Monday, October 26, 2015

Last Night's TV: The Walking Dead, Quantico, and More (SPOILERS!)

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Last Night's TV PRIME TIME
THIS ISSUE: The Walking Dead, Quantico, Once Upon a Time, Homeland, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT
The Walking Dead Plays With Fate
AMC
BECAUSE: Uhhhhhh, did The Walking Dead just kill Glenn? DID THE WALKING DEAD JUST KILL GLENN??? First Jon Snow, and now this -- place your "Glenn's mortality" bets now because we likely -- okay, hopefully -- won't have to wait a whole season to find out if he ultimately met his zombie makers in that unfortunate game of Undead King of the Hill he landed in.
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Quantico
ABC
WHAT HAPPENED: Sunday night's Quantico episode was called "Found," but according to EW recapper Dalene Rovestine, "It may as well have been called 'Lust' -- because there was lots of action going down ...and not of the FBI-approved variety." Itching for some fresh air and a chance to break the rules with a little inter-office nookie, the recruits are treated to an undercover challenge, trying on new identities and taking off each other's pants. The hookup count: Alex and Ryan (duh), Shelby and Caleb (sure), Miranda and Liam (pending... he also tells her off-camera why he's been tracking Alex -- apparently she's "got something" on all of them), and Simon and Raina (we're just hoping they hold hands by the time all of this is over).
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: So with the sexy time out of the way, that just leaves the small issue of Alex being framed for a deadly terrorist attack. She's still got Shelby on lockdown and has taken to exploring the Dark Web (a thing! And an easy one, apparently), but when they go on the move, Alex leaves Shelby behind at a mosque for the FBI to pick up. And when given the chance to tell Liam that Ryan and Simon are working with Alex, she holds back, even though she and Alex aren't going to be making copper wire friendship bracelets anytime soon. So who is on Team Alex? Showrunner Josh Safran told EW, "I would say Shelby's got one foot on the plate, but Ryan and Simon are standing there," and apparently, in next week's episode, "They come against their strongest opposition yet." Stay strong and coitus on, Team Alex.
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Once Upon a Time
ABC
WHAT HAPPENED: Let EW recapper Andrea Towers break down Sunday's OUAT cold open for you: "In Camelot, many years ago, there was a man named Merlin. He was looking for the Dark One, in retaliation for destroying the only woman he ever loved... And then he became a tree." So needless to say, with the time-jumps and the Dark Ones and the tree-wizards, season 5 of Once is getting a little confusing. Merida and Rumple's team-up on Sunday night mostly serves to make us wonder if Emma will eventually be facing off against Rumple or all of Storybrooke and Camelot. Speaking of Emma -- in Storybrooke she's full-Dark One, but over in Camelot she's bonding with her main frenemy Regina over heartbreak-tears they need for a spell to get Merlin out of that tree. And, freed, Merlin should have been able to change Dark Emma back to Light Emma in Camelot, but in the Storybrooke future, she's still Dark and very much breaking hearts (poor Henry). Like we said...
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Confusing. And the A.V. Club agrees, wondering, "Who knows what and how do they know it?" But they've got hope... and theories! Maybe Emma hasn't really gone full Dark One in flash-forward-Storybrooke, but has some plan to turn herself good again: "The show's trying to trick us into thinking maybe she's gone too far and that maybe something traumatic happened in Camelot. Hell, maybe it did. Maybe Merlin's not all that... But we're still talking about the Disney-vetted G-rated Once Upon A Time here, and they're not going to let their beloved main character go full dark side, even if it would make a hell of a Star Wars tie in." Here's hoping that time-jump-memory-wipe included a master plan in addition to a wardrobe change for Emma.
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Homeland
Showtime
WHAT HAPPENED: Heartbreak, intrigue, exploding planes, Claire Danes' cryface... season 5 of Homeland really does have it all. As EW recapper Shirley Li points out, "The annual Homeland bloodbath has begun, with two major character deaths, a pair of close calls, and plenty of collateral damage." But in between General Youssef and his family being blown up in a plane, Allison showing her dark side, and a good old fashioned Seder, there was Quinn and Carrie. Oh, Quinn and Carrie -- never have the words, "Now play dead," felt so reassuring. After she wakes up in the Quinncave, Quinn tells Carrie that she'll have to be dead to truly ensure Frannie's safety, and so she records a heartbreaking video saying as much to her daughter, and Quinn snaps a bloody picture of her to turn into his mercenary P.O. Box. But the proof-of-kill doesn't fly and Carrie and Quinn get into a shootout that they ultimately come out on top of, both because they don't die, and because Carrie finds out who gave Quinn the orders to kill her: Allison. Oh, and don't forget about the L-O-V-E.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Certainly the most intriguing part of Sunday's episode though -- outside of the shipper's delight, Quinn and Carrie -- and the piece that will shape the rest of the season to come, was Allison's reveal as the big bad. And it has The New York Times spinning with questions (and not just about the unfortunate length of her skirt in the Swiss hospital that first tipped them off that Something Was Up): "Why does Allison have it out for Carrie? How did she become a double-agent? What is her end game? And how long will it take for Saul to catch on?" With Carrie and Quinn back together on the case, and Saul's suspicions raised, it shouldn't take too long to find out.
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One More Thing...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Halloween Episode is Scary Good
NBC
TRICK OR TREAT, SMELL THEIR FEET: In just three seasons, Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Halloween episode has already become a total "thing" -- full of tricks and even more treats in the form of quotable lines. A few of our faves: "I'm not going to meet my next boyfriend through a Charles setup. I'm going to meet him in an illegal dance competition in an abandoned subway tunnel... Alternately he can win an illegal street race in which my love is the prize." -Gina "That's why people throw away garbage." - Jake, realizing an old muffin in his apartment has been bugged.
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