Worth Watching: ‘Chasing the Cure,’ ‘Two Sentence Horror Stories,’ Next to Last ‘Elementary’
A selective critical checklist of notable Thursday TV:
Chasing the Cure (TNT, TBS): Ann Curry returns to TV as anchor and executive producer of the latest emotionally charged exercise in live TV-with-a-purpose. Cure brings together people suffering from mysterious maladies as they consult a panel of doctors in real time. In an interactive crowd-sourcing twist, viewers will be able to respond instantly with their own ideas and analysis through social media and Facebook pages and online at ChasingTheCureLive.com. Sort of the opposite of “don’t try this at home.”
Two Sentence Horror Stories (9/8c, The CW): Sadly, these back-to-back suspense vignettes don’t stop at two minutes. The gimmick is to set up a spooky situation in a single sentence — the opener starts with, “She was stiff and cold in my arms” — with the second sentence arriving at the end as a macabre kicker. It’s all about as thin as it sounds, and not as shivery as it would like to be, although the twist in the opening “Gentleman” episode is a pretty good one. “Gentleman” starts off like your typical serial-killer stalker/slasher episode, when a single mom (Nicole Kang) runs afoul of a sinister suitor (True Blood‘s Jim Parrick) whose M.O. is punishing anyone he sees as a bad parent. The second episode, “Squirm,” about an office worker who fears the worst after she wakes naked from a holiday party, might as well be called “Yawn.”
Elementary (10/9c, CBS): With only one week until the series finale, Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) and Watson (Lucy Liu) must work fast to get the goods on tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach (James Frain). As luck would have it, the villain accidentally provides a lead that could help the team produce evidence to bring about his comeuppance.
Inside Thursday TV: Returning to CBS daytime soap The Young and the Restless (check local listings) for the first time in 17 months, Dukes of Hazzard diva Catherine Bach is back as Anita, the con-artist mom to Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan), with a special delivery bound to raise plucked eyebrows in Genoa City… CollegeHumor’s streaming service Dropout sends up foodie culture in the six-part parody Gods of Food, in which real-life celebrity chefs (including Top Chef alums Richard Blais and Hugh Acheson) provide mock commentary on the excesses of fictional culinary superstars… Also streaming: the acclaimed fifth and final season of Jane the Virgin, now on Netflix. Watch and weep with joy, and consider reliving the telenovela fun all over again from the start.
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Last Night...
Bulletproof (with CC)...made it to the 2nd commercial break => Deleted => Canceled Season Pass...
BH 90210...DID make it through the whole show => Deleted => Canceled Season Pass...
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Can't say that I blame you.
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I watched Bulletproof. It wasn't bad... seems like a hybrid of the American buddy cop show and British detective series.
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Ouch lol what was so terrible about them?
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The only thing that interests me is Elementary's penultimate episode. I've been there from the beginning and I can't wait to see how Rob and Co wrap things up. Never did watch Jane The Virgin. I suppose if I'm curious I might check it out on Netflix one of these days but it being a CW show has me hesitant lol
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I either really like CW shows or really dislike them! There's no "I'll watch it if nothing I like better comes on" shows there.
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I will say I do enjoy Black Lightening and was a big fan of Arrow and some of the other DC property shows but they've become so tiresome that I watch them casually now. The CW seems to often put more into quantity not quality.
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Chasing the Cure sounds interesting, but not sure I'll watch. I did enjoy Curry's program that aired on PBS, We'll Meet Again... I hope it returns.
If it's Thursday, I must have The Outpost and (especially) Elementary on my watch list. I doubt I'll be able to watch them live, will have to save them for Friday.
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Million Dollar Listing and Baskets tonight! Since Fox has football on in prime time, they moved MasterChef to midnight!
Oh! I forgot about the Horror Stories! I guess I'll take a peek at them! I might like them even if Matt doesn't!
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I'll try and watch Horror Stories also. I also have The Outpost and Reef Break.
The InBetween was especially good last night.
I also enjoyed BH9210 last night, fun summer series.
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Just like last week...here it is the next day, and I can't remember what InBetween was about! What does that say about the show?
I haven't watched all of 90210 yet, but what I've seen doesn't impress me.
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Well, The InBetween is impressing me more than some regular season shows.
Hope The Horror Stories creeps me out as well.
90210 is light fun. Perfect for summer.
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I didn't know what I was getting into when I started watching. But I was pleasantly surprised. A very enjoyable initial episode.
I could only get through half of Bulletproof. Just not for me.
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