Fitz is noble enough, Daisy wields her quake-y powers correctly, and Coulson imports enough Asgardian resources from Across the Pond. Fitz may still not have taken Simmons on a date, but on Tuesday night, he did risk his life to bring her back from an alien planet where she was being hunted, and is now her physical tether to Earth and her former reality... that should count for something. (We <3 FitzSimmons.) READ OUR RECAP The Flash The CW WHAT HAPPENED: Though The Flash's first season exited on a major cliffhanger -- a giant, gaping wormhole tearing the fabric of space and time in the middle of Central City -- its season 2 premiere is "content to paint a picture of that climactic moment's aftereffects," says EW recapper Jonathan Dornbush. Grant Gustin is still as cute as a thousand golden retriever puppies bundled together in a Flash costume, and Barry is still out there protecting Central City (and cleaning up its coffee shops from post-wormhole damage in the middle of the night), but he's all torn up by the finally revealed aftermath of last season: Ronnie and Dr. Stein joined forces to become Firestorm to aid Barry in closing the wormhole, and they did, but only one made it safely back. This season premiere is slower and less villain-y than some, but it's all about rebuilding Team Flash after the loss of Ronnie -- welcome, Dr. Stein; welcome back, Caitlin; you were always meant to be here, Iris -- and the result is one of hope for the future. It doesn't get much more super-heroic than that. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Don't get us wrong -- Tuesday's season 2 premiere is still a happy, Flash-y affair. USA Today says that despite Barry's slight bout with angst, "He is still unequivocally the Flash, and the show is undeniably a happy, shiny comic book show," running the gamut of "comic book winks, joyful optimism for the heroism of the Flash itself and ... Grant Gustin, who was just a pleasure to watch." All of that is true while The Flash is growing up a bit in season 2. Barry can bear the title of The Man Who Saved the City if Central needs him to be that man; but he also knows there are many men and women -- and one special, newly secured lab -- that are truly Central City's heroes. READ OUR RECAP Scream Queens FOX WHAT HAPPENED: Are those Red Devils multiplying, or what?! The body count certainly is. While Chanel Oberlin gifts her 700+ Instagram followers with Chanel-O-ween gifts ("like a ... cunning, cat-less version of Taylor Swift," says EW recapper Amy Wilkinson), Zayday decides to throw a haunted house fundraiser to campaign for Kappa president. Unfortunately, the house she chooses has a lot going on: it's, indeed, haunted by a wailing hag; the scouted location of newly united fear-boner hunters, Hester and Chad; and the current residence of every single body the Red Devils have killed. This show only gets weirder as the Chanels add more and more pastel pink to their wardrobes. But what are we looking for more of? Diego Boneta's Matthew McConaughey impression, and as many How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (and other early 00's rom-coms) references as possible. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: The A.V. Club is also feeling a little thrown by Tuesday night's Scream Queens plot: "To say it all goes from zero to 60 would ignore how manic Scream Queens already is; instead, it goes from 60 to 120 with absolutely no rhyme or reason." Presumably, with 60 being Lea Michele as a horny/macabre nerd-turned-Chanel, and 120 being Lea Michele's index finger poking directly through a dead woman's pus-filled leg. Manically unhinged or not, Scream Queens still has us on the hook for a few lingering questions: Who the hell is that bathtub baby, how is Gigi the Hag on Shady Lane, and will Denise Hemphill ever crack this case?? READ OUR RECAP The Mindy Project Hulu WHAT HAPPENED: Let's check in on Dr. Lahiri as her maternity leave comes to a close and the series' time on Hulu really kicks into full gear, shall we? Mindy is the mom you thought she'd be: cab-stealing, subway-breastfeeding, and killer-accessorizing, both of herself and Leo (give that baby actor an Emmy for Cutest Baby Actor, stat). But at the office awaiting her return, she finds a newly hired doc, Jody Kimball (Garret Dillahunt) who is, "The antithesis of everything she stands for -- 'like women's rights, or whatever,'" according to EW recapper Danielle Zhu and the Mind-ster herself. Mindy goes about trying to get him fired for his sexist practices when a patient recounts him not letting men in her delivery room so, "my vagina could remain a beautiful mystery for my husband." But everyone seems to like Jody, so somehow Mindy ends up quitting instead. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: And somehow, Danny is thrilled with this development because he's been wanting Mindy to stay at home with Leo. The Vulture recapper says she "loves how they play with Danny's conservative streak ... but, ugh, he's been hitting all my feminist nerves lately." Ugh, us too. How about we give Mindy what she wants -- to be a doctor and a mom -- and give the people what they want: more sage Tamra advice/insults. She tells Danny his attempts at finding Mindy a push present are, "More like based on the novel Push by Sapphire in that these gifts are an endless series of tragedies," and that the luxurious cranberry turtleneck he comes up with is, "like what you get your aunt when she graduates from court reporter school." Perfect. Just perfect. READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... Why Are All the Good Shows about Zombies? The CW WHO CARES, JUST WATCH: If you're looking for a CW show that can simultaneously make you laugh and cry, with charismatic leads, and just a hint of the undead, look no further than Tuesday's season 2 premiere of iZombie. It's really good -- we promise! Cross our cold, dead hearts. 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. 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