Famalam: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
You may not fully know what in the world the show is making fun of at times, but it’ll have you giggling like a little kid throughout.
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Doreiku: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Choice” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While Doreiku might be strange, especially due to the show being about enslaving people, what most do with the power is uninspiring.
Alexa & Katie: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Bad Hair Day” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Alexa and Katie seems like something Netflix stole from the Disney Channel in terms of both the way the comedy is set up and Disney’s new venture into more mature topics.
Caligula: Season 1/ Episode 1 “When You Lose Your Composure, You Cannot Reach The Truth Or Reality” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Most of Caligula’s premiere is dedicated to its lead talking like the most boring lecturer you’ll ever meet, and it is hard to say if the end of the premiere makes up for that.
Magical Girl Site (Mahou Shoujo Site): Season 1/ Episode 1 “Magical Girl Site” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Magical Girl Site, despite not being all that gory, maybe one of the most f’d up shows you’ve seen in a while.
Siren: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With vampires and werewolves having long saturated the market, FreeForm decides to tap into the mystical creature known as mermaids to a decent, but not overwhelming, new program.
For The People: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
For The People is likable but seems largely unremarkable as it doesn’t bring anything new to the legal drama format. Besides a focus on young attorneys exclusively.
Rise: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In many ways, Rise, seems like a gritty Glee reboot but considering it is less camp and more serious, the comparison discredits all that Rise has the potential to offer.
Life Sentence: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Life Sentence is a bit corny, definitely a CW brand show, but even with that noted, Lucy Hale and the light-hearted nature of the show has its charm.
Being Mary Jane: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Storm Advisory” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While her career may seem a little shaky, seemingly the rest of her life is hanging on by a thread.
B – The Beginning: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
B: The Beginning, is very likely to become a new obsession for anime fans, which will make you glad the whole season has been released at once.
Masters of Sex: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Masters of Sex’s premiere isn’t so appealing that it will be something, on its own, to make you get Showtime but, as a show, it does seem to have potential.
Good Girls: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Something about Good Girls may very well remind you of Weeds, and that’s a good thing.
Re:Mind: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Re:Mind’s first episode is kind of intriguing in setup, but doesn’t deliver a hook to necessarily push you towards watching more episodes.
Requiem: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Matilda” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
After a young woman’s mother commits suicide in a gruesome fashion, she digs into her stuff and past to try to understand why and her mother better and discovers a life-changing secret.
Altered Carbon: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Out of The Past” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Altered Carbon first episode leads you to believe writer Laeta Kalogridis known not just by their productions, but by name.
Kiri: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
When a 9-year-old child ends up dead, so begins the blame game which spreads all around.
The Alienist: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Boy on the Bridge” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Alienist is visually disturbing with intriguing performances, but still brings you to question what may happen once you build up your tolerance to its gore?
Black Lightning: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Resurrection” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
It seems like DC and the Akils are looking to steal some of Black Panther’s thunder (I couldn’t help myself) with the premiere of Black Lighting.
Beatless: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Contract” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Beatless faces a uphill battle if it doesn’t want to seem like another show which only cares about girls in revealing outfits and lots of explosions.
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Play Ball” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens may not leave you squealing like a pig for more, it presents enough intrigue for you to want to know where this show might be going.
Violet Evergarden: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While beautifully animated, some may find struggle to find meaningful substance behind Violet Evergarden’s awe-inspiring visuals.
Kokkoku: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The First Moment” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Kokkoku presents an oddly satisfying opener which makes the death of Anime Strike something to celebrate.
Junji Ito Collection: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Untitled” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Even in the dark of night, all alone, the first episode of Junji Ito Collection doesn’t sell you that this is the horror series to watch. Much less that this is adapted from the work of a famous Japanese horror manga artist.
The End of the F***ing World: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The End of the F***ing World will be the beginning of a love affair between you and the characters Alyssa and James.
Devilman Crybaby: Season 1/ Episode 1 “I Need You” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Similar to Castlevania, Devilman Crybaby is brilliantly violent but unlike the former, this has a story which sells you episode 1.
Grown-ish: Series Premiere – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Grown-ish won’t fulfill A Different World fantasies but definitely fills a void, sometimes by doing too much.
Alone Together: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Alone Together’s future really will rest on whether or not FreeForm’s audience will love, or learn to love, the character Esther.
The Chi: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Chi seems like the evolved form of the urban dramas which dominate Black late 80s through early 00s nostalgia.
Black: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Black comes off a little all over the place at first, like a director’s cut of the pilot, but by the end of the premiere, it seems we’re on track.
Netflix’s ERASED: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
For those who saw the animated version, I can’t say the first episode makes you want to dive back into the story again.
9-1-1: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
9-1-1 starts off strong, in terms of the 911 calls, but as for the characters? Well…
Quinta vs. Everything: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Quinta vs. Womanhood” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Quinta vs. Everything, unfortunately, isn’t your normal, “day in the life” show, but it does still show why Quinta Brunson has a show with her name on it.
She’s Gotta Have It: Season 1/ Episode 1 “#DaJumpoff (DOCTRINE)” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
She’s Gotta Have It proves not all remakes/ modern updates deserve a side eye. For some are eternal and worth updating so each generation can have their unique connection.
Runaways: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Reunion” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Marvel’s Runaways is the kind of show you’d expect to be on FreeForm thanks to this eclectic group of angsty teens who are coming of age and discovering their immense powers.
Sea Oak: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sea Oak doesn’t seem like it could last more than a few seasons but Glenn Close and company make it seem it’ll be good for at least 3. Creator George Saunders Director(s) Hiro Murai Writer(s) George Saunders Noted Cast Bernie Glenn Close Cole Jack Quaid Min Jane Levy Jade Rae Gray Ma Linda Emond Angela Sarah…
Stranger Things: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Stranger Things begins with an odd monster lurking about a small town. One in no way prepared for its otherworldly powers.
Smilf: Season 1/ Episode 1 “A Box of Dunkies and Two Squirts of Maple Syrup” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Smilf, similar to Shameless, seems like the type of show which will gain a loyal fan base, but not the mainstream attention it may come to deserve.
Evil or Live: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Standing on the Edge of Despair” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
It’s a rare day I can’t instantly think of comparisons for a show, but Evil or Live is the type which not only is an exception but may set a precedent.
