Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Is this what actually happened to Flight 828? #Manifest pic.twitter.com/AWgHzMDtSz

— Manifest (@ManifestNFLX) February 11, 2020

Last week on Manifest, the episode ended with the passengers from Flight 828 having a calling that their returned plane actually crashed. Not only that, but there were also a bunch of people they did not recognize along side them. Tonight at 10p on NBC, we find out what it was all about.

Olive (Luna Blaise) tells her dad she is still going to go to the church that believes Flight 828’s return is a miracle. Ben (Josh Dallas) believes they are putting their lives at risk. He might right because that calling has been revealed to them. Their lives are in danger, but do Ben and Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) have enough time to stop it before someone or many people get killed.

You won’t want to miss the show’s best episode since it’s pilot. The second season of the show has been so much better than the first one. Tonight’s episode delivers a nonstop rush that changes a lot of things for everyone.

When Good Girls ended its second season, Beth (Christina Hendricks) shot and killed crime boss Rio (Manny Montana) in front of FBI Agent Turner (James Lesure). Turner told her to run, and she did.

Tonight at 10p on NBC, it has been a few months after the shooting, and Beth, her sister, Annie (Mae Whitman), and Ruby (Retta) are ready to get back into the business of making money…illegally. They now have legitimate jobs, and their new occupations will help them get back into the biz. As with everything, Annie keeps screwing up, so Beth comes up with another way to get things done.

The fix cannot come soon enough because they all need money. No one more than Ruby. Her husband, Stanley (Reno Wilson), has a job that is making things awkward at home because it is the only one he can get after being arrested for the Good Girls’ crime. However, one of the people he works for taught me how perfect my gag reflex. Think you know what he does for a living now?

Anyways, the girls are finally ready to get back into action. What is the worst that can happen? Especially since Turner is back in the picture, and he is letting Beth know that he is still watching her.

Good Girls is a female-empowering show because it shows us that moms and housewives can still be bad. Plus, the chemistry between the three leads makes me wish I had friends like them. Who doesn’t need the money, even if it is counterfeit?

Good Girls is like Oceans 8, but much better and wittier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjX_Vmg7ls
Ever since NBC introduced us to Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist a few weeks ago, we have been waiting for the second episode to air. Tonight at 9p (after a repeat of the series premiere), it is finally airing and you better get ready to sing and dance.

The episode starts off with Zoey (Jane Levy) waking up and having the music in her. Now, that she knows what her day has in store for her, it is time for work. Things are tough because her team is not accepting her as their boss. While she is trying to get them to focus on the job, her BFF Max (Skylar Astin) starts to sing the Jonas Brothers’ Sucker to her.

She is not into him like that, so she brings her confidante and neighbor Mo (Alex Newell) to the coffee shop, which is her haunt with Max, to try and see if the barrister in interested in her good friend. While they are there, the coffee shop breaks out into song and Mo tries to see and hear what Zoey is experiencing. Mo does not, and is no closer to understanding what is happening to Zoey.

While they are at a loss for understanding what is going on, Zoey’s family has a better understanding of what is going on in her dad’s head. Mitch’s (Peter Gallagher) new medicine is giving him some more mobility and her brother, David (Andrew Leeds), has found a way to help him communicate. David gave his dad a buzzer to buzz once for yes and twice for no. It seems like a great idea until his wife (Mary Steenburgen) needs more than a yes or no answer from, and he cannot give it to her. However, he can give it to Zoey in a song. What does that song mean, something no daughter wants to know about her parents.

In a time when shows are all dark and gloomy, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist finds a way to bring us joy. It is an endearing show with characters you root for and sing along with. So much so, I want a Mo in my life. Everyone needs a Mo. Alex Newell is the brightest star among several shining stars. I cannot get all of the heartfelt acting and singing that is done on this show. There are plenty of surprise singers on it like Gallagher and Steenburgen. You could not ask for a better cast than the one they got for ZEP.

Fall in love with all of them tonight at every Sunday at 9p. Or every day because I cannot stop watching this show. It is that freaking amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7P2kmVtDss
Tonight at 10p on NBC, the main villain is back on Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. When Lincoln’s (Russell Hornsby) college professor is found dead with clues in his throat and the detective’s book in his hand, it is up to him, rookie Amelia (Arielle Kebbel) and his partner Rick (Michael Imperioli) to find out what it means.

They have to work fast because that was his first killing, and he is preparing to do more. Lincoln’s arrogance is getting in the way of everyone trying to solve the murders. When they confront him on it, he has a medical emergency that puts his life in danger. Did the Bone Collector finally take Lincoln out, years after turning him into a paraplegic?

Rick and Amelia don’t have time to stop because body #2 has been found and there is a third stranger’s life in peril. When the clues have three different answers, they have to figure a way to be at all three locations at once. Will they get to the right one at the right time or will it be too late.

I don’t normally like procedurals, but Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector feels more like a movie than a TV episode every week. The murders are gritty and the investigations feel real. Plus, you root for the leads. How many shows can you say that about these days? If you like crime-of-the-week shows, then this is your latest addiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5RTxscE9OI
Tonight at 9:30p on NBC, Fran Drescher and Steven Weber play a married couple, who are forced to move in with their son and his family, in Indebted.

Dave (Adam Pally) and Rebecca (Abby Elliott) are looking forward to being done with parenting. However, that all changes when his amorous parents come for a visit. They blew through all of their money, and now they need a place to stay.

Debbie (Drescher) and Stew (Weber) are like two kids who never grew up. Their son, on the other hand, has. Now, he will be stuck raising them and getting them out of trouble. How much trouble can they get in? It is a sitcom, so the answer is a lot.

How much of their antics with Dave and Abby take? They have no choice, they are Dave’s parents, and you cannot throw your parents out. Even if you really want to do it.

That is why this comedy is so great. As we get older, our parents become our children. At least on this show, it is because they are irresponsible.

Something the show’s creator Dan Levy knows all about. He loosely based the show on his life. A few weeks ago, he and the cast talked about Indebted at the NBC Winter Press Day during the TCAs.

Here are seven things they talked about:

How did the Indebted come about?
DAN LEVY: My parents are funny, obviously funny, and ridiculous people. What happened about a year ago, we were sitting in my living room, and I was asking them sort of what is your plan, what is your retirement plan? Because I was reading/panicking that most baby boomers don’t actually have, like, a true plan, and a lot of them don’t have long term healthcare or whatever it is, and I was sort of asking them, “What are you guys going to do?”

And my mom was like, “Oh, we’ll come to California.” And I was like, “And live where?” “We’ll come live with you.” And I was like, “Oh, no. This is not a good idea. I realize that you guys have no plan.” And my dad’s like, “No. I’ll umpire.” And I was like, “That’s not something you pick up at 70.” He’s like “I’ll umpire in Topanga.” I was like, “No. We need to figure something out.” Then I started meeting with different people to help sort of organize their finances so they didn’t have to come be living with me, and then I went to Doug, and I said, “This is a really stressful situation I’m in. Should we go pitch it as a TV show?” Then we took it to Meyerson, who was at the podium, and here we are.

Dan Levy’s parents went to at least one taping of the sitcom, so what do they think of the show?
DAN LEVY: My parents are happy with whatever they see. They really are the #1 fans of the show. Even though that originally is based on loosely based on their situation,

Do Dan Levy’s parents have as much sex as Steven Weber and Fran Drescher characters do on the show?
DAN LEVY: That part is not based on my actual parents.

Weber and Drescher’s characters will get jobs, what will they be doing?
DOUG ROBINSON: They are also not afraid to work. There are parts where Steven’s character wants to make money, and he will drive Uber. He will do whatever he can to keep them afloat and get them out of this situation. So it’s not like they’ve accepted it and they are just going to live off of everyone else the entire time.

DAN LEVY: Yeah. In another episode, Fran decides to become a life coach to try to make some money for the family. So they are constantly trying. It’s just, they are not so great at it.

How is the character than Fran’s other ones?
FRAN DRESCHER: I think this is the first show I’ve not been called Fran for many, many years.

What type of roles does Drescher seek out?
FRAN DRESCHER: I like to play characters that are not mean spirited. I like to play people that are positive and loving. When I first started off my career, I was always kind of the hooker with the heart of gold. I don’t like to be mean. I like to be self deprecating, so that’s sort of my brand of comedy, and I think that my fans have embraced that. That’s what they’ve come to expect, and I like to give them what they anticipate and as much bang for their buck as possible.

What previous role are musicians starstruck over Fran Drescher for?
FRAN DRESCHER: With “Spinal Tap,” in particular, there are people in the music business I’ve had the privilege of really getting to know because they come to me wanting to introduce themselves because that movie is so meaningful to them when they’re on tour, and the role of Bobbi Flekman resonates so much to them with some of the executives that they come into action with.

I’ve been in an elevator with Bruce Springsteen, and I’ve been in a restaurant, and Chris [Martin] from Coldplay came over to me, and it’s a lot of fun. I love live music, so it’s a lot of fun that these people are a little starstruck.

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