Author Archives: Alayna Martinez

Well, we are officially one episode away from the final episode of The Bold Type. Though I am really sad that one of my favorite shows is ending, I cannot wait to see how everything wraps up next Wednesday. I was so pleased with this episode, specifically because I’ve been a bit disappointed with thisContinue reading “The Bold Type – Season 5, Episode 5: “Don’t Turn Away””

A Couple Warnings Before We Continue: This post contains spoilers from The Handmaid’s Tale season four finale episode.  The Handmaid’s Tale deals with very serious subject matter, and this post will mention things like rape, abuse, and murder. If you might feel triggered by any of these topics, please feel free to skip this one. Continue reading “The Handmaid’s Tale – Season 4, Episode 10: “The Wilderness””

A Bit About Insecure: Did anyone else get a subscription to almost every streaming service under the sun during quarantine? I am currently the proud owner of a subscription to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and my current favorite: HBO Max.If you have HBO Max, you NEED to watch Insecure. If you don’tContinue reading “Insecure – Season 2, Episode 8: “Hella Perspective””

If you have read some of my other blog posts, you know that the music played in TV shows is very important to me. Music is such an important tool in movies and television—a song selection can easily make or break a scene. For example, a mediocre scene can be completely elevated by the rightContinue reading “Four Times TV Shows Executed a Perfect Music Moment”

*If you are a Younger fan and haven’t seen the series finale, this is your spoiler alert* This is exciting—my first review of a TV show’s series finale. I don’t know about you, but the last episode of a TV series can literally make or break the entire show for me. I could absolutely loveContinue reading “Younger: The Series Finale”

A bit about The Bold Type: The Bold Type is a drama/comedy television series on Freeform. The show follows the lives of three best friends, Jane (Katie Stevens), Kat (Aisha Dee), and Sutton (Meghann Fahy) in their mid-twenties who work together at a magazine in New York City called Scarlet. Scarlet, the fictional magazine inContinue reading “The Bold Type – Season 5, Episode 2: The Crossover”

The Handmaid’s Tale is a Hulu original series based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. It is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be the U.S. Gilead is ruled by people who treat women as property and use them to solve (what they believe) is their largestContinue reading “The Handmaid’s Tale – Season 4, Episode 8: “Testimony””

A bit about Friends: I probably sound like a broken record by now because I just realized that I have started every blog post with a different variation of “I’d be shocked if you’ve never heard of this show, but in case you haven’t, here’s what it’s about.” However, I don’t think I have everContinue reading “Friends: The Reunion”

*Here is your warning that this post contains spoilers about the This Is Us season 5 finale*  A bit about This Is Us: Before I dive into the episode, I wanted to give those who have not seen the show a quick synopsis. This Is Us is a drama series on NBC that follows theContinue reading “This Is Us – Season 5, episode 16: “The Adirondacks””

A bit about Grey’s Anatomy: I find it hard to believe that after seventeen seasons, there is someone out there who hasn’t seen or heard of the infamous Grey’s Anatomy. However, if that is you, I’ll give you a brief synopsis of the show to spare you from being completely lost. Grey’s Anatomy is aContinue reading “Grey’s Anatomy – Season 17, episode 15: “Tradition””