Also, if you watch this or any show looking for stereotypes, I guarantee you will find them. They are so predominant in our culture that it's treated as a big thing whenever they're subverted. It's why Susan Boyle became so popular - she has a good voice, but she's not your stereotypical good-looking female singer.
If…

Bay is half-Latina, half-French (something I had to keep reminding myself, because Gilles Marini looks more Italian than anything). And the problem people have with your stereotypes is that although the show does introduce them, it almost always turns them on their heads within a few episodes, Renzo excepted. I'll…

Don't lay all the blame at her feet - remember that networks and studios have a history of forcing writers to make incredibly stupid story decisions. More than likely, some suit said, "You call THIS a cliffhanger? C'mon, give me something to work with here! I know - how about instead of having Daphne act all mature,…

Although the look on Daphne's face in that closing shot suggests that she realized what just happened a bit too late.

John's reaction was totally in character for him, though. It's been well-established that he is generally stubborn, opinionated, and borderline obsessive about being in control, qualities that are usually softened by his unabashed sentimentality. Take that sentiment out of the picture, and you're left with the John of…

Too late for that. ABCF renewed it last week.

The Fosters: I'm worried for Bailee Madison's job security - there is no way they included an entire scene absolutely chock-full of textbook sumbolism - framing her with doorways, high camera angles, and slamming a door in the camera's face. Add that to the fact that being disowned by her newly-discovered sister is…

I thought the SaB finale was better than The Fosters, honestly. I'm an artist myself, with the degree to prove it, and Bay's right: jail time does wonders for an artist's popular credibility, especially one whose entire brand is made up of provocative statements.

See, the trouble I have with the premise is that she was being raised a mere hour or so away from her family - including a cop mom who appears to be really good at what she does. Plus, this is the kid of a police officer who was kidnapped - and the kidnapper chooses to raise the kid only a few police districts away?!…

Pretty sure it's because the writers needed a legitimate excuse for Lena not being there. Sucks, but it's understandable.

Though I've gotta say that this Ana storyline is really bringing out the best in Mike. Whenever he talks about his drinking and alcoholism with anyone (but especially with Brandon), the the character moves from "get back to Callie and Jude already" to "give this guy more screen time!"

Like CeS said, Finding Carter is a pretty decent show, despite having a slightly more implausible premise than SaB. That said, the identity-related storylines that emerge are fascinating, and generally handled with some degree of grace. (However, the teen romances, with the exception of the one involving Wyatt, tend…

The thing about that, though, is that Sharee isn't being treated as a trope. When she was the Angry Black Teen, she had some legitimate issues to work through, what with her mom and all. Now that her mom is getting some kind of help, she no longer has a reason or a need to lash out at anyone. Plus, enough time has…

Can we pause to think about all the feels that would've happened had Jude been there at the end of the episode?

If that joke (which is less about rape than it is a dig about a seventy-year-old woman's physical unattractiveness) offends you, then I'm glad you're not proof reading anymore — I shudder to think of what you would do to Pearls Before Swine, one of the very few legitimately funny print strips out there.

Li'l Abner also got the film treatment, albeit as a movie version of the stage musical.

If that's true (and ignoring the "beloved classic" thing, which I disagree with), all the more reason to get Audra McDonald and Laura Benanti on board, for the reasons I stated above.

At least she has proven experience both singing and performing live (she was classically trained at Yale, and was a member of a fairly prestigious improv troupe whose name I can't seem to remember), all of which means that this time around, it won't be a sinking ship (albeit one with life preservers Godra McDonald and…

Not necessarily. He's probably a few months away from twenty, and Lily could be as young as 21, depending on when she graduated high school and how long it took her to get through college (say, three years instead of four.)

When Toby first got back from (or before he went to, can't remember which), he mentions to Kathryn that he "never thought [he'd] be a 19-year-old divorcee." If he was barely two when the girls were born, then it all hinges on exactly when his and Bay's birthdays are. Bay likely just turned 18 a few months ago, which…