Worth Watching: ‘Why Women Kill,’ ‘The Flay List,’ a Wrap for ‘Baskets’
A selective critical checklist of notable Thursday TV:
Why Women Kill (streaming on CBS All Access): Even the episode titles are a riot in Marc Cherry’s (Desperate Housewives) campy triptych of marital discord over the decades. In week two, titled “I’d Like to Kill Ya, But I Just Washed My Hair,” 1960s housewife Beth Ann (Ginnifer Goodwin) may be taking her makeover a step too far in trying to add excitement in her marriage to a cheating husband (Sam Jaeger), while in the 1980s, a furious Simone (Lucy Liu) looks for love in some undignified places while rebounding from her own unfaithful mate (Jack Davenport). In the current-day storyline, things heat up in the open relationship of Taylor (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) and Eli (Reid Scott) as they make room for a more-than-willing Jade (Alexandra Daddario), but the emotional fallout leaves the household unsettled. None of this is going to end well.
The Flay List (10:30/9:30c, Food Network): The ubiquitous celebrity chef Bobby Flay teams with daughter Sophie for a six-part culinary tour of the international smorgasbord that is New York City. The series beings with a walk on the scenic High Line that leads to Bobby’s fave taco joint in Chelsea Market, while Sophie’s taco pick takes them to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Gelato is also on the menu, as it always should be.
Baskets (10/9c, FX): Only in a peak-TV era could a strange niche comedy like this squeak out four seasons — and win an Emmy (for Louie Anderson‘s career-redefining performance as Baskets matriarch Christine). While fans prepare to bid fond adieu to sad clown Chip and combative twin Dale Baskets (Zach Galifianakis), the good news is that Chip’s pal Martha (Martha Kelly) finally removes the cast from her arm. Maybe that’s why the episode is titled “Moving On.”
Inside Thursday TV: In the sixth-season finale of History’s Alone (10/9c), the survivalists are now down to three hardy if malnourished and shivering survivors, but only one will stick it out to win $500,000… Cat (Poppy Montgomery) may have met her match on ABC’s Reef Break (10/9c) when Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden guests as Betty Ann Miller, a woman offering the former thief a return to her old ways… Always looking to expand her empire, USA’s Queen of the South (10/9c), aka Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga), takes out a group of mercenaries.
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DVR...Baskets (sad to see it end)...Reef Break (ALWAYS interesting)...Two Sentence Horror Stories (found the 2 last week to be pretty UNinteresting)...
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Yes, Reef Break is ALWAYS terrific. I also didn't enjoy the last couple of Two Sentence Horror Stories eps. But will stick with it, because I really don't have very much else left of my summer shows.
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The 2nd Horror Story tonight is supposed to be a repeat.
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The first ep about the gay kid undergoing "cancer treatment" was pretty frightening.
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C
You scare a lot easier than I do! I found it eerie and a bit creepy but not too scary. A new season of The Purge is coming soon! Now that's scary! Did you see it last year?
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Yes , I watched the entire first season and the every movie. Yes WAY scarier than Two Sentence Horror Stories. That said Two Sentence Horror Stories still gives me the chills. Not every episode of course, but some are quite effective.
Did The InBetween sometimes frighten you?
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Not really. I found InBetween atmospheric but not scary.
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G
Some of those dead characters conversing and walking around gave me the chills. This fall there are a couple of supposedly new scary shows. Prodigal Son and The Evil.
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R
I'll be watching The Outpost. Gotta see how Talon survives what happened in the last scene from last week's episode. 😮
And I'll miss seeing Elementary!
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Yeah, The Outpost is a must see tonight after last week's awesome cliffhanger. Did you read if this was renewed for season 3?
Two Sentence Horror Stories and Reef Break also.
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Baskets, Horror Stories, and Million Dollar Listing for me!
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