I’m glad I didn’t grow up with the Donnellys. It’s hard enough trying to find a decent man in general, but in their neighborhood? I would have been single for the rest of my life! Seriously, was Tommy the only “good” guy for women to choose from? Of course, that was before he committed murder, stole from widows and beat up old friends to collect gambling debts. And even after all of that, he still looks to be the pick of the Irish-cream crop.Maybe it’s not the women’s fault that they picked deadbeats to marry. Jenny will soon take over the family diner (as suspected, her father is suffering from Alzheimer’s) and has always seemed smart. Marianne owns her own printing business. She has to have some brain cells. And yet, both ladies married losers. At least Marianne’s husband, Eddie, is still alive. The neighborhood didn’t need another widow this week. I’m also shocked at who my favorite leading ladies are. Of course, Kate Mulgrew...
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"Is it really a lie if you’re trying to spare someone’s feelings?"The women got a lot of backlash tonight. First, we find Jenny in church. “You’ve been on your knees for 45 minutes. I know a sin when I see one.” I didn’t know when she left with Samson last week that she was going to hop into bed with him, but fine. We all make mistakes. I was also shocked that her estranged (also known as dead) husband has been gone for over a year. I’d say those are good grounds for an annulment. Even after all the mistakes made, Jenny is still in love with Tommy. Why did the two of them never get together before? The priest mentioned that she should have never gotten involved with her husband.... So maybe Jenny has really bad taste in men, or she’s just unlucky.I felt so bad for Kim. The poor girl must have really fallen fast for Sean. Never mind that they knew each other for less than 24 hours — she took a hit to the face for him. Do you remember tha...
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The original title of this show was supposed to be: The Truth According to Joey Ice Cream. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank whoever nixed that idea. Don’t get me wrong, I love the character, but I don’t get it. How does Joey (Keith Nobbs) know everything? Sure, he keeps saying, “Oh, well, I was there.” But he only painted himself into the background after his lawyer asked him how he knew what had happened. He never placed himself at the hospital, in the van, or where Tommy and Kevin got rid of Louie’s body.This episode was all about Tommy (Jonathan Tucker) and Kevin (Billy Lush). The best scenes have been between the two of them: last week during the elevator scene and this week in Nicky Cottero’s bar. When Tommy began to walk to the back room to see Nicky and saw Kevin sitting in a booth, I think we were all a bit shocked. I didn’t think they were on very good terms after they had beaten each other to the ground. Kevin had pulled a ...
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Question: I just watched the pilot episode of The Black Donnellys, and I have mixed feelings about this new drama. Overall, I liked it, and I am willing to give the show a chance. I love family crime shows like this, but it seems like a kiddie version Showtime's Brotherhood. I feel like the characters are way too young and innocent-looking to be such bad "Irish thugs," out for revenge with a do-or-die mentality. All the main characters have these baby faces that just don't match their attitudes and lifestyles. The one huge character that I feel is missing is the matriarch. Where is she? There is no way that an Irish family of four boys doesn't have a strong, overbearing mother in the picture. Maybe the mother will be introduced later, but I felt she needed to be introduced in the pilot. I understand that a show like this has to be a little watered down because it is on NBC, but I just don't think the premise is that believable with the actors they have chosen to play these characters, ...
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The History Channel announced on Tuesday that Leonard Nimoy will host Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier, an exclusive look at one of the world's (universe's?) most popular entertainment franchises. Premiering Feb. 19 at 9 pm/ET, the two-hour special will feature original interviews with Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew and Avery Brooks, among others, as well as a moment of silence for the 287 red shirts who died in the name of the Federation throughout the years.
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