BONDiNG: Season 1, Episode 1 “Old Friends, New Names” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Bonding starts off very weird, and potentially niche, but it has the potential to break out of that.
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The Act: Season 1, Episode 1 “La Maison Du Bon Reve” [Series Premiere] – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
Based on a true story, The Act pushes all involved past what you might expect for some and others towards a reminder of why they have had such long careers.
Shrill: Season 1, Episode 1 “Annie” [Series Premiere] – Recap, Review (With Spoilers)
While diversity has come in the form of different skin tones, ethnicities and sexualities coming to the forefront, Shrill breaks ground.
Bronx SIU: Season 1, Episode 1 “Pride Cometh Before…” [Series Premiere] – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
Bronx SIU is the show to watch if you are curious about what UMC has to offer for it is just, read the premiere recap/ review.
Better Things: Season 3, Episode 1 “Chicago” [Series Premiere] – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
It has been more than a year since we were gifted with a new episode of Better Things, and this feels like an appetizer for what’s to come.
Desus & Mero: Season 1, Episode 1 “Series Premiere, Ballbags” [Series Premiere] – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
Has new money, aka a budget, changed The Bodega Boys? Are they worth paying that Showtime fee to see? Let’s talk about it.
The Umbrella Academy: Season 1, Episode 1 “We Only See Each Other At Weddings and Funerals” [Series Premiere] – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
The Umbrella Academy will surely become the next show you’ll see people flooding Netflix’s social media with “When is season 2?”
Miracle Workers: Season 1, Episode 1 “2 Weeks” [Series Premiere] – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
Miracle Workers seems like the grand example of why more shows should become limited series – and we mean that in a good way.
American Soul: Season 1, Episode 1 “Man Is First Destiny” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
BET has solidly found its lane by reminding the world of the glory of Black culture, especially through music, and this continues on American Soul.
Hanna: Season 1, Episode 1 “Forest” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Hanna has decent action, and you may love Esme Creed-Miles as the title role, but it doesn’t have the same oomph as the movie.
Russian Doll: Season 1, Episode 1 “Nothing In This World Is Easy” [Series Premiere] – Recap/Review (with Spoilers)
Russian Doll is for those who like NY/LA indie comedies and wished those kinds of characters got to be in their own TV show.
Siempre Bruja (Always A Witch) Season 1, Episode 1 “A Leap In Time” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Siempre Bruja (Always A Witch) gives us that long desired focus on a Black witch but complicates things with her loving her master and a war between warlocks.
Wayne: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Chapter One: Get Some Then” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Wayne may very well be the first show that makes you want to have YouTube Premium.
The Passage: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While The Passage has a few things going for it, it’s hard not to get the vibe you’ve seen this story done elsewhere and wonder if it’ll do better.
Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
High energy, ridiculous, yet also playing out the anxiety and power dynamics of love, Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War is one of the best romance shows you will see.
Domestic Girlfriend: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Will You Do It With Me, Here” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Domestic Girlfriend takes a bit to get interesting, but with one drastic maneuver, it has you wishing you could binge watch.
Sex Education: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sex Education takes on the idea of being a teen sex comedy in ways you, surprisingly, may not have seen before.
The Promised Neverland: Season 1/ Episode 1 “121045” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Promised Neverland balances out childhood innocence with the type of creepiness which puts you a tad on edge.
Dororo: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Story of Daigo” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While definitely a way to pass the time, Dororo doesn’t present that big time hook to make this a must-see.
The Rising of the Shield Hero: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Shield Hero” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Rising of the Shield Hero lives up to what its trailer hyped and may provide oh so much more.
Love & Marriage – Huntsville: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Love & Marriage: Huntsville adds onto OWN’s reality slate and is as addicting as Fix My Life and the recently ended Ready To Love.
Good Trouble: Season 1/ Episode 1 “DTLA” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Good Trouble, as The Fosters did, is charged with messages of equality mixed in with the relationship (platonic and otherwise) drama fans of its predecessor are used to.
Jacqueline and Jilly: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Watching Jacqueline and Jilly is like checking out a soap opera that is past its prime and on its last season.
Deadly Class: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Deadly Class contains it all. Diversity, violence, teen angst, and not a single character who feels like a waste of screen time.
The Protector: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With corporate espionage, a pending fantasy element, and bullets flying, The Protector starts off a bit weird and with a bang.
The HookUp Plan (Plan Coeur): Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Secret Plan” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Hookup Plan definitely comes off as an interesting watch as a woman buys her friend a high-class hooker to end her 25-month dry spell.
Baby: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Super Powers” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Baby’s lack of actors with a certain It factor, and generic writing, make it one of the dullest teen dramas you may ever watch.
The Dangerous Woman Diaries: Episode 1 “The Light Is Coming” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Dangerous Woman Diaries feels like a throwback to all the documentaries Madonna used to do.
My Brilliant Friend: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Le Bambole (The Dolls)” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While My Brilliant Friend overloads you with character introductions, the leads keep a tight enough grip for you to not end up lost.
Dirty John: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Approachable Dreams” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Dirty John ends its first episode definitely hooking you and making you want to spoil the ending with reading the real story.
Super Drags: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Lipsync Time” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Though the colors and attitudes may remind you of the Powerpuff Girls, this show is definitely not geared towards the same kind of girls.
Homecoming: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Mandatory” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Homecoming’s air of mystery may not be a large selling point but, at the very least, the recognizable talent could compensate as the story picks up.
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Season 1/ Episodes 1 & 2 “Affirmative Action & Saudi Arabia” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review
Unlike most new political shows, you finally feel like you’re not watching something inspired by, or ripping off, the Daily Show.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Chapter 1: October Country” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Comparing the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to the 90s version is like comparing The Dark Knight to Adam West’s Batman – in the best way possible.
I Am Jazz: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While in the process of re-reading Redefining Realness, which I recommend, I find myself matching some of the struggles of Janet Mock’s to Jazz Jennings and it seeming like almost an adaptation. Albeit with Jazz living a more affluent life, since she is straight up middle class, but there remains the same issues that Janet…
Ready To Love: Season 1/ Episode 1 “First Impressions” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Ready To Love, thanks to its elimination process, will only differ from other dating shows thanks to it having people from 30 to 50.
Sailor Moon Crystal: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
A reintroduction to one of the most famous animated character ever.
Goblin Slayer: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Fate of Particular Adventurers” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Between you knowing a rape is happening and seeing the murder of teens and children, Goblin Slayer doesn’t hold back that much.
Light As A Feather: Season 1/ Episode 1 “…Stiff As A Board” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Light as a Feather, thanks to the creepiness Haley Ramm brings, might become your new favorite Halloween fix.
