Summarizations and recapitulations of television series
In which Hayley goes Satanic Hayley is a character originally conceived as a “liberal” counterpart to Stan’s 2000s Conservatism. This was the premise going into the show, a sort of All in the Family meets Family Guy (All in the … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21, Episode 14, “The Girl Who Cried Space Jam”
In which Francine and Roger take a peep Francine is depressed because no one wants to tell her anything or spend any time with her. Steve won’t tell her where he bought his shirt (Amazon), Hayley is addicted to her … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21, Episode 13, “The Clearview Motel”
In which Francine takes up gardening and unearths some Tremor worms Escalation is the name of the game in American Dad! I think almost all the best plots start off fairly benignly and then escalate to something weird, while remaining … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21, Episode 12, “The Legend of Mike Madonia, the Rototiller Man”
In which Jeff is both Jeff and money… Jeff has been part of the fabric of the show since the beginning, even if he wasn’t technically a Smith until he and Hayley got married. And he’s always been the dumb, … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21 Episode 10 “Idiot Rich”
In which this yearly custom becomes a tedious tradition… When American Dad! first started doing its Christmas episodes, it was born of the same ideas of the overall ethos of the show: “making fun of American Conservatism while also being … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21 Episode 9 “Nasty Christmas”
In which American Dad! gets to emphasize the Dad part We all presumably have parents right? And what those parents do for us or not do for us defines who we are and who we become. On TV that usually … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21 Episode 8 “Piece by Piece”
In which the American Dad! treads old ground while the Smiths reach new heights… Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Stan is a selfish jerk and ends up wronging the family, they get mad but end up making … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21, Episode 4 “Touch the Sun: A Chimborazo Adventure”
In which the Smiths all learn they have to listen to each other… Body horror is not a new concept to American Dad! From gory deaths, to Jeff being skinned, to whatever Billy is, it is part of American Dad! … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21, Episode 3, “I’ve Got a Friend in Me”
In which we find out whether you can kill them with kindness… Do references work if you only know them in passing? I ask because this week’s episode referenced (maybe heavily, maybe not) The White Lotus, an HBO prestige drama … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21 Episode 2 “The Brown Lotus”
In which Stan, Francine and Roger have the perfect plan but then don’t As we head into the end of American Dad’s second decade on the air (ignore the season numbering convention, I basically have), we see it still being … Continue reading American Dad! Season 21, Episode 1 “The Grocery Store Bank”
It has been quite a journey, folks! Just yesterday I recommended Evil to a friend and told her I’d really miss this show after today. That being said, after four great reasons is a fantastic time to end a show. … Continue reading Evil Recapped – Fear of the End
David is announcing to the churchgoers that the church will soon be closed, and they will be reassigned. He gets a note that says “from a friend” but, y’know, in Latin. The Team is being assigned one last case involving … Continue reading Evil Recapped – Fear of the Unholy
We get a very The Shining opening shot of a long hallway with Sister Andrea at the end of it, eyeing the hallway suspiciously. Suddenly, there’s a dead man and also Nate Corddry. Nate/Paul is meeting with The Team and … Continue reading Evil Recapped – Fear of the Other
We open on Kristen next to an urn. Timothy is there, in a crib. Kristen seems very happy to have him. Leland is in jail and seems to be thinking “do they give out Nobel prizes for attempted chemistry? Do … Continue reading Evil Recapped – Fear of the Future
Floods and rain! Hurricanes! The girls are watching videos on the subject because Hurricane Lucy is passing nearby. One video suggests this makes demons more likely to come through and oh no, Demon Afflicted Daughter! Kristen, however, is at the … Continue reading Evil Recapped – How to Survive a Storm
Paramount Plus has this episode titled “How to Build” and won’t let me see the rest of the title. IMDB says “How to Teach a Chatbot”. We open with Father Ignatius, who is getting ghost texts. For some reason he … Continue reading Evil Recapped – How to Teach a Chatbot
We open with…Sheryl confessing to David. Have we heard of the evil group described as The Sixty before and I just forgot? I probably just forgot. Sheryl tells David what Leland has been up to and confesses how she and … Continue reading Evil Recapped – How to Save a Life
TW: This episode discusses suicide and describes witnessing one. My recap will not include any description, however. We opened where we closed last week, with Leland coming home to discover Sheryl has destroyed his place and written a threat in … Continue reading Evil Recapped – How to Dress a Wound
We open on a woman dancing in a psychiatric institution. She believes that if she stops, bad things will happen. She immediately stops and admits in a demonic voice that it (the demon) killed her children because she (Katherine) would … Continue reading Evil Recapped – How to Dance in Three Easy Steps
We open on a sad car ride, presumably away from a visit to Andy in the psychiatric facility. Kristen gets home and cries immediately and I want to hug her. So does the Demon of Grief but in a much … Continue reading Evil Recapped – How to Fly an Airplane
Evil Recapped – How to Build a Coffin Interesting that last week IMDB showed this episode title as “How to Grieve”. Anyway, we open on Leland’s sleep being interrupted by a crying bebe. Yeah, that’s my nightmare too, Leland. This … Continue reading Evil Recapped: How to Build a Coffin
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