Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Ghosts, season 4, episode 4, “The Work Retreat” Although Ghosts Season 4 can’t keep all of its main characters all the way through, it’s still a shame to see the ride waste a character who was already underused in Season 3. Ghosts are a wild group of spirits, and the undead inhabitants of Woodstone Manor cause chaos for Sam and Jay on a weekly basis. Ghosts Season 4’s cast of characters introduced Mary Holland’s Puritan Patience to the show’s growing lineup, and her powers proved even more intense than most previous revelations about the…
Author: Cathal Gunning
While The Conners season 7 has the opportunity to close the Roseane franchise perfectly, this would mean avoiding a problem that has plagued countless previous comedies and the show’s predecessor itself. The Conners Season 7 will arrive in March 2025 according to ABC (via TV line), and the final season of RoseaneThe spinoff will consist of just six episodes. Since The Conners has such a large cast of characters, it’s hard to imagine how the show will do justice to them all in this brief period. This could lead the show’s creators to try something new and experimental with the…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for The Simpsons, season 36, episode 6, “Women in Shorts” While The Simpsons season 36, episode 6 was technically a sequel to a classic Golden Age outing, its original premise ensuring that the episode felt like more than a mere retread. It’s difficult for The Simpsons to continue presenting new ideas. The show has been on the air since 1989 and has aired more than 750 episodes, so although The SimpsonsThe renewal for season 37 has not yet been confirmed, so it’s no surprise that the series is working hard on creating new stories. After…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for The Simpsons Season 36, Episode 6, “Women in Shorts” Although The Simpsons season 36, episode 13, is an atypically busy episode for the long-running series, it is possible to follow all of its intersecting plots. The Simpsons has been around for a long time, so perhaps it’s no surprise that the show is no stranger to narrative experimentation. From anthology episodes to stories retold from countless perspectives to The Simpsons Martin Scorsese parody of season 36, in which the rest of the eponymous family was sidelined so that Lisa could take center stage, The…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Ghosts, season 4, episode 3, “The Work Retreat” While Nigel and Isaac Ghosts The breakup at the end of the third season initially seemed to have been for the best, the latest revelations about Pete’s off-screen girlfriend Donna have cast doubt on that assumption. Ghosts The change in season 4’s cast of characters ensured that the sitcom remained as dramatic as ever. The season 3 finale saw Nigel and Isaac’s love affair end in tragedy when Pete revealed he was in love with his Caribbean girlfriend, Donna. As only Pete can leave the confines…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for episode 4 of Georgie and Mandy’s first wedding. While Georgie and Mandy’s first wedding may seem like a fairly conventional comedy, Young SheldonThe series’ spinoff secretly upends a major decades-old sitcom trope. Given this, Georgie and Mandy’s first wedding comes across as a comparatively traditional family comedy. With a fun soundtrack, a dysfunctional family, and a sweet but complicated couple at their core, the nostalgic comedy follows the formula shared by many of the most popular comedies from the 1970s through the 1990s and 2000s. However, like the Young SheldonThe title of the spinoff…
Although Abbott Elementary is undeniably hilarious, the show also has some truly heartwarming moments every now and then. Abbott ElementaryThe cast of characters is universally lovable, even if they all have their relatable flaws. From Jacob’s confusing love of drama to Melissa’s brazen combativeness and Principal Ava’s open corruption, each member of the Abbott faculty has their unique problems. However, they are a great team, and stories like Janine and Gregory’s Abbott Elementary romance proves the show has heart to spare. In an era of darker dramas like The Bear and Succession, Abbott Elementary it has a welcome sweetness. Until…
Although Red looks like it’s going to be a box office disaster, this isn’t going to stop Dwayne Johnson to have an incredible career renaissance in the coming years. For a while, it seemed like Dwayne Johnson could do no wrong at the box office. THE Jumanji The films grossed $962.5 million and $801 million in 2017 and 2019, resurrecting a nostalgic ’90s franchise and turning it into a blockbuster series. A few years earlier, The Rock’s role in Fast and Furious franchise saw its box office jump hundreds of millions of dollars with each new film, However, things changed…
Although The Conners is not the most experimental comedy ever made, the Roseane the spinoff attempted to pull off two bizarrely ambitious live-action episodes in Seasons 2 and 4. It’s always difficult for sitcoms to keep an audience’s attention, and the genre is home to some pretty shameless gimmicks when it comes to attracting viewers. From celebrity cameos to the deaths of recurring characters, sitcoms have performed a range of sweepstakes gimmicks over the years in an effort to attract better ratings. Roseanespin-off The Conners is typically a low-key affair, but even this comedy isn’t immune to such efforts. The…
Although The Big Bang Theory treated Sheldon’s fears about Penny’s potential infidelity as a joke, Young Sheldon proved that there was a tragic root in these unfounded suspicions. The Big Bang TheoryThe end of Sheldon showed that although the series was originally focused on Leonard and Penny’s romance, the sitcom ended up focusing on Sheldon. Jim Parsons’ irascible misfit won over audiences and became the series’ breakout character, as evidenced by The Big Bang Theoryfirst spin-off, Young Sheldon. Put Young SheldonIn Sheldon’s finale, Sheldon’s family became equally popular among the sitcom franchise’s fanbase. Although The Big Bang TheoryThe upcoming spinoff…