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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Major Crimes, Mistresses, Zoo and Tyrant!

1 | Regardless of your loyalty to Killjoys‘ Pawter (R.I.P.), did you jump for joy a bit when that spunky Swiss Army knife Clara resurfaced in the finale, to accompany Johnny?

2 | Wouldn’t it have been fun for Narcos to swap in Nick Offerman for one scene as Pablo Escobar, without comment, to see if anyone noticed?

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Mistresses fans holding out hope for a Season 5 renewal, take heart: When the show’s producers sat down with ABC brass to discuss the conclusion of summer 2016 run, “they didn’t tell us to make a series finale,” says still-hopeful Ep Rina Mimoun, who co-wrote the teleplay for Tuesday’s polarizing cliffhanger with K.J. Steinberg.

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Mimoun said she and showrunner Josh Reims are in the process of trying to sell the network on the idea of “a final fling” of 13 episodes to air in 2017. “We really feel like there’s...

Like a mid-’80s Sade jam, Mistresses has reliably given us the “sweetest taboo” for four straight* consecutive seasons. (*Come now, let’s not use adjectives that suggest raging heterosexuality, given Joss’ sexy, sapphic affair with Japanese bondage-rope afficionado Alex, or that time Karen and Vivian smoked a doobie and binge-watched Extreme Makeover: Sexual Orientation Edition, mmmkay?)

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Still, despite a brief Clorox Bleachable Moment (Tm) between Kate and a guy she doesn’t realize is her nephew, Mistresses‘ Season 4 finale seems more interested in adorable babies, tear-jerking goodbyes and...

Wilson in a Wig and Caftan (Tm pending) returned to Mistresses this week (via flashback, thank Wilson in a Wig and Caftan (Tm pending) returned to Mistresses this week (via flashback, thank goodness), reminding us there’s sometimes a thin line between summer soap and full-fledged horror show.

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I mean, remember when Elizabeth Grey brought a gun — and a thirst for cold vodka — to Karen’s house (and wound up killing her sexy-but-creepy-but-still-sexy son in the process)? Or that time Savi went code blue right after a...

There are things to celebrate about this week’s Mistresses: the absence of bratty teen Lucy and awful Aussie Kate, the jaw-dropping beauty of Karen’s blue lace dress, and especially the insanity of Lydia dropping in during her boss’ “appetizer” course.

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But like Elizabeth Grey sans martini or Josslyn Carver without a zippy punchline, there’s a certain spice missing from Season 4, Episode 10 — and that’s why I’d put it near the very bottom of my all-time Mistresses episodes ranking.

When IRS inquiries, email etiquette and...

Let us not speak of the church bake sale on this week’s Mistresses.

It’s not that we don’t care about snotty teenager Lucy and her immortal soul — Hey, now! I can hear you hissing “speak for yourself” from the comfort of your laptop — but April’s parenting struggles and the strain they’re putting on her relationship with long-suffering Marc are nothing more than the decorative kale taking up space in the haute-(mess) cuisine being whipped up by Joss, Karen and Kate.

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Bone-crushing takedowns...

Welcome to a special retro edition of Mistresses!

Karen’s asking “What is a podcast?” like Downton Abbey‘s Dowager Countess getting befuddled by the concept of a weekend. April’s sounding out the word “transgender” like a kindergartener staring down a three-syllable word on the blackboard. And Kate’s biological clock is ticking so loudly that she can’t hear how ridiculous it sounds when she gets swoony over phone calls from an iPhone contact tragically known as “Taco Guy.”

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Normally, you’d hear no complaints from me about Mistresses‘ Josslyn Carver hacking a rival’s cell phone, using his rotten texts for her professional gain, then celebrating with a giant glass of vodka (followed by a beer in a plastic cup).

After all, I cheered wildly in previous seasons when she explored the world of Japanese bondage rope, attempted to seduce her boss’ husband as part of a sex-lies-and-videotape sting operation, and work-work-work-worked from home* with her sister’s ex-husband. (*Thanks for the innuendo, ladies of Fifth Harmony!)

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The unspeakable occurs on the Season 4 premiere of Mistresses, when a four-month-old bundle of sunshine, gurgles and endless cheeks pulls focus from chiseled torsos, murder trials and erotic memoir readings.

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But while Baby Vivian is the clear front-runner in the Emmy race for Most Adorable TV Baby, it’s high time her mother, Dr. Karen Kim (who recently completed her post-doc in thrupling… congrats, girl!), started looking into boarding schools.

Too harsh? Perhaps. But not nearly as unseemly as an hour of Mistresses in which all of the sex not only occurs off screen,...

Holy mother of caftan-covered cliffhangers!

Mistresses‘ Season 3 (and possibly series) finale ended with a heartbreaking death; a sweet (and mutual) declaration of love (without any running-through-the-airport ridiculousness); the strong suggestion of an impending suicide attempt; the introduction of a reality TV crew; and — yes, we’re saving the “whoa, Nelly!” for last — a startlingly creepy reveal of Luca Raines’ actual killer.

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To recap, Karen said a tearful, thankful goodbye to her erstwhile lover Vivian — who, before she succumbed to sepsis of the liver, made a deeply touching...

Remember the innocent days when everybody on Mistresses was indulging in steamy sex, icy cocktails and the kind of salacious fun on which the Parents Television Council built its mailing list?

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Now, here we are in the penultimate Season 3 episode, and it’s all plea deals, (possibly/insanely) false confessions, faltering livers (totes unrelated to the aforementioned tippling, thanks very much), relapse revelations and evenings spent Googling Las Vegas air-conditioning magnates.

Quick! Somebody grab Karen’s hooker wig, Joss’ living-room toilet (remember that?), a half-dozen...

I’m not well-versed in the psychological condition known as “Cluster B Personality Disorder,” but when it comes to Mistresses‘ Calista Raines, I can tell you exactly what the “B” stands for, mmmmkay?

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Oh yes, people, I think we’ve reached the point in Season 3 where we can safely call Jennifer Esposito’s fashion mogul a stone-cold bitch (and not in a good way), assume that April’s new love interest considers Julia Roberts the real villain in Sleeping With the Enemy and dedicate Taylor Swift...

We’ve all heard some variation on the “priest walks into a bar” joke, but this week’s Mistresses found the zinger walking right into the church, planting a not-exactly-chaste kiss on Karen Kim’s lips and scoring an invitation to a parish mixer — Kogi truck included!

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Surely this qualifies as divine intervention — even if the most open-minded of us are still trying to wrap our heads around the Lord-tell-me-this-isn’t-happening “Vivian feeds Alec toast, Alec kisses Karen on the forehead” montage that kicked off the episode. (Ditto the awkward house party for throuples, quints and quatros.

Oh, if the walls of Maison Sur Mer — the home-furnishings oasis owned by Mistresses‘ April Malloy — could talk. They’ve already seen a ne’er-do-well husband fake his death; an ab-tastic FBI agent deliver an oversized canvas that, by all scientific measures, should’ve burst into flames from the glistening bodies (and acrylic colors) that painted it; and some light blackmail, adultery and overzealous day drinking for good measure.

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Now, thanks to Dr. Karen Kim (University of Blind Optimism, Class of ’90), the lush tablescapes and 1,000-thread-count sheets...

If this Mistresses recap were a game of Family Feud, and I took on the role of Steve Harvey, the gameplay might go a little something like this: “Name the five most unexpected combinations from the Season 3 premiere.”

“Karen and the wonderful world of millinery!” [You’re in luck; that’s No. 5!]

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“April and that Florida swamp skank who made a baby with April’s presumed-dead-but-actually-missing-but-now-actually-dead-husband!” [Ding-ding-ding!]

“The therapist chick who once bedded her dying, married patient — and then, later, his son — replacing Sunday mimosas with Sunday services!” [Well, duh.]

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Ausiello: There are no sex scenes in Thursday’s midseason premiere. I. Kid. You. Not. The episode is coitus-free. But what the hour lacks in nooky, it makes up for in awkward morning-after energy (I’m looking at you, Bonnie and Asher) and additional Murder Night flashbacks (you’ll learn just how involved Annalise was in...

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Who’s the craziest Mistresses character of all?

Could it be Karen Kim, as she orders Pad Thai

During bathrobe-clad sleepovers with patients who cry?

Or maybe it’s Anna, who lives like a hoarder

And might also have a personality disorder?

And then there’s Doc Jacob, who’s totally cute

But too moony-eyed to detect a malpractice suit

We could point at sweet April, who’s fighting the law

Storming FBI offices and shouting “Hell naw!”

Toni Taut and Treacherous is still in the race

At least until Savi takes a bat to...

“I need to see what cuts I can get my hands on.”

Oh, sure, that’s just Mistresses‘ top chef Harry Davis delaying the torturous “quail or rabbit” decision for the opening night of his hot new Los Angeles eatery, but in some ways, it might as well describe the central conundrum faced by the not-always-faithful players of ABC’s addictive summer sudser.

There’s Joss eyeing her shirtless former brother-in-law like a Weight Watchers’ “Points” disciple confronting a cheeseburger on “cheat night.” There’s Dom showing his not-so-legal briefs to Toni Taut and Tawdry. There’s April once again...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including True Blood, Falling Skies, Switched at Birth, Under the Dome and Suits!

1 | Are your Saturday nights going to be a little less fun once CBS finishes burning off Bad Teacher this weekend?

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Pop quiz time, courtesy of Mistresses!

Q: You are a licensed psychiatrist (with a schedule that allows you more coffee breaks, lunch dates and late-night hotel hookups than they have bread sticks and salad at The Olive Garden). You come to discover that your former office-mate — a man who puts the “abs” in absolutely smokin’, who once turned you in for medical malpractice, and with whom you’ve recently begun a sexual relationship — just broke up with a twentysomething suicidal prostitute who happens to be your patient. As you’re trying to track down said patient’s whereabouts — turns out...

An all-important, brand-spankin’-new fifth lead character arrived on the scene during tonight’s installment of Mistresses. That she did so in a slinky black dress, with a fresh glass of chardonnay (in. her. hand.), lies slipping off her tongue and a hint of danger in her eyes makes said arrival a cause for celebration. So let’s give a slow clap for (and raise a glass of, well, anything to)… Jennifer!

Deutschmarks or dollars… American Express will do nicely, thank you!

Wait, I take back that Tina Turner lyric. I don’t mean to make light of Karen Kim’s pain,...

It seems fears and weaknesses are the name of the game this week on Mistresses. Just two episodes into season two, and the women are right back into the game. Both Savi and Joss are having trouble navigating their new jobs, while Karen's past comes back to haunt her when she learns that Elizabeth Grey is up for parole. And April throws caution to the wind to enjoy herself with her new handsome stranger, but she worries it may not end well.

Last night, ABC released the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Mistresses" episode 2 of season 2, and it appears that things will get quite wild and intriguing as Karen has taken up prostitution, everyone appears to get their sex on, and more. The episode is titled, "Boundaries." In the new,2nd episode, April is going to begin a blissful affair with handsome artist ,Daniel Zamora. Meanwhile, we'll see Josslyn and Harry start to clash over everything when they get paid to throw a lavish party for a rich housewife (guest star Krista Allen). Savannah will arrive back at the firm ,and have to reluctantly share an office with a hot ,new attorney ,named Antonia Ruiz, who will seem to possess no sense of personal boundaries. Karen will get summoned to testify at crazy Elizabeth Grey’s parole hearing. The episode was written by K.J. Steinberg, and it was directed by Ron Lagomarsino.

Recently, ABC served up the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Mistresses" episode 2 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Boundaries," and it sounds like things will get quite interesting as Savannah has to work with a new hot chick at the firm, Karen testifies against crazy Elizabeth Grey, and more. In the new, 2nd episode 2 press release: Romance, work ,and ghosts from the past are going to bring challenges to the four friends. Press release number 2: April will throw caution to the wind and begin a blissful affair with handsome artist ,Daniel Zamora (guest star Ricky Whittle). In the meantime, Josslyn and Harry will seem to clash over everything when they’re hired to throw a lavish party for a wealthy housewife (guest star Krista Allen). Savannah is going to return to the firm ,and bristles at sharing an office with stunning new attorney ,Antonia Ruiz (guest star...

It's the Mistresses season 1 finale and "I Choose You." By that I mean I choose Mistresses for a season 2 pickup because this show has had me yelling at my TV screen (and scaring my husband on occasion) all summer long.

Did anyone else get nervous when they saw that old T-Bird or am I the only viewer who's a bit of a nut about car safety? I mean, who decided that a lap belt was a good idea for a pregnant woman? The whole trip had disaster written all over it even if I hadn't already seen the previews.

The car accident looked nasty, as did Savi's face in the aftermath. Kudos to the makeup department for making it all look so real. You usually don't see that on network television.

Poor Joss got mostly back-burnered as she reacted to everyone else's drama. I was a little surprised she waited...

"Mistresses" came to a stunning conclusion Monday night (Sept. 9), when the show gave us some answers and left us with two intense cliffhangers. Don't keep reading if you don't want to be spoiled.

In the main plot of the finale, Savannah is in a car accident, which brings Joss, April, Harry, Dominic and Paul to the hospital (Karen is not there, we'll get to that). Harry realizes he has to call Dominic because Harry opened the paternity results -- the baby is Dom's.

But it takes a life-and-death scare for Savannah for Harry to realize he loves her and doesn't care who the baby's father is. Meanwhile, Savannah lets Dominic into her life by letting him into her hospital room and placing his hand on her tummy. He too proclaims his love for her.

And just when we're about to find out who Savi wished the surprise birthday flowers were from,...

Greetings, Mistresses fans. We interrupt your regularly scheduled melodrama – unapologetically drunk, mentally unstable Woman Scorned pointing a revolver at the Sexy-Stupid Psychiatrist who carried on a lengthy affair with her late husband, then bedded her emotionally unstable son — to bring you one of the most delicious retorts in modern television history.

Sexy-Stupid Psychiatrist: (Trying to buy time/make a 911 call/continue a season-long tradition of foolery) Let’s just talk about this. Can I make you a drink?

Woman Scorned: Sure. Why not?

Sexy-Stupid Psychiatrist: What can I get you?

Woman Scorned: Scotch.

Sexy-Stupid Psychiatrist: Sorry, I only have vodka.

New Mistresses finale episode 13,season 1 shocking spoilers & clips hit the net. Last night, ABC served up the new spoilers and sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Mistresses" finale episode 13 of season 1. The episode is entitled, "I Choose You," and it appears that it will be majorly shocking and extremely intense as Karen gets a gun pulled on her,someone ends up in the hospital, and more! In the new "I Choose You" finale episode, a road trip to Palm Springs for Savannah's birthday, will end up, taking a shocking turn. April will make a decision about the two men in her life, Paul and Richard. Elizabeth Grey will end up, confronting Karen in a final showdown that involves a gun and violence! Actress, Penelope Ann Miller will guest star as Elizabeth Grey. The finale episode 13 is set to air on Monday night, September 9th at 8pm central time on ABC.

Simply put, "When One Door Closes…" had me wanting to slam one out of sheer frustration.

Let's start with April, one of the Mistresses who made me want to throw things at my television...

Lucy disappeared from school and April was understandably frantic. Her first thought was the Paul had grabbed her and that was surely more comforting than some of the alternatives. At least she could be fairly certain Paul wouldn't hurt the girl.

But when it turned out that Lucy simply took off to see a concert and April didn't even ground the girl, I was blown away. This isn't the first time Lucy's pulled this prank. I know she's had a lot to deal with, but does that mean there shouldn't be consequences?

That therapist might want to charge extra. She has no idea what's heading her way.

I could understand Paul wanting to stick around for his daughter.

New Mistresses finale episode 13,season 1 official spoilers,plotline revealed by ABC. Recently, ABC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Mistresses" episode 13 of season 1. The episode is entitled, "I Choose You, " and it sounds like it'll be pretty interesting and intense as Elizabeth Grey and Karen go at it in a big,final showdown,Savannah's latest trip takes a shocking turn, and more. In the new,13th finale episode press release: a road trip to Palm Springs for Savannah's birthday, will take a shocking turn. April is going to make a decision about the two men in her life, Paul and Richard. And Elizabeth Grey will confront Karen in a final showdown. Actress, Penelope Ann Miller is going to guest star as Elizabeth Grey. The finale episode 13 is scheduled to air on Monday night, September 9th at 9pm central time on ABC.

Everyone was looking for "Full Disclosure" this week on Mistresses. But be careful what you wish for, people. It just might bite back.

All four of the lovely ladies debated how much truth to tell. Let's start with the most self destructive...

Dr. Karen Kim, who's spent this entire season lying through her perfect pearly whites, chose a legal deposition to tell the truth. Never mind that doing so went against every word of her high priced attorney's advice.

Karen: And now my conscience is clear...I doubt you can say the same. | permalink

I'm sure that spouting this line to Elizabeth Grey was completely satisfying in the moment, but will it sustain her when she's stripped of her medical license? And I'm sure those words will lose some of their luster when she's remembering them from behind prison bars. 

Not to mention that she just blew whatever chance she...

Elizabeth Grey certainly didn't see Karen dropping an honesty bomb all over her deposition coming on the latest episode of "Mistresses." Against the advice of her counsel, and with an alibi ready and willing to lie and say he was with her, Karen instead decided to go the route of total honesty.

She admitted that she'd fallen in love with Elizabeth's husband, Thomas. She then admitted to prescribing him morphine, knowing that he intended to use it to end his life.

“I couldn’t stand the thought of him suffering," Karen said. "And when he asked me if I would help him end his own life, I said I would. But that call never came. I believe Elizabeth Grey ended his life.”

Elizabeth was outraged, and denied the claim. But Karen said that she knew what wrongs she had committed. Airing them during the deposition cleared her conscience. She doubted Elizabeth's conscience was so clear.

From curious to kinky, Mistresses finally returned and I couldn't be happier the soapy, sexy drama was back. There have been far to few "Indecent Proposals" and Omg! moments on my TV these last few weeks.

Shall we start with the kinky?

Because once you've had a torrid affair with your terminally ill patient, kinky is one of the few appropriate words for bedding his son whose been stalking you. Karen keeps lamenting her innocence but the girl is just all kinds of messed up. Not to mention she's hardly innocent.

Let's recap: She prescribed her married lover/patient lethal doses of morphine. She later destroyed her medical records to cover her tracks. Then she wrote up false patient notes when said married lover's wife called her out.

Neither Karen nor Elizabeth Grey are innocents, but where Elizabeth is diabolical enough to have knocked off her cheating hubby, Karen is...

After last week's series of O.M.G.! moments, Mistresses returned with a few more, along with a heartbreaking reunion for our favorite sisters, as "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" brought Savi and Joss' mommy home for an enlightening visit.

But can we talk about Karen first because the stupid meter on Dr. Kim was setting off alarm bells this week? Karen ran to the girls to lament that Elizabeth Grey knew she was screwing around with her husband and Oh No!, what if she actually killed Tom?!?

Hate to say it, but I was with Joss on this one…

Joss: And if we want to look at the silver lining here, he was going to die soon anyway. So as far as murders go it's like not the worst kind of murder. | permalink

Karen was so wrapped up in her little murder mystery that she actually hired some sleazy...

Right from its very first episode, Mistresses has been a gasp-inducing delight. But somewhere, somehow, amidst the steamy shower sex and the fake dead husbands and the unopened paternity test results and the much-discussed “lethal doses of morphine,” ABC’s deliciously tawdry summer soap has proven it’s also got heart to go along with its cojones.

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Anyone doubting that sentiment need only have witnessed the penultimate scene of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” in...

It seems as though every Mistresses episode has several Omg! moments - but never have there been as many as in tonight's "Ultimatum."

So let's skip the pretense and get right down to the dirty details.

Harry side steps Savi's six-week baby exam with excuses about work but the truth is he just can't handle it. That realization made the look of hope on Savi's face all the more painful when he lied and told her he'd be there for the next one.

But Harry confesses to Karen that he doesn't think he can handle this and isn't it ironic how Karen can give such great advice to her friends but her own life is a complete train wreck.

Karen: Take it day by day and you may be surprised what you're capable of. | permalink

It sounds great when she says it but after day one, Harry knows his limits...

The exclamation “Oh no she ditn’t!” may have had its heyday somewhere between the end of Seinfeld and the beginning of the Kardashian sisters’ horrifying trek from the primordial ooze and into the public consciousness, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t shout it three separate times during this week’s installment of Mistresses.

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The first utterance signified a state of surprise, the second a moment of unbridled delight. The final instance, though, tapped into the phrase’s root meaning as I grappled with a...

Mistresses was back this week in all its soapy glory. It featured so many emotional twists and turns that it left me hanging on to my sofa.

I'm definitely "All In" for the rest of the summer fun. Let's review the latest installment, character by character...

Savi - Harry's buddy and finance manager dropped an interesting bombshell: Savi used her life savings to back Harry's restaurant.

Am I a complete cynic or did Harry's "we'll get through this" come a little too quickly on the heels of finding out he might have to give up his beloved lamb dish without an influx of cash? And Savi will certainly have a lot less of that if she ditches her job for another firm.

Savi told Dom she was sticking around and it took all of 60 seconds for their natural chemistry to rise to the surface, even if they did promise to give one another space.

Mistresses brought the "Payback" this week, as the truth led to tears and verbal smack downs all around. Let's start at the top…

Savi had a pre-work breakfast with her gal pals. Who gets to do that?!? I'm lucky if there's time to swallow my coffee.

Speaking of Savi, the gal possesses a great wardrobe, amazing house, gorgeous husband, incredibly hot work husband with benefits and even her lawn furniture looks good. Yet somehow her life is still a disaster zone.

After keeping secrets for weeks, suddenly Savi couldn't keep her mouth shut about anything. She told her girlfriends all the gory details about Harry shutting her out and told Dom she was pregnant... with Harry's baby. The only person she wasn't talking to was sister Joss.

Then, when she finally did tell Joss the truth, she tore her apart and it was just cruel. First she said she thought Joss wouldn't judge her enough,...

Various skanks got all up in our protagonists’ grills on this week’s installment of Mistresses: But a busty restaurant hostess, a nefarious baby mama, a conniving widow and an office prude couldn’t do nearly as much damage to Savi, April, Karen and Joss as they could do to themselves.

Yep, this was the week when things got Really Real on summer’s most decadent TV treat, which is to say that real feelings got hurt, real tears got shed and I really realized my life won’t be the same if ABC doesn’t do the right...

"Decisions, Decisions" featured the ladies of Mistresses reacting in ways I hadn't expected.

Well, certain things I saw coming... sort of. I had little doubt that Alex and Joss would hook up eventually, I just didn't expect Alex to make the first move.

After finding a naked man passed out in Joss' bed after a rousing night of sex, I didn't foresee Alex reacting by propositioning Joss in the shower. Alex has always come off as a bit of a wallflower, but this was definitely a bold move. And that turned out to be one steamy shower!

Harry's reaction to the two women canoodling in front of the fridge was funny, yet what I really enjoyed was that these two actually talked afterwards. I agreed with Joss when she said she wasn't gay. This incident came across as more experimenting with a friend, but Alex was obviously attracted to her.

ABC‘s Mistresses aims for UK gold, but we all know the dangers involved with the “Americanization” of British television. For every The Office, there are four or five Couplings. There’s even a show (Episodes) based on the often misguided, or downright ludicrous, decisions involved in trying to take something that works for British audiences, and turn them into something that appeals to those across the pond. Sometimes the theory is to tweak the way things work, sprinkle in notes of American culture, and hopefully deliver the spirit of things. Once in a while, as with the horrible failure that was the American Coupling (based on one of the best shows ever, by the way), the idea is to try to keep the show intact as much as possible, all the way down to only the most minor of changes to the script. Both theories have their hits and misses.

CSI alum Gary Dourdan is set to recur on ABC’s summer 2013 soap Mistresses, about four women, April (Rochelle Aytes), Josslyn (Jes Macallan), Katie (Yunjin Kim) and Josslyn’s older sister Sarah (Alyssa Milano). He will play a detective who will cause trouble for Karen and Elizabeth Grey (Penelope Ann Miller). Also set to recur on the series is Matt Del Negro as a Karen’s co-worker who has a crush on her. Better Off Ted star Jay Harrington has been tapped for a six-episode arc on the TV Land comedy Hot In Cleveland as a love interest for star Valerie Bertinelli. Last seen in American Reunion, Harrington, repped by ICM and A Management, is attached to Fox drama pilot Guilty, which is in consideration for fall 2013. Aisha Hinds (187 Detroit) has booked a 6-episode recurring role on midseason CW mystery/thriller drama Cult. She will play Roselyn Sakelik, celebrated Lapd homicide detective,...