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| THIS ISSUE: Arrow, Empire, Survivor, Modern Family, Supernatural |
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| Damien Darhk Forces Sacrifices on Arrow |
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| The CW |
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 BECAUSE: A tech genius simply has to do the best she can when her team's evil nemesis is dead-set on blowing up every single NATO ally's warheads, wiping out all of humanity, and saving his little Bio-Dome of weirdos. And if you're Felicity on Wednesday night's Arrow, that means you redirect the barreling nukes from Monument Point with its millions of people, to the mere tens of thousands in Havenrock. Wait a second -- that still majorly sucks. What just happened?! |
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| Empire |
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| Fox |
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| WHAT HAPPENED: After the vile words Daddy Lyon was slinging at Jamal when he walked in on his and D-Major's near-kiss, we wouldn't blame you if you hip-hip-hoorayed when Freda Gatz went at him with a gun on Wednesday night's Empire. That's right, the daughter of Frank Gathers finally knows that it was Lucious who killed her father. And she knows because Carol crashes the ASAs and drunkenly tells her. Fuming, Freda grabs a security guard's gun and goes straight for Lucious. Unfortunately, Jamal has far too many decent bones in his body to truly belong to this family, and jumps in front of the bullet. Jamal is rushed to emergency surgery where all of the family gathers, including Grandma Leah who ends the episode by sneaking out of the hospital and taking center stage in front of a slew of reporters, looking like she's ready to tell something... or everything. |
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| WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: We've got a few questions about Wednesday'sEmpire and TVLine has a confession in their recap, "From one Empire fan to another: I never really cared that much who won the ASA for Song of the Year." And it's a good thing too, because after half a season of hype -- and a lifetime of buildup for the Lyons -- we got to see neither the ASAs nor the fabled Lyon family band performance (though TVLine advises that it might be worth a rewind to glimpse the enthusiastic drummer, aka, the real star). The Lyons watch on TV as Song of the Year is awarded to some nominee we've never heard of, but their lack of ASAs might be for the best considering TVLine's final observation about the fictional awards show: "What kind of jacked-up kudos-fest would still announce its winners while its most nominated artist fought for his life on the operating table?" |
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| Survivor |
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| CBS |
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| WHAT HAPPENED: Season 32 of Survivor will be lucky if it makes it to the finale with any contestants at all. Just in time for ally-members Cydney and Aubry to realize that they were actually each other's biggest competition, and should therefore be the focus of their schemings for the next Tribal Council... there was no Tribal Council. And why was there no Tribal Council? Because Joe -- we kid you not, Joe! -- won his first ever rewards challenge in a slow-motion but still impressive turnaround, only to go on the reward and eat so many beef kebabs that he destroyed his digestive tract (or as EW recapper Dalton Ross calls it, "the Steakocalypse"). Joe's rapid beef intake rapidly stopped him from going to the bathroom at all, leading to severe pain, and a real risk of kidney problems for the older gentleman, making him the season's third -- and hopefully last -- medical evacuation. |
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| WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: And even if it's never fun to watch someone get home for something they could have easily remedied if they weren't on a desert island, the silver lining is that Joe was never going to be sent home if it weren't for those beef kebabs, and, well... Aubry/Cydney/Tai/Michele makes for a pretty solid Final 4. If you're wondering, host-with-the-most Jeff Probst confirmed to EW that as there are now only four players left, Tai can no longer use his immunity idol. But Probst also told us that doesn't mean the drama is over heading into next week's finale -- not even close: "There will be more surprises, another Survivor first, tears, and a very fulfilling final Tribal Council. This should be a really good conclusion to what fans are telling me has been a really entertaining season." |
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| Modern Family |
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| ABC |
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| WHAT HAPPENED: It's always a treat when the entire family is all together on Modern Family, and what better place to join forces than the tiny, oppressive space of a train barreling toward Portland for DeDe's wedding? Upon said train, Cam and Phil discover their favorite author Simon Hastings working on the final book in his long-running series, and he let's them peep the first chapter -- which means they spend the rest of the ride trying to patch up the plot holes they find. Jay tries to help out DeDe by talking her up to her future in-laws, only to discover that her future husband might also be a little nutty, only to discover that neither one of them cares, and their wedding will likely be Jay's very favorite kind: "'I do,' 'I do' -- I'm done." And thank goodness for Haley, who is the accidental instigator of chaos for pretty much every absurd thing that goes down on that train, including Gloria getting stuck in coach, Alex crushing on a skeez, and Manny thinking Alex is crushing on him (ew. ew. ew.). And if you don't mind, we'll just leave Luke's bro-ish antics out altogether here. |
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| WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Ah, yes, nothing like a bottle episode to freshen up a season a bit. And while it was fun to know all the Pritchetts and Dunphys were together on that train, what actually worked best were the unexpected pairings going off on their own adventures, particularly, as the A.V. Club points out, the unstoppable duo of in-laws, Phil and Cam: "It's the perfect balance of charming and ridiculous, meaning that it's fun to see them fanboy out over Hastings, to see Cam showing genuine interest in Phil's fanfic (at least until the end), and to watch as they playact various scenarios until they figure out a way to pull off the fictional murder. Sometimes just putting two good comedic actors in the right situation is all Modern Family needs to succeed." And maybe a webseries of Phil reading his fanfic... just a thought. |
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| One More Thing... |
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| A Fan Favorite Returns to Supernatural |
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| The CW |
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| MISSION FROM GOD: After 11 seasons, Supernatural is currently experiencing one of its best runs of episodes yet, made all the better on Wednesday night by the surprise return of... KEVIN TRAN! Chuck brought in the fan-favorite prophet to assure the Winchesters that they could trust that was, y'know, God. |
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