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| THIS ISSUE: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Limitless, The Night Manager, New Girl, The Flash |
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| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Gets Literal |
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| ABC |
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 BECAUSE: Well, folks -- the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. now has a shield. Turns out, Captain America fanboy himself, Agent Phil Coulson, is packing a little attachable protection. As S.H.I.E.L.D. scrambles to find a way to lure Daisy back away from Hive and get out in front of any further Inhuman recruitment in Tuesday's episode, they run into a booby trap -- but Coulson busts out a little holo-shield from his bionic arm to save them. (And top moment runner up? Fitz and Simmons finally get. it. on.) |
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| Limitless |
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| CBS |
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| WHAT HAPPENED: Tuesday brought Limitless' "Finale: Part Two!!" and it was entirely deserving of that double exclamation point. Brian has a lot going on with figuring out the Legion of Whom's master plan; Sand still has Piper somewhere, forcing her to make the NZT antidote; and Brian's NZT antidote is wearing off, causing side effects including hallucinations of Piper and creepy fingers in donuts. Sands' secret plan leads them to a Northwest Passage agreement between Canada and Greenland -- sure, sure -- which leads to the Greenland ambassador, which leads to the ambassador's traitorous bodyguard, which leads to... Sands! And here, Rebecca earns EW recapper Devan Coggan's "Most Badass Moment of the Season Award" for her epic confrontation with Sands: "You murdered my father; you murdered Morra's people; you aren't going to murder anyone else," she tells him, and takes him out with a single shot to the head. And then there's just Piper -- who's waiting for Brian at his house! She used the FBI's bust of Sands as a cover to escape on her own and now she's able to present Brian with a little present: a booster shot ensuring permanent immunity to the side effects of NZT. |
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| WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: So that all wrapped up nicely! Which is nice for now, but a season finale that could function as a series finale feels ever so slightly foreboding for a show that's yet to be renewed by CBS for a second season. After disbanding the Legion of Whom, Brian is placed on a special NZT squad of the FBI though, which led TVLine to note, "If the episode's final moments were any indication, said squad will be comprised of a wacky assortment of characters." Sounds like a fun second season (with an option for any number of crazy sweaters) to us. Plus, TVLine had one more tease for the potential future: "Did anyone else get romantic vibes from Rebecca's post-mission chat with Brian?" They're, of course, referring to this sweet little number: "You're more mature, emotionally and morally, than just about anyone I know. You're a hero, on or off the pill." Yeah... we're going to need that season 2. |
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| The Night Manager |
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| AMC |
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| WHAT HAPPENED: Even when applying for a life of crime, it's all about networking and resume-building. Tuesday's episode of AMC's new series finds Jonathan Pine attempting to work his way into international arms dealer Richard Roper's inner circle (always bear in mind with The Night Manager that Pine... is a hotel night manager). Pine has a long way to go, but as EW recapper Kevin Sullivan points out, "Since this is a [John] e Carré story, his journey into the good graces of Roper is meticulous and meaty. It's one of the author's strengths -- relishing in the process of something and watching someone in an extraordinary circumstance work." That extraordinary circumstance turns out to be Pine taking on the alias of Jack Lindon, drug dealer and tough guy extraordinaire, making his way to Majorca, and rescuing Roper's son Daniel from a staged kidnapping. Also, he gets super beat up. He's not on the inside just yet, but by episode's end, Roper is tucking the mysterious hotel employee in, saying, "You sleep now. Tomorrow, we'll find out who you really are." |
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| WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Indeed, we shall! Pine has at least managed to get to Majorca, after all. When speaking to Yahoo TV, executive producer Stephen Garrett compared the beauty of the island that has been so fantastically evident in the series so far, to the exotic appeal of Roper's own world: "You know, sometimes you have experiences that you can call corrupting. When you experience something that you're probably not going to experience again and you think, 'Oh my god! How do I go back from this? I've seen this. It's like being shown the kingdom of heaven and then having it taken away from you.' Which is also part of the seduction of the Roper world. However horrible he his, and whatever horrible things he's done to accumulate his wealth, you think, 'I'd like to live here.'" And he's not exaggerating -- as Garret told Yahoo TV, bookings to Majorca have supposedly increased ten-fold since the show's premiere. |
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| New Girl |
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| Fox |
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| WHAT HAPPENED: Did someone say bachelor party?? And bachelorette party?! In a double-hit of New Girl episodes, the guys and gals took Schmidt and Cece out for their bachelor/ette parties, respectively. As you can imagine, shenanigans ensued. Schmidt decides to ditch the planned laid-back weekend for Vegas, baby. But instead of Vegas (baby), the boys end up in a desert bar, getting in a slo-mo fight with the locals to score of Katy Perry's "Roar." Do we even need to tell you that it's amazing? As for Cece and Jess, they get super, super high -- oh, and attempt to steal a breadmaker -- and have sexy conversations about Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables and hilarious stray thoughts: "The very fact that socks exist is proof that shoes don't work." But even in between all the slo-mo brawls and reassuring friend moments, there's a real, bonafide bachelor/ette party, thanks to bananas-in-the-head Nadia, her team of kidnappers, and an 18-wheeler full of stripper poles. |
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| WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Despite taking on an atypical setup by splitting the loft crew up by gender, these were two classically great episodes of New Girl. And following last week's not so great twofer, Vulture feels the need to remind, "Let's just say it again, all together now: We don't care about Jess's love life! We want more Winston! More friendship! Less milquetoast social satire!" And on Tuesday night, we got it... especially Winston, who's love life we do care about. Finding out that Aly is now single, he finally admits his feelings for her, but more importantly, shows how much he cares about her by celebrating her five year anniversary as a cop. And then -- they kiss. Oh boy, do they kiss! In the world of New Girl, The A.V. Club dubs it, "The Kiss 2.0." |
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| One More Thing... |
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| How Barry Got His Speed Back |
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| The CW |
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| HISTORY ON REPEAT: Or should we say, how Barry plans to get his speed back. Okay, wait no -- how Harry plans to get Barry's speed back, as revealed in the final moments of Tuesday's episode. It's simple, really: recreate the original S.T.A.R. Labs particle-accelerator explosion. Sure, of course... what could possibly go wrong? |
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