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Yes: Scandal Episode 502 Recap

Scandal has done one thing well in all its seasons, and that is to keep throwing curveballs where you don’t expect. We might have gotten better at solving the cases Olivia and them get but they have kept me on my toes. The ending of this episode was a good …

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Heavy is the Head: Scandal Season 5 Premiere Recap

Scandal (and the entire TGIT lineup) is back and I was so damb ready. You know when you don’t realize how sleepy you are but when you hit the bed, the next thing that happens is you wake up 7 hours later with your shoes still on? That was me. …

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Regina, Uzo, Viola and The Blackest Emmy Awards Ever

I (and countless others) have spent years complaining about the monochrome Emmy Awards (read: my post on 2013 Emmy Awards Embodied TV’s White Problem). It is usually a show that is white people giving other white people every award, and the audience is sprinkled with a few Black and brown …

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Houston! I’m Coming to Host an Empire Watch Party!

My people! So Fall TV kicks back off next week and our favorite shows are returning. Empire is on Wednesday, September 23 and Scandal (and the entire TGIT lineup) is back the next day. Anywho, I’m excited because I’ve partnered with Rosa Regale to host a watch party for Empire’s …

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The 2015 BET Awards Did My Youngold Heart Some Good

On a scale of the Oscars to I Don’t Even Mind That Much That This Show is Longer Than Some Marriages, the 2015 BET Awards was an 8. I looked at my recaps of past years’ BET Awards and I saw that I’ve actually really enjoyed most of them. It …

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The Maury Povich Show is a National Treasure

I googled and it says the Maury Povich show first aired on September 9, 1991. That show is only 6 years younger than me. WOWSIES. I just wanted to do an ode to one of the funniest, most foolery-filled shows on television. Even to this day, Maury is unfuggwitable because …

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Mother’s Mercy: Game of Thrones Season 5 Finale Recap

What is life? What is air? Nothing matters anymore. I am not ok. I am not alright. I AM NOT FUCKING OKAY!!! It’s been a full day and I am still distraught. I have never in the history of ever been so upset at anything on television. If you have not …

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Hardhome: Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 8 Recap

I was advised to take a mild sedative before watching episode 8 of Game of Throne season 5. I didn’t listen. Lawdt, I did not listen. Let’s just get into it. Braavos Arya was not ready to be “No One” but she was ready to be “Someone Else.” That person is …

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The Stages of Binge-Watching a Show on NetFlix

I don’t know about you but a perfectly enjoyable Friday night or Saturday involves me sitting on my couch watching NetFlix with all my favorite snacks around me. NetFlix is slaying traditional television, turning the industry on its heads and getting major networks to step their games up. They take …

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The Gift: Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 7 Recap

After last week’s episode of Game of Thrones, I just wanted some type of hope to peek through. We need something good because all that despair is exhausting. Let’s talk about it! Winterfell In Winterfell, Theon Reek brings food into Sansa’s chamber, and finds her curled in a ball crying …

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