Author: Randy Dankievitch
Abby’s Review: Backup/Rosie’s Band (Season 1 Episodes 8 and 9)
On the eve of Abby’s cancellation, the young comedy delivers two of its strongest, most confident episodes.
Blood & Treasure Review: Code of the Hawaladar (Season 1 Episode 3)
There’s a good show somewhere in Blood & Treasure, but “Code of the Hawalar” is too focused on regressive stereotypes and lifeless plotting to find it.
Blood & Treasure Review: The Curse of Cleopatra: Parts I & II (Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2)
Blood and Treasure’s two-hour pilot is a sum of uninspired parts, with a few brief moments of potential shining through the fog of predictable plot twists and rote characters.
Bless This Mess Review: The Estonian Method (Season 1 Episode 6)
Bless This Mess delivers its best episode yet in “The Estonian Method,” a low-key season finale full of intriguing, emotional moments for its secondary characters.
Abby’s Review: Soda Gun (Season 1 Episode 7)
Abby’s Season 1 Episode 7, “Soda Gun,” takes a bit to build momentum — but when it does, it delivers some of the stronger emotional resolutions of the young sitcom.
Abby’s Review: Liquid Courage (Season 1 Episode 6)
Abby’s Season 1 Episode 6, “Liquid Courage,” is a promising, if overcrowded and undercooked, episode of NBC’s fledgling sitcom.
Abby’s Review: Mail Bin (Season 1 Episode 5)
Abby’s Season 1 Episode 5, “Mail Bin,” is an underwhelming attempt to introduce an important internal conflict for the young comedy’s titular character.
Abby’s Review: Book Club (Season 1 Episode 4)
Abby’s Season 1 Episode 4, “Book Club” reinforces the strengths the show has continued developing since its pilot episode, offering another promising entry in the quickly-blossoming ensemble comedy.