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Phoebe’s Choice
Well, it’s time for another full season installment of the MCU’s Netflix original series, as Luke Cage season two went live last night. With 3 out of 5 of the last MCU Netflix seasons being flops in my book, including season one of this show, I am not expecting a whole lot out of this one. But I’ll watch, and if it’s as bad as Jessica Jones season two was, it’ll only take me 3 months to grind through the pain of watching it.
Chronologically, Luke’s story left off at the end of The Defenders, one of the fun recent seasons which saw Daredevil sacrifice himself to destroy the dragon bones under NYC that the Hand was going to use to enslave millions. Somehow Matt survived that explosion, but Jessica and Luke don’t know that as they catch a drink and agree to keep in touch.
Over in his own first season, the last episode opened with a ridiculous 15-minute boxing match with Cage’s brother, Diamondback. Diamondback is almost a legit super-villain with his powered-up battle suit that allows him to go toe-to-toe with the superhuman Cage. But my suspension of disbelief was dialed to Spinal Tap 11 as Cage at any moment could have simply torn the powerpack off the back of the suit and ended the fight. After seemingly all of Harlem watches the bout, Misty Knight brought Luke to the station for questioning, and a series of lofty soliloquies ensued.
Misty pinned the murder of slain crime lord Cottonmouth on Mariah but found out her key witness had been murdered, so it wouldn’t stick. And poor Luke got sent to jail for old crimes he’d been running from for years. But don’t feel too bad for him. He got out in episode one of The Defenders. Some critics are already calling season two not as good as season one, and I thought S1 of Luke Cage was just an over-glorified hip hop video that happened to have a cool comic book character in it. So like I said, my expectations are low for this one. Oh well, I’m still gonna watch!
Check out all of season two now on Netflix.
I’m also going to be watching 12 Monkeys.
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Jenny’s Choice
I didn’t think we were going to get another season of The Great British Baking Show on PBS, but I’m so excited that it’s back tonight in a double-episode premiere. In case you don’t know about this one, here’s the key info: 1) The show is filmed in the UK. 2) We’re years behind its original airing (this season, for example, aired in the UK in 2012). 3) The show aired in the UK for seven seasons before being sold to Channel 4 in the UK, at which point the original hosts (two very funny women) and one of the judges (Mary Berry) quit. 4) The amateur bakers compete for the chance to be called the best baker of the year, rather than for any prize money.
But the hosts and judges are all here this season because it’s one of the original seven from the UK, which is awesome. One of the best parts about the show is that you can watch the fun competition without having to worry about any mean-spirited backstabbing or anything like that to ruin it because all the contestants I’ve ever seen on this one are sweet and supportive. We never see anything like you see on a lot of the US competition series, where the contestants come right out and admit they aren’t there to make friends.
On tonight’s first episode, “Cakes,†follow 12 bakers who tackle upside down cake, rum babas and cake with a hidden design when sliced. Then on the second episode, “Bread,†see how 11 bakers attempt flatbreads, an eight-strand plaited loaf, and sweet and savory bagels.
Meet the bakers and learn who’s got the skills tonight on PBS starting at 9/8c.
