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Chicago Fire Recap: The one with the consequences of their actions

Tonight’s Chicago Fire was that kind of classic episode where we get interesting calls, but it also moved everyone’s storylines along. We will talk more in-depth about our idiot officers Casey and Severide in a minute, but I just wanted to take a moment to celebrate that Mackey and Gallo finally happened. I have always

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Recap: The one with the hard conversations

Tonight’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist presented a necessary conversation. Zoey’s Extraordinary Reckoning was one of the rawest and honest hours of television I have ever had the pleasure of watching. It was hard to watch. It was uncomfortable. But that’s how hard conversations usually are. Following Simon’s speech about racial bias and discrimination at SPRQ Point

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Chicago Fire Recap: The one with the elevator

I’ll be the first to admit that I was a bit skeptical when I heard about what last night’s My Lucky Day episode. It was a stand-alone episode when we had already had a long break between the first few episodes of the season. Why would you do that? It would break the flow of

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Recap: The one where Zoey was high

There was so much happening in last night’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist that I felt a bit like Zoey has been feeling: there’s a lot going on and we’re just trying to keep all the balls in the air. But despite having not one, not two, but four separate subplots, the NBC hit show managed to

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Chicago Fire Recap: The one with frustrating idiots

Last night’s Chicago Fire was what we would call a pile of frustrating angst in which most of the characters were being idiots and refusing to communicate effectively. With the exception of Chief Boden and our baby Gallo, who were awesome. To be clear, I am not complaining about the angst per se – we

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist recap: Zoey and the concept of happiness

The latest episode of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist was as delightful as ever, but it also touched on a concept not only important to the grief process, but also to life in general. After all, what does it really mean to be happy? Zoey’s Extraordinary Employee brought to us incredible performances with songs by Queen, Lizzo,

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Recap: A Journey of Grief

The remarkable thing about NBC’s hit show Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is that it’s a show about grief. And in being a show about grief, they do not shy away from showing all the facets of this incredibly complex journey. Mourning the passing of a loved one is a jagged, steep road. There’s no right or

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Chicago Fire recap: The one where men are idiots

We should have seen it coming on Chicago Fire, right? Nothing is ever easy on television. No ship has ever had smooth sailing in the history of TV, so why would we think that Brettsey would be the exception? Tonight’s Chicago Fire delivered the highly anticipated aftermath of that fateful makeout session between Brett and

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist recap: The one that was all about sex

Last night, NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist delivered one of the most delightful hours of television I have ever had the pleasure of watching. “Zoey’s Extraordinary Distraction” was exactly that — a reprieve of the all-encompassing grief she has been going through after her father’s death in the Season 1 finale. As Zoey (Jane Levy) herself