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THIS ISSUE: The Passion, The Walking Dead, Once Upon a Time, The Good Wife, Elementary TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT Passion Puts Christ In The 21st Century Fox BECAUSE: Well that... had more leather jackets than expected. On the Sunday before Easter, Fox told the biblical story of Jesus Christ via contemporary songs, American Idol alums, and some light Westin product placement. And while it may have lacked the surprising energy of Fox's first experiment in live musicals (perhaps because only Tyler Perry's narration was actually broadcast live), Grease: Live , the production certainly had its own moments: that illuminated 20-foot cross, Trisha Yearwood as Mary, Seal as Pontius Pilate, a realistically viral resurrection scene, and finally -- who's evernot on board for a spirited group performance of "When the Saints Go Marching In"? READ OUR RECAP The Walking Dead AMC WHAT HAPPENED: "The key to survival is allowing oneself to be shaped by the assigned environment." Eugene is right, but he also proved that unless you're willing to back it up by chomping down on a villain's crotch in the name of escape, that fancy-talk really doesn't matter. What started out as an introspective episode of The Walking Dead turned violent in the final moments: As Denise celebrated a hard-earned walker kill/soda find combo, she was shot through the eye by a crossbow-wielding Daryl who, along with some other Saviors, had managed to take Eugene prisoner. Via the aforementioned jaws-to-jeans move, Eugene distracted Daryl long enough for the others to open fire and take out the Saviors; unfortunately, that couldn't save Denise. And she's not the only loss: Carol penned a letter that closed the episode saying if she stayed in Alexandria, she would always kill for her friends... and she just can't kill anymore. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: We've got to talk a little more about that -- as showrunner Scott Gimple was apparently calling it in the writer's room -- "junk bite." According to actor Josh McDermitt, all in all, it wasn't so bad, as he told EW: "Norman Reedus got a hotdog truck the day we were going to do that, and I know Christian Serratos was a part of that, as well, and we were just kind of cracking jokes, and making light of a pretty intense situation as much as we could." Those topical snacks were also likely appreciated by new guy Austin Amelio who plays newly burned, newly evil baddie, Dwight. He told EW that very special scene was pretty much his first introduction to McDermitt: "It wasactually pretty crazy. I got the script the day before, flew in, got off the plane, got in a van, went directly to set, and we start rehearsing the biting scene." But hey -- that's showbiz! READ OUR RECAP Once Upon a Time ABC WHAT HAPPENED: How do a bunch of storybook characters defeat enemies? TBD, as of Sunday's Once Upon a Time. Milah was back to pull double duty with both Rumple's backstory and Hook's rescue. You see, long ago, Milah was pushed away from Rumple when he offered up their non-existent second child to Fendrake in order to save lil' Baelfire. No prob as they didn't have a second child -- OH WAIT, Rumple just looked into his crystal ball trying to see his child Neal, but saw Belle instead because she is pregnant. And Hades happily informs the new father that all kiddie contracts are transferrable and Rumple shall now be doing his bidding. So even though Rumple had previously helped Emma and Milah fish Hook out of the River of Lost Souls, that couldn't keep Regina, Snow White, and Emma from having their names etched in three headstones by Hades -- they're gonna need a bigger escape plan. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: That one really flew by, didn't it? The A.V. Club gives much of that credit to the one they call Once Upon a Times' best character: "That devastating ending showed us that just what makes Rumplesuch an interesting villain: He actually has things and people in his life that he cares about. So becoming Hades' henchman while keeping that secret from those 45 other people should be a hoot." They also praise the inclusion of Milah and the history of the Hades storyline, but this was really Rumple -- and therefore Robert Carlyle's -- hour, who's "able to bring vulnerability to Rumple the coward, and ruthlessness to the Dark One, all in the same episode." We'll have to wait and see who shows up next week. READ OUR RECAP The Good Wife CBS WHAT HAPPENED: Alicia -- a.k.a. the titular Good Wife -- seems to have turned a corner. Or as EW recapper Samantha Highfill says, "Alicia could not care less... about anything. Her children are grown, her past is her past, andshe's finally living. (And man is she living.)" By "living," we of course mean, giving her man-mistress sexual gratification beneath a table in a public bar. (Yes, we're blushing too.) Meanwhile, Eli is still floating around his magic bathroom stall getting all the answers he needs for Peter's case, and Lucca is working her way up at the firm by showing out in the case of the week -- and a seriously moving one at that: From the opening sequence, which shows guest star Blair Underwood's little girl growing up over the course of two minutes, to seeing her shot in the neck by a stray bullet on prom night, to the judge's ultimate verdict that the dad can keep up his billboard against the gun shop that he blames for taking his daughter's life, Sunday night's case was a Good Wife gut punch to the nth degree. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: So, if you're keeping track on your Good Wifebingo card at home, that's "emotionally captivating Blair Underwood" and "Alicia rounding third in public" that you can mark off. But TVLine took issue with the latter, and not for the pearl-clutching reasons you might assume: "While this week's episode may have wanted to raise our eyebrows by having the Illinois governor's wife court a Sun-Times front-page scandal with her own spin on Beyoncé's "Why can't I keep my fingers off it, baby?" lyric... I'm more alarmed that our horny protagonist and her tattooed lover would risk subjecting [Lucca] to such an unforgivably awkward PDA." Someone needs to give Alicia a "Girlfriends' Guide to Getting Your Groove Back." READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... Elementary Crosses Into Superhero World CBS A MASKED CRUSADE: Not all heroes wear capes -- surely something that Sherlock Holmes might tell you. But on Sunday's episode of Elementary, that is the very question when the Midnight Ranger, a hero from Superlative Comics/a civilian who's been dressing up like the Midnight Ranger shows up dead in the street. So is this a case of plunging over a waterfall locked in an embrace with a mortal enemy or -- dun dun dun -- copyright infringement revenge?