This episode kicks off with a flashback to 28 years ago when Macy died as a baby with Marisol and Macy’s father, Dexter, begging a necromancer to revive her. The necromancer informs them that resurrection incurs a cosmic debt and Marisol’s and Dexter’s will be living together as a family for two years and then separating. I found this to
Read moreWhen I wrote my blog post on the TV Week‘s Previews issue, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, the titular character, Peregrine, was described as “kinetic and bored at the same time…she can’t hold down a job, but also doesn’t know what she wants to do or who she wants to be, in Melbourne’s St Kilda during the swinging ’60s. But
Read moreUnlike the previous episode, this one gets back on track to focusing on the murder. The episode kicks off with Bindy being pulled over for speeding by Sam. Whilst she gets away without a ticket, the episode then moves on to Bindy declaring she wants to help Maddie with her love life, before she has sex with Sam in the
Read moreThis episode shifted from being about the murder to Maddie-centric. The episode kicks off with Maddie seeing Jesse at the playground as the school called her to pick Max up as Maddie wasn’t there on time. After school, Max runs away to Jesse and Phoebe’s place and tells Maddie he wants to stay, she agrees just for the night, and
Read moreWhile the last episode focused on Anton being remanded and more pieces to the murder puzzle being provided, this episode focused on the ramifications of Anton’s arrest and Sarah’s efforts to find evidence against Kyle. The episode kicks off with Bindy, Danielle and Maddie running in the morning and coming across graffiti on Anton’s restaurant. It then cuts to Sarah
Read moreNow that the pilot has aired and the premise and characters of the show have been established, the real fun begins with developing the story arc and subplots. The episode kicks off with Sarah trying to take the kids to school, only for detectives to show up at the door to inform her they are taking Anton’s car and have
Read moreWhen I published my blog post on the TV Week 2019 Previews issue, I said that one of many shows I am looking forward to seeing and reviewing is Bad Mothers—and the pilot certainly didn’t disappoint. The purpose of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters. In the Previews Issue, the premise of Bad Mothers was described
Read moreWhile I said the previous episode was an improvement, this episode was solid. It was solid as the family (including Kenneth) was split into their own subplots. JJ and Ray were in the A story. Maya, Jimmy and Dylan were in the B story. Kenneth and Dr Miller were in the C story. The A story revolved around JJ getting
Read moreThis episode was an improvement over the previous two. This episode mainly focuses on JJ’s college tour of Danton College, an expensive college six hours away. However he isn’t really there to tour the college, he is there as he has a part in an American Pie-esque movie, Bikini University 3. When Dylan finds out about JJ’s plan, she threatens
Read moreLike the previous episode, this one wasn’t the best. This episode revolves around Thanksgiving in three different ways–Maya’s mother coming to dinner, Jimmy’s brother coming to dinner, and Kenneth’s father coming to dinner. Maya’s mother, Andrea (Holland Taylor) coming to dinner is the A story of this episode. To please her mother, Maya tries to be what her mother wants,
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