WOMEN OF THE WEEK

We love watching amazing women do their thing on TV each week so we’ve gotten together our favorite women from last week in TV. See who we picked and let us know who you thought was exceptional.

Sarah Paulson as Marsha Clarke in The People  vs OJ Simpson
Nominated by Roz: Paulson’s playing a tough role that we’ve all heard about in some way with grace and power as the woman who leads the team trying Simpson in his ex-wife and her friend’s murder.

Jacqueline Toboni as Teresa Rubel in Grimm
Nominated by Liz: It’s been a while since I had a nominee to add but after last week’s episode of Grimm, I couldn’t NOT nominate JACQUELINE TOBONI, who plays Teresa Rubel, affectionately know as Trubel, the other Grimm on the show. Last week she went face-to-face with badass Juliette/Eve, super-Hexenbiest. She showed no fear while trying to find out if Eve would be a threat to Nick. Even after watching Eve torture a man by taking away his eyes, ears and mouth. Literally! When asked to go into a potentially deadly situation, Trubel dives right in. She’s almost a loose canon except for her loyalty to Nick and Hadrian’s Wall, and the fight against the bad guys. Everyone loves Trubel!

The female cast of Black-ish
Nominated by Melissa: Originally I was going to highlight Tracee Ellis Ross for her performance, but really everyone on the show was outstanding this week. Since this is Women of the Week, however, I choose to laud Ross (Bow), Yara Shahidi (Zoey), Marsai Martin (Diane), and Jenifer Lewis (Ruby). “Hope” took the ongoing discussion of police brutality, the shootings of unarmed civilians, and a legal system that seems geared toward protecting bad cops in a new direction. Not only were all the voices black, but the discussion was centered on how the children reacted to what is happening as well as how much they should know and how much action they should take. It was a difficult 22 minutes. I cried through most of it, thanks to convincing performances from Ross as a mother who wanted to instill a sense of hope in her children; Martin who gave us a child’s incredulity that she could be hated or simply seen as less than because of her skin color; and Shahidi who finally broke down and admitted her concern and confusion about the seemingly never-ending list of incidents. Lewis provided the right touch of humor, as usual, while also underscoring the fact that this is not new ground, it’s just that there are more cameras now. The episode didn’t end with any answers, but thanks to these women, it certainly added valuable voices to the conversation.
Seconded by Lisa: This week’s episode was so powerful and relevant for what’s going on in our country today. The Women of Blackish did an amazing job tackling this difficult topic and gave an inside look on how important it is to discuss these issues as a family. These Women deserve a Standing Ovation for each of their performances this week!

Most Honorable of Mentions goes to Kelly Clarkson
This performance is everything. Watch it and weep (literally)