Mockingbird Lane makes its one night only debut on NBC at 8p. If by some miracle millions and millions of people watch it, there is a chance the show can be picked up a series instead of being a (rumored) $10 million mistake.
Mockingbird Lane is a reboot of the classic sitcom The Munsters and this show has nothing to do with the original but the names of the characters and who they are are the same.
The show starts off with Eddie Munster (Mason Cook) on a scouting trip and a baby bear terrorizing the other scouts. His family hasn’t told him he is a werewolf, so they decide to move to keep his secret hidden. His cousin Marilyn (Charity Wakefield) is assigned the task to find the perfect house for them to live and she finds one with a past. So now the Munsters move to 1313 Mockingbird Lane. Grandpa (Eddie Izzard) needs blood, Herman (Jerry O’Connell) needs a new heart because the one Grandpa gave him is running out of beats and Lily (Portia De Rossi) needs to keep everyone together. The Munsters will now adjust to their new address and we have to adjust to the new version of them.
As I have said, this show is nothing like the original and it took me the whole episode to get over that fact. Like most people who will watch it, I gave it a chance because it was written by Bryan Fuller. The show definitely has his touch and for me that is just not enough to keep me interested past tonight. Charity Wakefield is the best part of Mockingbird Lane and I am sure she will find something really soon because of it. O’Connell’s Herman is nothing like Fred Gwynne’s, but he is still sweet, lovable and enjoyable to watch. Other than that the rest of the cast is OK just like the pilot.
While I can’t sing the praises for Mockingbird Lane, I will say that tonight’s Grimm at 9p is the show’s best to date. Nick and Hank are called in to investigate a missing boy. Before the boy was taken his fathered witnessed a woman walking into water crying. Fearing she was going to kill herself, he ran into the water to help her. Once he is in the water, he sees her walking away with his son and there is nothing he can to stop her.
Nick and Hank fear this might be Grimm related and they are right. The legend of La Llorona has come to Portland and now they have until midnight to stop her from taking two more kids. But she doesn’t only kidnap them on Halloween, she also kills them. She drowns them so that she can get her kids back. So the clock is ticking for them to find La Llorona and thankfully they will have help from Detective Valentina Espinoza (Kate del Castillo). She knows more about the mysterious woman who kidnaps and kills kids every year than everyone.
Will they be able to stop La Llorona or will we be getting a sequel next year? You have to tune into this suspenseful episode tonight to find out. The episode is not only airing on NBC tonight at 9p. It will be airing on Telemundo in Spanish at at 11p and in English at 12m on mun2.
And the episode is only about La Llorona, Monroe has the best haunted house you will see on TV this year. I so want to go trick or treating at his place because it is that awesome.
