Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Last Night's TV: DWTS, Fargo, Blindspot, and More (SPOILERS!)

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THIS ISSUE: Dancing With the Stars, Fargo, Blindspot, Gotham, Castle
TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT
A Perfect Night For a DWTS Final
ABC
BECAUSE: You get a perfect score, and YOU get a perfect score, and you get a perfect score and yooooou -- okay, you get the picture. The DWTS judges were slinging out 10s Oprah-style with seven -- count 'em, seven! -- perfect scores in Monday night's Final. They'll have to put their 10s where their toe-points are on Tuesday when a winner is chosen between Bindi Irwin, Nick Carter, Carlos PenaVega, and Alek Skarlatos.
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Fargo
FX
WHAT HAPPENED: Monday's episode of Fargo is titled "Did You Do This? No, You Did It!" and that tells you pretty much everything you need to know. Who did anything around here? Marching off to bash some Gerhardt skulls together last week, Mike definitely killed Otto because the episode opens with his funeral. But what about Dodd? Well, he's in the trunk of Ed and Peggy Blumquist's car. Or so Ed calls to tell Mike -- just moments after Mike has taken down the three killers Kansas City sent after him for making such a mess of things. Further, you know... making a huge mess of things! Add on Simone's maybe-death-by-uncle and Hank's room full o'alien scribbles and as EW recapper Kevin Sullivan says, "The seeds of the Massacre at Sioux Falls are firmly sown."
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Though The New York Times was mostly feeling the exposure of the Gerhardts' very specific set of family values in Monday night's episode, this was their tipping point for Coen Brothers references. While many avid fans will always be clamoring for those Coen Easter eggs, after Monday's Miller's Crossing-esque Simone scene, musical tip to O Brother, Where Art Thou, and a line straight from The Big Lebowski ("Sometimes ... there's a man"), The Times was left feeling that "the references are a distraction. Lifting the core themes and look of the Fargoverse is one thing, but the show needlessly crosses the fan fiction line on occasion." Wait... is there Fargo fan fiction out there??
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Blindspot
NBC
WHAT HAPPENED: You know that feeling you get after you've kissed someone? The one where you're kidnapped, driven out to the middle of nowhere, and waterboarded for a few hours until you stop having amnesia? Okay, maybe that's just Jane. Even after taking down the killer in the case-of-the-week, Patterson is still left regretting not simply living in the moment with David. (We're with EW recapper Liz Prugh on this one: "Pop in those Firefly DVD's, and just let it all out -- Nathan Fillion makes everything better.") So, that's all the inspiration Jane needs to sneak out of her safe house, find Agent Weller, and make out with his face. Cue: Carter kidnapping Jane on the walk home. But before he can get much out of Jane, the man with the tree tattoo busts into her torture session, kills everybody, and shows her a video of pre-tattoo Jane saying the fact that she's seeing the video means everything is executing accordingly. And that everything that's happened to her...was all her idea.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Blindspot creator Martin Gero is one of us! He told TV Line, "My general frustration with shows like this is that they hold onto stuff for way too long." That's why he always knew he would unroll the Jane-video in the fall finale rather than waiting until the end of the season. Thanks very much, Martin. As to what that early reveal mean for fans? "[Jane] is all id. There's no hidden stuff in her, really. This [new information] allows her to play stuff, and it adds a whole layer to the show that is super exciting ... and it complicates her relationship with the team and with Weller, but in a really fun and beautiful way. Plus, Gero tells EW that the series' return will be "an immediate pick-up" time-wise. Bring on that fun and beauty, then.
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Gotham
Fox
WHAT HAPPENED: Gordon sure did sound badass telling Galavan, "I'm gonna be there tomorrow. I'm gonna watch them put you away." If only it had been true. Instead, Galavan is released thanks to former Mayor James lying under oath. Gordon goes full anger-rage blackout and punches Galavan, leading him to be tased and taken out of the courtroom by police officers. Whoops, just kidding, those are Galavan's men! Galavan takes Gordon down to the docks and doles out what a dock setting is best for: beatings and exposition. Apparently, the Order of St. Dumas has protected Galavan's family for centuries and he needs "the Son of Gotham" for some good old-fashioned atonement. The Son of Gotham is Bruce, duh, whom Galavan leaves to go get stabby with. Gordon is saved by Penguin -- Penguin?! -- and Gotham has a lot of loose ends to tie up before next week's fall finale
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: On a brighter note (than, ya know, his pending murder), Bruce and Selina are back in action, constructing an elaborate ruse to get Silver to admit she knows the identity of the Waynes' murderer -- last name Malone, first name begins with "M"...yeah, okay, Silver. Even better is the Alfred/Tabitha face-off, even if does result in just a little too much Alfred-stabbing for our taste. It all results in one of Gotham's best-paced episodes this season, says the A.V. Club: "There's so much going on in this episode, but for once it doesn't feel scattered. There's an urgency to everything happening, with Gotham just barreling forward, never stopping too long to consider consequences or indulge pointless side stories." Except that indulgent Edward/Penguin Odd Couple bit -- that was hilarious.
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One More Thing...
On Again, Off Again
ABC
CASTLE IN THE CLOUDS: Couldn't believe the Castle showrunners actually broke up Beckett and Castle this season? WELL DON'T!!! As of Monday night, husband and wife are back together again (happiness is, uh... TBD).
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