Well, talk about yesterday being a slow news day. Like, nothing major or earth shattering happened. It was just a regular day. If I pulled some news out, just a sliver of news, I guess I could say that I realized the second season of Swagger drops at the end of the month.
10) Dave (FX/Hulu)
English Audio Description?: Yes
Honestly, i feel like after that music video episode, Dave hasn’t been able to quite hit that level of perfection in the subsequent two episodes. That episode was something else. Episode 4 was just boring.
Episode Grade: C
9) Young Sheldon (MAX)
English Audio Description?: Yes
Status: Renewed
Turns out Sheldon became who we know and love because he wanted to prove someone wrong.
Episode Grade: B-
8) Citadel (Amazon)
English Audio Description?: Yes
Status: Renewed
This episode was entirely a flashback, and while it continues to push the “who can you trust” narrative, I don’t know these characters well enough to even care about a flashback episode at this point.
Episode Grade: B-
7) Buffy The Vampire Slayer (hulu)
English Audio Description?: no
Status: Ended
As much as I love Buffy, even for me, as someone who has seen every episode, rewatching this is such a chore without audio description. So much is missed.
Episode Grade: B
6) Bupkiss (Peacock)
English Audio Description?: Yes
Status: Renewed?
Pete wakes up to find out that the world thinks he died. Not the only joke in the episode, but not every joke lands. I continue to be impressed by the lineup of guest stars. This one had Jon Stewart, who laughed off running for President.
Episode Grade: B+
5) Somebody Somewhere (MAX)
English Audio Description?: yes
Status: Renewed
Sam prepares to sing for the wedding, but also goes through some emotional stuff regarding old wounds about what she was once told when she first wanted to sing. I think the actress playing her has a nice voice. Not amazing, but a perfectly fine voice.
Episode Grade: B+
4) Justified (FX/hulu)
English Audio Description?: no
Status: Revival Coming This Summer
i feel like I’m never getting everything, but I didn’t watch this one alone, so a couple of the things that didn’t make sense to me were explained. it’s cheating, I know, but it did help. I’m only three episodes in.
Episode Grade: A-
3) The Night Agent (Netflix)
English Audio Description?: Yes
Status: Renewed
Even though this was probably the best episode, it still has some barriers of being actually good. I loved how the episode ended, with the secret service agents figuring out the location, but I still am tired of this female assassin with no name, and the villains are playing things way too obvious.
Episode Grade: A-
2) The Big Door Prize (Apple Plus)
English Audio Description?: yes
Status: Renewed
Poor kid has to try and make a dunk in honor of his recently deceased brother. Meanwhile, someone finally sees what the machine believes is someone’s potential.
Episode Grade: A-
1) Designing Women (Hulu)
English Audio Description?: No
Status: Ended
you may be wondering how a rerun of this show won the day against all these heavy hitters. There’s a really simple answer. A single guest star took this show to the top, because he’s a true legend. Hal Holbrook guest starred, was terrific, perfect, and hilarious. he made the whole episode worthwhile. Rest in peace, Hal.
Episode Grade: A