Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Last Night's TV: S.H.I.E.L.D., Chicago Med, Scream Queens, and More (SPOILERS!)

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THIS ISSUE: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Chicago Med, Scream Queens, The Flash, Saturday Night Live
TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Has a Hydra Problem
ABC
BECAUSE: When Fitz and Simmons finally sharing their first kiss is the lesser of two huge moments, you know the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. world is on fire. All of season three's storylines converged to reveal that Hydra was, in fact, the organization that sent Will to Simmons' Other Planet. Why, you ask? Because the Inhuman to rule all Inhumans has been stuck there for a thousand years, and Hydra was created to offer it sacrifices (sorry, Will!) until they figure out a way to bring it back... where they'll have an army of freshly created Inhumans (sorry, ATCU employees!) waiting for its command.
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Chicago Med
NBC
WHAT HAPPENED: First they tackled fire; then police; now, NBC is out to show what the youngest, hottest Emergency Room personnel of Chicago are up to. As it turns out, Chicago Med is a good old fashioned medical drama, as evidenced by the buckets of blood, cute kids who barely make it through, and the passionate doctors who save them. The biggest Super Star, M.D. of the series premiere is Dr. Connor Rhodes, the new trauma fellow who arrives for his first day on the job straddling a gurney, giving CPR to a dying man -- "someone's not getting a proper welcome to his new job," says EW recapper Keertana Sastry, to put it lightly. Rhodes was on the train that suffered a major derailing and provides the E.R. with the drama for the evening that allows us to meet Other Alpha Male Doctor, Widowed Pregnant Doctor, Lovely Nurse, In-Charge Nurse, Oliver Platt, and more.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Listen, we all know this is the plot of E.R.. Chicago Med is not a fresh concept, but if you like Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. (hell, if you just like Chicago), then you'll probably like this. And that does make for an interesting point about the three intertwining shows, as the A.V. Club points out: "The shows themselves have formed an ecosystem that elevates all three beyond the realm of a mere joke ... What started out as a neat trick for fueling easily promotable crossover events has become something unique on the current television landscape: Three shows that feel like one big, sprawling, cohesive universe."
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Scream Queens
FOX
WHAT HAPPENED: Fake pregnancies, creepy twins -- wait, are we sure this isn't Glee? No, it's still Scream Queens, and Tuesday's episode had the pastel two-pieces, casual homicides, and Red Devils to prove it. Speaking of Red Devils -- we finally know who one is! And now he's dead: "definitely-not-dead-and-maybe-not-so-gay Boone," as EW recapper Amy Wilkinson is now calling him, was discovered roaming around campus, and though he passes himself off as a ghost and/or Joaquin Phoenix, we've known he was one of the Red Devils all along. What we didn't know -- both a boy and girl baby were in that KKT bathtub. Boone was one, and whoever his sister was, likely the other Red Devil... just stabbed him in the chest. For realsies this time.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: We can probably assume that Other Red Devil isn't Hester as she just took a little dip into the (probably) dead pool, herself. After faking a pregnancy for an invite to Chad's family's extravagant Hamptons Thanksgiving festivities (but can they still wear sweatpants?), Chanel's invitation is rescinded. So, obviously, Chanel throws her down a flight of stairs. And while Vulture was annoyed by the sheer "Ryan Murphyness" of this episode -- logic leaps, plot holes, Boone's "faux-mosexuality" -- they still marked the Chanel-on-Chanel killing as a win: "Reason #1: It totally fits with Chanel's character. Reason #2: Now that Lea Michele is dead, she can't return next season. Reason #3: It means she's not the Red Devil, which would have been disappointing."
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The Flash
The CW
WHAT HAPPENED: Even superheroes break bones -- sometimes all of their bones. After his unfortunate run-in with Zoom, Barry is nursing a broken back. Lucky for him, as EW recapper Jonathon Dornbush points out, "With Henry Allen on the outside, and Joe having taken up the mantle ... in the interim, the Flash has been blessed with two of the finest father figures on TV." That means Barry gets two daddy pep talks to help him conquer his, uh, spinal injury (and the mental doubts it brings), but the most important fake dad on Tuesday's episode is Harry, who dresses up as Reverse Flash to trick Grodd. That's right, Grodd is back in Star City and he has Caitlin trapped in a bell tower. But thanks to Harry's paternal trickery, Barry's swift recovery, and Caitlin's Fay-Wray-like connection, Grodd is transported to the place on Earth-2 where all the scientifically modified gorillas hang out. (We'll be waiting patiently for our Gorilla City episode.)
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: The highlight of the episode had to be watching Tom Cavanagh play Earth-2 Wells pretending to be Earth-1 Wells (who was technically Eobard Thawne disguised as Wells), but there was also some pretty solid dad-advice to be taken from this episode, like Henry's, "Sometimes you need to slow down to get where you need to be." As USA Today said, "Only the best dads paraphrase Ferris Bueller to their sons."
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One More Thing...
'Tis the Season for Great TV
ABC
TUESDAY WE'RE IN LOVE: Frankly, Tuesday brought almost more fantastic TV news than we could handle: ABC ordered more Black-ish, The Goldbergs, and Fresh Off the Boat episodes; Adult Swim put the green light on an animated series from Office veterans John Krasinski and Stephen Merchant; and Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will be co-hosting the last SNL of 2015. Happy TV, one and all!
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