As the title of this post indicates, this episode presented a defining moment for the character of Lady Mary, one that was pretty shocking to the viewer the first time they saw it. We knew Mary was intelligent and bold; we knew that she chafed under the rigid social mores of the time, but we...

We should note before we continue that, for a bunch of reasons, we chose the Netflix version of the series to blog. Basically it came down to which platform would be the best way for people who haven’t seen the show to follow along with our writeups. We didn’t realize that PBS...

A drama about the upstairs lives and downstairs lives in a (just post-) Edwardian English country house isn’t exactly a new idea. If you have even the barest interest in the topic, you could probably rattle off a half-dozen films and TV series right off the top of your head that...

Meet Cesar Galindo. Oh wait, you probably already have. Cesar, as many a T Lo minion might remember was in last season of Bravo’s tepid Project Runway ripoff, The Fashion Show. We liked Cesar’s work. He was a bit of a diva as we recall and we were disappointed he didn’t make...

Well you can’t claim they didn’t wrap things up. As we said in last week’s recap, on American Horror Story, shit goes down. But shit doesn’t necessarily go down in a manner that makes much sense or has much narrative flow to it. It took most of last episode for Vivian...

Much to discuss regarding the world of the Crawleys and Granthams, darlings. First, here are some video highlights of that fabulous Downton Abbey screening event that we got to attend last week: We wish the entire Q&A was online to be viewed because it was a fun, raucous affair. But we...

Meet Aysha Saeed. Like many people who find themselves seeking out reality television, she’s a bit full of herself. For some reason, even though she seems to have sold very few clothes in her life, she has a massive team of assistants and sycophants who she berates Miranda...

We had the distinct pleasure of attending a screening hosted by WNET, the New York PBS station, of Downton Abbey’s premiere episode of season 2. The first 50 minutes of it, anyway. Even better, we had the pure thrill of several cast members coming out for a 45-minute Q&A afterwards....

Oh, go ahead, snooty TV critics. Bitch about the plot and character inconsistencies; moan about the poor pacing and outrageous acting. We don’t care, because the one thing you can’t complain about is that nothing ever happens on this show. Say what you will about American Horror...

Strap yourselves down in ladies! The most significant cultural event since the pyramids is BACK! Season 4 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” comes roaring back in all our living rooms starting January 30th. Eleganza! “RuPaul’s Drag Race” returns with a fresh, fun and fabulous fourth...

That was awful. Seriously. We sat there dumbfounded when they brought out the homeless at the end. We didn’t think they had much shame left in them after last year’s “Christmas with the Developmentally and Physically Disabled,” but bless those Glee creators, it turns...

Meet Erik and Kathy Wilson. At first, they were giving off the “bitch and doormat” vibe, but they managed to subvert our expectations. Kathy is a chic little number herself and is struggling to get her line off the ground. Erik is deferring plans for law school and Kathy has one...

We’d like to be all smug (we LIVE for being smug), but let’s face it: half the internet figured out the twist in this episode. We weren’t the only ones and we doubt we were even close to being the first. But what made the reveal so interesting was the way it was revealed:...

Uh-Oh! Crazy gays are trouble in any social setting (trust us on this one), but when your crazy gay is backed up against the wall and has run out of his anti-psychotic medication, look out! That bitch’ll do anything! She CRAZY! It seems that no matter what, the secret of the Graysons...

Oh, Glee. You’re never going to let us quit you, are you? Halfway through New Directions getting their Jackson on we realized with some surprise, “This is the most tightly scripted episode in the history of Glee.” The surprise came because, well, it wasn’t necessarily...

Meet Qristyl Frazier, a former Project Runway contestant and current “don’t call if Plus Size, call it Plus Sexy” designer. Qristyl is loaded with personality and no small amount of talent, but she’s extremely unfocused, to the point of appearing scatterbrained. She is...

One thing kept running through our minds (and therefore, out our mouths) as we watched Dean and Colette drive; Dean and Colette buy apples; Dean and Colette have a supremely uncomfortable moment with his parents; Dean and Colette argue; Dean and Colette kiss; and Dean and Colette have a...

One thing we can’t figure out about this show (cue the peanut gallery: “ONE thing?!?”) is how the hell the creators think they can keep this going semi-indefinitely. Haunted house stories typically have endings and they’re typically reached within a few hours of the...

This review is a little tough for us to write, what with the matching neck braces and all. We think we have a pretty good shot at suing Ryan Murphy over it. See, in the first minute of this episode, we got immediate whiplash with the show picking up right after Santana’s epic slap of...

Better late than never, darlings! The holiday and ensuing carbfest and retail olympics have left us terribly behind on recapping this show. Meet Angelo Lambrou, a talented designer who is something of a little lamb in the harsh world of reality television. Which is an odd way to start off,...

Before we get started, we would just like to remind all those people on twitter who are saying that last night’s episode was “AMAZING!!!!!!” that at every point in the episode prior to the final ten minutes, many of those same twitterers were going on and on about how much...