Our hearts were going pitty-pat during this week’s episode of This Is Us. Various permutations of love – new love, lost love, established love, family love – were put to the test. Who will fight for love? Will they win? Be. Still. My. Heart. Was this the most loving, and most honest about love, episode of television ever? Let’s start …

This week Lucifer brought us arguably the creepiest villain we’ve seen so far, leavened with awkward flirtation, and major developments in Lucifer & Chloe’s relationship. Karen, Lisa, Cay, and Melissa weigh in on “Love Handles” below. Right, let’s start at the beginning, with the Big Tease: Chloe’s dream. Who wants to engage in a little armchair dream analysis? Karen: HAWT! I …

This Is Us took us back to 1980 this week, giving us an entire episode set in the 24 (or so) hours before, during, and after the Big Three arrived. Join Ange and Melissa as they discuss this new perspective on “The Big Day”. Ange: So usually I tear up during an ep but dear Lord I was bawling during …

Let me tell you a secret about Love On Ice: I almost didn’t watch it. The synopsis and promos didn’t strike my fancy. I do still usually give Hallmark movies a try, even if the premise doesn’t strike my fancy, but I forgot to set the DVR to record it during the Saturday premiere (I’m usually wrangling my 12 nieces …

The latest in the Lacey Chabert Christmas Movie oeuvre, A Wish for Christmas, ticks a lot of the boxes for a solid Hallmark movie, yet somehow fails to do more than simply tick said boxes.

It’s Thanksgiving in 2016, and in 1988. One starts well and ends badly, the other starts badly and ends well. Let’s discuss. Kate doesn’t have a lot of scenes this week, but what she does have are life-changing. What are your thoughts about her decisions to take a break from Toby and to undergo gastric bypass? Melissa: I’m worried that she …

This week’s episode of Lucifer was, ostensibly, about closing the book on Chloe’s father’s murder. In reality, it was a bit of a breather from the mythology as we reset and/or strengthened several platonic relationships. Let’s dive into “My Little Monkey”. 1. DOUCHIFER! It was mostly played for comic relief, but what did you think about Lucifer’s mimicry of Dan? …

This week’s episode of This Is Us explored how work relates to our identities, both how we see ourselves and how others see us. Let’s start with Randall: he’s the only one who followed in his father’s footsteps What do you think about his journey toward “standing out”? How do you think it impacted his familial relationships? Ange: I wanted …

Even fictional people like dressing up for Halloween. Check out this gallery of some of our favorites from Modern Family, Lucifer, The Real O’Neals, Speechless and more in costume. P.S. Can I enlist Speechless patriarch Jimmy to create my costumes from now on?!? [metaslider id=86455]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – holiday movie time! The networks have more or less ceded the art of the holiday movie to Hallmark, and this year we can expect no less than 26 new holiday movies. Beginning October 29, The Hallmark Channel begins holiday movies all day and all night, with new movies premiering every Saturday and Sunday night plus …