The episode was completely different to the previous five as for the first time it focused on something other than the harbinger and Niko as those subplots concluded. This week focused more on Maggie dealing with the consequences of telling Lucy that she kissed Parker and getting kicked out of Kappa, which leads to Lucy accidentally unleashing literally a Kappa
Read moreNow that the pilot has come and gone, and the character and premise of the show has been established, we can get right into the story. This episode deals with the consequences of the Greg’s and Em’s respective choices to be a stay-at-home parent and go back to work. Greg and Em decide to go to an Ed Sheeran concert
Read moreThis episode was a solid one as it wrapped up a few subplots and opened the door for more. The episode kicks off with Macy taking a late-night bath and being startled by Harry and telekinetically throwing him across the bathroom. This moment reveals that Harry is staying with the sisters to protect them as the Elders have taken the
Read moreThis episode concludes the Harbinger of Hell story arc, or at least we think it does. The episode opens with a flashback set six months earlier where Marisol is supporting Angela and Mel is encouraging her to report Professor Thaine for sexual harassment. It then cuts to the present day where it’s revealed two days have passed since the events
Read moreThe purpose of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters. How to Stay Married‘s pilot did this with ease. The episode kicks off with Em’s (Lisa McCune) dreaming about playing the Family Feud board game with her family, which then expands to actually become Family Feud: Dream Edition, complete with a Grant Denyer cameo. Grant asks her
Read moreI’ll be reviewing the season finale character by character: Connor and Tahlia—At the start of the episode it’s established that they have broken up with Connor leaving and Paige moving in (I’ll get to that in a minute). Despite their break-up, they didn’t really interact until the second half of the episode when Tahlia made the decision to auction off
Read moreThis series continues to get better as it goes along and this Halloween-themed episode is the perfect example. To me this episode showed that while the series will always be inspired and based off the original series, it is started to simultaneously break away and become its own show. The episode kicks off with a training simulation that Harry has
Read moreConnor, Tahlia, Brian and Kath—Now that the truth of Connor’s affair with Kath is out, now he and Tahlia have to deal with the fallout. The episode kicks off with them in therapy. Despite their best efforts to try the exercises the therapist recommends, Tahlia can’t help herself and asks Connor questions, where he reveals he only proposed to Tahlia
Read moreNow that the pilot has come and aired, establishing the premise and characters, the show can really get underway with their stories. The episode kicks off with a janitor being attacked by a mysterious black goo, which is almost Venom-like. After this, it switches to the sisters, who are debating how to handle the spirit board’s warning at the end
Read moreThis was the best episode of Playing for Keeps so far and I’ll tell you why as I review this episode character by character: Tahlia, Kath and Connor—I’m starting with them as the episode mostly revolved around them. Tahlia is planning hers and Connor’s engagement party and as usual, is trying to make as big and pretentious as possible. Meanwhile, Connor
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